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Rumworth
Electoral ward
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West
County	Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Bolton
Created	2004
Named for	Rumworth
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	Bolton Council
• Leadership	Leader and Cabinet
• Executive	No overall control
Area
• Total	0.95 sq mi (2.45 km2)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	16,250.
UK Parliament constituency	Bolton South East
Website	Rumworth Area Forum

Rumworth Ward is an electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It elects three Councillors to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council using the first past the post electoral method, electing one Councillor every year without election on the fourth.

History

The Rumworth ward was first created in 1872 as the seventh electoral ward of the Muncipal Borough of Bolton from the eastern portion of the township of Rumworth.

Together with Farnworth, Great Lever, Harper Green, Hulton, Kearsley, and Little Lever and Darcy Lever wards it makes up the Bolton South East Parliamentary Constituency.

Councillors

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2004		Rosa Kay (Lab)		Ebrahim Adia (Lab)		Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2006		Rosa Kay (Lab)		Ebrahim Adia (Lab)		Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2007		Rosa Kay (Lab)		Ebrahim Adia (Lab)		Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2008		Rosa Kay (Lab)		Ebrahim Adia (Lab)		Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2010		Rosa Kay (Lab)		Ebrahim Adia (Lab)		Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2011		Rosa Kay (Lab)		Ebrahim Adia (Lab)		Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2012		Rosa Kay (Lab)		Ebrahim Adia (Lab)		Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2014		Rosa Kay (Lab)		Ebrahim Adia (Lab)		Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2015		Rosa Kay (Lab)		Ebrahim Adia (Lab)		Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2016		Rosa Kay (Lab)		Ebrahim Adia (Lab)		Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2016 by-election		Shamim Abdullah (Lab)		Ebrahim Adia (Lab)		Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)
2018		Shamim Abdullah (Lab)		Ebrahim Adia (Lab)		Ismail Ibrahim (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election.

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Bolton Council election 2018: Rumworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ismail Ibrahim	2,570
	Conservative	Hafiz Butt	379
	Green	Alan Johnson	251
	Independent	Damien Walsh	111
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan MacPherson	55

Rumworth by-election, 6 October 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shamim Abdullah	2,152	77.1	+4.9
	UKIP	Jonathan Baxendale	251	9.0	−1.0
	Conservative	Mohammed Waqas	167	6.0	−4.5
	Green	Alan Johnson	126	4.5	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Forrest	96	3.4	+1.1
Majority			1,901	68.1
Turnout
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election 2016: Rumworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosa Kay	2,568	72.2	−5.1
	Conservative	Hafiz Bhutt	373	10.5	−2.1
	UKIP	Kathleen Richardson	354	10.0	+10.0
	Green	Alan Johnson	179	5.0	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Amos	82	2.3	+0.0
Majority			2,195	61.7	−2.9
Turnout			3,556	37.0	−22.0
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election 2015: Rumworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ebrahim Adia	4,555	77.3	+4.8
	Conservative	Jack Heyes	747	12.7	+4.7
	Green	Alan Johnson	457	7.7	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jaleh Hayes	136	2.3	+0.6
Majority			3,808	64.6	+4.3
Turnout			5,895	59.0	+19.2
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election 2014: Rumworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ismail Ibrahim	2,876	72.5	−6.0
	UKIP	Geoffrey David Kay	492	12.4	+12.4
	Conservative	Jack Heyes	317	8.0	−1.6
	Green	Alan Johnson	200	5.0	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jaleh Salari	66	1.7	−1.2
Rejected ballots			16	0.40
Majority			2,384	60.3	−8.5
Turnout			3,967	39.77	+9.0
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election 2012: Rumworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosa Kay	2,394	78.5	+1.4
	Conservative	Jack Heyes	294	9.6	−1.2
	Green	Alan Johnson	274	9.0	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Charles Cooper	88	2.9	−0.5
Majority			2,100	68.8	+2.4
Turnout			3,050	30.7	−3.9
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election 2011: Rumworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ebrahim Adia	2,677	77.1	+7.1
	Conservative	Ruth Kenny	374	10.8	−3.9
	Green	Alan Johnson	300	8.6	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Charles Tyas Cooper	119	3.4	−11.8
Majority			2,303	66.4	+11.6
Turnout			3,470	34.6	−21.4
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election 2010: Rumworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ismail Ibrahim	3,928	70.0	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Glen Carl Atkinson	855	14.7	+14.7
	Conservative	Michelle Laura Ionn	825	15.2	−6.6
Majority			3,073	54.8	+13.4
Turnout			5,608	56.0	+26.7
	Labour hold

Elections in the 2000s

During the 2008 election, Conservative candidate for Rumworth, Zahid Raja, withdrew before the election.

Bolton Council election 2008: Rumworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosa Kay	1,875	63.2	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Connor	647	21.8	+6.9
	Left List	Neil McAlister	444	15.0	+15.0
Majority			1,228	41.4	−2.3
Turnout			2,966	29.3	−1.8
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election 2007: Rumworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ebrahim Adia	2,079	64.4	−4.1
	Conservative	John (Jack) Heyes	668	20.7	−10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Bridger	480	14.9	+14.9
Majority			1,411	43.7	+6.7
Turnout			3,227	31.1	+2.1
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election 2006: Rumworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ismail Ibrahim	2,028	68.5	+22.5
	Conservative	John Heyes	932	31.5	+15.4
Majority			1,096	37.0
Turnout			2,960	29.0	−9.0
	Labour hold

Bolton Council election 2004: Rumworth ward (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosa Kay	1,734	15.6
	Labour	Ebrahim Adia	1,706	15.3
	Labour	Ismail Ibrahim	1,683	15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rashid Jangharia	1,316	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gulamali Jiva	1,228	11.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Woodrow	991	8.9
	Conservative	John Heyes	633	5.7
	Conservative	Albert Brandwood	598	5.4
	Conservative	Sydney Palmer	567	5.1
	Respect	Neil McAlister	540	4.9
	Socialist Labour	Dorothy Entwistle	136	1.2
Turnout			11,132	38.0

References

• Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 12 July 2016.