2022 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

2022 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election

← 2021 5 May 2022 2023 →
20 out of 60 seats to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Martyn Cox Nick Peel Roger Hayes Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 20 seats, 38.8% 19 seats, 35.3% 5 seats, 9.7% Seats won 9 8 2 Seats after 23 18 5 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 23,377 26,041 6,696 Percentage 34.1% 38.0% 9.8%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Paul Sanders David Grant Party Farnworth and Kearsley First Horwich and Blackrod First Last election 5 seats, 5.4% 3 seats, 3.0% Seats won 0 0 Seats after 3 2 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 2,394 2,442 Percentage 3.5% 3.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Council control before election No overall control Subsequent council control No overall control

The 2022 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors—20 out of 60—were to be elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

In the previous council election in 2021, the council remained under no overall control. The Conservatives continued running a minority administration with a confidence and supply arrangement with smaller parties, as they had done prior to the election. Labour formed the main opposition with nineteen seats to the Conservatives' twenty.