2003 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Elections to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

  • Labour 27
  • Conservative 17
  • Liberal Democrat 4

Election result[]

Bury Local Election Result 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 7 0 5 -0 40.3 17,624 -6.1
  Conservative 7 4 0 +4 39.8 17,405 +2.9
  Liberal Democrats 2 1 0 +1 18.8 8,229 +5.9
  Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 378 +0.9%
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 98 +0.0%

Ward results[]

Besses
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Boden 1,036 58.6 -3.6
Conservative Mark Roberts 446 25.2 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Maureen Davison 287 16.2 +1.4
Majority 590 33.3 -5.9
Turnout 1,769
Labour hold Swing
Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Bibby 1,761 54.6 +3.3
Labour Leslie Jones 946 29.3 -8.5
Liberal Democrats James Eagle 517 16.0 +16.0
Majority 815 25.3 +11.8
Turnout 3,224
Conservative hold Swing
East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trevor Holt 1,116 55.2 -4.3
Conservative Matthew Green 520 25.7 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Victor Hagan 384 19.0 +8.2
Majority 596 29.5 -5.7
Turnout 2,020
Labour hold Swing
Elton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Denise Bigg 1,215 42.5 +4.2
Labour Ray Watts 1,126 39.4 -4.5
Liberal Democrats Robert Sloss 516 18.1 +7.3
Majority 89 3.1
Turnout 2,857
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Holyrood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Victor D'Albert 1,475 57.9 +8.2
Labour Susan Worsley 609 23.9 -6.4
Conservative Jeanette Chrystal 365 14.3 -1.9
Socialist Alliance Rita McLoughlin 98 3.8 +3.8
Majority 866 34.0 -14.6
Turnout 2,547
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Moorside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beverley Sullivan 1,268 47.6 +8.2
Labour June Drinkwater 971 36.4 -9.2
Liberal Democrats Winifred Rohmann 427 16.0 +9.4
Majority 297 11.1
Turnout 2,666
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Pilkington Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michelle Wiseman 1,238 47.6 +3.9
Labour Pamela Walker 1,020 39.2 -7.4
Liberal Democrats Fiona Davison 345 13.3 +3.6
Majority 218 8.4
Turnout 2,603
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Radcliffe Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Isherwood 1,455 59.8 -4.6
Conservative Eric Margieson 570 24.3 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Mary D'Albert 410 16.8 +3.2
Majority 885 36.3 -6.1
Turnout 2,435
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Briggs 1,675 52.5 -1.5
Conservative Alan Bigg 1,514 47.5 +1.5
Majority 161 5.0 -3.0
Turnout 3,189
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Cummings 1,096 46.4 -2.7
Conservative Peter Wright 1,022 43.3 +7.2
Green Ashleigh Vincent 245 10.4 +10.4
Majority 74 3.1 -9.9
Turnout 2,363
Labour hold Swing
Ramsbottom
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Theckston 2,211 57.3 +3.5
Labour Keith Rothwell 1,085 28.1 -7.2
Liberal Democrats Janet Turner 565 14.6 +3.7
Majority 1,126 29.2 +10.7
Turnout 3,861
Conservative hold Swing
Redvales
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Smith 1,088 41.7 -2.1
Conservative Ijaz Ahmed 890 34.1 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Robinson-Dowland 499 19.1 +4.7
Green James Axon 133 5.1 +5.1
Majority 198 7.6 -2.4
Turnout 2,610
Labour hold Swing
St Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Gibb 1,409 50.9 -2.4
Conservative Anthony Barlow 795 28.7 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Halsall 563 20.3 +4.8
Majority 614 22.2 -5.0
Turnout 2,767
Labour hold Swing
Sedgley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Garner 1,237 44.2 +16.5
Labour Gillian Campbell 1,127 40.3 -15.2
Conservative Marilyn Vincent 533 15.5 -1.3
Majority 110 3.9
Turnout 2,797
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Tottington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Johnson 2,053 60.0 +2.0
Labour Victor McClung 802 23.4 -6.2
Liberal Democrats David Foss 569 16.6 +4.1
Majority 1,251 36.5 +8.1
Turnout 3,424
Conservative hold Swing
Unsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Ashworth 1,104 42.4 +4.3
Labour Vera McClung 1,063 40.9 -6.2
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Young 435 16.7 +7.5
Majority 41 1.6
Turnout 2,602
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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