2006 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Metropolitan Borough of Bury shown within England.

Elections to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election, and the Labour Party lost control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

  • Labour 23
  • Conservative 22
  • Liberal Democrat 6

Election result[]

Bury Local Election Result 2006
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 5 1 5 -4 33.8 17,337 -1.2
  Conservative 9 4 1 +3 42.2 21,619 +5.2
  Liberal Democrats 3 1 0 +1 21.6 11,072 -0.1
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 1,259 -0.6

Ward results[]

Besses
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ken Audin 1,085 47.5 -5.8
Conservative Jonathan Grosskopf 597 26.1 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Mary D'Albert 396 17.3 -3.8
Independent Lucy Cohn 208 9.1 +9.1
Majority 488 21.3
Turnout 2,286
Labour hold Swing
Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Bibby 2,048 57.8 +10.9
Labour Benjamin Shatliff 847 23.9 -0.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Jenkins 649 18.3 +3.8
Majority 1,201 38.9
Turnout 3,544
Conservative hold Swing
East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trevor Holt 1,259 52.9 +15.6
Conservative Azmat Husain 702 29.5 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Ewan Arthur 597 18.6 -6.7
Majority 557 23.4
Turnout 2,382
Labour hold Swing
Elton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Hankey 1,533 47.7 +9.1
Labour Stella Smith 1,083 33.7 -0.9
Liberal Democrats Ewan Arthur 597 18.6 +1.9
Majority 450 14.0
Turnout 3,213
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Holyrood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tim Pickstone 1,576 52.0 -4.7
Conservative Marilyn Vincent 757 25.0 +5.6
Labour Suzanne Johnston 699 23.1 -0.8
Majority 819 27.0
Turnout 3,032
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Moorside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Ashworth 1,129 40.2 +7.0
Labour Warren Flood 995 35.4 -9.3
Liberal Democrats Victor Hagan 686 24.4 +2.3
Majority 134 4.8
Turnout 2,810
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
North Manor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Taylor 2,350 61.9 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Sloss 741 19.5 +1.3
Labour Francis Shatliff 706 18.6 -2.9
Majority 1,609 42.4
Turnout 3,797
Conservative hold Swing
Pilkington Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard Vincent 1,760 61.7 +10.1
Labour Alan Quinn 840 29.5 -1.8
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Mustafa 251 8.8 -8.4
Majority 920 32.3
Turnout 2,851
Conservative hold Swing
Radcliffe East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Catherine Berry 1,029 38.8 +12.7
Labour Steve Perkins 963 36.3 -1.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Halsall 460 17.4 -0.6
Independent Paul Clarke 199 7.5 +7.5
Majority 66 2.5
Turnout 2,651
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Radcliffe North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sharron Briggs 1,431 42.2 +2.0
Conservative Stuart Penketh 1,416 41.7 +7.1
Liberal Democrats Maureen Davison 367 10.8 -6.1
Independent Matthew Randall 180 5.3 -3.1
Majority 15 0.4
Turnout 3,394
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wayne Campbell 1,231 54.9 +1.0
Conservative Alan Bigg 709 31.6 +3.8
Independent Deborah Fallon 301 13.4 +13.4
Majority 522 23.3
Turnout 2,241
Labour hold Swing
Ramsbottom
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Diane Ashworth 1,759 56.3 +5.1
Labour Valerie Robinson 939 30.0 -0.9
Liberal Democrats Fiona Davison 427 13.7 -4.2
Majority 820 26.2
Turnout 3,125
Conservative hold Swing
Redvales
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Farook Chaudhry 1,178 37.5 +2.7
Conservative Khalid Hussain 1,127 35.8 +8.5
Liberal Democrats Bill Brison 840 26.7 +3.9
Majority 51 1.6
Turnout 3,145
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
St Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Donal O'Hanlon 1,333 42.0 +17.6
Labour Steve Treadgold 896 28.2 -14.6
Conservative Denise Ormrod 727 22.9 -9.9
Independent Andrew Duff 217 6.8 +6.8
Majority 437 13.8
Turnout 3,173
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Sedgley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Garner 1,478 39.1 +1.5
Labour Peter Timperley 1,224 32.4 -1.9
Conservative Shneur Odze 1,075 28.5 +0.5
Majority 254 6.7
Turnout 3,777
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tottington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Garside 1,590 57.2 +13.9
Labour Jane Lewis 711 25.6 -1.2
Liberal Democrats David Foss 478 17.2 +3.2
Majority 879 31.6
Turnout 2,779
Conservative hold Swing
Unsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beverley Sullivan 1,311 42.5 +2.5
Labour Joan Grimshaw 1,250 40.5 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Young 372 12.1 -0.9
Independent Paul Gerrard 154 5.0 -2.6
Majority 61 2.0
Turnout 3,087
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References[]

Retrieved from ""