2016 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2016 local election results in Bury

The 2016 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

17 seats were contested. The Labour Party won 10 seats, the Conservatives won 6 seats, and the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat.

After the election, the total composition of the council was as follows:

  • Labour 32
  • Conservative 16
  • Liberal Democrats 3

Election result[]

Bury Local Election Result 2016
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 10 1 3 -2
  Conservative 6 2 0 +2
  UKIP 0 0 0 0
  Liberal Democrats 1 1 0 +1
  Green 0 0 1 -1 0
  English Democrat 0 0 0 0 0
  Independent 0 0 1 -1 0

Ward results[]

Besses
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Fitzgerald 1,426 58.68 Decrease 3.13
Conservative David Lewis 486 20.00 Increase 5.09
English Democrat Stephen Morris 280 11.52 Decrease 3.77
Green Joanne Gardner 132 5.43 N/A
Liberal Democrats Katriona Middleton 106 4.36 Decrease 3.35
Majority 940 38.68 Decrease 7.84
Turnout 2,430
Labour hold Swing
Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy-Edward Walker 2,061 59.77 Increase 8.78
Labour Gavin McGill 1,102 31.96 Decrease 1.91
Green Andrew Hunt 188 5.45 N/A
Liberal Democrats Rodney Rew 97 2.81 Decrease 0.90
Majority 959 27.81 Increase 10.69
Turnout 3,448
Conservative hold Swing
East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stella Smith 1,566 63.45 Increase 6.39
Conservative Tahira Shaffi 616 24.96 Increase 4.97
Green Glyn Heath 286 11.59 N/A
Majority 950 38.49 Increase 4.01
Turnout 2,468
Labour hold Swing
Elton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Southworth 1,418 41.88 Decrease 3.35
Conservative Dene Vernon 1,312 38.75 Increase 3.06
UKIP Dave Bentley 465 13.73 Decrease 1.45
Green Charlotte Allen 123 3.63 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jacob Royde 77 2.27 Decrease 1.35
Majority 106 3.13 Decrease 6.41
Turnout 3,386
Labour hold Swing
Holyrood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Wright 1,733 45.1 +9.5
Labour Paddy Heneghan 1,463 38.1 +3.2
Conservative Nicholas Jones 280 7.3 -5.9
UKIP Michael Zwierzanski 229 5.9 -4.6
Green Janneke Calle 139 3.6 -2.1
Majority 270
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Moorside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Annette McKay 1,375 51.3 +0.9
UKIP Victor Hagan 569 21.2 +1.4
Conservative Luis McBriar 511 19.1 -5.8
Green Larissa Heath 135 5 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Samantha Stretch 90 3.4 +3.4
Majority 806
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
North Manor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dorothy Gunther 2,281 60.8 +11.8
Labour Timothy Butcher 1,066 28.4 +1.1
Green Mary Heath 225 6 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Ewan Arthur 179 4.8 -0.7
Majority 1,215
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Pilkington Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Oliver Kersh 1,760 54.9 +5
Labour Debra Green 1,197 37.3 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Wilfred Davison 134 4.2 +4.2
Green Zachery Garsia 114 3.6 -1.4
Majority 563
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Radcliffe East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rhyse Cathcart 1,242 49.6 +11.9
UKIP Phil Husband 506 20.2 -0.6
Conservative Zain Shah 432 17.3 -9.1
Green Niamh McGarry-Gribbin 180 7.2 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Graham 142 5.7 +1.5
Majority 736
Turnout
Labour gain from Green Swing
Radcliffe North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sharon Briggs 1,456 46.85 +7.5
Conservative Carl Curran 1,000 32.18 +1.1
UKIP Michael Zwierzanski 539 17.34 -5.0
Green Matthew Bailey 113 3.64 +0.2
Majority 456 14.67
Turnout 3,108
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Cummings 1,303 46.8 +0.9
Conservative Liam Dean 458 32.2 +3.7
UKIP Ian Henderson 438 17.3 -3.2
Green Karen Wood 83 3.5 -0.6
Liberal Democrats Kamran Islam 53 2.3 +0.4
Majority 845
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Ramsbottom
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Schofield 1,695 43.8 -3.3
Labour Karen Leach 1,658 42.9 +7.7
UKIP David Barker 372 9.6 +1.9
Green Zarrin Shannon 141 3.6 +2.6
Majority 37
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Redvales
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shaheena Haroon 1,729 58.3 +5.3
Conservative Julie Green 867 29.3 +3.8
Green Paul Johnstone 367 3.4 +9.0
Majority 862
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Sedgley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Silbiger 1,693 45.4 +9.4
Labour Andrea Simpson 1,633 43.8 +/-0.0
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Clayton 233 6.3 -0.4
Green Kamila Liang 168 4.5 -0.8
Majority 60
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Black 1,349 41.3 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Powell 1,330 40.7 +17.3
Conservative Danny Franks 463 14.2 -5.6
Green Jozias Bailey-Sharam 126 3.8 -2.2
Majority 19
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Tottington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Greg Keeley 1,367 46.6 -2.2
Labour Martin Hayes 929 31.7 +2.8
UKIP Hazel Gorman 417 14.2 -0.1
Liberal Democrats David Foss 116 4.0 +0.5
Green Carmel Walker 103 3.5 -1.0
Majority 438
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Unsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Jones 1,365 48.05 +2.8
Conservative Bernard Vincent 885 31.15 -3.1
UKIP Tony Clough 411 14.47 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Steve Middleton 114 4.01 +0.3
Green Nicola Haydock 66 2.32 -1.0
Majority 480 16.90
Turnout 2,841
Labour hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
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