2019 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Election result[]

Changes compared with 2018 election.

2019 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election[1]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8	1	52.3	20	29	56.9	19,508	38.9	-9.3
	Conservative	6	1	29.4	11	16	31.4	17,442	34.8	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	11.8	2	4	7.8	6,351	12.7	+3.0
	Independent	1	1	5.9	1	2	3.9	1,851	3.7	+2.8
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,370	8.7	+5.4
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	354	0.7	New
	English Democrat	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	288	0.6	+0.3

Ward results[]

Candidates seeking re-election were last elected in 2015 and are denoted with an asterisk. Changes are compared to the 2018 results in that ward.

Besses[]

Besses

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrea Simpson	1,007	48.3	-11.4
	Conservative	Jordan Lewis	433	20.8	-2.5
	English Democrat	Stephen Morris	288	13.8	+6.7
	Green	Jessie Georgia Smart	197	9.5	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Bairstow Jackson	158	7.6	+2.7
Majority			574	27.6
Turnout			2,083	25.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Church[]

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Harris*	1,913	56.7	-1.9
	Labour	Sam Turner	925	27.4	-8.4
	Green	Nicole Paule Haydock	338	10.0	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Arthur	198	5.9	New
Majority			988	29.3
Turnout			3,374	40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

East[]

East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gavin McGill	1,418	63.6	+4.2
	Conservative	Liam James Dean	428	19.2	-14.9
	Green	Paul Anthony Petzer	261	11.7	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Stokes	124	5.6	New
Majority			990	44.4
Turnout			2,231	26.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elton[]

Elton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlotte Morris	1,259	42.2	-8.6
	Conservative	Michael Hankey*	1,243	41.6	-2.0
	Green	Charlie Allen	351	11.8	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jacob Royde	133	4.5	+2.6
Majority			16	0.5
Turnout			2,986	35.56
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Holyrood[]

Holyrood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Tegolo	1,995	56.1	+9.4
	Labour	Chris Neville	1,009	28.4	-9.9
	UKIP	Kevin McGill	196	5.5	New
	Green	Peter Curati	179	5.0	+1.4
	Conservative	Bernard Vincent	177	5.0	-6.4
Majority			986	27.7
Turnout			3,556	41.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Moorside[]

Moorside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Southworth*	1,198	47.1	-19.1
	Conservative	Sohail Raja	829	32.6	+8.3
	Green	Stefanie Jayne Moore	391	15.4	+10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Warnes	123	4.8	New
Majority			369	14.5
Turnout			2,571	28.7
	Labour hold		Swing

No Independent candidate as previous (-4.9).

North Manor[]

North Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Khalid Hussain*	1,699	50.3	-11.0
	Labour	Tom Pilkington	942	27.9	-3.9
	Green	Mary Heath	456	13.5	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Arthur	284	8.4	+4.7
Majority			757	22.4
Turnout			3,381	42.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pilkington Park[]

Pilkington Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Caserta*	1,482	49.6	-7.4
	Labour	Eddy Redmond	951	31.8	-4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Cross	202	6.8	+4.2
	Green	Myriam Salama-Carr	193	6.5	+2.7
	UKIP	Anthony Clough	158	5.3	New
Majority			531	17.8
Turnout			2,986	39.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Radcliffe East[]

Radcliffe East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Mason	1,045	38.1	New
	Labour	Evelyn Mary Doyle	979	35.7	-11.4
	Conservative	Luis James McBriar	609	22.2	-7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Thomas Lewis	110	4.0	-2.6
Majority			66	2.4
Turnout			2,743	30.8
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

No Independent candidate as previous (-13.2).

Radcliffe North[]

Radcliffe North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Hurst	1,507	48.6	-6.5
	Labour	Jamie Walker*	1,171	37.8	-2.8
	Green	John Philip Meara	301	9.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Rew	120	3.9	-0.4
Majority			336	10.8
Turnout			3,099	35.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Radcliffe West[]

Radcliffe West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beth Mortenson	886	39.2	-21.3
	Independent	Carol Ann Birchmore	806	35.7	New
	Conservative	David Lewis	350	15.5	-9.5
	Green	Andrew Truelove	152	6.7	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kamran Islam	65	2.9	-0.1
Majority			80	3.5
Turnout			2,259	26.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Ramsbottom[]

Ramsbottom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clair Ann Cummins	1,645	45.3	-6.4
	Conservative	Gregg Dennis Fletcher	1,459	40.2	-4.7
	Green	Louise Stephanie Bancroft	363	10.0	New
	Liberal Democrats	David Henry Foss	160	4.4	+1.1
Majority			186	5.1
Turnout			3,627	40.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Redvales[]

Redvales

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Louise Walsh	1,511	47.2	-17.2
	Conservative	Shahbaz Mahmood Arif	1,213	37.9	+11.5
	Green	Paul Johnstone	349	10.9	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Lloyd-Johnson	128	4.0	+0.3
Majority			298	9.3
Turnout			3,201	35.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Sedgley[]

Sedgley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Ian Gold	1,650	54.9	-5.3
	Conservative	Daniel Kallmunzer	1,010	33.6	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Elena Lenzi	347	11.5	+5.4
Majority			640	21.3
Turnout			3,007	33.99
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's[]

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Powell	1,964	56.7	+12.7
	Labour	Noel Bayley*	1,022	29.5	-16.1
	Conservative	Zadok Day	266	7.7	-2.7
	Green	Emlyn Martin Begley	214	6.2	New
Majority			942	27.2
Turnout			3,466	42.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Tottington[]

Tottington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Wright*	1,729	58.2	+4.8
	Labour	Anthony McCaul	764	25.7	-14.1
	Green	Samantha Deas	354	11.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Minty	125	4.2	+1.3
Majority			965	32.5
Turnout			2,972	37.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Unsworth[]

Unsworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Grimshaw*	1,171	44.2	+0.1
	Conservative	Anton Slawycz	1,095	41.3	+6.2
	Green	Glyn Harvey Heath	271	10.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Ugonna Edeoga	115	4.3	-16.5
Majority			76	2.9
Turnout			2,652	36.3
	Labour hold		Swing

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