2006 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

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.

2006 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

4 May 2006
17 of the 51 seats on Bury Metropolitan Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats won 9 5 3 Seats after 22 23 6 Seat change 3 4 1 Popular vote 21,619 17,337 11,072 Percentage 42.2% 33.8% 21.6% Swing 5.2% 1.2% 0.1%
Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election No overall control

The Metropolitan Borough of Bury shown within England.

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