2002 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Elections to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2002
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1200+046.423,400+4.1%
  Conservative 300+036.918,361-4.6%
  Liberal Democrats 100012.96,524-2.2%
 Environment and Wildlife000003.21,636+2.4%
  Socialist Alliance 000000.2112+0.2%
  Independent 000000.3171+0.0%

Ward results

Besses
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Audin1,27762.2+7.2
Conservative Mark Roberts47323.0-10.1
Liberal Democrats Ann Garner30314.8+2.9
Majority80439.2+17.3
Turnout 2,053
Labour hold Swing
Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jack Walton1,93651.3-12.0
Labour Andrew McAnulty1,42537.8+12.4
Environment and WildlifeMichael Wellock41010.9+5.0
Majority51113.5-24.4
Turnout 3,771
Conservative hold Swing
East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Connolly1,41059.5-2.8
Conservative Peter Ashworth57524.3-1.3
Liberal Democrats Victor Hagan23110.8+5.6
Environment and WildlifeDavid Bentley1546.5+6.5
Majority83535.2-1.5
Turnout 2,370
Labour hold Swing
Elton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Costello1,43343.9+2.1
Conservative Kevin Gould1,24838.3-6.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Sloss35110.8+3.5
Environment and WildlifeLouise Llweellyn2307.1+1.4
Majority1855.7
Turnout 3,262
Labour hold Swing
Holyrood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tim Pickstone1,43649.7-6.7
Labour Susan Worsley86930.3+5.9
Conservative Jeanette Chrystal46516.2-3.0
Majority55719.4-12.6
Turnout 2,872
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Moorside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dorothy Cassidy1,43745.9+9.6
Conservative Beverley Sullivan1,23439.4-14.0
Environment and WildlifeMary Heath2578.2+8.2
Liberal Democrats Winifred Rohmann2066.6-3.8
Majority2036.5
Turnout 3,134
Labour hold Swing
Pilkington Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Grimshaw1,43846.6+2.0
Conservative Peter Redstone1,35043.7-1.2
Liberal Democrats Mary D'Albert2999.7-0.9
Majority882.8
Turnout 3,087
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrea Hughes1,80364.4+0.1
Conservative Alan Bigg61622.0+3.7
Liberal Democrats Bryn Hackley38213.6-3.8
Majority1,18742.4-3.6
Turnout 2,801
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Katherine Briggs1,99454.0
Conservative Denise Bigg1,69846.0
Majority2968.0
Turnout 3,692
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Perkins1,23849.1+3.8
Conservative David Green90936.1-8.9
Liberal Democrats Theodor Tymczyna2098.3-1.3
Environment and WildlifeBryan Partington1646.5+6.5
Majority32913.0+12.7
Turnout 2,520
Labour hold Swing
Ramsbottom
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy Gunther2,30153.8+0.8
Labour Vera McClung1,50835.3-1.6
Liberal Democrats Fiona Davison46610.9+0.8
Majority79318.5+2.4
Turnout 4,275
Conservative hold Swing
Redvales
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Farook Chaudhry1,33843.8-16.7
Conservative Azhar Mahmood1,03233.8+6.9
Liberal Democrats Martin Robinson-Dowland44114.4+1.8
Environment and WildlifeGlyn Heath2468.0+8.0
Majority30610.0-13.6
Turnout 3,057
Labour hold Swing
St Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eric Grime1,77953.3+9.4
Conservative Anthony Barlow87126.1-7.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Halsall51615.5-6.9
Independent Gerard Van Hecke1715.1+5.1
Majority90827.2+17.0
Turnout 3,337
Labour hold Swing
Sedgley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Timperley1,89455.5+12.4
Liberal Democrats Janet Turner94327.7-11.7
Conservative Marilyn Vincent57316.8-0.7
Majority95127.9+24.2
Turnout 3,410
Labour hold Swing
Tottington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Higgin2,18258.0-2.4
Labour Victor McClung1,11329.6+1.1
Liberal Democrats Jame Eagle47012.5+1.4
Majority1,06928.4-3.5
Turnout 3,765
Conservative hold Swing
Unsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon Sharkey1,44447.1+1.4
Conservative Samuel Cohen1,16838.1-7.2
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Young2819.2+0.2
Environment and WildlifeMartin Prescott1755.7+5.7
Majority2769.0+8.6
Turnout 3,068
Labour hold Swing

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