2003 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 27
• Conservative 17
• Liberal Democrat 4

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	7	0	5	-0		40.3	17,624	-6.1
	Conservative	7	4	0	+4		39.8	17,405	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	0	+1		18.8	8,229	+5.9
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	378	+0.9%
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	98	+0.0%

Ward results

Besses

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Boden	1,036	58.6	−3.6
	Conservative	Mark Roberts	446	25.2	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Davison	287	16.2	+1.4
Majority			590	33.3	−5.9
Turnout			1,769
	Labour hold		Swing

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Bibby	1,761	54.6	+3.3
	Labour	Leslie Jones	946	29.3	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats	James Eagle	517	16.0	+16.0
Majority			815	25.3	+11.8
Turnout			3,224
	Conservative hold		Swing

East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Holt	1,116	55.2	−4.3
	Conservative	Matthew Green	520	25.7	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Hagan	384	19.0	+8.2
Majority			596	29.5	−5.7
Turnout			2,020
	Labour hold		Swing

Elton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denise Bigg	1,215	42.5	+4.2
	Labour	Ray Watts	1,126	39.4	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Sloss	516	18.1	+7.3
Majority			89	3.1
Turnout			2,857
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Holyrood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Victor D'Albert	1,475	57.9	+8.2
	Labour	Susan Worsley	609	23.9	−6.4
	Conservative	Jeanette Chrystal	365	14.3	−1.9
	Socialist Alliance	Rita McLoughlin	98	3.8	+3.8
Majority			866	34.0	−14.6
Turnout			2,547
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Moorside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beverley Sullivan	1,268	47.6	+8.2
	Labour	June Drinkwater	971	36.4	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Winifred Rohmann	427	16.0	+9.4
Majority			297	11.1
Turnout			2,666
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Pilkington Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michelle Wiseman	1,238	47.6	+3.9
	Labour	Pamela Walker	1,020	39.2	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Davison	345	13.3	+3.6
Majority			218	8.4
Turnout			2,603
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Radcliffe Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Isherwood	1,455	59.8	−4.6
	Conservative	Eric Margieson	570	24.3	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mary D'Albert	410	16.8	+3.2
Majority			885	36.3	−6.1
Turnout			2,435
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Briggs	1,675	52.5	−1.5
	Conservative	Alan Bigg	1,514	47.5	+1.5
Majority			161	5.0	−3.0
Turnout			3,189
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Cummings	1,096	46.4	−2.7
	Conservative	Peter Wright	1,022	43.3	+7.2
	Green	Ashleigh Vincent	245	10.4	+10.4
Majority			74	3.1	−9.9
Turnout			2,363
	Labour hold		Swing

Ramsbottom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Theckston	2,211	57.3	+3.5
	Labour	Keith Rothwell	1,085	28.1	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Turner	565	14.6	+3.7
Majority			1,126	29.2	+10.7
Turnout			3,861
	Conservative hold		Swing

Redvales

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Smith	1,088	41.7	−2.1
	Conservative	Ijaz Ahmed	890	34.1	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Robinson-Dowland	499	19.1	+4.7
	Green	James Axon	133	5.1	+5.1
Majority			198	7.6	−2.4
Turnout			2,610
	Labour hold		Swing

St Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Gibb	1,409	50.9	−2.4
	Conservative	Anthony Barlow	795	28.7	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Halsall	563	20.3	+4.8
Majority			614	22.2	−5.0
Turnout			2,767
	Labour hold		Swing

Sedgley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Garner	1,237	44.2	+16.5
	Labour	Gillian Campbell	1,127	40.3	−15.2
	Conservative	Marilyn Vincent	533	15.5	−1.3
Majority			110	3.9
Turnout			2,797
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Tottington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Johnson	2,053	60.0	+2.0
	Labour	Victor McClung	802	23.4	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Foss	569	16.6	+4.1
Majority			1,251	36.5	+8.1
Turnout			3,424
	Conservative hold		Swing

Unsworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Ashworth	1,104	42.4	+4.3
	Labour	Vera McClung	1,063	40.9	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Young	435	16.7	+7.5
Majority			41	1.6
Turnout			2,602
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing