2004 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Elections to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003. [1] The number of councillors increased from 48 to 51, with the addition on North Manor Ward, as well as other boundary changes, therefore it is not possible to show seats gained and lost. The top 3 candidates in each ward were elected.

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The Labour Party retained control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2004
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 27035.024,884-5.3
  Conservative 19+237.026,215-2.8
  Liberal Democrats 5+121.715,457+2.9
  BNP 000003.22,235+3.2
  Independent 000003.12,241+2.9

Ward results

Besses
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Boden 1,724 22.6
Labour Alan Matthews 1,514 19.9
Labour Ken Audin 1,424 18.7
Conservative Mark Roberts83010.9
Conservative Julian Kershner78310.3
Liberal Democrats Winnifred Rohmann6818.9
Conservative Chava Odze6578.6
Turnout
Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Walker 2,643 22.4
Conservative Jack Walton 2,161 18.3
Conservative Robert Bibby 1,922 16.3
Labour Andrew McAnulty1,35711.5
Labour Leslie Jones1,18210.0
Labour Benjamin Shatliff8857.5
BNP Thomas Rosser8176.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Bell8156.9
Turnout
East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Byrne 1,597 16.5
Labour Mike Connolly 1,582 16.4
Labour Trevor Holt 1,538 15.9
Conservative Azmat Husain1,11511.5
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Tonge1,08311.2
Conservative Nawaz Khan1,05110.9
Conservative Shahid Haider7577.8
Independent Anthony Hill4895.1
Independent Thomas Canham4414.6
Turnout
Elton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Yvonne Creswell 1,639 16.7
Conservative Denise Bigg 1,519 15.5
Labour John Costello 1,468 15.0
Conservative Michael Hankey1,44714.7
Labour Evelyn Holt1,31713.4
Labour Ray Watts1,27413.0
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Eagle7177.3
Independent Shaun Fitzsimon4234.3
Turnout
Holyrood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Victor D'Albert 2,114 19.6
Liberal Democrats Wilf Davison 1,994 18.5
Liberal Democrats Tim Pickstone 1,980 18.4
Labour Eve Sandler8918.3
Labour Darrell Johnson8738.1
Labour Lillian Johnston8678.1
Conservative Sheila Blaby7216.7
Conservative Marilyn Vincent6886.4
Conservative Jeanette Chrystal6255.8
Turnout
Moorside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dot Cassidy 1,608 15.9
Labour Keith Rothwell 1,357 13.4
Labour Warren Flood 1,324 13.1
Conservative Peter Ashworth1,19511.8
Conservative Trevor Jones1,17511.6
Conservative Beverley Sullivan1,14111.3
Liberal Democrats Victor Hagan7947.8
Liberal Democrats James Eagle7917.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Jenkins7387.3
Turnout
North Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy Gunther 3,075 25.1
Conservative David Higgin 2,877 23.5
Conservative James Taylor 2,459 20.1
Labour Peter Bury1,0999.0
Labour Ian Hargreaves1,0438.5
Liberal Democrats Robert Sloss9317.6
Labour Zia Ullah7406.0
Turnout
Pilkington Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michelle Wiseman 2,208 21.7
Conservative Peter Redstone 2,012 19.8
Conservative Bernie Vincent 1,800 17.7
Labour Paul Nesbit1,33913.2
Labour Alan Quinn1,04510.3
Labour Elliot Moss1,02510.1
Liberal Democrats Lynn Molloy7367.2
Turnout
Radcliffe East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lyndsey Campbell 1,626 18.7
Labour Siobhan Costello 1,355 15.6
Labour Steve Perkins 1,299 15.0
Conservative Jeffrey McGilvray1,11512.9
Conservative Eric Margieson1,02611.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Staley7698.9
BNP Janet Lees7558.7
Conservative Alison Roberts7258.4
Turnout
Radcliffe North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tim Chamberlain 1,827 16.9
Labour Barry Briggs 1,788 16.6
Labour Sharron Briggs 1,740 16.1
Conservative Alan Bigg1,57414.6
Conservative Stuart Penketh1,42713.2
Conservative Anthony Sprason1,28311.9
Liberal Democrats Gaynor Clarkson7687.1
Independent Bernadette Hargreaves3803.5
Turnout
Radcliffe West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Isherwood 1,652 20.9
Labour Anthony Cummings 1,601 20.3
Labour Wayne Campbell 1,562 19.8
Conservative Kathleen Armour85210.8
Conservative Roger Thompson84210.7
Conservative Ian Bevan82110.4
Liberal Democrats Caroline Gardner5617.1
Turnout
Ramsbottom
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Theckston 2,329 21.7
Conservative Sheila Magnall 2,106 19.6
Conservative Richard Nuttall 1,813 16.9
Labour Jane Lewis1,40613.1
Labour Nicole Ivanoff1,14710.7
Labour Michael Rae1,12710.5
Liberal Democrats Fiona Davison8157.6
Turnout
Redvales
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Southworth 1,503 16.6
Labour John Smith 1,410 15.6
Conservative Khalid Hussain 1,178 13.0
Conservative Iona Worthington1,15612.8
Labour Farook Chaudhry1,14212.6
Conservative Ijaz Ahmed1,00311.1
Liberal Democrats Bill Brison98610.9
Independent Debbie Pierce6527.2
Turnout
St Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Gibb 1,597 15.0
Labour Keith Grime 1,550 14.6
Labour Steve Treadgold 1,381 13.0
Conservative Anthony Barlow1,22511.5
Conservative David Green1,17111.0
Conservative Denise Ormrod1,14110.8
Liberal Democrats Mary D'Albert9108.6
Liberal Democrats Maureen Davison9058.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Halsall7266.8
Turnout
Sedgley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Garner 1,692 13.2
Labour Gill Campbell 1,543 12.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Garner 1,542 12.1
Labour Catherine Evans1,47811.6
Labour Peter Timperley1,47111.5
Liberal Democrats Donal O'Hanlon1,46511.5
Conservative Neville Singer1,2609.9
Conservative Henry Kessler1,2299.6
Conservative Shneur Odze 1,0928.5
Turnout
Tottington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Brown 1,796 19.5
Conservative Tvonne Wright 1,563 16.6
Conservative Iain Garside 1,479 16.0
Labour Simon Carter1,11112.0
Labour Vera McClung1,04411.3
Labour Victor McClung98010.6
BNP Stewart Clough6637.2
Liberal Democrats Emma Davison5806.3
Turnout
Unsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sam Cohen 1,560 16.8
Labour Gordon Sharkey 1,536 16.5
Labour Joan Grimshaw 1,418 15.3
Labour Stella Smith1,33514.4
Conservative Marilyn Green1,30714.1
Conservative Jonathan Grosskopf1,23113.3
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Young5055.4
Independent Alan Garman43516.7
Independent Maurice Konyk951.0
Turnout

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