2006 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2006 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election
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  2004 4 May 2006 2007  

17 of the 51 seats on Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won953
Seats after22236
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote21,61917,33711,072
Percentage42.2%33.8%21.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.2%Decrease2.svg 1.2%Decrease2.svg 0.1%

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Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in orange.

Council control before election


Labour

Council control after election


No overall control

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The Metropolitan Borough of Bury shown within England.

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.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 515-433.817,337-1.2
  Conservative 941+342.221,619+5.2
  Liberal Democrats 310+121.611,072-0.1
  Independent 000002.51,259-0.6

Ward results

Besses
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ken Audin 1,085 47.5 −5.8
Conservative Jonathan Grosskopf59726.1+0.4
Liberal Democrats Mary D'Albert39617.3−3.8
Independent Lucy Cohn2089.1+9.1
Majority 48821.3
Turnout 2,286
Labour hold Swing
Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Bibby 2,048 57.8 +10.9
Labour Benjamin Shatliff84723.9−0.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Jenkins64918.3+3.8
Majority 1,20138.9
Turnout 3,544
Conservative hold Swing
East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Trevor Holt 1,259 52.9 +15.6
Conservative Azmat Husain70229.5+3.5
Liberal Democrats Ewan Arthur59718.6−6.7
Majority 55723.4
Turnout 2,382
Labour hold Swing
Elton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hankey 1,533 47.7 +9.1
Labour Stella Smith1,08333.7−0.9
Liberal Democrats Ewan Arthur59718.6+1.9
Majority 45014.0
Turnout 3,213
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Holyrood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tim Pickstone 1,576 52.0 −4.7
Conservative Marilyn Vincent75725.0+5.6
Labour Suzanne Johnston69923.1−0.8
Majority 81927.0
Turnout 3,032
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Moorside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Ashworth 1,129 40.2 +7.0
Labour Warren Flood99535.4−9.3
Liberal Democrats Victor Hagan68624.4+2.3
Majority 1344.8
Turnout 2,810
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
North Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Taylor 2,350 61.9 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Sloss74119.5+1.3
Labour Francis Shatliff70618.6−2.9
Majority 1,60942.4
Turnout 3,797
Conservative hold Swing
Pilkington Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Vincent 1,760 61.7 +10.1
Labour Alan Quinn84029.5−1.8
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Mustafa2518.8−8.4
Majority 92032.3
Turnout 2,851
Conservative hold Swing
Radcliffe East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Catherine Berry 1,029 38.8 +12.7
Labour Steve Perkins96336.3−1.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Halsall46017.4−0.6
Independent Paul Clarke1997.5+7.5
Majority 662.5
Turnout 2,651
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Radcliffe North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sharron Briggs 1,431 42.2 +2.0
Conservative Stuart Penketh1,41641.7+7.1
Liberal Democrats Maureen Davison36710.8−6.1
Independent Matthew Randall1805.3−3.1
Majority 150.4
Turnout 3,394
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wayne Campbell 1,231 54.9 +1.0
Conservative Alan Bigg70931.6+3.8
Independent Deborah Fallon30113.4+13.4
Majority 52223.3
Turnout 2,241
Labour hold Swing
Ramsbottom
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diane Ashworth 1,759 56.3 +5.1
Labour Valerie Robinson93930.0−0.9
Liberal Democrats Fiona Davison42713.7−4.2
Majority 82026.2
Turnout 3,125
Conservative hold Swing
Redvales
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Farook Chaudhry 1,178 37.5 +2.7
Conservative Khalid Hussain1,12735.8+8.5
Liberal Democrats Bill Brison84026.7+3.9
Majority 511.6
Turnout 3,145
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
St Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Donal O'Hanlon 1,333 42.0 +17.6
Labour Steve Treadgold89628.2−14.6
Conservative Denise Ormrod72722.9−9.9
Independent Andrew Duff2176.8+6.8
Majority 43713.8
Turnout 3,173
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Sedgley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Garner 1,478 39.1 +1.5
Labour Peter Timperley1,22432.4−1.9
Conservative Shneur Odze 1,07528.5+0.5
Majority 2546.7
Turnout 3,777
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tottington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Garside 1,590 57.2 +13.9
Labour Jane Lewis71125.6−1.2
Liberal Democrats David Foss47817.2+3.2
Majority 87931.6
Turnout 2,779
Conservative hold Swing
Unsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Beverley Sullivan 1,311 42.5 +2.5
Labour Joan Grimshaw1,25040.5+1.1
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Young37212.1−0.9
Independent Paul Gerrard1545.0−2.6
Majority 612.0
Turnout 3,087
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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