2006 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

Last updated

2006 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election
Flag of England.svg
  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%

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Election Map.svg
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. EnglandBury.png
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.

Contents

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
Majority48821.3
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
Majority1,20138.9
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
Majority55723.4
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
Majority45014.0
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
Majority81927.0
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
Majority1344.8
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
Majority1,60942.4
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
Majority92032.3
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
Majority662.5
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
Majority150.4
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
Majority52223.3
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
Majority82026.2
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
Majority511.6
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
Majority43713.8
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
Majority2546.7
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
Majority87931.6
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
Majority612.0
Turnout 3,087
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bassetlaw District</span> Northernmost district of Nottinghamshire, England

Bassetlaw is a local government district in Nottinghamshire, England. The district has four towns: Worksop, Tuxford, Harworth Bircotes and Retford. It is bounded to the north by the Metropolitan Boroughs of Doncaster and Rotherham, the east by West Lindsey, the west by both the Borough of Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire and the south by Mansfield District and Newark and Sherwood. The district is along with Bolsover District, North East Derbyshire and Borough of Chesterfield is a non-constituent member of the Sheffield City Region.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brent London Borough Council elections</span> Local elections in London

Brent London Borough Council in London, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 63 councillors have been elected from 21 wards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lewisham London Borough Council elections</span>

Lewisham London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Lewisham, in London, United Kingdom. Elections are held every four years using a plurality bloc vote electoral system for the councillors and the supplementary vote electoral system for the elected mayor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 Camden London Borough Council election</span>

The 2006 Camden Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Enfield London Borough Council election</span>

The 2010 Enfield Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Enfield London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from the Conservative party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 Brent London Borough Council election</span> 2014 local election in England, UK

The 2014 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Brent London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 London local elections</span>

The 2022 London local elections took place on 5 May 2022, as part of the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. All London borough councillor seats were up for election. Mayoral elections took place in Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets, with Croydon electing a mayor for the first time following a local referendum in October 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 United Kingdom local elections</span>

Local elections in the United Kingdom took place on 5 May 2022. These included elections for all London borough councils, and for all local authorities in Wales and Scotland. Most seats in England were last up for election in 2018 and in Scotland and Wales in 2017. The elections coincided with the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election. In 91 cases, most of them in Wales, council seats were uncontested, each having only one candidate. Three seats in Scotland remained unfilled as no one stepped forward to fill them.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Barnet London Borough Council election</span> 2022 local election in Barnet

The 2022 Barnet London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022, alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom. All 63 members of Barnet London Borough Council were elected. The Labour Party took overall control, winning 41 of the seats to the Conservative Party's 22. This was the first time Labour had won the council outright; previously, the Conservatives had always won the most seats, usually with an overall majority.

The 2022 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 57 members of Brent London Borough Council were to be elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Camden London Borough Council election</span> 2022 local election in Camden

The 2022 Camden London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 55 members of Camden London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Croydon London Borough Council election</span> 2022 local election in Croydon

In the 2022 Croydon London Borough Council election, on 5 May 2022, all 70 members of Croydon London Borough Council, and the Mayor of Croydon, were up for election. The elections took place alongside the local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom. Jason Perry of the Conservative Party narrowly won the mayoral election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Ealing London Borough Council election</span> 2022 local election in Ealing

The 2022 Ealing London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022, under new election boundaries, which increased the number of Ealing London Borough Council councillors to 70. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

The 2022 Enfield London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022, alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom. All 63 members of Enfield London Borough Council were elected.

The 2022 Lewisham London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 54 members of Lewisham London Borough Council were up for election. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

The 2022 Southwark London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 63 members of Southwark London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Wandsworth London Borough Council election</span> 2022 local election in Wandsworth

The 2022 Wandsworth London Borough Council elections took place on 5 May 2022.

References