2008 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

Results of the 2008 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Bury Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council, from previous No Overall Control of any party.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 26
• Labour 16
• Liberal Democrat 9

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2008

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	3	0	+3	58.8	45.0	25,447	+3.6
	Labour	4	0	4	-4	23.5	25.6	14,469	-8.3
	Liberal Democrats	3	1	0	+1	17.6	17.9	10,121	-0.5
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	8.8	4,958	+2.9
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	354	+0.2
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	89	+0.2
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2.4	1,352	+2.1

Ward results

Besses ward

Besses ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Boden	1084	41.1	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Baum	614	23.3	+5.3
	Conservative	Adele Douglas	584	22.2	−12.4
	English Democrat	Stephen Morris	354	13.4	+13.4
Majority			470	17.8	+4.9
Turnout			2,636
	Labour hold		Swing

Church ward

Church ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Walker	2425	63.9	+8.6
	Labour	Linda Chesters	789	20.8	−3.6
	BNP	Julia Kay	292	7.7	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tamsin Thomson	287	7.6	−2.9
Majority			1636	43.1	+12.2
Turnout			3,793
	Conservative hold		Swing

East ward

East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Byrne	1148	44.9	−4.8
	Conservative	Azmat Hussain	1023	40.0	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Davison	384	15.0	+2.9
Majority			125	4.9	−14.0
Turnout			2,555
	Labour hold		Swing

Elton ward

Elton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Creswell	1861	61.2	+8.9
	Labour	Simon Carter	775	25.5	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Sloss	405	13.3	−3.0
Majority			1086	35.7	+14.9
Turnout			3,041
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holyrood ward

Holyrood ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vic DAlbert	1632	51.8	−2.8
	Conservative	Matthew Hague	852	27.0	+4.6
	Labour	Benjamin Shatliff	669	21.2	−1.8
Majority			780	24.7	−7.0
Turnout			3,153
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Moorside ward

Moorside ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dot Cassidy	1279	40.7	+1.6
	Conservative	Angela Cane	1197	38.0	+3.8
	BNP	Phil Sedman	317	10.1	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nissa Finney	223	7.1	−8.9
	Independent	Victor Hagan	130	4.1	+4.1
Majority			82	2.6	−2.3
Turnout			3,146
	Labour hold		Swing

North Manor ward

North Manor ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy Gunther	2694	70.2	+7.5
	Labour	Nick Parnell	577	15.0	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Arthur	338	8.8	−4.1
	BNP	Tom Nuttall	162	4.2	−0.6
	Independent	Lynette Mitchell (Male)	66	1.7	+1.7
Majority			2117	55.2	+12.1
Turnout			3,837
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pilkington Park ward

Pilkington Park ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michelle Wiseman	1908	67.0	+5.7
	Labour	Gill Campbell	637	22.4	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne Burrows	304	10.7	−1.4
Majority			1271	44.6	+9.9
Turnout			2,849
	Conservative hold		Swing

Radcliffe East ward

Radcliffe East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Hurst	1384	45.2	+12.9
	Labour	Daisy Johnston	907	29.6	−6.2
	BNP	Tom Rosser	466	15.2	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Halsall	308	10.0	−2.5
Majority			477	15.6
Turnout			3,065
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Radcliffe North ward

Radcliffe North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Harris	1656	45.8	+5.0
	Labour	Timothy Chamberlain	1265	35.0	−3.6
	BNP	Peter Hallows	472	13.1	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Molloy	220	6.1	−1.2
Majority			391	10.8	+8.6
Turnout			3,613
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Radcliffe West ward

Radcliffe West ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Isherwood	1187	44.6	−5.7
	Conservative	Bernard Slingsby	727	27.3	+4.7
	BNP	Stewart Clough	484	18.2	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne O'Hanlon	175	6.6	−1.0
	UKIP	Harold Greenhalgh	89	3.3	+3.3
Majority			460	17.3	−10.5
Turnout			2,662
	Labour hold		Swing

Ramsbottom ward

Ramsbottom ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Theckston	2010	62.1	+6.4
	Labour	Val Robinson	872	26.9	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Turner	354	10.9	−1.7
Majority			1138	35.2	+11.3
Turnout			3,236
	Conservative hold		Swing

Redvales ward

Redvales ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ijaz Ahmed	1465	43.4	+9.4
	Labour	Susan Southworth	1093	32.3	−4.8
	BNP	Brian Jepson	317	9.4	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Jenkins	302	8.9	−8.3
	Independent	Mike Harling	104	3.1	+3.1
	Independent	Bill Brison	98	2.9	+2.9
Majority			372	11.0
Turnout			3,379
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sedgley ward

Sedgley ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Garner	1488	41.0	+2.8
	Conservative	Jonathan Grosskopf	1238	34.1	+2.6
	Labour	Frank Adam	906	24.9	−5.7
Majority			250	6.9	−2.8
Turnout			3,632
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Marys ward

St Marys ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary DAlbert	1308	43.4	+0.4
	Labour	Kevin Lee	1013	33.6	+0.4
	Conservative	Raymond Soloman	692	23.0	−0.8
Majority			295	9.8	−0.1
Turnout			3,013
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Tottington ward

Tottington ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Brown	1700	57.0	+4.7
	Labour	Jane Lewis	614	20.6	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Foss	456	15.3	+3.8
	BNP	Reg Norris	210	7.0	−4.5
Majority			1086	36.4	+8.3
Turnout			2,980
	Conservative hold		Swing

Unsworth ward

Unsworth ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Cohen	1821	56.3	+9.8
	Labour	Ann Audin	1165	36.0	−10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Theo Tymczyna	248	7.7	+0.7
Majority			656	20.3
Turnout			3,234
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• Bury Council election, 2008 – wards B to P
• Bury Council election, 2008 – wards R to U
• Bury summary results