2012 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Elections to Bury Council took place on 3 May 2012. [1] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the Council was up for election and the Labour Party retained control of the Council.

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17 seats were contested. The Labour Party won 14 seats, and the Conservatives won 3 seats.

After the election, the total composition of the council was as follows:

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 14100+1051.024,589+2.3
  Conservative 307-728.613,822-5.6
  Liberal Democrats 003-39.34,482-1.8
  UKIP 0008.84,243+5.1
  Green 000001.1551+0.5
  English Democrat 000001.1553+0.5

Ward results

Besses
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Fitzgerald 1,484 61.81 +6.9
English Democrat Stephen Morris36715.29+8.6
Conservative Ian Silvester35814.91−1.7
Liberal Democrats Julie Baum1857.71−9.1
Majority1,11746.52+8.5
Turnout 2,40128.6−5.2
Labour hold Swing
Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Walker 1,704 50.99 −0.9
Labour Andrew Jones1,13233.87−7.0
UKIP Julie Reynolds37011.07N/A
Liberal Democrats Lynda Arthur1243.71−3.6
Majority57217.12+6.0
Turnout 3,34238.9−6.3
Conservative hold Swing
East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stella Smith 1,430 57.06 +6.5
UKIP Pete Entwhistle56622.59+8.8
Conservative Azmat Husain50119.99−11.3
Majority86434.48+15.2
Turnout 2,50630.9−8.7
Labour hold Swing
Elton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Southworth 1,323 45.23 −0.4
Conservative Yvonne Creswell1,04435.69−9.8
UKIP Nicola Wood44415.18N/A
Liberal Democrats Andrew Garner1063.62−1.3
Majority2799.54+5.4
Turnout 2,92533.4−7.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Holyrood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paddy Heneghan 1,510 45.4 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Vic D'Albert1,35940.9+4.2
Conservative Carl Curran2607.8−8.5
English Democrat Valerie Morris1865.6+0.8
Majority1514.5−0.9
Turnout 3,32637.0−3.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Moorside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dot Cassidy1,69065.2+19.6
Conservative Peter Ashworth41716.1−11.3
UKIP Victor Hagan37914.6+14.6
Liberal Democrats Graeme Lambert973.7−7.2
Majority1,27349.1+27.0
Turnout 2,59428.2−8.3
Labour hold Swing
North Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy Gunther1,87356.6+10.4
Labour Steven Treadgold89927.2−1.9
Green Glyn Heath35510.7+2.2
Liberal Democrats Ewan Arthur1745.3−6.6
Majority97429.4+12.3
Turnout 3,31140.7−9.1
Conservative hold Swing
Pilkington Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michelle Wiseman1,31248.0+4.4
Labour John Mallon1,26646.4+5.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Baum1324.8+0.5
Majority461.7−0.7
Turnout 2,73134.7−7.4
Conservative hold Swing
Radcliffe East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daisy Bailey1,44259.1+5.8
Conservative Derek Brooks51321.0−12.3
UKIP Nick McNeill38916.0+6.9
Liberal Democrats Joanne O'Hanlon853.5−0.8
Majority92938.1+18.1
Turnout 2,43827.8−7.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Radcliffe North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sharon Briggs1,60951.4+0.7
Conservative Jackie Harris1,06734.1−10.3
UKIP Chris Frost35811.4+11.4
Liberal Democrats Rod Rew872.8−2.1
Majority54217.3+11.0
Turnout 3,12835.2−5.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Radcliffe West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Isherwood1,52369.3−0.7
Conservative Stuart Penketh33115.1−11.0
UKIP Ian Hayes27512.5+12.5
Liberal Democrats Kamran Islam622.8−0.7
Majority1,19254.2+10.7
Turnout 2,19925.5−6.5
Labour hold Swing
Ramsbottom
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Luise Fitzwalter1,60549.2+2.3
Conservative Barry Theckston1,24138.1−8.8
UKIP Julian Corden3009.2+9.2
Liberal Democrats Wilf Davison1033.2−3.0
Majority36411.2+11.0
Turnout 3,26036.7+6.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Redvales
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shaheena Haroon1,75157.1+0.4
Conservative Beverly Sullivan62520.4−5.4
UKIP Steve Evans50116.3+4.9
Liberal Democrats Tim Boaden1755.7+0.4
Majority1,12636.7+5.8
Turnout 3,06633.1−6.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Sedgley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrea Simpson1,83360.3+2.8
Liberal Democrats Steve Wright62320.5−0.4
Conservative James Daly55418.2+1.1
Majority1,21039.8+3.2
Turnout 3,03833.6−11.5
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Black1,32047.0−0.9
Liberal Democrats Mary D'Albert95634.0+3.1
Conservative Yvonne Holland32611.6−4.9
Green Andrew McKee1967.0+7.0
Majority36413.0−4.0
Turnout 2,81034.3−6.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Tottington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Simon Carter1,08542.2+1.4
Conservative Roger Brown96537.5−13.1
UKIP Andy Eccles37911.7+11.7
Liberal Democrats David Foss1355.2−3.5
Majority1204.3
Turnout 2,57331.8−8.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Unsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Jones1,68760.4+4.3
Conservative Sam Cohen73126.2−8.2
UKIP Peter Redstone28210.1+3.9
Liberal Democrats Zadok Day792.8−0.5
Majority95634.2+12.5
Turnout 2,79337.3−7.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
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