2016 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

2016 local election results in Bury

The 2016 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council in England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

17 seats were contested. The Labour Party won 10 seats, the Conservatives won 6 seats, and the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat.

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

• Labour 32
• Conservative 16
• Liberal Democrats 3

Election result

Bury kocal election result 2016

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10	1	3	-2
	Conservative	6	2	0	+2
	UKIP	0	0	0	0
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	+1
	Green	0	0	1	-1	0
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0

Ward results

Besses

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Fitzgerald	1,426	58.68	3.13
	Conservative	David Lewis	486	20.00	5.09
	English Democrat	Stephen Morris	280	11.52	3.77
	Green	Joanne Gardner	132	5.43	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Katriona Middleton	106	4.36	3.35
Majority			940	38.68	7.84
Turnout			2,430
	Labour hold		Swing

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy-Edward Walker	2,061	59.77	8.78
	Labour	Gavin McGill	1,102	31.96	1.91
	Green	Andrew Hunt	188	5.45	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Rew	97	2.81	0.90
Majority			959	27.81	10.69
Turnout			3,448
	Conservative hold		Swing

East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stella Smith	1,566	63.45	6.39
	Conservative	Tahira Shaffi	616	24.96	4.97
	Green	Glyn Heath	286	11.59	N/A
Majority			950	38.49	4.01
Turnout			2,468
	Labour hold		Swing

Elton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Southworth	1,418	41.88	3.35
	Conservative	Dene Vernon	1,312	38.75	3.06
	UKIP	Dave Bentley	465	13.73	1.45
	Green	Charlotte Allen	123	3.63	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jacob Royde	77	2.27	1.35
Majority			106	3.13	6.41
Turnout			3,386
	Labour hold		Swing

Holyrood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Wright	1,733	45.1	+9.5
	Labour	Paddy Heneghan	1,463	38.1	+3.2
	Conservative	Nicholas Jones	280	7.3	−5.9
	UKIP	Michael Zwierzanski	229	5.9	−4.6
	Green	Janneke Calle	139	3.6	−2.1
Majority			270
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Moorside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Annette McKay	1,375	51.3	+0.9
	UKIP	Victor Hagan	569	21.2	+1.4
	Conservative	Luis McBriar	511	19.1	−5.8
	Green	Larissa Heath	135	5	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Stretch	90	3.4	+3.4
Majority			806
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

North Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy Gunther	2,281	60.8	+11.8
	Labour	Timothy Butcher	1,066	28.4	+1.1
	Green	Mary Heath	225	6	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Arthur	179	4.8	−0.7
Majority			1,215
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pilkington Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Kersh	1,760	54.9	+5
	Labour	Debra Green	1,197	37.3	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Wilfred Davison	134	4.2	+4.2
	Green	Zachery Garsia	114	3.6	−1.4
Majority			563
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Radcliffe East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rhyse Cathcart	1,242	49.6	+11.9
	UKIP	Phil Husband	506	20.2	−0.6
	Conservative	Zain Shah	432	17.3	−9.1
	Green	Niamh McGarry-Gribbin	180	7.2	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Graham	142	5.7	+1.5
Majority			736
Turnout
	Labour gain from Green		Swing

Radcliffe North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Briggs	1,456	46.85	+7.5
	Conservative	Carl Curran	1,000	32.18	+1.1
	UKIP	Michael Zwierzanski	539	17.34	−5.0
	Green	Matthew Bailey	113	3.64	+0.2
Majority			456	14.67
Turnout			3,108
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Cummings	1,303	46.8	+0.9
	Conservative	Liam Dean	458	32.2	+3.7
	UKIP	Ian Henderson	438	17.3	−3.2
	Green	Karen Wood	83	3.5	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kamran Islam	53	2.3	+0.4
Majority			845
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Ramsbottom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Schofield	1,695	43.8	−3.3
	Labour	Karen Leach	1,658	42.9	+7.7
	UKIP	David Barker	372	9.6	+1.9
	Green	Zarrin Shannon	141	3.6	+2.6
Majority			37
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Redvales

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaheena Haroon	1,729	58.3	+5.3
	Conservative	Julie Green	867	29.3	+3.8
	Green	Paul Johnstone	367	3.4	+9.0
Majority			862
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Sedgley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Silbiger	1,693	45.4	+9.4
	Labour	Andrea Simpson	1,633	43.8	+/−0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Clayton	233	6.3	−0.4
	Green	Kamila Liang	168	4.5	−0.8
Majority			60
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Black	1,349	41.3	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Powell	1,330	40.7	+17.3
	Conservative	Danny Franks	463	14.2	−5.6
	Green	Jozias Bailey-Sharam	126	3.8	−2.2
Majority			19
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Tottington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Greg Keeley	1,367	46.6	−2.2
	Labour	Martin Hayes	929	31.7	+2.8
	UKIP	Hazel Gorman	417	14.2	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Foss	116	4.0	+0.5
	Green	Carmel Walker	103	3.5	−1.0
Majority			438
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Unsworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jones	1,365	48.05	+2.8
	Conservative	Bernard Vincent	885	31.15	−3.1
	UKIP	Tony Clough	411	14.47	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Middleton	114	4.01	+0.3
	Green	Nicola Haydock	66	2.32	−1.0
Majority			480	16.90
Turnout			2,841
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.