Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000

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Elections to Bury Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. [1] Overall turnout was 27.38%.

Metropolitan Borough of Bury Metropolitan borough in England

The Metropolitan Borough of Bury is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England, just north of Manchester, which consists of six towns: Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich. Bury bounds the Lancashire districts of Rossendale and Blackburn with Darwen to the north.

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2000
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 9 0 5 -5 52.9 42.3 17,324 -6.4%
  Conservative 7 5 0 +5 41.2 41.5 16,962 +8.7%
  Liberal Democrat 1 0 0 0 5.9 15.1 6,196 +1.2%
  Environment and Wildlife 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 321 -3.1%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 107 -0.4%

Ward results

Besses
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alan Matthews 783 55.0 -12.4
Conservative Mark Roberts 472 33.1 +11.0
Liberal Democrat Ivy Hooley 169 11.9 +1.3
Majority 311 21.9 -23.4
Turnout 1,424 20.8 -0.7
Labour hold Swing
Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Roy Walker 1,937 63.3 +15.8
Labour Jonathan Ashworth 776 25.4 -14.2
Environment and Wildlife Michael Wellock 179 5.9 -7.1
Liberal Democrat Fiona Davison 169 5.5 +5.5
Majority 1,158 37.9 +30.0
Turnout 3,058 34.6 -1.3
Conservative hold Swing
East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Byrne 974 62.3 -10.6
Conservative Roger Thompson 401 25.6 +7.2
Independent Victor Hagan 107 6.8 +6.8
Liberal Democrat Theodor Tymczyna 82 5.2 -3.6
Majority 573 36.7 -17.8
Turnout 1,564 20.7 -0.8
Labour hold Swing
Elton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Yvonne Creswell 1,127 45.2 +10.2
Labour Andrea Hughes 1,041 41.8 -5.4
Liberal Democrat Robert Sloss 181 7.3 -1.3
Environment and Wildlife Glyn Heath 142 5.7 -3.5
Majority 86 3.4
Turnout 2,491 27.4 +0.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Holyrood
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Wilfred Davison 1,370 56.4 -2.3
Labour Mary Whitby 593 24.4 -3.3
Conservative Jeanette Chrystal 467 19.2 +5.6
Majority 777 32.0 +1.0
Turnout 2,430 29.8 -0.6
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Moorside
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative James Taylor 1,384 53.4 +15.4
Labour Mohammad Rashid 940 36.3 -13.8
Liberal Democrat Winifred Rohmann 269 10.4 +4.9
Majority 444 17.1
Turnout 2,593 31.8 +2.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Pilkington Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Bernard Vincent 921 44.9 +3.0
Labour Alan Bridson 915 44.6 -5.2
Liberal Democrat Michael Bell 217 10.6 +2.3
Majority 6 0.3
Turnout 2,053 26.3 +1.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Radcliffe Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Wayne Campbell 1,440 64.3 +2.8
Conservative Cherill Dunkley 411 18.3 +6.0
Liberal Democrat Michael Halsall 389 17.4 -8.9
Majority 1,029 46.0 +20.8
Turnout 2,240 25.8 -4.0
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Timothy Chamberlain 1,375
Conservative Denise Bigg 1,345
Conservative Alan Bigg 1,284
Labour Susan Worsley 1,220
Liberal Democrat Mary D'Albert 265
Liberal Democrat Alan Hooley 259
Turnout 5,748 27.7 -0.8
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Radcliffe South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Siobhan Costello 833 45.3 -8.9
Conservative Peter Wright 827 45.0 +9.4
Liberal Democrat Bryn Hackley 177 9.6 -0.6
Majority 6 0.3 -18.3
Turnout 1,837 23.0 -0.5
Labour hold Swing
Ramsbottom
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Sheila Magnall 1,847 53.0 +9.2
Labour Mark Riddell 1,286 36.9 -6.0
Liberal Democrat David Foss 352 10.1 +3.8
Majority 561 16.1 +15.2
Turnout 3,485 31.6 -1.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Redvales
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Constance FitzGerald 1,163 60.5 -6.4
Conservative Christopher Hall 517 26.9 +7.0
Liberal Democrat Martin Robinson-Dowland 243 12.6 +12.6
Majority 646 33.6 -13.4
Turnout 1,923 23.9 -2.8
Labour hold Swing
St Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Steven Treadgold 982 43.9 -8.2
Conservative Eric Margieson 754 33.7 +6.9
Liberal Democrat Gillian Duffey 501 22.4 +1.3
Majority 228 10.2 -15.1
Turnout 2,237 24.8 -2.2
Labour hold Swing
Sedgley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Paul Nesbit 1,118 43.1 -2.0
Liberal Democrat Timothy Pickstone 1,021 39.4 +0.7
Conservative Marilyn Vincent 455 17.5 +1.3
Majority 97 3.7 -2.7
Turnout 2,594 32.0 +1.5
Labour hold Swing
Tottington
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Yvonne Wright 1,779 60.4 +0.6
Labour Victor McClung 840 28.5 -1.9
Liberal Democrat Janet Turner 326 11.1 +1.3
Majority 939 31.9 +2.5
Turnout 2,945 29.6 -0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Unsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Stella Smith 1,045 45.7 -4.4
Conservative Samuel Cohen 1,034 45.3 +11.6
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Young 206 9.0 +2.6
Majority 11 0.4 -16.0
Turnout 2,285 28.4 -1.3
Labour hold Swing

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  1. ↑ "Bury". BBC News Online . Retrieved 2009-12-16.
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