Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006

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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.

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Local governement body in England

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England. It provides the majority of local government services in Bury.

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 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 5 1 5 -4 33.8 17,337 -1.2
  Conservative 9 4 1 +3 42.2 21,619 +5.2
  Liberal Democrat 3 1 0 +1 21.6 11,072 -0.1
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 1,259 -0.6

Ward results

Besses
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ken Audin 1,085 47.5 -5.8
Conservative Jonathan Grosskopf 597 26.1 +0.4
Liberal Democrat Mary D'Albert 396 17.3 -3.8
Independent Lucy Cohn 208 9.1 +9.1
Majority 488 21.3
Turnout 2,286
Labour hold Swing
Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Robert Bibby 2,048 57.8 +10.9
Labour Benjamin Shatliff 847 23.9 -0.2
Liberal Democrat Paul Jenkins 649 18.3 +3.8
Majority 1,201 38.9
Turnout 3,544
Conservative hold Swing
East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Trevor Holt 1,259 52.9 +15.6
Conservative Azmat Husain 702 29.5 +3.5
Liberal Democrat Ewan Arthur 597 18.6 -6.7
Majority 557 23.4
Turnout 2,382
Labour hold Swing
Elton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Hankey 1,533 47.7 +9.1
Labour Stella Smith 1,083 33.7 -0.9
Liberal Democrat Ewan Arthur 597 18.6 +1.9
Majority 450 14.0
Turnout 3,213
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Holyrood
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Tim Pickstone 1,576 52.0 -4.7
Conservative Marilyn Vincent 757 25.0 +5.6
Labour Suzanne Johnston 699 23.1 -0.8
Majority 819 27.0
Turnout 3,032
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Moorside
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Ashworth 1,129 40.2 +7.0
Labour Warren Flood 995 35.4 -9.3
Liberal Democrat Victor Hagan 686 24.4 +2.3
Majority 134 4.8
Turnout 2,810
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
North Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative James Taylor 2,350 61.9 +1.7
Liberal Democrat Robert Sloss 741 19.5 +1.3
Labour Francis Shatliff 706 18.6 -2.9
Majority 1,609 42.4
Turnout 3,797
Conservative hold Swing
Pilkington Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Bernard Vincent 1,760 61.7 +10.1
Labour Alan Quinn 840 29.5 -1.8
Liberal Democrat Mohammed Mustafa 251 8.8 -8.4
Majority 920 32.3
Turnout 2,851
Conservative hold Swing
Radcliffe East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Catherine Berry 1,029 38.8 +12.7
Labour Steve Perkins 963 36.3 -1.8
Liberal Democrat Michael Halsall 460 17.4 -0.6
Independent Paul Clarke 199 7.5 +7.5
Majority 66 2.5
Turnout 2,651
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Radcliffe North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sharron Briggs 1,431 42.2 +2.0
Conservative Stuart Penketh 1,416 41.7 +7.1
Liberal Democrat Maureen Davison 367 10.8 -6.1
Independent Matthew Randall 180 5.3 -3.1
Majority 15 0.4
Turnout 3,394
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Wayne Campbell 1,231 54.9 +1.0
Conservative Alan Bigg 709 31.6 +3.8
Independent Deborah Fallon 301 13.4 +13.4
Majority 522 23.3
Turnout 2,241
Labour hold Swing
Ramsbottom
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Diane Ashworth 1,759 56.3 +5.1
Labour Valerie Robinson 939 30.0 -0.9
Liberal Democrat Fiona Davison 427 13.7 -4.2
Majority 820 26.2
Turnout 3,125
Conservative hold Swing
Redvales
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Farook Chaudhry 1,178 37.5 +2.7
Conservative Khalid Hussain 1,127 35.8 +8.5
Liberal Democrat Bill Brison 840 26.7 +3.9
Majority 51 1.6
Turnout 3,145
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
St Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Donal O'Hanlon 1,333 42.0 +17.6
Labour Steve Treadgold 896 28.2 -14.6
Conservative Denise Ormrod 727 22.9 -9.9
Independent Andrew Duff 217 6.8 +6.8
Majority 437 13.8
Turnout 3,173
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Sedgley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Andrew Garner 1,478 39.1 +1.5
Labour Peter Timperley 1,224 32.4 -1.9
Conservative Shneur Odze 1,075 28.5 +0.5
Majority 254 6.7
Turnout 3,777
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Tottington
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Iain Garside 1,590 57.2 +13.9
Labour Jane Lewis 711 25.6 -1.2
Liberal Democrat David Foss 478 17.2 +3.2
Majority 879 31.6
Turnout 2,779
Conservative hold Swing
Unsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Beverley Sullivan 1,311 42.5 +2.5
Labour Joan Grimshaw 1,250 40.5 +1.1
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Young 372 12.1 -0.9
Independent Paul Gerrard 154 5.0 -2.6
Majority 61 2.0
Turnout 3,087
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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