Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012

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

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.

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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 Democrat 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 Fitzgerald1,48461.8+6.9
English Democrat Stephen Morris36715.3+8.6
Conservative Ian Silvester35814.9-1.7
Liberal Democrat Julie Baum1857.7-9.1
Majority1,11746.5+8.5
Turnout 2,40128.6-5.2
Labour hold Swing
Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Roy Walker1,70451.0-0.9
Labour Andrew Jones1,13233.9-7.0
UKIP Julie Reynolds37011.1+11.1
Liberal Democrat Lynda Arthur1243.7-3.6
Majority57217.1+6.0
Turnout 3,34238.9-6.3
Conservative hold Swing
East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Stella Smith1,43057.1+6.5
UKIP Pete Entwhistle56622.6+8.8
Conservative Azmat Husain50120.0-11.3
Majority86434.5+15.2
Turnout 2,50630.9-8.7
Labour hold Swing
Elton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Susan Southworth1,32345.2-0.4
Conservative Yvonne Creswell1,04435.7-9.8
UKIP Nicola Wood44415.2+15.2
Liberal Democrat Andrew Garner1063.6-1.3
Majority2799.5+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 Democrat 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 Democrat Swing
Moorside
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Dot Cassidy1,69065.2+19.6
Conservative Peter Ashworth41716.1-11.3
UKIP Victor Hagan37914.6+14.6
Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat Swing
St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jane Black1,32047.0-0.9
Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat Swing
Tottington
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Simon Carter1,08542.2+1.4
Conservative Roger Brown96537.5-13.1
UKIP Andy Eccles37911.7+11.7
Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat 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 2012-04-30.
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