Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2016

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 Local 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 Democrat	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	58.7	+6.0
	Conservative	David Lewis	486	20.0	-2.4
	English Democrat	Stephen Morris	280	11.5	+10.2
	Green	Joanne Gardner	132	3.6	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Katriona Middleton	106	4.0	+0.4
Majority			940
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Roy-Edward Walker	2,061	59.8	+11.6
	Labour	Gavin McGill	1,102	31.9	-0.9
	Green	Andrew Hunt	188	5.5	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Rodney Rew	97	2.8	+0.1
Majority			959
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stella Smith	1,566	63.5	+3.5
	Conservative	Tahira Shaffi	616	24.9	+8.3
	Green	Glyn Heath	286	11.6	+6.8
Majority			950
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Elton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Susan Southworth	1,418	41.8	+1.6
	Conservative	Dene Vernon	1,312	38.6	-0.5
	UKIP	Dave Bentley	465	13.7	-1.2
	Green	Charlotte Allen	123	3.6	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jacob Royde	77	2.3	-0.2
Majority			106
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Holyrood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat 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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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	46.8	+7.5
	Conservative	Carl Curran	1,000	32.2	+1.1
	UKIP	Michael Zwierzanski	539	17.3	-5.0
	Green	Matthew Bailey	113	3.6	+0.2
Majority			456
Turnout
	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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	48.0	+2.8
	Conservative	Bernard Vincent	885	31.2	-3.1
	UKIP	Tony Clough	411	14.5	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Middleton	114	4.0	+0.3
	Green	Nicola Haydock	66	2.3	-1.0
Majority			480
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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