1999 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Elections to Bury Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council. [1] Overall turnout was 28.14%.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 1999
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1202-275.048.719,197-3.4%
  Conservative 320+218.832.812,912-1.1%
  Liberal Democrats 10006.313.95,480+0.8%
 Environment and Wildlife000003.91,533+3.2%
  Independent 000000.7283+0.5%

Ward results

Besses
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Boden97467.4-3.2
Conservative Mark Roberts31922.1+2.9
Liberal Democrats Ivy Hooley15310.6+0.4
Majority65545.3-6.1
Turnout 1,44621.5+1.0
Labour hold Swing
Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Bibby1,51447.5+0.7
Labour Stella Smith1,26239.6-5.5
Environment and WildlifeMichael Wellock41313.0+13.0
Majority2527.9+6.2
Turnout 3,18935.9+0.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Trevor Holt1,21172.9-6.2
Conservative Roger Thompson30518.4-2.5
Liberal Democrats Janet Turner1468.8+8.8
Majority90654.5-3.7
Turnout 1,66221.5-0.5
Labour hold Swing
Elton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raymond Watts1,19247.2-3.7
Conservative Geoffrey White88535.0-3.1
Environment and WildlifeGlyn Heath2329.2+9.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Sloss2168.6-2.5
Majority30712.2-0.6
Turnout 2,52527.2+0.5
Labour hold Swing
Holyrood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Victor D'Albert1,46658.7+2.2
Labour Mary Whitby69327.7-2.6
Conservative Kevin Laughton33913.6+0.4
Majority77331.0+4.8
Turnout 2,49830.4+1.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Moorside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Winstone Ramsey1,22150.1-0.2
Conservative Norman Hamer92638.0-4.2
Environment and WildlifePaul Dixon1566.4+6.4
Liberal Democrats Winifred Rohmann1345.5-1.9
Majority29512.1+4.0
Turnout 2,43729.5+0.2
Labour hold Swing
Pilkington Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pamela Walker1,01349.8-3.9
Conservative Cecilia Aaron85341.9+3.1
Liberal Democrats Nigel Bird1688.3+0.7
Majority1607.9-7.0
Turnout 2,03425.3+0.8
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Isherwood1,60161.5-7.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Halsall68426.3+14.5
Conservative Alan Bigg32012.3-4.1
Majority91725.2-27.4
Turnout 2,60529.8+4.4
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Briggs1,50550.1+0.4
Conservative Denise Bigg1,09636.5+1.2
Environment and WildlifeDavid Bentley2428.1-1.0
Liberal Democrats Gillian Duffy1625.4-0.5
Majority40913.6-0.8
Turnout 3,00528.5+1.2
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Watmough1,01554.2-1.0
Conservative Peter Wright66835.6-0.9
Liberal Democrats Theodor Tymczyna19110.2+1.9
Majority34718.6-0.1
Turnout 1,87423.5+4.8
Labour hold Swing
Ramsbottom
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Theckston1,59543.8-4.9
Labour Anne Beckett1,56342.9+2.6
Environment and WildlifeAngela Graham2567.0+7.0
Liberal Democrats David Foss2306.3-4.8
Majority320.9-7.5
Turnout 3,64432.8+4.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Redvales
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Smith1,43666.9+0.3
Conservative Christopher Hall42819.9-2.1
Independent Arthur Withington28313.2+13.2
Majority1,00847.0+2.4
Turnout 2,14726.7+0.7
Labour hold Swing
St Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brendon Hope1,26652.1-5.0
Conservative Neville Singer65226.8-2.1
Liberal Democrats Mary D'Albert51321.1+7.1
Majority61425.3-2.9
Turnout 2,43127.0+2.2
Labour hold Swing
Sedgley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gillian Campbell1,12845.1-7.7
Liberal Democrats Timothy Pickstone96838.7+14.8
Conservative Bernard Vincent40616.2-7.1
Majority1606.4-22.5
Turnout 2,50230.5+2.8
Labour hold Swing
Tottington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Johnson1,79559.8+6.1
Labour Elizabeth Melia91130.4-4.9
Liberal Democrats Martin Robinson Dowland2959.8-1.2
Majority88429.4+11.0
Turnout 3,00130.1-0.3
Conservative hold Swing
Unsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sylvia Mason1,20650.1-10.2
Conservative Samuel Cohen81133.7+1.9
Environment and WildlifeMartin Prescott2349.7+9.7
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Young1546.4-1.5
Majority39516.4-12.1
Turnout 2,40529.7+2.5
Labour hold Swing

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