2000 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

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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%.

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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 905-552.942.317,324-6.4%
  Conservative 750+541.241.516,962+8.7%
  Liberal Democrats 10005.915.16,196+1.2%
 Environment and Wildlife000000.8321-3.1%
  Independent 000000.3107-0.4%

Ward results

Besses
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Matthews78355.0-12.4
Conservative Mark Roberts47233.1+11.0
Liberal Democrats Ivy Hooley16911.9+1.3
Majority31121.9-23.4
Turnout 1,42420.8-0.7
Labour hold Swing
Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Walker1,93763.3+15.8
Labour Jonathan Ashworth77625.4-14.2
Environment and WildlifeMichael Wellock1795.9-7.1
Liberal Democrats Fiona Davison1695.5+5.5
Majority1,15837.9+30.0
Turnout 3,05834.6-1.3
Conservative hold Swing
East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Byrne97462.3-10.6
Conservative Roger Thompson40125.6+7.2
Independent Victor Hagan1076.8+6.8
Liberal Democrats Theodor Tymczyna825.2-3.6
Majority57336.7-17.8
Turnout 1,56420.7-0.8
Labour hold Swing
Elton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Yvonne Creswell1,12745.2+10.2
Labour Andrea Hughes1,04141.8-5.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Sloss1817.3-1.3
Environment and WildlifeGlyn Heath1425.7-3.5
Majority863.4
Turnout 2,49127.4+0.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Holyrood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Wilfred Davison1,37056.4-2.3
Labour Mary Whitby59324.4-3.3
Conservative Jeanette Chrystal46719.2+5.6
Majority77732.0+1.0
Turnout 2,43029.8-0.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Moorside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Taylor1,38453.4+15.4
Labour Mohammad Rashid94036.3-13.8
Liberal Democrats Winifred Rohmann26910.4+4.9
Majority44417.1
Turnout 2,59331.8+2.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Pilkington Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Vincent92144.9+3.0
Labour Alan Bridson91544.6-5.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Bell21710.6+2.3
Majority60.3
Turnout 2,05326.3+1.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Radcliffe Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wayne Campbell1,44064.3+2.8
Conservative Cherill Dunkley41118.3+6.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Halsall38917.4-8.9
Majority1,02946.0+20.8
Turnout 2,24025.8-4.0
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Timothy Chamberlain1,375
Conservative Denise Bigg1,345
Conservative Alan Bigg1,284
Labour Susan Worsley1,220
Liberal Democrats Mary D'Albert265
Liberal Democrats Alan Hooley259
Turnout 5,74827.7-0.8
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Radcliffe South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Siobhan Costello83345.3-8.9
Conservative Peter Wright82745.0+9.4
Liberal Democrats Bryn Hackley1779.6-0.6
Majority60.3-18.3
Turnout 1,83723.0-0.5
Labour hold Swing
Ramsbottom
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sheila Magnall1,84753.0+9.2
Labour Mark Riddell1,28636.9-6.0
Liberal Democrats David Foss35210.1+3.8
Majority56116.1+15.2
Turnout 3,48531.6-1.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Redvales
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Constance FitzGerald1,16360.5-6.4
Conservative Christopher Hall51726.9+7.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Robinson-Dowland24312.6+12.6
Majority64633.6-13.4
Turnout 1,92323.9-2.8
Labour hold Swing
St Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steven Treadgold98243.9-8.2
Conservative Eric Margieson75433.7+6.9
Liberal Democrats Gillian Duffey50122.4+1.3
Majority22810.2-15.1
Turnout 2,23724.8-2.2
Labour hold Swing
Sedgley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Nesbit1,11843.1-2.0
Liberal Democrats Timothy Pickstone1,02139.4+0.7
Conservative Marilyn Vincent45517.5+1.3
Majority973.7-2.7
Turnout 2,59432.0+1.5
Labour hold Swing
Tottington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Yvonne Wright1,77960.4+0.6
Labour Victor McClung84028.5-1.9
Liberal Democrats Janet Turner32611.1+1.3
Majority93931.9+2.5
Turnout 2,94529.6-0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Unsworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stella Smith1,04545.7-4.4
Conservative Samuel Cohen1,03445.3+11.6
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Young2069.0+2.6
Majority110.4-16.0
Turnout 2,28528.4-1.3
Labour hold Swing

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