Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002

Elections to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12	0	0	+0		46.4	23,400	+4.1%
	Conservative	3	0	0	+0		36.9	18,361	-4.6%
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	0	0		12.9	6,524	-2.2%
	Environment and Wildlife	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	1,636	+2.4%
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	112	+0.2%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	171	+0.0%

Ward results

Besses
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kenneth Audin	1,277	62.2	+7.2
	Conservative	Mark Roberts	473	23.0	-10.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Garner	303	14.8	+2.9
Majority			804	39.2	+17.3
Turnout			2,053
	Labour hold		Swing

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jack Walton	1,936	51.3	-12.0
	Labour	Andrew McAnulty	1,425	37.8	+12.4
	Environment and Wildlife	Michael Wellock	410	10.9	+5.0
Majority			511	13.5	-24.4
Turnout			3,771
	Conservative hold		Swing

East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael Connolly	1,410	59.5	-2.8
	Conservative	Peter Ashworth	575	24.3	-1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Victor Hagan	231	10.8	+5.6
	Environment and Wildlife	David Bentley	154	6.5	+6.5
Majority			835	35.2	-1.5
Turnout			2,370
	Labour hold		Swing

Elton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Costello	1,433	43.9	+2.1
	Conservative	Kevin Gould	1,248	38.3	-6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Sloss	351	10.8	+3.5
	Environment and Wildlife	Louise Llweellyn	230	7.1	+1.4
Majority			185	5.7
Turnout			3,262
	Labour hold		Swing

Holyrood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Pickstone	1,436	49.7	-6.7
	Labour	Susan Worsley	869	30.3	+5.9
	Conservative	Jeanette Chrystal	465	16.2	-3.0
Majority			557	19.4	-12.6
Turnout			2,872
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Moorside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Dorothy Cassidy	1,437	45.9	+9.6
	Conservative	Beverley Sullivan	1,234	39.4	-14.0
	Environment and Wildlife	Mary Heath	257	8.2	+8.2
	Liberal Democrat	Winifred Rohmann	206	6.6	-3.8
Majority			203	6.5
Turnout			3,134
	Labour hold		Swing

Pilkington Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Joan Grimshaw	1,438	46.6	+2.0
	Conservative	Peter Redstone	1,350	43.7	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mary D'Albert	299	9.7	-0.9
Majority			88	2.8
Turnout			3,087
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Andrea Hughes	1,803	64.4	+0.1
	Conservative	Alan Bigg	616	22.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Bryn Hackley	382	13.6	-3.8
Majority			1,187	42.4	-3.6
Turnout			2,801
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Katherine Briggs	1,994	54.0
	Conservative	Denise Bigg	1,698	46.0
Majority			296	8.0
Turnout			3,692
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stephen Perkins	1,238	49.1	+3.8
	Conservative	David Green	909	36.1	-8.9
	Liberal Democrat	Theodor Tymczyna	209	8.3	-1.3
	Environment and Wildlife	Bryan Partington	164	6.5	+6.5
Majority			329	13.0	+12.7
Turnout			2,520
	Labour hold		Swing

Ramsbottom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Dorothy Gunther	2,301	53.8	+0.8
	Labour	Vera McClung	1,508	35.3	-1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Davison	466	10.9	+0.8
Majority			793	18.5	+2.4
Turnout			4,275
	Conservative hold		Swing

Redvales
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Farook Chaudhry	1,338	43.8	-16.7
	Conservative	Azhar Mahmood	1,032	33.8	+6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Robinson-Dowland	441	14.4	+1.8
	Environment and Wildlife	Glyn Heath	246	8.0	+8.0
Majority			306	10.0	-13.6
Turnout			3,057
	Labour hold		Swing

St Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Eric Grime	1,779	53.3	+9.4
	Conservative	Anthony Barlow	871	26.1	-7.6
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Halsall	516	15.5	-6.9
	Independent	Gerard Van Hecke	171	5.1	+5.1
Majority			908	27.2	+17.0
Turnout			3,337
	Labour hold		Swing

Sedgley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Peter Timperley	1,894	55.5	+12.4
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Turner	943	27.7	-11.7
	Conservative	Marilyn Vincent	573	16.8	-0.7
Majority			951	27.9	+24.2
Turnout			3,410
	Labour hold		Swing

Tottington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Higgin	2,182	58.0	-2.4
	Labour	Victor McClung	1,113	29.6	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jame Eagle	470	12.5	+1.4
Majority			1,069	28.4	-3.5
Turnout			3,765
	Conservative hold		Swing

Unsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Gordon Sharkey	1,444	47.1	+1.4
	Conservative	Samuel Cohen	1,168	38.1	-7.2
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Young	281	9.2	+0.2
	Environment and Wildlife	Martin Prescott	175	5.7	+5.7
Majority			276	9.0	+8.6
Turnout			3,068
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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