Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006

The Metropolitan Borough of Bury shown within England.

Elections to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election, and the Labour Party lost control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	5	1	5	-4		33.8	17,337	-1.2
	Conservative	9	4	1	+3		42.2	21,619	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat	3	1	0	+1		21.6	11,072	-0.1
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	1,259	-0.6

Ward results

Besses
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Audin	1,085	47.5	-5.8
	Conservative	Jonathan Grosskopf	597	26.1	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mary D'Albert	396	17.3	-3.8
	Independent	Lucy Cohn	208	9.1	+9.1
Majority			488	21.3
Turnout			2,286
	Labour hold		Swing

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Bibby	2,048	57.8	+10.9
	Labour	Benjamin Shatliff	847	23.9	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Jenkins	649	18.3	+3.8
Majority			1,201	38.9
Turnout			3,544
	Conservative hold		Swing

East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Holt	1,259	52.9	+15.6
	Conservative	Azmat Husain	702	29.5	+3.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ewan Arthur	597	18.6	-6.7
Majority			557	23.4
Turnout			2,382
	Labour hold		Swing

Elton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Hankey	1,533	47.7	+9.1
	Labour	Stella Smith	1,083	33.7	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ewan Arthur	597	18.6	+1.9
Majority			450	14.0
Turnout			3,213
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Holyrood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Pickstone	1,576	52.0	-4.7
	Conservative	Marilyn Vincent	757	25.0	+5.6
	Labour	Suzanne Johnston	699	23.1	-0.8
Majority			819	27.0
Turnout			3,032
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Moorside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Ashworth	1,129	40.2	+7.0
	Labour	Warren Flood	995	35.4	-9.3
	Liberal Democrat	Victor Hagan	686	24.4	+2.3
Majority			134	4.8
Turnout			2,810
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

North Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Taylor	2,350	61.9	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Sloss	741	19.5	+1.3
	Labour	Francis Shatliff	706	18.6	-2.9
Majority			1,609	42.4
Turnout			3,797
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pilkington Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Vincent	1,760	61.7	+10.1
	Labour	Alan Quinn	840	29.5	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Mustafa	251	8.8	-8.4
Majority			920	32.3
Turnout			2,851
	Conservative hold		Swing

Radcliffe East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Berry	1,029	38.8	+12.7
	Labour	Steve Perkins	963	36.3	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Halsall	460	17.4	-0.6
	Independent	Paul Clarke	199	7.5	+7.5
Majority			66	2.5
Turnout			2,651
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Radcliffe North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharron Briggs	1,431	42.2	+2.0
	Conservative	Stuart Penketh	1,416	41.7	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat	Maureen Davison	367	10.8	-6.1
	Independent	Matthew Randall	180	5.3	-3.1
Majority			15	0.4
Turnout			3,394
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wayne Campbell	1,231	54.9	+1.0
	Conservative	Alan Bigg	709	31.6	+3.8
	Independent	Deborah Fallon	301	13.4	+13.4
Majority			522	23.3
Turnout			2,241
	Labour hold		Swing

Ramsbottom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Ashworth	1,759	56.3	+5.1
	Labour	Valerie Robinson	939	30.0	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Davison	427	13.7	-4.2
Majority			820	26.2
Turnout			3,125
	Conservative hold		Swing

Redvales
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Farook Chaudhry	1,178	37.5	+2.7
	Conservative	Khalid Hussain	1,127	35.8	+8.5
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Brison	840	26.7	+3.9
Majority			51	1.6
Turnout			3,145
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Donal O'Hanlon	1,333	42.0	+17.6
	Labour	Steve Treadgold	896	28.2	-14.6
	Conservative	Denise Ormrod	727	22.9	-9.9
	Independent	Andrew Duff	217	6.8	+6.8
Majority			437	13.8
Turnout			3,173
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Sedgley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Garner	1,478	39.1	+1.5
	Labour	Peter Timperley	1,224	32.4	-1.9
	Conservative	Shneur Odze	1,075	28.5	+0.5
Majority			254	6.7
Turnout			3,777
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tottington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Garside	1,590	57.2	+13.9
	Labour	Jane Lewis	711	25.6	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	David Foss	478	17.2	+3.2
Majority			879	31.6
Turnout			2,779
	Conservative hold		Swing

Unsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beverley Sullivan	1,311	42.5	+2.5
	Labour	Joan Grimshaw	1,250	40.5	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Young	372	12.1	-0.9
	Independent	Paul Gerrard	154	5.0	-2.6
Majority			61	2.0
Turnout			3,087
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

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