Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008

Elections to Bury Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council, from previous No Overall Control of any party.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2008
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	3	0	+3	58.8	45.0	25,447	+3.6
	Labour	4	0	4	-4	23.5	25.6	14,469	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat	3	1	0	+1	17.6	17.9	10,121	-0.5
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	8.8	4,958	+2.9
	English Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	354	+0.2
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	89	+0.2
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2.4	1,352	+2.1

Ward results

Besses ward

Besses ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Boden	1084	41.1	-6.4
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Baum	614	23.3	+5.3
	Conservative	Adele Douglas	584	22.2	-12.4
	English Democrats	Stephen Morris	354	13.4	+13.4
Majority			470	17.8	+4.9
Turnout			2,636
	Labour hold		Swing

Church ward

Church ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Walker	2425	63.9	+8.6
	Labour	Linda Chesters	789	20.8	-3.6
	BNP	Julia Kay	292	7.7	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Tamsin Thomson	287	7.6	-2.9
Majority			1636	43.1	+12.2
Turnout			3,793
	Conservative hold		Swing

East ward

East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Byrne	1148	44.9	-4.8
	Conservative	Azmat Hussain	1023	40.0	+9.2
	Liberal Democrat	Emma Davison	384	15.0	+2.9
Majority			125	4.9	-14.0
Turnout			2,555
	Labour hold		Swing

Elton ward

Elton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Creswell	1861	61.2	+8.9
	Labour	Simon Carter	775	25.5	-6.0
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Sloss	405	13.3	-3.0
Majority			1086	35.7	+14.9
Turnout			3,041
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holyrood ward

Holyrood ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Vic DAlbert	1632	51.8	-2.8
	Conservative	Matthew Hague	852	27.0	+4.6
	Labour	Benjamin Shatliff	669	21.2	-1.8
Majority			780	24.7	-7.0
Turnout			3,153
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Moorside ward

Moorside ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dot Cassidy	1279	40.7	+1.6
	Conservative	Angela Cane	1197	38.0	+3.8
	BNP	Phil Sedman	317	10.1	-0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Nissa Finney	223	7.1	-8.9
	Independent	Victor Hagan	130	4.1	+4.1
Majority			82	2.6	-2.3
Turnout			3,146
	Labour hold		Swing

North Manor ward

North Manor ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy Gunther	2694	70.2	+7.5
	Labour	Nick Parnell	577	15.0	-4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ewan Arthur	338	8.8	-4.1
	BNP	Tom Nuttall	162	4.2	-0.6
	Independent	Lynette Mitchell (Male)	66	1.7	+1.7
Majority			2117	55.2	+12.1
Turnout			3,837
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pilkington Park ward

Pilkington Park ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michelle Wiseman	1908	67.0	+5.7
	Labour	Gill Campbell	637	22.4	-4.2
	Liberal Democrat	Wayne Burrows	304	10.7	-1.4
Majority			1271	44.6	+9.9
Turnout			2,849
	Conservative hold		Swing

Radcliffe East ward

Radcliffe East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Hurst	1384	45.2	+12.9
	Labour	Daisy Johnston	907	29.6	-6.2
	BNP	Tom Rosser	466	15.2	-4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Halsall	308	10.0	-2.5
Majority			477	15.6
Turnout			3,065
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Radcliffe North ward

Radcliffe North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Harris	1656	45.8	+5.0
	Labour	Timothy Chamberlain	1265	35.0	-3.6
	BNP	Peter Hallows	472	13.1	-0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Lynn Molloy	220	6.1	-1.2
Majority			391	10.8	+8.6
Turnout			3,613
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Radcliffe West ward

Radcliffe West ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Isherwood	1187	44.6	-5.7
	Conservative	Bernard Slingsby	727	27.3	+4.7
	BNP	Stewart Clough	484	18.2	-1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Joanne O'Hanlon	175	6.6	-1.0
	UKIP	Harold Greenhalgh	89	3.3	+3.3
Majority			460	17.3	-10.5
Turnout			2,662
	Labour hold		Swing

Ramsbottom ward

Ramsbottom ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Theckston	2010	62.1	+6.4
	Labour	Val Robinson	872	26.9	-5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Turner	354	10.9	-1.7
Majority			1138	35.2	+11.3
Turnout			3,236
	Conservative hold		Swing

Redvales ward

Redvales ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ijaz Ahmed	1465	43.4	+9.4
	Labour	Susan Southworth	1093	32.3	-4.8
	BNP	Brian Jepson	317	9.4	-2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Jenkins	302	8.9	-8.3
	Independent	Mike Harling	104	3.1	+3.1
	Independent	Bill Brison	98	2.9	+2.9
Majority			372	11.0
Turnout			3,379
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sedgley ward

Sedgley ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Garner	1488	41.0	+2.8
	Conservative	Jonathan Grosskopf	1238	34.1	+2.6
	Labour	Frank Adam	906	24.9	-5.7
Majority			250	6.9	-2.8
Turnout			3,632
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Marys ward

St Marys ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mary DAlbert	1308	43.4	+0.4
	Labour	Kevin Lee	1013	33.6	+0.4
	Conservative	Raymond Soloman	692	23.0	-0.8
Majority			295	9.8	-0.1
Turnout			3,013
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Tottington ward

Tottington ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Brown	1700	57.0	+4.7
	Labour	Jane Lewis	614	20.6	-3.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Foss	456	15.3	+3.8
	BNP	Reg Norris	210	7.0	-4.5
Majority			1086	36.4	+8.3
Turnout			2,980
	Conservative hold		Swing

Unsworth ward

Unsworth ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Cohen	1821	56.3	+9.8
	Labour	Ann Audin	1165	36.0	-10.6
	Liberal Democrat	Theo Tymczyna	248	7.7	+0.7
Majority			656	20.3
Turnout			3,234
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Council elections in Greater Manchester

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Bury	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Manchester	1945 1946 1947 1949 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Oldham	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Rochdale	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Salford	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Stockport	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Tameside	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Trafford	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Wigan	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Greater Manchester	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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