Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010

Elections to Bury Council took place on 6 May 2010. One third of the Council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost overall control of the Council.

17 seats were contested. The Labour Party won 11 seats, the Conservatives won 4 seats, and the Liberal Democrats won 2 seats

After the election, the total composition of the council was as follows:

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2010
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	4	0	+4		35.9	35,779	+10.3
	Conservative	4	0	3	-3		35.7	35,584	-9.3
	Liberal Democrat	2	0	1	-1		22.3	22,196	+4.4
	BNP	0	0	0			4.2	4,164	-4.6
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	956	+1.0
	English Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	186	+0.0
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	726	-1.7

Ward results

Besses
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Audin	2,076	42.1	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Baum	1,262	25.6	+2.3
	Conservative	Ian Silvester	1,109	22.5	+0.3
	BNP	Jennifer Jamieson	302	6.1	+6.1
	English Democrats	Stephen Morris	186	3.8	-9.6
Majority			814	16.5	-1.3
Turnout			4,935	59.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Biddy	2,639	43.1	-20.8
	Labour	Susan Southworth	1,700	27.7	+6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Jim Eagle	1,197	19.5	+11.9
	BNP	Julia Kay	376	6.1	-1.6
	Independent	Ian Hayes	213	3.5	+3.5
Majority			939	15.3	-27.8
Turnout			6,125	71.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Holt	2,103	46.2	+1.3
	Conservative	Azmat Hussain	1,294	28.4	-11.6
	Liberal Democrat	Lynda Arthur	714	15.7	+0.7
	BNP	Thomas Nuttall	436	9.6	+9.6
Majority			809	17.8	+12.9
Turnout			4,547	57.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Hankey	2,143	38.0	-23.2
	Labour	James Frith	1,928	34.1	+8.6
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Sloss	1,137	20.1	+6.8
	BNP	Stewart Clough	437	7.7	+7.7
Majority			215	3.8	-31.9
Turnout			5,645	66.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Holyrood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Pickstone	2,779	47.1	-4.7
	Labour	Ben Shatliff	1,773	30.1	+8.9
	Conservative	Carl Curran	1,344	22.8	-4.2
Majority			1,006	17.1	-7.6
Turnout			5,896	66.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Moorside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Walmsley	2,289	43.4	+2.7
	Conservative	Peter Ashworth	1,528	29.0	-9.0
	Liberal Democrat	Nissa Finney	804	15.2	+8.1
	BNP	Phil Sedman	396	7.5	-2.6
	Independent	Victor Hagan	133	2.5	-1.6
	Green	Nicole Haydock	124	2.3	+2.3
Majority			761	14.4	+11.8
Turnout			5,274	58.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

North Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Taylor	3,277	53.1	-17.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ewan Arthur	1,322	21.4	+12.6
	Labour	Frank Shatliff	1,321	21.4	+6.4
	Green	Glyn Heath	255	4.1	+4.1
Majority			1,955	31.6	-23.6
Turnout			6,175	75.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pilkington Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernie Vincent	2,589	24.7
	Conservative	Robert Caserta	2,530	24.2
	Labour	John Mallon	1,813	17.3
	Labour	Steve Perkins	1,649	15.7
	Liberal Democrat	Wayne Burrows	994	9.5
	Liberal Democrat	Joanne O'Hanlon	894	8.5
Majority			59
Majority			717
Turnout			10,469	66.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Radcliffe East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Parnell	1,887	36.5	+6.9
	Conservative	Catherine Berry	1,737	33.6	-11.6
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Halsall	1,077	20.8	+10.8
	BNP	Reg Norris	465	9.0	-6.2
Majority			150	2.9
Turnout			5,166	60.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Radcliffe North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Lewis	2,176	38.4	+3.4
	Conservative	Janice Cheetham	2,117	37.4	-8.4
	Liberal Democrat	Kamran Islam	648	11.4	+5.3
	Independent	George Ramsay	380	6.7	+6.7
	BNP	Graham Tonkin	341	6.0	-7.1
Majority			59	1.0
Turnout			5,662	63.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rishi Shori	1,970	41.4	-3.2
	Conservative	Samantha Davies	1,345	28.3	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Lynn Molloy	928	19.5	+12.9
	BNP	Jean Purdy	509	10.7	-7.5
Majority			625	13.1	+10.0
Turnout			4,752	56.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Ramsbottom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Robinson	2,943	41.1	+14.2
	Conservative	Ian Bevan	2,668	37.2	-24.9
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Jenkins	1,298	18.1	+7.2
	Green	Peter Mather	254	3.5	+3.5
Majority			275	3.8
Turnout			7,163	69.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Redvales
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tamoor Tariq	2,357	42.1	+9.8
	Conservative	Khalid Hussain	1,492	26.6	-16.8
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Boaden	1,186	21.2	+12.3
	BNP	Peter Hallows	565	10.1	+0.7
Majority			865	15.4
Turnout			5,600	62.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Sedgley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Quinn	2,173	35.7	+10.8
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Garner	2,001	32.9	-8.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Grosskopf	1,913	31.4	+0.0
Majority			172	2.8
Turnout			6,087	68.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Donal O'Hanlon	2,053	38.1	-5.3
	Labour	Noel Bayley	1,754	32.5	-1.1
	Conservative	Raymond Soloman	1,264	23.4	+0.4
	Green	George Heron	323	6.0	+6.0
Majority			299	5.5	-4.3
Turnout			5,394	64.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tottington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Gartside	2,521	45.3	-11.7
	Labour	Simon Carter	1,608	28.9	+8.3
	Liberal Democrat	David Foss	1,098	19.7	+4.4
	BNP	Brian Jepson	337	6.0	-1.0
Majority			913	16.4	-20.0
Turnout			5,564	69.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Unsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Audin	2,259	44.1	+8.1
	Conservative	Bev Sullivan	2,074	40.4	-15.9
	Liberal Democrat	Theo Tymczyna	794	15.5	+7.8
Majority			185	3.6
Turnout			5,127	68.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		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

(2009 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2010 (→ 2011)

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Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Bristol Derby Halton Hartlepool Kingston upon Hull Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Thurrock Warrington Wokingham

District councils (England)	Adur Amber Valley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Brentwood Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Castle Point Cheltenham Cherwell Chorley Colchester Craven Crawley Daventry Eastleigh Elmbridge Epping Forest Fareham Gloucester Gosport Great Yarmouth Harlow Harrogate Hart Hastings Havant Hertsmere Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Maidstone Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Hertfordshire Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Preston Purbeck Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor South Cambridgeshire South Lakeland St Albans Stevenage Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Swale Tamworth Tandridge Three Rivers Tunbridge Wells Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest

See also: UK General election

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