Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012

Elections to Bury Council took place on 3 May 2012.^[1] This was on the same day as other United Kingdom local elections, 2012. One third of the Council was up for election and the Labour Party retained control of the Council.

17 seats were contested. The Labour Party won 14 seats, and the Conservatives won 3 seats.

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

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	14	10	0	+10		51.0	24,589	+2.3
	Conservative	3	0	7	-7		28.6	13,822	-5.6
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	3	-3		9.3	4,482	-1.8
	UKIP	0	0	0			8.8	4,243	+5.1
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	551	+0.5
	English Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	553	+0.5

Ward results

Besses
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Fitzgerald	1,484	61.8	+6.9
	English Democrats	Stephen Morris	367	15.3	+8.6
	Conservative	Ian Silvester	358	14.9	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Baum	185	7.7	-9.1
Majority			1,117	46.5	+8.5
Turnout			2,401	28.6	-5.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Walker	1,704	51.0	-0.9
	Labour	Andrew Jones	1,132	33.9	-7.0
	UKIP	Julie Reynolds	370	11.1	+11.1
	Liberal Democrat	Lynda Arthur	124	3.7	-3.6
Majority			572	17.1	+6.0
Turnout			3,342	38.9	-6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stella Smith	1,430	57.1	+6.5
	UKIP	Pete Entwhistle	566	22.6	+8.8
	Conservative	Azmat Husain	501	20.0	-11.3
Majority			864	34.5	+15.2
Turnout			2,506	30.9	-8.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Southworth	1,323	45.2	-0.4
	Conservative	Yvonne Creswell	1,044	35.7	-9.8
	UKIP	Nicola Wood	444	15.2	+15.2
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Garner	106	3.6	-1.3
Majority			279	9.5	+5.4
Turnout			2,925	33.4	-7.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Holyrood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paddy Heneghan	1,510	45.4	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Vic D'Albert	1,359	40.9	+4.2
	Conservative	Carl Curran	260	7.8	-8.5
	English Democrats	Valerie Morris	186	5.6	+0.8
Majority			151	4.5	-0.9
Turnout			3,326	37.0	-3.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Moorside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dot Cassidy	1,690	65.2	+19.6
	Conservative	Peter Ashworth	417	16.1	-11.3
	UKIP	Victor Hagan	379	14.6	+14.6
	Liberal Democrat	Graeme Lambert	97	3.7	-7.2
Majority			1,273	49.1	+27.0
Turnout			2,594	28.2	-8.3
	Labour hold		Swing

North Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy Gunther	1,873	56.6	+10.4
	Labour	Steven Treadgold	899	27.2	-1.9
	Green	Glyn Heath	355	10.7	+2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ewan Arthur	174	5.3	-6.6
Majority			974	29.4	+12.3
Turnout			3,311	40.7	-9.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pilkington Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michelle Wiseman	1,312	48.0	+4.4
	Labour	John Mallon	1,266	46.4	+5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Baum	132	4.8	+0.5
Majority			46	1.7	-0.7
Turnout			2,731	34.7	-7.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Radcliffe East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daisy Bailey	1,442	59.1	+5.8
	Conservative	Derek Brooks	513	21.0	-12.3
	UKIP	Nick McNeill	389	16.0	+6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Joanne O'Hanlon	85	3.5	-0.8
Majority			929	38.1	+18.1
Turnout			2,438	27.8	-7.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Radcliffe North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Briggs	1,609	51.4	+0.7
	Conservative	Jackie Harris	1,067	34.1	-10.3
	UKIP	Chris Frost	358	11.4	+11.4
	Liberal Democrat	Rod Rew	87	2.8	-2.1
Majority			542	17.3	+11.0
Turnout			3,128	35.2	-5.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Radcliffe West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Isherwood	1,523	69.3	-0.7
	Conservative	Stuart Penketh	331	15.1	-11.0
	UKIP	Ian Hayes	275	12.5	+12.5
	Liberal Democrat	Kamran Islam	62	2.8	-0.7
Majority			1,192	54.2	+10.7
Turnout			2,199	25.5	-6.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Ramsbottom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Luise Fitzwalter	1,605	49.2	+2.3
	Conservative	Barry Theckston	1,241	38.1	-8.8
	UKIP	Julian Corden	300	9.2	+9.2
	Liberal Democrat	Wilf Davison	103	3.2	-3.0
Majority			364	11.2	+11.0
Turnout			3,260	36.7	+6.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Redvales
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaheena Haroon	1,751	57.1	+0.4
	Conservative	Beverly Sullivan	625	20.4	-5.4
	UKIP	Steve Evans	501	16.3	+4.9
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Boaden	175	5.7	+0.4
Majority			1,126	36.7	+5.8
Turnout			3,066	33.1	-6.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sedgley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrea Simpson	1,833	60.3	+2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Wright	623	20.5	-0.4
	Conservative	James Daly	554	18.2	+1.1
Majority			1,210	39.8	+3.2
Turnout			3,038	33.6	-11.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Black	1,320	47.0	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Mary D'Albert	956	34.0	+3.1
	Conservative	Yvonne Holland	326	11.6	-4.9
	Green	Andrew McKee	196	7.0	+7.0
Majority			364	13.0	-4.0
Turnout			2,810	34.3	-6.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Tottington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Carter	1,085	42.2	+1.4
	Conservative	Roger Brown	965	37.5	-13.1
	UKIP	Andy Eccles	379	11.7	+11.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Foss	135	5.2	-3.5
Majority			120	4.3
Turnout			2,573	31.8	-8.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Unsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Jones	1,687	60.4	+4.3
	Conservative	Sam Cohen	731	26.2	-8.2
	UKIP	Peter Redstone	282	10.1	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Zadok Day	79	2.8	-0.5
Majority			956	34.2	+12.5
Turnout			2,793	37.3	-7.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

↑ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-04-30.

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