Bury Council election 1999
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Elections to Bury Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 28.14%.
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Labour 36
- Conservative 8
- Liberal Democrat 3
- Environment and Wildlife 1
[edit] Election result
| Bury Local Election Result 1999 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Labour | 12 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 75.0 | 48.7 | 19,197 | -3.4% | |
| Conservative | 3 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 18.8 | 32.8 | 12,912 | -1.1% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 13.9 | 5,480 | +0.8% | |
| Environment and Wildlife | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 1,533 | +3.2% | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 283 | +0.5% | |
[edit] Ward results
| Besses | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Derek Boden | 974 | 67.4 | -3.2 | |
| Conservative | Mark Roberts | 319 | 22.1 | +2.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ivy Hooley | 153 | 10.6 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 655 | 45.3 | -6.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,446 | 21.5 | +1.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Church | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Robert Bibby | 1,514 | 47.5 | +0.7 | |
| Labour | Stella Smith | 1,262 | 39.6 | -5.5 | |
| Environment and Wildlife | Michael Wellock | 413 | 13.0 | +13.0 | |
| Majority | 252 | 7.9 | +6.2 | ||
| Turnout | 3,189 | 35.9 | +0.6 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Trevor Holt | 1,211 | 72.9 | -6.2 | |
| Conservative | Roger Thompson | 305 | 18.4 | -2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Turner | 146 | 8.8 | +8.8 | |
| Majority | 906 | 54.5 | -3.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,662 | 21.5 | -0.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Elton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Raymond Watts | 1,192 | 47.2 | -3.7 | |
| Conservative | Geoffrey White | 885 | 35.0 | -3.1 | |
| Environment and Wildlife | Glyn Heath | 232 | 9.2 | +9.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Sloss | 216 | 8.6 | -2.5 | |
| Majority | 307 | 12.2 | -0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,525 | 27.2 | +0.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Holyrood | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Victor D'Albert | 1,466 | 58.7 | +2.2 | |
| Labour | Mary Whitby | 693 | 27.7 | -2.6 | |
| Conservative | Kevin Laughton | 339 | 13.6 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 773 | 31.0 | +4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,498 | 30.4 | +1.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Moorside | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Winstone Ramsey | 1,221 | 50.1 | -0.2 | |
| Conservative | Norman Hamer | 926 | 38.0 | -4.2 | |
| Environment and Wildlife | Paul Dixon | 156 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Winifred Rohmann | 134 | 5.5 | -1.9 | |
| Majority | 295 | 12.1 | +4.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,437 | 29.5 | +0.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Pilkington Park | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Pamela Walker | 1,013 | 49.8 | -3.9 | |
| Conservative | Cecilia Aaron | 853 | 41.9 | +3.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Bird | 168 | 8.3 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 160 | 7.9 | -7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,034 | 25.3 | +0.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Radcliffe Central | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Anthony Isherwood | 1,601 | 61.5 | -7.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Halsall | 684 | 26.3 | +14.5 | |
| Conservative | Alan Bigg | 320 | 12.3 | -4.1 | |
| Majority | 917 | 25.2 | -27.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,605 | 29.8 | +4.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Radcliffe North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Edward Briggs | 1,505 | 50.1 | +0.4 | |
| Conservative | Denise Bigg | 1,096 | 36.5 | +1.2 | |
| Environment and Wildlife | David Bentley | 242 | 8.1 | -1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian Duffy | 162 | 5.4 | -0.5 | |
| Majority | 409 | 13.6 | -0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,005 | 28.5 | +1.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Radcliffe South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Anthony Watmough | 1,015 | 54.2 | -1.0 | |
| Conservative | Peter Wright | 668 | 35.6 | -0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Theodor Tymczyna | 191 | 10.2 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 347 | 18.6 | -0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,874 | 23.5 | +4.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Ramsbottom | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Barry Theckston | 1,595 | 43.8 | -4.9 | |
| Labour | Anne Beckett | 1,563 | 42.9 | +2.6 | |
| Environment and Wildlife | Angela Graham | 256 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Foss | 230 | 6.3 | -4.8 | |
| Majority | 32 | 0.9 | -7.5 | ||
| Turnout | 3,644 | 32.8 | +4.0 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Redvales | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Smith | 1,436 | 66.9 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | Christopher Hall | 428 | 19.9 | -2.1 | |
| Independent | Arthur Withington | 283 | 13.2 | +13.2 | |
| Majority | 1,008 | 47.0 | +2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,147 | 26.7 | +0.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| St Mary's | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Brendon Hope | 1,266 | 52.1 | -5.0 | |
| Conservative | Neville Singer | 652 | 26.8 | -2.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary D'Albert | 513 | 21.1 | +7.1 | |
| Majority | 614 | 25.3 | -2.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,431 | 27.0 | +2.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Sedgley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gillian Campbell | 1,128 | 45.1 | -7.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Timothy Pickstone | 968 | 38.7 | +14.8 | |
| Conservative | Bernard Vincent | 406 | 16.2 | -7.1 | |
| Majority | 160 | 6.4 | -22.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,502 | 30.5 | +2.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Tottington | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | William Johnson | 1,795 | 59.8 | +6.1 | |
| Labour | Elizabeth Melia | 911 | 30.4 | -4.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Robinson Dowland | 295 | 9.8 | -1.2 | |
| Majority | 884 | 29.4 | +11.0 | ||
| Turnout | 3,001 | 30.1 | -0.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Unsworth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Sylvia Mason | 1,206 | 50.1 | -10.2 | |
| Conservative | Samuel Cohen | 811 | 33.7 | +1.9 | |
| Environment and Wildlife | Martin Prescott | 234 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Young | 154 | 6.4 | -1.5 | |
| Majority | 395 | 16.4 | -12.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,405 | 29.7 | +2.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Preceded by Bury Council election 1998 |
Bury local elections | Succeeded by Bury Council election 2000 |
