Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1998

Elections to Bury Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[1] Overall turnout was 26.85%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Labour 39
Conservative 6
Liberal Democrat 3

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 1998
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12	0	2	-2	75.0	52.1	19,449
	Conservative	3	2	0	+2	18.8	33.9	12,663
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	0	0	6.3	13.1	4,889
	Environment and Wildlife	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	260
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	62

Ward results

Besses
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Platt	945	70.6
	Conservative	Ellen Singer	257	19.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ivy Hooley	137	10.2
Majority			688	51.4
Turnout			1,339	20.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Walton	1,460	46.8
	Labour	John Smith	1,407	45.1
	Liberal Democrat	James Eagle	252	8.1
Majority			53	1.7
Turnout			3,119	35.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Connolly	1,332	79.1
	Conservative	Roger Thompson	353	20.9
Majority			979	58.2
Turnout			1,685	22.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Costello	1,316	50.9
	Conservative	Norman Hamer	986	38.1
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Sloss	286	11.1
Majority			330	12.8
Turnout			2,588	27.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Holyrood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Wilfred Clegg	1,352	56.5
	Labour	Brendan Hope	724	30.3
	Conservative	Kevin Laughton	316	13.2
Majority			628	26.2
Turnout			2,392	29.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Moorside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Cassidy	1,190	50.3
	Conservative	Robert Bibby	999	42.2
	Liberal Democrat	Winifred Rohmann	176	7.4
Majority			191	8.1
Turnout			2,365	29.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Pilkington Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Warren Flood	1,036	53.7
	Conservative	Cecilia Aaron	748	38.8
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Bird	146	7.6
Majority			288	14.9
Turnout			1,930	24.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevvin Scarlett	1,514	69.0
	Conservative	Cherrill Dunkley	359	16.4
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Halsall	260	11.8
	Independent	Mark Campion	62	2.8
Majority			1,155	52.6
Turnout			2,195	25.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Harwood	1,421	49.7
	Conservative	Denise Bigg	1,009	35.3
	Environment and Wildlife	David Bentley	260	9.1
	Liberal Democrat	James Hooley	170	5.9
Majority			412	14.4
Turnout			2,859	27.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Perkins	1,044	55.2
	Conservative	Peter Wright	691	36.5
	Liberal Democrat	Theodor Tymczyna	158	8.3
Majority			353	18.7
Turnout			1,893	23.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Ramsbottom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy Gunther	1,540	48.7
	Labour	Martina Longworth	1,274	40.3
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Turner	351	11.1
Majority			266	8.4
Turnout			3,165	28.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Redvales
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Farook Chaudhry	1,381	66.6
	Conservative	Christopher Hall	456	22.0
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Robinson Dowland	236	11.4
Majority			925	44.6
Turnout			2,073	26.0
	Labour hold		Swing

St Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Higson	1,274	57.1
	Conservative	Neville Singer	644	28.9
	Liberal Democrat	Mary D'Albert	312	14.0
Majority			630	28.2
Turnout			2,230	24.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Sedgley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frances Adam	1,217	52.8
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Pickstone	550	23.9
	Conservative	Bernard Vincent	538	23.3
Majority			667	28.9
Turnout			2,305	27.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Tottington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Higgin	1,614	53.7
	Labour	Elizabeth Melia	1,060	35.3
	Liberal Democrat	David Foss	331	11.0
Majority			554	18.4
Turnout			3,005	30.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Unsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Shgarkey	1,314	60.3
	Conservative	Samuel Cohen	693	31.8
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Young	172	7.9
Majority			621	28.5
Turnout			2,179	27.2
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ "Local Elections results". The Times. 1998-05-09. p. 46.

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