Bury Metropolitan Borough Council elections

One third of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 51 councillors have been elected from 17 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973–1975
Conservative	1975–1986
Labour	1986–1992
No overall control	1992–1995
Labour	1995–2006
No overall control	2006–2008
Conservative	2008–2010
No overall control	2010-2011
Labour	2011-present

Council elections

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1998
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1999
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2003
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2004 (whole Metropolitan Borough Council elected after boundary changes increased the number of seats by 3)^[3]
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2007
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2011
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2014
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015

By-election results

Redvales By-Election 27 June 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,497	75.6
	Conservative		376	19.0
	Independent		106	5.4
Majority			1,121	56.6
Turnout			1,979
	Labour hold		Swing

Holyrood By-Election 22 June 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		960	52.1	-4.3
	Labour		559	30.3	+5.9
	Conservative		325	17.6	-1.6
Majority			401	21.8
Turnout			1,844	22.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Radcliffe South By-Election 7 June 2001^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Cummings	2,473	55.8	+10.5
	Conservative	Peter Wright	1,360	37.7	-14.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Halsall	597	13.5	+3.8
Majority			1,113	18.1
Turnout			4,430	55.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe West By-Election 4 June 2009^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rishi Shori	879	30.7	-13.9
	Conservative	Samantha Davies	870	30.4	+3.1
	BNP	Jean Purdy	459	16.0	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Halsall	429	15.0	+8.4
	English Democrats	Stephen Morris	228	8.0	+8.0
Majority			9	0.3
Turnout			2,865	35.1
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ "Your Council". Bury Council. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
↑ "Bury". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
↑ "Bury Metropolitan Borough Council". *BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
↑ "Tory John fails to oust David". Bolton Evening News. 2001-06-19. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
↑ "Close victory for Labour in council by-election". Bury Times. 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2010-04-12.

By-election results

External links

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Council elections in Greater Manchester

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Metropolitan districts of England

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