Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000

Elections to Bury Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.^[1] Overall turnout was 27.38%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2000
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	0	5	-5	52.9	42.3	17,324	-6.4%
	Conservative	7	5	0	+5	41.2	41.5	16,962	+8.7%
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	0	0	5.9	15.1	6,196	+1.2%
	Environment and Wildlife	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	321	-3.1%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	107	-0.4%

Ward results

Besses
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Matthews	783	55.0	-12.4
	Conservative	Mark Roberts	472	33.1	+11.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ivy Hooley	169	11.9	+1.3
Majority			311	21.9	-23.4
Turnout			1,424	20.8	-0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Walker	1,937	63.3	+15.8
	Labour	Jonathan Ashworth	776	25.4	-14.2
	Environment and Wildlife	Michael Wellock	179	5.9	-7.1
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Davison	169	5.5	+5.5
Majority			1,158	37.9	+30.0
Turnout			3,058	34.6	-1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Byrne	974	62.3	-10.6
	Conservative	Roger Thompson	401	25.6	+7.2
	Independent	Victor Hagan	107	6.8	+6.8
	Liberal Democrat	Theodor Tymczyna	82	5.2	-3.6
Majority			573	36.7	-17.8
Turnout			1,564	20.7	-0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Creswell	1,127	45.2	+10.2
	Labour	Andrea Hughes	1,041	41.8	-5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Sloss	181	7.3	-1.3
	Environment and Wildlife	Glyn Heath	142	5.7	-3.5
Majority			86	3.4
Turnout			2,491	27.4	+0.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Holyrood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Wilfred Davison	1,370	56.4	-2.3
	Labour	Mary Whitby	593	24.4	-3.3
	Conservative	Jeanette Chrystal	467	19.2	+5.6
Majority			777	32.0	+1.0
Turnout			2,430	29.8	-0.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Moorside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Taylor	1,384	53.4	+15.4
	Labour	Mohammad Rashid	940	36.3	-13.8
	Liberal Democrat	Winifred Rohmann	269	10.4	+4.9
Majority			444	17.1
Turnout			2,593	31.8	+2.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Pilkington Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Vincent	921	44.9	+3.0
	Labour	Alan Bridson	915	44.6	-5.2
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Bell	217	10.6	+2.3
Majority			6	0.3
Turnout			2,053	26.3	+1.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Radcliffe Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wayne Campbell	1,440	64.3	+2.8
	Conservative	Cherill Dunkley	411	18.3	+6.0
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Halsall	389	17.4	-8.9
Majority			1,029	46.0	+20.8
Turnout			2,240	25.8	-4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Timothy Chamberlain	1,375
	Conservative	Denise Bigg	1,345
	Conservative	Alan Bigg	1,284
	Labour	Susan Worsley	1,220
	Liberal Democrat	Mary D'Albert	265
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Hooley	259
Turnout			5,748	27.7	-0.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Radcliffe South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Siobhan Costello	833	45.3	-8.9
	Conservative	Peter Wright	827	45.0	+9.4
	Liberal Democrat	Bryn Hackley	177	9.6	-0.6
Majority			6	0.3	-18.3
Turnout			1,837	23.0	-0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Ramsbottom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sheila Magnall	1,847	53.0	+9.2
	Labour	Mark Riddell	1,286	36.9	-6.0
	Liberal Democrat	David Foss	352	10.1	+3.8
Majority			561	16.1	+15.2
Turnout			3,485	31.6	-1.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Redvales
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Constance FitzGerald	1,163	60.5	-6.4
	Conservative	Christopher Hall	517	26.9	+7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Robinson-Dowland	243	12.6	+12.6
Majority			646	33.6	-13.4
Turnout			1,923	23.9	-2.8
	Labour hold		Swing

St Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Treadgold	982	43.9	-8.2
	Conservative	Eric Margieson	754	33.7	+6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Gillian Duffey	501	22.4	+1.3
Majority			228	10.2	-15.1
Turnout			2,237	24.8	-2.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Sedgley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Nesbit	1,118	43.1	-2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Pickstone	1,021	39.4	+0.7
	Conservative	Marilyn Vincent	455	17.5	+1.3
Majority			97	3.7	-2.7
Turnout			2,594	32.0	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Tottington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Wright	1,779	60.4	+0.6
	Labour	Victor McClung	840	28.5	-1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Turner	326	11.1	+1.3
Majority			939	31.9	+2.5
Turnout			2,945	29.6	-0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Unsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stella Smith	1,045	45.7	-4.4
	Conservative	Samuel Cohen	1,034	45.3	+11.6
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Young	206	9.0	+2.6
Majority			11	0.4	-16.0
Turnout			2,285	28.4	-1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ "Bury". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-12-16.

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