Bury Council election, 2008

Elections to Bury Council were held on 1 May2008. One third of the council was up for election. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 26
*Labour 16
*Liberal Democrat 9

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 10
gain = 3
loss = 0
net = +3
seats % = 58.8
votes % = 45.0
votes = 25,447
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 4
gain = 0
loss = 4
net = -4
seats % = 23.5
votes % = 25.6
votes = 14,469
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 3
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 17.6
votes % = 17.9
votes = 10,121
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = British National Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 8.8
votes = 4,958
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = English Democrats Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.2
votes = 104
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.2
votes = 89
plus/minus = Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.4
votes = 1,352
plus/minus =

Ward Results

Besses ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Derek Boden
votes = 1084
percentage = 41.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Julie Baum
votes = 614
percentage = 23.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Adele Douglas
votes = 584
percentage = 22.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = English Democrats Party
candidate = Stephen Morris
votes = 354
percentage = 13.4
change = Election box majority
votes=470
percentage=
change=Election box hold with party link
winner=Labour Party (UK)
swing=

Church ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roy Walker
votes = 2425
percentage = 63.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Linda Chesters
votes = 789
percentage = 20.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Julia Kay
votes = 292
percentage = 7.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Tamsin Thomson
votes = 287
percentage = 7.6
change = Election box majority
votes=1636
percentage=
change=Election box hold with party link
winner=Conservative Party (UK)
swing=

East ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Byrne
votes = 1148
percentage = 44.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Azmat Hussain
votes = 1023
percentage = 40.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Emma Davison
votes = 384
percentage = 15.0
change = Election box majority
votes=125
percentage=
change=Election box hold with party link
winner=Labour Party (UK)
swing=

Elton ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Yvonne Creswell
votes = 1861
percentage = 61.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Carter
votes = 775
percentage = 25.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Robert Sloss
votes = 405
percentage = 13.3
change = Election box majority
votes=1086
percentage=
change=Election box hold with party link
winner=Conservative Party (UK)
swing=

Holyrood ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Vic DAlbert
votes = 1632
percentage = 51.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Hague
votes = 852
percentage = 27.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Benjamin Shatliff
votes = 669
percentage = 21.2
change = Election box majority
votes=780
percentage=
change=Election box hold with party link
winner=Liberal Democrats
swing=

Moorside ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dot Cassidy
votes = 1279
percentage = 40.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Angela Cane
votes = 1197
percentage = 38.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Phil Sedman
votes = 317
percentage = 10.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Nissa Finney
votes = 223
percentage = 7.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Victor Hagan
votes = 130
percentage = 4.1
change = Election box majority
votes=82
percentage=
change=Election box hold with party link
winner=Labour Party (UK)
swing=

North Manor ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dorothy Gunther
votes = 2694
percentage = 70.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Nick Parnell
votes = 577
percentage = 15.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Ewan Arthur
votes = 338
percentage = 8.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Tom Nuttall
votes = 162
percentage = 4.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Lynette Mitchell (Male)
votes = 66
percentage = 1.7
change = Election box majority
votes=2117
percentage=
change=Election box hold with party link
winner=Conservative Party (UK)
swing=

Pilkington Park ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michelle Wiseman
votes = 1908
percentage = 67.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gill Campbell
votes = 637
percentage = 22.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Wayne Burrows
votes = 304
percentage = 10.7
change = Election box majority
votes=1271
percentage=
change=Election box hold with party link
winner=Conservative Party (UK)
swing=

Radcliffe East ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sam Hurst
votes = 1384
percentage = 45.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Daisy Johnston
votes = 907
percentage = 29.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Tom Rosser
votes = 466
percentage = 15.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Mike Halsall
votes = 308
percentage = 10.0
change = Election box majority
votes=477
percentage=
change=Election box gain with party link
winner=Conservative Party (UK)
loser=Labour Party (UK)
swing=

Radcliffe North ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jackie Harris
votes = 1656
percentage = 45.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Chamberlain
votes = 1265
percentage = 35.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Peter Hallows
votes = 472
percentage = 13.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Lynn Molloy
votes = 220
percentage = 6.1
change = Election box majority
votes=391
percentage=
change=Election box gain with party link
winner=Conservative Party (UK)
loser=Labour Party (UK)
swing=

Radcliffe West ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tony Isherwood
votes = 1187
percentage = 44.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bernard Slingsby
votes = 727
percentage = 27.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Stewart Clough
votes = 484
percentage = 18.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Joanne O'Hanlon
votes = 175
percentage = 6.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Harold Greenhalgh
votes = 89
percentage = 3.3
change = Election box majority
votes=460
percentage=
change=Election box hold with party link
winner=Labour Party (UK)
swing=

Ramsbottom ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Theckston
votes = 2010
percentage = 62.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Val Robinson
votes = 872
percentage = 26.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Janet Turner
votes = 354
percentage = 10.9
change = Election box majority
votes=1138
percentage=
change=Election box hold with party link
winner=Conservative Party (UK)
swing=

Redvales ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ijaz Ahmed
votes = 1465
percentage = 43.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Southworth
votes = 1093
percentage = 32.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Brian Jepson
votes = 317
percentage = 9.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Paul Jenkins
votes = 302
percentage = 8.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Mike Harling
votes = 104
percentage = 3.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Bill Brison
votes = 98
percentage = 2.9
change = Election box majority
votes=372
percentage=
change=Election box gain with party link
winner=Conservative Party (UK)
loser=Labour Party (UK)
swing=

edgley ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Ann Garner
votes = 1488
percentage = 41.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Grosskopf
votes = 1238
percentage = 34.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Adam
votes = 906
percentage = 24.9
change = Election box majority
votes=250
percentage=
change=Election box hold with party link
winner=Liberal Democrats
swing=

t Marys ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Mary DAlbert
votes = 1308
percentage = 43.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kevin Lee
votes = 1013
percentage = 33.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Soloman
votes = 692
percentage = 23.0
change = Election box majority
votes=295
percentage=
change=Election box gain with party link
winner=Liberal Democrats
loser=Labour Party (UK)
swing=

Tottington ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Brown
votes = 1700
percentage = 57.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jane Lewis
votes = 614
percentage = 20.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = David Foss
votes = 456
percentage = 15.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Reg Norris
votes = 210
percentage = 7.0
change = Election box majority
votes=1086
percentage=
change=Election box hold with party link
winner=Conservative Party (UK)
swing=

Unsworth ward

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sam Cohen
votes = 1821
percentage = 56.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Ann Audin
votes = 1165
percentage = 36.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats
candidate = Theo Tymczyna
votes = 248
percentage = 7.7
change = Election box majority
votes=656
percentage=
change=Election box hold with party link
winner=Conservative Party (UK)
swing=

sequence
prev=Bury Council election, 2007
list=Bury local elections
next=Bury Council election, 2010

References

* [http://www.bury.gov.uk/CouncilGovernmentAndDemocracy/Elections/LocalElections/Elections.asp?ChosenYear=2008&Ward=B-P Bury Council election, 2008 - wards B to P]
* [http://www.bury.gov.uk/CouncilGovernmentAndDemocracy/Elections/LocalElections/Elections.asp?ChosenYear=2008&Ward=R-U Bury Council election, 2008 - wards R to U]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/bm.stm Bury summary results]