2002 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 32
• Conservative 13
• Liberal Democrat 3

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2002

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12	0	0	+0		46.4	23,400	+4.1%
	Conservative	3	0	0	+0		36.9	18,361	-4.6%
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0		12.9	6,524	-2.2%
	Environment and Wildlife	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	1,636	+2.4%
	Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	112	+0.2%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	171	+0.0%

Ward results

Besses

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Audin	1,277	62.2	+7.2
	Conservative	Mark Roberts	473	23.0	−10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Garner	303	14.8	+2.9
Majority			804	39.2	+17.3
Turnout			2,053
	Labour hold		Swing

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Walton	1,936	51.3	−12.0
	Labour	Andrew McAnulty	1,425	37.8	+12.4
	Environment and Wildlife	Michael Wellock	410	10.9	+5.0
Majority			511	13.5	−24.4
Turnout			3,771
	Conservative hold		Swing

East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Connolly	1,410	59.5	−2.8
	Conservative	Peter Ashworth	575	24.3	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Hagan	231	10.8	+5.6
	Environment and Wildlife	David Bentley	154	6.5	+6.5
Majority			835	35.2	−1.5
Turnout			2,370
	Labour hold		Swing

Elton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Costello	1,433	43.9	+2.1
	Conservative	Kevin Gould	1,248	38.3	−6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Sloss	351	10.8	+3.5
	Environment and Wildlife	Louise Llweellyn	230	7.1	+1.4
Majority			185	5.7
Turnout			3,262
	Labour hold		Swing

Holyrood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Pickstone	1,436	49.7	−6.7
	Labour	Susan Worsley	869	30.3	+5.9
	Conservative	Jeanette Chrystal	465	16.2	−3.0
Majority			557	19.4	−12.6
Turnout			2,872
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Moorside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dorothy Cassidy	1,437	45.9	+9.6
	Conservative	Beverley Sullivan	1,234	39.4	−14.0
	Environment and Wildlife	Mary Heath	257	8.2	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Winifred Rohmann	206	6.6	−3.8
Majority			203	6.5
Turnout			3,134
	Labour hold		Swing

Pilkington Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Grimshaw	1,438	46.6	+2.0
	Conservative	Peter Redstone	1,350	43.7	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mary D'Albert	299	9.7	−0.9
Majority			88	2.8
Turnout			3,087
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrea Hughes	1,803	64.4	+0.1
	Conservative	Alan Bigg	616	22.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Hackley	382	13.6	−3.8
Majority			1,187	42.4	−3.6
Turnout			2,801
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katherine Briggs	1,994	54.0
	Conservative	Denise Bigg	1,698	46.0
Majority			296	8.0
Turnout			3,692
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Perkins	1,238	49.1	+3.8
	Conservative	David Green	909	36.1	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Theodor Tymczyna	209	8.3	−1.3
	Environment and Wildlife	Bryan Partington	164	6.5	+6.5
Majority			329	13.0	+12.7
Turnout			2,520
	Labour hold		Swing

Ramsbottom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothy Gunther	2,301	53.8	+0.8
	Labour	Vera McClung	1,508	35.3	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Davison	466	10.9	+0.8
Majority			793	18.5	+2.4
Turnout			4,275
	Conservative hold		Swing

Redvales

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Farook Chaudhry	1,338	43.8	−16.7
	Conservative	Azhar Mahmood	1,032	33.8	+6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Robinson-Dowland	441	14.4	+1.8
	Environment and Wildlife	Glyn Heath	246	8.0	+8.0
Majority			306	10.0	−13.6
Turnout			3,057
	Labour hold		Swing

St Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Grime	1,779	53.3	+9.4
	Conservative	Anthony Barlow	871	26.1	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Halsall	516	15.5	−6.9
	Independent	Gerard Van Hecke	171	5.1	+5.1
Majority			908	27.2	+17.0
Turnout			3,337
	Labour hold		Swing

Sedgley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Timperley	1,894	55.5	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Turner	943	27.7	−11.7
	Conservative	Marilyn Vincent	573	16.8	−0.7
Majority			951	27.9	+24.2
Turnout			3,410
	Labour hold		Swing

Tottington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Higgin	2,182	58.0	−2.4
	Labour	Victor McClung	1,113	29.6	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jame Eagle	470	12.5	+1.4
Majority			1,069	28.4	−3.5
Turnout			3,765
	Conservative hold		Swing

Unsworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Sharkey	1,444	47.1	+1.4
	Conservative	Samuel Cohen	1,168	38.1	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Young	281	9.2	+0.2
	Environment and Wildlife	Martin Prescott	175	5.7	+5.7
Majority			276	9.0	+8.6
Turnout			3,068
	Labour hold		Swing