Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006

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The Metropolitan Borough of Bury shown within England.

Elections to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election, and the Labour Party lost control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 23
• Conservative 22
• Liberal Democrat 6

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	5	1	5	-4		33.8	17,337	-1.2
	Conservative	9	4	1	+3		42.2	21,619	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat	3	1	0	+1		21.6	11,072	-0.1
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	1,259	-0.6

Ward results

Besses

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Audin	1,085	47.5	-5.8
	Conservative	Jonathan Grosskopf	597	26.1	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mary D'Albert	396	17.3	-3.8
	Independent	Lucy Cohn	208	9.1	+9.1
Majority			488	21.3
Turnout			2,286
	Labour hold		Swing

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Bibby	2,048	57.8	+10.9
	Labour	Benjamin Shatliff	847	23.9	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Jenkins	649	18.3	+3.8
Majority			1,201	38.9
Turnout			3,544
	Conservative hold		Swing

East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Holt	1,259	52.9	+15.6
	Conservative	Azmat Husain	702	29.5	+3.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ewan Arthur	597	18.6	-6.7
Majority			557	23.4
Turnout			2,382
	Labour hold		Swing

Elton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Hankey	1,533	47.7	+9.1
	Labour	Stella Smith	1,083	33.7	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ewan Arthur	597	18.6	+1.9
Majority			450	14.0
Turnout			3,213
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Holyrood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Pickstone	1,576	52.0	-4.7
	Conservative	Marilyn Vincent	757	25.0	+5.6
	Labour	Suzanne Johnston	699	23.1	-0.8
Majority			819	27.0
Turnout			3,032
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Moorside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Ashworth	1,129	40.2	+7.0
	Labour	Warren Flood	995	35.4	-9.3
	Liberal Democrat	Victor Hagan	686	24.4	+2.3
Majority			134	4.8
Turnout			2,810
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

North Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Taylor	2,350	61.9	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Sloss	741	19.5	+1.3
	Labour	Francis Shatliff	706	18.6	-2.9
Majority			1,609	42.4
Turnout			3,797
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pilkington Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bernard Vincent	1,760	61.7	+10.1
	Labour	Alan Quinn	840	29.5	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Mustafa	251	8.8	-8.4
Majority			920	32.3
Turnout			2,851
	Conservative hold		Swing

Radcliffe East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Berry	1,029	38.8	+12.7
	Labour	Steve Perkins	963	36.3	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Halsall	460	17.4	-0.6
	Independent	Paul Clarke	199	7.5	+7.5
Majority			66	2.5
Turnout			2,651
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Radcliffe North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharron Briggs	1,431	42.2	+2.0
	Conservative	Stuart Penketh	1,416	41.7	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat	Maureen Davison	367	10.8	-6.1
	Independent	Matthew Randall	180	5.3	-3.1
Majority			15	0.4
Turnout			3,394
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wayne Campbell	1,231	54.9	+1.0
	Conservative	Alan Bigg	709	31.6	+3.8
	Independent	Deborah Fallon	301	13.4	+13.4
Majority			522	23.3
Turnout			2,241
	Labour hold		Swing

Ramsbottom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Ashworth	1,759	56.3	+5.1
	Labour	Valerie Robinson	939	30.0	-0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Davison	427	13.7	-4.2
Majority			820	26.2
Turnout			3,125
	Conservative hold		Swing

Redvales

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Farook Chaudhry	1,178	37.5	+2.7
	Conservative	Khalid Hussain	1,127	35.8	+8.5
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Brison	840	26.7	+3.9
Majority			51	1.6
Turnout			3,145
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Donal O'Hanlon	1,333	42.0	+17.6
	Labour	Steve Treadgold	896	28.2	-14.6
	Conservative	Denise Ormrod	727	22.9	-9.9
	Independent	Andrew Duff	217	6.8	+6.8
Majority			437	13.8
Turnout			3,173
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Sedgley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Garner	1,478	39.1	+1.5
	Labour	Peter Timperley	1,224	32.4	-1.9
	Conservative	Shneur Odze	1,075	28.5	+0.5
Majority			254	6.7
Turnout			3,777
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tottington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Garside	1,590	57.2	+13.9
	Labour	Jane Lewis	711	25.6	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	David Foss	478	17.2	+3.2
Majority			879	31.6
Turnout			2,779
	Conservative hold		Swing

Unsworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beverley Sullivan	1,311	42.5	+2.5
	Labour	Joan Grimshaw	1,250	40.5	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Young	372	12.1	-0.9
	Independent	Paul Gerrard	154	5.0	-2.6
Majority			61	2.0
Turnout			3,087
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing