Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2003

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Elections to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. 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

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 7 0 5 -0 40.3 17,624 -6.1
  Conservative 7 4 0 +4 39.8 17,405 +2.9
  Liberal Democrat 2 1 0 +1 18.8 8,229 +5.9
  Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 378 +0.9%
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 98 +0.0%

Ward results

Besses
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Boden 1,036 58.6 -3.6
Conservative Mark Roberts 446 25.2 +2.2
Liberal Democrat Maureen Davison 287 16.2 +1.4
Majority 590 33.3 -5.9
Turnout 1,769
Labour hold Swing
Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Bibby 1,761 54.6 +3.3
Labour Leslie Jones 946 29.3 -8.5
Liberal Democrat James Eagle 517 16.0 +16.0
Majority 815 25.3 +11.8
Turnout 3,224
Conservative hold Swing
East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trevor Holt 1,116 55.2 -4.3
Conservative Matthew Green 520 25.7 +1.4
Liberal Democrat Victor Hagan 384 19.0 +8.2
Majority 596 29.5 -5.7
Turnout 2,020
Labour hold Swing
Elton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Denise Bigg 1,215 42.5 +4.2
Labour Ray Watts 1,126 39.4 -4.5
Liberal Democrat Robert Sloss 516 18.1 +7.3
Majority 89 3.1
Turnout 2,857
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Holyrood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Victor D'Albert 1,475 57.9 +8.2
Labour Susan Worsley 609 23.9 -6.4
Conservative Jeanette Chrystal 365 14.3 -1.9
Socialist Alliance Rita McLoughlin 98 3.8 +3.8
Majority 866 34.0 -14.6
Turnout 2,547
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Moorside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Beverley Sullivan 1,268 47.6 +8.2
Labour June Drinkwater 971 36.4 -9.2
Liberal Democrat Winifred Rohmann 427 16.0 +9.4
Majority 297 11.1
Turnout 2,666
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Pilkington Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michelle Wiseman 1,238 47.6 +3.9
Labour Pamela Walker 1,020 39.2 -7.4
Liberal Democrat Fiona Davison 345 13.3 +3.6
Majority 218 8.4
Turnout 2,603
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Radcliffe Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Isherwood 1,455 59.8 -4.6
Conservative Eric Margieson 570 24.3 +2.3
Liberal Democrat Mary D'Albert 410 16.8 +3.2
Majority 885 36.3 -6.1
Turnout 2,435
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Briggs 1,675 52.5 -1.5
Conservative Alan Bigg 1,514 47.5 +1.5
Majority 161 5.0 -3.0
Turnout 3,189
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Cummings 1,096 46.4 -2.7
Conservative Peter Wright 1,022 43.3 +7.2
Green Ashleigh Vincent 245 10.4 +10.4
Majority 74 3.1 -9.9
Turnout 2,363
Labour hold Swing
Ramsbottom
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Theckston 2,211 57.3 +3.5
Labour Keith Rothwell 1,085 28.1 -7.2
Liberal Democrat Janet Turner 565 14.6 +3.7
Majority 1,126 29.2 +10.7
Turnout 3,861
Conservative hold Swing
Redvales
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Smith 1,088 41.7 -2.1
Conservative Ijaz Ahmed 890 34.1 +0.3
Liberal Democrat Martin Robinson-Dowland 499 19.1 +4.7
Green James Axon 133 5.1 +5.1
Majority 198 7.6 -2.4
Turnout 2,610
Labour hold Swing
St Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Gibb 1,409 50.9 -2.4
Conservative Anthony Barlow 795 28.7 +2.6
Liberal Democrat Michael Halsall 563 20.3 +4.8
Majority 614 22.2 -5.0
Turnout 2,767
Labour hold Swing
Sedgley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Ann Garner 1,237 44.2 +16.5
Labour Gillian Campbell 1,127 40.3 -15.2
Conservative Marilyn Vincent 533 15.5 -1.3
Majority 110 3.9
Turnout 2,797
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing
Tottington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Johnson 2,053 60.0 +2.0
Labour Victor McClung 802 23.4 -6.2
Liberal Democrat David Foss 569 16.6 +4.1
Majority 1,251 36.5 +8.1
Turnout 3,424
Conservative hold Swing
Unsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Ashworth 1,104 42.4 +4.3
Labour Vera McClung 1,063 40.9 -6.2
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Young 435 16.7 +7.5
Majority 41 1.6
Turnout 2,602
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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