Bury Metropolitan Borough Council elections
One third of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council in Greater Manchester, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 51 councillors have been elected from 17 wards.[1]
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
No overall control | 1973–1975 |
Conservative | 1975–1986 |
Labour | 1986–1992 |
No overall control | 1992–1995 |
Labour | 1995–2006 |
No overall control | 2006–2008 |
Conservative | 2008–2010 |
No overall control | 2010-2011 |
Labour | 2011-present |
Council elections
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1998
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1999
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2003
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2004 (whole Metropolitan Borough Council elected after boundary changes increased the number of seats by 3)[3]
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2007
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2011
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2014
- Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015
By-election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,497 | 75.6 | |||
Conservative | 376 | 19.0 | |||
Independent | 106 | 5.4 | |||
Majority | 1,121 | 56.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,979 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 960 | 52.1 | -4.3 | ||
Labour | 559 | 30.3 | +5.9 | ||
Conservative | 325 | 17.6 | -1.6 | ||
Majority | 401 | 21.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,844 | 22.5 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Cummings | 2,473 | 55.8 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Wright | 1,360 | 37.7 | -14.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mike Halsall | 597 | 13.5 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 1,113 | 18.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,430 | 55.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rishi Shori | 879 | 30.7 | -13.9 | |
Conservative | Samantha Davies | 870 | 30.4 | +3.1 | |
BNP | Jean Purdy | 459 | 16.0 | -2.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mike Halsall | 429 | 15.0 | +8.4 | |
English Democrat | Stephen Morris | 228 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,865 | 35.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "Your Council". Bury Council. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ↑ "Bury". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ↑ "Bury Metropolitan Borough Council". *BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ↑ "Tory John fails to oust David". Bolton Evening News. 2001-06-19. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ↑ "Close victory for Labour in council by-election". Bury Times. 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
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