Bury Council election, 2000

Elections to Bury Council were held on 4 May, 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 27.38%.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Labour 32
*Conservative 13
*Liberal Democrat 3

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 9
gain = 0
loss = 5
net = -5
seats % = 52.9
votes % = 42.3
votes = 17,324
plus/minus = -6.4%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 7
gain = 5
loss = 0
net = +5
seats % = 41.2
votes % = 41.5
votes = 16,962
plus/minus = +8.7%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 1
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 5.9
votes % = 15.1
votes = 6,196
plus/minus = +1.2%Election Summary
party = Environment and Wildlife
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.8
votes = 321
plus/minus = -3.1%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 0.3
votes = 107
plus/minus = -0.4%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Matthews
votes = 783
percentage = 55.0
change = -12.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Roberts
votes = 472
percentage = 33.1
change = +11.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ivy Hooley
votes = 169
percentage = 11.9
change = +1.3Election box majority
votes = 311
percentage = 21.9
change = -23.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,424
percentage = 20.8
change = -0.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roy Walker
votes = 1,937
percentage = 63.3
change = +15.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jonathan Ashworth
votes = 776
percentage = 25.4
change = -14.2Election box candidate
party = Environment and Wildlife
candidate = Michael Wellock
votes = 179
percentage = 5.9
change = -7.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Fiona Davison
votes = 169
percentage = 5.5
change = +5.5Election box majority
votes = 1,158
percentage = 37.9
change = +30.0Election box turnout
votes = 3,058
percentage = 34.6
change = -1.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Byrne
votes = 974
percentage = 62.3
change = -10.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Roger Thompson
votes = 401
percentage = 25.6
change = +7.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Victor Hagan
votes = 107
percentage = 6.8
change = +6.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Theodor Tymczyna
votes = 82
percentage = 5.2
change = -3.6Election box majority
votes = 573
percentage = 36.7
change = -17.8Election box turnout
votes = 1,564
percentage = 20.7
change = -0.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Yvonne Creswell
votes = 1,127
percentage = 45.2
change = +10.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Andrea Hughes
votes = 1,041
percentage = 41.8
change = -5.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Robert Sloss
votes = 181
percentage = 7.3
change = -1.3Election box candidate
party = Environment and Wildlife
candidate = Glyn Heath
votes = 142
percentage = 5.7
change = -3.5Election box majority
votes = 86
percentage = 3.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,491
percentage = 27.4
change = +0.2Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Wilfred Davison
votes = 1,370
percentage = 56.4
change = -2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Whitby
votes = 593
percentage = 24.4
change = -3.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Jeanette Chrystal
votes = 467
percentage = 19.2
change = +5.6Election box majority
votes = 777
percentage = 32.0
change = +1.0Election box turnout
votes = 2,430
percentage = 29.8
change = -0.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Taylor
votes = 1,384
percentage = 53.4
change = +15.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mohammad Rashid
votes = 940
percentage = 36.3
change = -13.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Winifred Rohmann
votes = 269
percentage = 10.4
change = +4.9Election box majority
votes = 444
percentage = 17.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,593
percentage = 31.8
change = +2.3Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bernard Vincent
votes = 921
percentage = 44.9
change = +3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Bridson
votes = 915
percentage = 44.6
change = -5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Bell
votes = 217
percentage = 10.6
change = +2.3Election box majority
votes = 6
percentage = 0.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,053
percentage = 26.3
change = +1.0Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Wayne Campbell
votes = 1,440
percentage = 64.3
change = +2.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Cherill Dunkley
votes = 411
percentage = 18.3
change = +6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Halsall
votes = 389
percentage = 17.4
change = -8.9Election box majority
votes = 1,029
percentage = 46.0
change = +20.8Election box turnout
votes = 2,240
percentage = 25.8
change = -4.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Timothy Chamberlain
votes = 1,375
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Denise Bigg
votes = 1,345
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Bigg
votes = 1,284
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Susan Worsley
votes = 1,220
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mary D'Albert
votes = 265
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Hooley
votes = 259
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes = 5,748
percentage = 27.7
change = -0.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Siobhan Costello
votes = 833
percentage = 45.3
change = -8.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Wright
votes = 827
percentage = 45.0
change = +9.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Bryn Hackley
votes = 177
percentage = 9.6
change = -0.6Election box majority
votes = 6
percentage = 0.3
change = -18.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,837
percentage = 23.0
change = -0.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sheila Magnall
votes = 1,847
percentage = 53.0
change = +9.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Riddell
votes = 1,286
percentage = 36.9
change = -6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Foss
votes = 352
percentage = 10.1
change = +3.8Election box majority
votes = 561
percentage = 16.1
change = +15.2Election box turnout
votes = 3,485
percentage = 31.6
change = -1.2Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Constance FitzGerald
votes = 1,163
percentage = 60.5
change = -6.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Hall
votes = 517
percentage = 26.9
change = +7.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Martin Robinson-Dowland
votes = 243
percentage = 12.6
change = +12.6Election box majority
votes = 646
percentage = 33.6
change = -13.4Election box turnout
votes = 1,923
percentage = 23.9
change = -2.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Steven Treadgold
votes = 982
percentage = 43.9
change = -8.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Margieson
votes = 754
percentage = 33.7
change = +6.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gillian Duffey
votes = 501
percentage = 22.4
change = +1.3Election box majority
votes = 228
percentage = 10.2
change = -15.1Election box turnout
votes = 2,237
percentage = 24.8
change = -2.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Nesbit
votes = 1,118
percentage = 43.1
change = -2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Timothy Pickstone
votes = 1,021
percentage = 39.4
change = +0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marilyn Vincent
votes = 455
percentage = 17.5
change = +1.3Election box majority
votes = 97
percentage = 3.7
change = -2.7Election box turnout
votes = 2,594
percentage = 32.0
change = +1.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Yvonne Wright
votes = 1,779
percentage = 60.4
change = +0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Victor McClung
votes = 840
percentage = 28.5
change = -1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Janet Turner
votes = 326
percentage = 11.1
change = +1.3Election box majority
votes = 939
percentage = 31.9
change = +2.5Election box turnout
votes = 2,945
percentage = 29.6
change = -0.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stella Smith
votes = 1,045
percentage = 45.7
change = -4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Samuel Cohen
votes = 1,034
percentage = 45.3
change = +11.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Young
votes = 206
percentage = 9.0
change = +2.6Election box majority
votes = 11
percentage = 0.4
change = -16.0Election box turnout
votes = 2,285
percentage = 28.4
change = -1.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

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