2019 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2019 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Changes compared with 2018 election.

2019 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election[1]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8	1	52.3	20	29	56.9	19,508	38.9	-9.3
	Conservative	6	1	29.4	11	16	31.4	17,442	34.8	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	11.8	2	4	7.8	6,351	12.7	+3.0
	Independent	1	1	5.9	1	2	3.9	1,851	3.7	+2.8
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,370	8.7	+5.4
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	354	0.7	New
	English Democrat	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	288	0.6	+0.3

Candidates seeking re-election were last elected in 2015 and are denoted with an asterisk. Changes are compared to the 2018 results in that ward.

Besses

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrea Simpson	1,007	48.3	−11.4
	Conservative	Jordan Lewis	433	20.8	−2.5
	English Democrat	Stephen Morris	288	13.8	+6.7
	Green	Jessie Georgia Smart	197	9.5	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Bairstow Jackson	158	7.6	+2.7
Majority			574	27.6
Turnout			2,083	25.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Harris*	1,913	56.7	−1.9
	Labour	Sam Turner	925	27.4	−8.4
	Green	Nicole Paule Haydock	338	10.0	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Arthur	198	5.9	New
Majority			988	29.3
Turnout			3,374	40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gavin McGill	1,418	63.6	+4.2
	Conservative	Liam James Dean	428	19.2	−14.9
	Green	Paul Anthony Petzer	261	11.7	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Stokes	124	5.6	New
Majority			990	44.4
Turnout			2,231	26.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlotte Morris	1,259	42.2	−8.6
	Conservative	Michael Hankey*	1,243	41.6	−2.0
	Green	Charlie Allen	351	11.8	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jacob Royde	133	4.5	+2.6
Majority			16	0.5
Turnout			2,986	35.56
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Holyrood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Tegolo	1,995	56.1	+9.4
	Labour	Chris Neville	1,009	28.4	−9.9
	UKIP	Kevin McGill	196	5.5	New
	Green	Peter Curati	179	5.0	+1.4
	Conservative	Bernard Vincent	177	5.0	−6.4
Majority			986	27.7
Turnout			3,556	41.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Moorside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Southworth*	1,198	47.1	−19.1
	Conservative	Sohail Raja	829	32.6	+8.3
	Green	Stefanie Jayne Moore	391	15.4	+10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Warnes	123	4.8	New
Majority			369	14.5
Turnout			2,571	28.7
	Labour hold		Swing

No Independent candidate as previous (-4.9).

North Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Khalid Hussain*	1,699	50.3	−11.0
	Labour	Tom Pilkington	942	27.9	−3.9
	Green	Mary Heath	456	13.5	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Arthur	284	8.4	+4.7
Majority			757	22.4
Turnout			3,381	42.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pilkington Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Caserta*	1,482	49.6	−7.4
	Labour	Eddy Redmond	951	31.8	−4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Cross	202	6.8	+4.2
	Green	Myriam Salama-Carr	193	6.5	+2.7
	UKIP	Anthony Clough	158	5.3	New
Majority			531	17.8
Turnout			2,986	39.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Radcliffe East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Mason	1,045	38.1	New
	Labour	Evelyn Mary Doyle	979	35.7	−11.4
	Conservative	Luis James McBriar	609	22.2	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Thomas Lewis	110	4.0	−2.6
Majority			66	2.4
Turnout			2,743	30.8
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

No Independent candidate as previous (-13.2).

Radcliffe North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Hurst	1,507	48.6	−6.5
	Labour	Jamie Walker*	1,171	37.8	−2.8
	Green	John Philip Meara	301	9.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Rew	120	3.9	−0.4
Majority			336	10.8
Turnout			3,099	35.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Radcliffe West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beth Mortenson	886	39.2	−21.3
	Independent	Carol Ann Birchmore	806	35.7	New
	Conservative	David Lewis	350	15.5	−9.5
	Green	Andrew Truelove	152	6.7	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kamran Islam	65	2.9	−0.1
Majority			80	3.5
Turnout			2,259	26.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Ramsbottom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clair Ann Cummins	1,645	45.3	−6.4
	Conservative	Gregg Dennis Fletcher	1,459	40.2	−4.7
	Green	Louise Stephanie Bancroft	363	10.0	New
	Liberal Democrats	David Henry Foss	160	4.4	+1.1
Majority			186	5.1
Turnout			3,627	40.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Redvales

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Louise Walsh	1,511	47.2	−17.2
	Conservative	Shahbaz Mahmood Arif	1,213	37.9	+11.5
	Green	Paul Johnstone	349	10.9	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Lloyd-Johnson	128	4.0	+0.3
Majority			298	9.3
Turnout			3,201	35.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Sedgley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Ian Gold	1,650	54.9	−5.3
	Conservative	Daniel Kallmunzer	1,010	33.6	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Elena Lenzi	347	11.5	+5.4
Majority			640	21.3
Turnout			3,007	33.99
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Powell	1,964	56.7	+12.7
	Labour	Noel Bayley*	1,022	29.5	−16.1
	Conservative	Zadok Day	266	7.7	−2.7
	Green	Emlyn Martin Begley	214	6.2	New
Majority			942	27.2
Turnout			3,466	42.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Tottington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Wright*	1,729	58.2	+4.8
	Labour	Anthony McCaul	764	25.7	−14.1
	Green	Samantha Deas	354	11.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Minty	125	4.2	+1.3
Majority			965	32.5
Turnout			2,972	37.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Unsworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Grimshaw*	1,171	44.2	+0.1
	Conservative	Anton Slawycz	1,095	41.3	+6.2
	Green	Glyn Harvey Heath	271	10.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Ugonna Edeoga	115	4.3	−16.5
Majority			76	2.9
Turnout			2,652	36.3
	Labour hold		Swing