1998 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

1998 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 March 2020 Elections to Bury Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council. Local Elections results The Times 46 1998-05-09 Overall turnout was 26.85%. After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 39 Conservative 6 Liberal Democrat 3 Election result Bury local election result 1998 Labour Party (UK) 12 0 2 -2 75.0 52.1 19,449 Conservative Party (UK) 3 2 0 +2 18.8 33.9 12,663 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 0 0 0 6.3 13.1 4,889 Environment and Wildlife 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 260 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 62 Ward results Besses Labour Party (UK) Catherine Platt 945 70.6 Conservative Party (UK) Ellen Singer 257 19.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ivy Hooley 137 10.2 688 51.4 1,339 20.5 Labour Party (UK) Church Conservative Party (UK) Jack Walton 1,460 46.8 Labour Party (UK) John Smith 1,407 45.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Eagle 252 8.1 53 1.7 3,119 35.3 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) East Labour Party (UK) Michael Connolly 1,332 79.1 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Thompson 353 20.9 979 58.2 1,685 22.0 Labour Party (UK) Elton Labour Party (UK) John Costello 1,316 50.9 Conservative Party (UK) Norman Hamer 986 38.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Sloss 286 11.1 330 12.8 2,588 27.7 Labour Party (UK) Holyrood Liberal Democrats (UK) Wilfred Clegg 1,352 56.5 Labour Party (UK) Brendan Hope 724 30.3 Conservative Party (UK) Kevin Laughton 316 13.2 628 26.2 2,392 29.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Moorside Labour Party (UK) Dorothy Cassidy 1,190 50.3 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Bibby 999 42.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Winifred Rohmann 176 7.4 191 8.1 2,365 29.3 Labour Party (UK) Pilkington Park Labour Party (UK) Warren Flood 1,036 53.7 Conservative Party (UK) Cecilia Aaron 748 38.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nigel Bird 146 7.6 288 14.9 1,930 24.5 Labour Party (UK) Radcliffe Central Labour Party (UK) Kevin Scarlett 1,514 69.0 Conservative Party (UK) Cherrill Dunkley 359 16.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Halsall 260 11.8 Independent (politician) Mark Campion 62 2.8 1,155 52.6 2,195 25.4 Labour Party (UK) Radcliffe North Labour Party (UK) Linda Harwood 1,421 49.7 Conservative Party (UK) Denise Bigg 1,009 35.3 Environment and Wildlife David Bentley 260 9.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Hooley 170 5.9 412 14.4 2,859 27.3 Labour Party (UK) Radcliffe South Labour Party (UK) Stephen Perkins 1,044 55.2 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Wright 691 36.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Theodor Tymczyna 158 8.3 353 18.7 1,893 23.9 Labour Party (UK) Ramsbottom Conservative Party (UK) Dorothy Gunther 1,540 48.7 Labour Party (UK) Martina Longworth 1,274 40.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Janet Turner 351 11.1 266 8.4 3,165 28.8 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Redvales Labour Party (UK) Farook Chaudhry 1,381 66.6 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Hall 456 22.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Robinson Dowland 236 11.4 925 44.6 2,073 26.0 Labour Party (UK) St Mary's Labour Party (UK) Julie Higson 1,274 57.1 Conservative Party (UK) Neville Singer 644 28.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary D'Albert 312 14.0 630 28.2 2,230 24.8 Labour Party (UK) Sedgley Labour Party (UK) Frances Adam 1,217 52.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Timothy Pickstone 550 23.9 Conservative Party (UK) Bernard Vincent 538 23.3 667 28.9 2,305 27.7 Labour Party (UK) Tottington Conservative Party (UK) David Higgin 1,614 53.7 Labour Party (UK) Elizabeth Melia 1,060 35.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Foss 331 11.0 554 18.4 3,005 30.4 Conservative Party (UK) Unsworth Labour Party (UK) Gordon Shgarkey 1,314 60.3 Conservative Party (UK) Samuel Cohen 693 31.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Young 172 7.9 621 28.5 2,179 27.2 Labour Party (UK) References Category:1998 English local elections 1998 Category:1990s in Greater Manchester