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2002 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election
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2002 local election in England
December 2013
April 2026
Elections to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.Mellows-Facer Adam Young Ross Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002 https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP02-33/RP02-33.pdf House of Commons Library 8 6 March 2026 9 May 2002
After the election, the composition of the council was:Mellows-Facer Adam Young Ross Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002 https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP02-33/RP02-33.pdf House of Commons Library 13 6 March 2026 9 May 2002
Labour 32
Conservative 13
Liberal Democrat 3
Election result
Bury local election result 2002
Labour Party (UK)
12
0
0
+0
46.4
23,400
+4.1%
Conservative Party (UK)
3
0
0
+0
36.9
18,361
-4.6%
Liberal Democrats (UK)
1
0
0
0
12.9
6,524
-2.2%
Environment and Wildlife
0
0
0
0
0
3.2
1,636
+2.4%
Socialist Alliance (England)
0
0
0
0
0
0.2
112
+0.2%
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0
0
0.3
171
+0.0%
Ward results
Besses
Labour Party (UK)
Kenneth Audin
1,277
62.2
+7.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Mark Roberts
473
23.0
-10.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Ann Garner
303
14.8
+2.9
804
39.2
+17.3
2,053
Labour Party (UK)
Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012 https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Bury-1973-2012.pdf The Elections Centre Plymouth University 13 6 March 2026
Church
Conservative Party (UK)
Jack Walton
1,936
51.3
-12.0
Labour Party (UK)
Andrew McAnulty
1,425
37.8
+12.4
Environment and Wildlife
Michael Wellock
410
10.9
+5.0
511
13.5
-24.4
3,771
Conservative Party (UK)
13
East
Labour Party (UK)
Michael Connolly
1,410
59.5
-2.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Ashworth
575
24.3
-1.3
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Victor Hagan
231
10.8
+5.6
Environment and Wildlife
David Bentley
154
6.5
+6.5
835
35.2
-1.5
2,370
Labour Party (UK)
13
Elton
Labour Party (UK)
John Costello
1,433
43.9
+2.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Kevin Gould
1,248
38.3
-6.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Robert Sloss
351
10.8
+3.5
Environment and Wildlife
Louise Llweellyn
230
7.1
+1.4
185
5.7
3,262
Labour Party (UK)
13
Holyrood
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Tim Pickstone
1,436
49.7
-6.7
Labour Party (UK)
Susan Worsley
869
30.3
+5.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Jeanette Chrystal
465
16.2
-3.0
557
19.4
-12.6
2,872
Liberal Democrats (UK)
13
Moorside
Labour Party (UK)
Dorothy Cassidy
1,437
45.9
+9.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Beverley Sullivan
1,234
39.4
-14.0
Environment and Wildlife
Mary Heath
257
8.2
+8.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Winifred Rohmann
206
6.6
-3.8
203
6.5
3,134
Labour Party (UK)
13
Pilkington Park
Labour Party (UK)
Joan Grimshaw
1,438
46.6
+2.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Redstone
1,350
43.7
-1.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Mary D'Albert
299
9.7
-0.9
88
2.8
3,087
Labour Party (UK)
13
Radcliffe Central
Labour Party (UK)
Andrea Hughes
1,803
64.4
+0.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Alan Bigg
616
22.0
+3.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Bryn Hackley
382
13.6
-3.8
1,187
42.4
-3.6
2,801
Labour Party (UK)
14
Radcliffe North
Labour Party (UK)
Katherine Briggs
1,994
54.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Denise Bigg
1,698
46.0
296
8.0
3,692
Labour Party (UK)
14
Radcliffe South
Labour Party (UK)
Stephen Perkins
1,238
49.1
+3.8
Conservative Party (UK)
David Green
909
36.1
-8.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Theodor Tymczyna
209
8.3
-1.3
Environment and Wildlife
Bryan Partington
164
6.5
+6.5
329
13.0
+12.7
2,520
Labour Party (UK)
14
Ramsbottom
Conservative Party (UK)
Dorothy Gunther
2,301
53.8
+0.8
Labour Party (UK)
Vera McClung
1,508
35.3
-1.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Fiona Davison
466
10.9
+0.8
793
18.5
+2.4
4,275
Conservative Party (UK)
14
Redvales
Labour Party (UK)
Farook Chaudhry
1,338
43.8
-16.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Azhar Mahmood
1,032
33.8
+6.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Martin Robinson-Dowland
441
14.4
+1.8
Environment and Wildlife
Glyn Heath
246
8.0
+8.0
306
10.0
-13.6
3,057
Labour Party (UK)
14
St Mary's
Labour Party (UK)
Eric Grime
1,779
53.3
+9.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Anthony Barlow
871
26.1
-7.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Michael Halsall
516
15.5
-6.9
Independent (politician)
Gerard Van Hecke
171
5.1
+5.1
908
27.2
+17.0
3,337
Labour Party (UK)
14
Sedgley
Labour Party (UK)
Peter Timperley
1,894
55.5
+12.4
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Janet Turner
943
27.7
-11.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Marilyn Vincent
573
16.8
-0.7
951
27.9
+24.2
3,410
Labour Party (UK)
14
Tottington
Conservative Party (UK)
David Higgin
2,182
58.0
-2.4
Labour Party (UK)
Victor McClung
1,113
29.6
+1.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Jame Eagle
470
12.5
+1.4
1,069
28.4
-3.5
3,765
Conservative Party (UK)
14
Unsworth
Labour Party (UK)
Gordon Sharkey
1,444
47.1
+1.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Samuel Cohen
1,168
38.1
-7.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Geoffrey Young
281
9.2
+0.2
Environment and Wildlife
Martin Prescott
175
5.7
+5.7
276
9.0
+8.6
3,068
Labour Party (UK)
14
References
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