# 2018 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2018 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

## Result

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % |
| | Labour | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 58.8 | 48.3 | 25,506 | 7.3 |
| | Conservative | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29.4 | 37.8 | 19,993 | 0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 5.8 | 9.5 | 5,027 | 0.5 |
| | Green | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1,618 | 2.0 |
| | Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.8 | 449 | N/A |
| | English Democrat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.3 | 169 | 0.1 |
| | Totals | 63 | 17 | | | | 100.0 | 100.0 | 52,762 | |

## Wards
### Besses

Besses :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mary Whitby | 1,414 | 59.3 | 0.6 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Connolly | 551 | 23.2 | 3.2 |
| | English Democrat | Stephen Morris | 169 | 7.1 | 4.4 |
| | Green | Larissa Heath | 118 | 4.9 | 1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dominic Jackson | 117 | 4.9 | 0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 863 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Church

Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sue Nuttall | 2,059 | 58.5 | 0.8 |
| | Labour | Sam Turner | 1,260 | 35.8 | 3.9 |
| | Green | Nicole Haydock | 197 | 5.6 | 0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 799 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### East

East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Trevor Holt | 1,673 | 59.3 | 4.2 |
| | Conservative | Sohail Raja | 960 | 34.0 | 9.1 |
| | Green | Glyn Heath | 185 | 6.5 | 5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 713 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elton

Elton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Martin Hayes | 1,622 | 50.8 | 9.0 |
| | Conservative | Dene Vernon | 1,390 | 43.5 | 4.9 |
| | Green | Charlotte Allen | 119 | 3.7 | 0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacob Royde | 60 | 1.8 | 0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 232 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Holyrood

Holyrood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Pickstone | 1,656 | 46.7 | 1.6 |
| | Labour | Gavin McGill | 1,356 | 38.2 | 0.1 |
| | Conservative | Bernard Vincent | 404 | 11.4 | 4.1 |
| | Green | Peter Curati | 128 | 3.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 300 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Moorside

Moorside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sandra Walmsley | 1,722 | 66.1 | 14.8 |
| | Conservative | Jacob Maxwell Nau Tupe | 633 | 24.3 | 5.2 |
| | Independent | Victor Hagan | 128 | 4.9 | N/A |
| | Green | Noel Traynor | 119 | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,089 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### North Manor

North Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Daly | 2,337 | 61.2 | 0.4 |
| | Labour | Tom Pilkington | 1,213 | 31.7 | 3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ewan Arthur | 143 | 3.7 | 1.1 |
| | Green | Mary Heath | 122 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,124 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Pilkington Park

Pilkington Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Jones | 1,967 | 57.4 | 0.5 |
| | Labour | John Mallon | 1,263 | 36.8 | 0.5 |
| | Green | Neil Greenhalgh | 130 | 3.7 | 0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Foss | 90 | 2.6 | 1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 704 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Radcliffe East

Radcliffe East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Karen Leach | 1,144 | 47.1 | 2.5 |
| | Conservative | Luis McBriar | 709 | 29.2 | 11.9 |
| | Independent | Donald Berry | 321 | 13.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Graham | 160 | 6.5 | 0.8 |
| | Green | Paul Johnstone | 94 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 435 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Radcliffe North

Radcliffe North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Cropper | 1,677 | 55.0 | 22.8 |
| | Labour | Jane Lewis | 1,236 | 40.5 | 6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rodney Rew | 132 | 4.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 441 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Radcliffe West

Radcliffe West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rishi Shori | 1,283 | 60.5 | 13.7 |
| | Conservative | Zain Shah | 531 | 25.0 | 7.2 |
| | Green | Karen Wood | 242 | 11.4 | 8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kamran Islam | 64 | 3.0 | 0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 752 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ramsbottom

Ramsbottom :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kevin Thomas | 2,063 | 51.8 | 8.9 |
| | Conservative | Jamie Hoyle | 1,788 | 44.9 | 1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Stokes | 130 | 3.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 275 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Redvales

Redvales :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tamoor Tariq | 1,994 | 64.3 | 6.0 |
| | Conservative | Julie Green | 817 | 26.3 | 3.0 |
| | Green | Alan Stead | 170 | 5.4 | 2.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Lloyd-Johnson | 117 | 3.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,177 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Sedgley

Sedgley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Quinn | 2,214 | 60.1 | 16.3 |
| | Conservative | Nathan Weissbraun | 1,241 | 33.7 | 10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maria Tegolo | 224 | 6.0 | 0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 973 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St Mary's

St Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eamonn O'Brien | 1,635 | 45.6 | 4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Powell | 1,578 | 44.0 | 3.3 |
| | Conservative | David Lewis | 372 | 10.3 | 3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 57 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Tottington

Tottington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Iain Gartside | 1,561 | 53.4 | 6.8 |
| | Labour | Anthony McCaul | 1,164 | 39.8 | 8.1 |
| | Green | Samantha Deas | 113 | 3.8 | 0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy Minty | 84 | 2.8 | 1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 397 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Unsworth

Unsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammed Rafiq | 1,250 | 44.0 | 4.0 |
| | Conservative | Satyen Sinha | 996 | 35.1 | 3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Middleton | 589 | 20.7 | 16.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 254 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |