# 2002 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

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

## Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 12 | 0 | 0 | +0 | | 46.4 | 23,400 | +4.1% |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 0 | +0 | | 36.9 | 18,361 | -4.6% |
| Liberal Democrats | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 112 | +0.2% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 171 | +0.0% |

## Ward results

Besses :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kenneth Audin | 1,277 | 62.2 | +7.2 |
| | Conservative | Mark Roberts | 473 | 23.0 | −10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Garner | 303 | 14.8 | +2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 804 | 39.2 | +17.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,053 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jack Walton | 1,936 | 51.3 | −12.0 |
| | Labour | Andrew McAnulty | 1,425 | 37.8 | +12.4 |
| | Environment and Wildlife | Michael Wellock | 410 | 10.9 | +5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 511 | 13.5 | −24.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,771 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Connolly | 1,410 | 59.5 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | Peter Ashworth | 575 | 24.3 | −1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victor Hagan | 231 | 10.8 | +5.6 |
| | Environment and Wildlife | David Bentley | 154 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 835 | 35.2 | −1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,370 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Elton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Costello | 1,433 | 43.9 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Gould | 1,248 | 38.3 | −6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Sloss | 351 | 10.8 | +3.5 |
| | Environment and Wildlife | Louise Llweellyn | 230 | 7.1 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 185 | 5.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,262 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Holyrood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim Pickstone | 1,436 | 49.7 | −6.7 |
| | Labour | Susan Worsley | 869 | 30.3 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | Jeanette Chrystal | 465 | 16.2 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 557 | 19.4 | −12.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,872 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Moorside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dorothy Cassidy | 1,437 | 45.9 | +9.6 |
| | Conservative | Beverley Sullivan | 1,234 | 39.4 | −14.0 |
| | Environment and Wildlife | Mary Heath | 257 | 8.2 | +8.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Winifred Rohmann | 206 | 6.6 | −3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 203 | 6.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,134 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Pilkington Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joan Grimshaw | 1,438 | 46.6 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | Peter Redstone | 1,350 | 43.7 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary D'Albert | 299 | 9.7 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 88 | 2.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,087 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Radcliffe Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrea Hughes | 1,803 | 64.4 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative | Alan Bigg | 616 | 22.0 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryn Hackley | 382 | 13.6 | −3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,187 | 42.4 | −3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,801 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Radcliffe North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Katherine Briggs | 1,994 | 54.0 |
| | Conservative | Denise Bigg | 1,698 | 46.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 296 | 8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,692 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Radcliffe South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Perkins | 1,238 | 49.1 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative | David Green | 909 | 36.1 | −8.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Theodor Tymczyna | 209 | 8.3 | −1.3 |
| | Environment and Wildlife | Bryan Partington | 164 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 329 | 13.0 | +12.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,520 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Ramsbottom :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Gunther | 2,301 | 53.8 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | Vera McClung | 1,508 | 35.3 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fiona Davison | 466 | 10.9 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 793 | 18.5 | +2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,275 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Redvales :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Farook Chaudhry | 1,338 | 43.8 | −16.7 |
| | Conservative | Azhar Mahmood | 1,032 | 33.8 | +6.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Robinson-Dowland | 441 | 14.4 | +1.8 |
| | Environment and Wildlife | Glyn Heath | 246 | 8.0 | +8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 306 | 10.0 | −13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,057 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
St Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eric Grime | 1,779 | 53.3 | +9.4 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Barlow | 871 | 26.1 | −7.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Halsall | 516 | 15.5 | −6.9 |
| | Independent | Gerard Van Hecke | 171 | 5.1 | +5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 908 | 27.2 | +17.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,337 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Sedgley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Timperley | 1,894 | 55.5 | +12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Turner | 943 | 27.7 | −11.7 |
| | Conservative | Marilyn Vincent | 573 | 16.8 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 951 | 27.9 | +24.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,410 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Tottington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Higgin | 2,182 | 58.0 | −2.4 |
| | Labour | Victor McClung | 1,113 | 29.6 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jame Eagle | 470 | 12.5 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,069 | 28.4 | −3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,765 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Unsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gordon Sharkey | 1,444 | 47.1 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Samuel Cohen | 1,168 | 38.1 | −7.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Young | 281 | 9.2 | +0.2 |
| | Environment and Wildlife | Martin Prescott | 175 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 276 | 9.0 | +8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,068 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |