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