2003 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. 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

Election result

Bury Local Election Result 2003
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	7	0	5	-0		40.3	17,624	-6.1
Conservative	7	4	0	+4		39.8	17,405	+2.9
Liberal Democrats	2	1	0	+1		18.8	8,229	+5.9
Green Party of England and Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	378	+0.9%
Socialist Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	98	+0.0%

Besses
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Boden	1,036	58.6	−3.6
	Conservative	Mark Roberts	446	25.2	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Davison	287	16.2	+1.4
Majority			590	33.3	−5.9
Turnout			1,769
	Labour hold		Swing

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Bibby	1,761	54.6	+3.3
	Labour	Leslie Jones	946	29.3	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats	James Eagle	517	16.0	+16.0
Majority			815	25.3	+11.8
Turnout			3,224
	Conservative hold		Swing

East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Holt	1,116	55.2	−4.3
	Conservative	Matthew Green	520	25.7	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Hagan	384	19.0	+8.2
Majority			596	29.5	−5.7
Turnout			2,020
	Labour hold		Swing

Elton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Denise Bigg	1,215	42.5	+4.2
	Labour	Ray Watts	1,126	39.4	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Sloss	516	18.1	+7.3
Majority			89	3.1
Turnout			2,857
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Holyrood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Victor D'Albert	1,475	57.9	+8.2
	Labour	Susan Worsley	609	23.9	−6.4
	Conservative	Jeanette Chrystal	365	14.3	−1.9
	Socialist Alliance	Rita McLoughlin	98	3.8	+3.8
Majority			866	34.0	−14.6
Turnout			2,547
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Moorside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beverley Sullivan	1,268	47.6	+8.2
	Labour	June Drinkwater	971	36.4	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Winifred Rohmann	427	16.0	+9.4
Majority			297	11.1
Turnout			2,666
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Pilkington Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michelle Wiseman	1,238	47.6	+3.9
	Labour	Pamela Walker	1,020	39.2	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Davison	345	13.3	+3.6
Majority			218	8.4
Turnout			2,603
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Radcliffe Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Isherwood	1,455	59.8	−4.6
	Conservative	Eric Margieson	570	24.3	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mary D'Albert	410	16.8	+3.2
Majority			885	36.3	−6.1
Turnout			2,435
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Briggs	1,675	52.5	−1.5
	Conservative	Alan Bigg	1,514	47.5	+1.5
Majority			161	5.0	−3.0
Turnout			3,189
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Cummings	1,096	46.4	−2.7
	Conservative	Peter Wright	1,022	43.3	+7.2
	Green	Ashleigh Vincent	245	10.4	+10.4
Majority			74	3.1	−9.9
Turnout			2,363
	Labour hold		Swing

Ramsbottom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Theckston	2,211	57.3	+3.5
	Labour	Keith Rothwell	1,085	28.1	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Turner	565	14.6	+3.7
Majority			1,126	29.2	+10.7
Turnout			3,861
	Conservative hold		Swing

Redvales
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Smith	1,088	41.7	−2.1
	Conservative	Ijaz Ahmed	890	34.1	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Robinson-Dowland	499	19.1	+4.7
	Green	James Axon	133	5.1	+5.1
Majority			198	7.6	−2.4
Turnout			2,610
	Labour hold		Swing

St Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Gibb	1,409	50.9	−2.4
	Conservative	Anthony Barlow	795	28.7	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Halsall	563	20.3	+4.8
Majority			614	22.2	−5.0
Turnout			2,767
	Labour hold		Swing

Sedgley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Garner	1,237	44.2	+16.5
	Labour	Gillian Campbell	1,127	40.3	−15.2
	Conservative	Marilyn Vincent	533	15.5	−1.3
Majority			110	3.9
Turnout			2,797
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Tottington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Johnson	2,053	60.0	+2.0
	Labour	Victor McClung	802	23.4	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Foss	569	16.6	+4.1
Majority			1,251	36.5	+8.1
Turnout			3,424
	Conservative hold		Swing

Unsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Ashworth	1,104	42.4	+4.3
	Labour	Vera McClung	1,063	40.9	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Young	435	16.7	+7.5
Majority			41	1.6
Turnout			2,602
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing