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    1978 handbook

    Bury: 1978 local elections

    13 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1977)

    Not known.

    After (end of 1978)

    Not known.

    Ward results

    No. 1 (Bury: Church)1 seat · turnout 43.8%
    F. SpurrConservative2,079
    A. SargeantLabour808
    No. 10 (Radcliffe: North)2 seats · turnout 37.1%
    T. McCarthyLabour3,010
    H. FosterConservative3,004
    B. WaddingtonConservative2,769
    R. MastersonLabour2,750
    E. McBriarNF228
    No. 12 (Ramsbottom)1 seat · turnout 40.8%
    A. LittleConservative2,665
    G. CohenLabour1,386
    No. 14 (Whitefield: North & West)1 seat · turnout 43.8%
    K WilliamsConservative1,773
    J. AmeyLabour1,373
    E. SewellInd Lab388
    No. 15 (Whitefield: South & East)1 seat · turnout 44.1%
    D. BodenLabour2,010
    J. SwinburnConservative1,763
    No. 2 (Bury: East)1 seat · turnout 33.5%
    G. KershawLabour1,336
    E. SuttonConservative1,254
    No. 3 (Bury: Elton)1 seat · turnout 36.2%
    K. HaddowConservative2,265
    H. CoatesLabour1,451
    No. 4 (Bury: Moorside)1 seat · turnout 33.9%
    H. MatherConservative1,781
    G. ReedLabour1,104
    No. 5 (Bury: Redvales)1 seat · turnout 40.8%
    D. DaviesLabour1,650
    J. RimmerConservative1,181
    No. 6 (Bury: Unsworth)1 seat · turnout 42.1%
    J. BullasLabour2,103
    E. SpencerConservative2,063
    No. 7 (Prestwich: Rooden Laneand Holyrood)1 seat · turnout 34.5%
    G. BergConservative1,543
    D. WrightLabour950
    No. 8 (Prestwich: Central & Sedgley)1 seat · turnout 40.8%
    S. AncillConservative1,949
    M. PayneLabour1,325
    R. JohnsonLIB484
    No. 9 (Prestwich: North & South)1 seat · turnout 35.9%
    V. GuthrieConservative1,685
    G. SmithLabour1,052