Bury Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Bury Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Bury in Greater Manchester, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2022, 51 councillors have been elected from 17 wards. [1]
From 1889 to 1974, Bury was a county borough, independent of any county council. [2] Under the Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory enlarged and became a metropolitan borough, with Greater Manchester County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted borough council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. Greater Manchester County Council was abolished in 1986 and Bury became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties: [3] [4]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
No overall control | 1973–1975 | |
Conservative | 1975–1986 | |
Labour | 1986–1992 | |
No overall control | 1992–1995 | |
Labour | 1995–2006 | |
No overall control | 2006–2008 | |
Conservative | 2008–2010 | |
No overall control | 2010–2011 | |
Labour | 2011–present |
The leaders of the council since 2002 have been: [5]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Byrne | Labour | pre-2002 | 18 May 2005 | |
Wayne Campbell | Labour | 18 May 2005 | 16 May 2007 | |
Bob Bibby | Conservative | 16 May 2007 | 18 May 2011 | |
Mike Connolly | Labour | 18 May 2011 | 18 May 2016 | |
Rishi Shori | Labour | 18 May 2016 | 10 Jul 2019 | |
David Jones | Labour | 10 Jul 2019 | 20 May 2020 | |
Eamonn O'Brien | Labour | 20 May 2020 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,497 | 75.6 | |||
Conservative | 376 | 19.0 | |||
Independent | 106 | 5.4 | |||
Majority | 1,121 | 56.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,979 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 960 | 52.1 | -4.3 | ||
Labour | 559 | 30.3 | +5.9 | ||
Conservative | 325 | 17.6 | -1.6 | ||
Majority | 401 | 21.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,844 | 22.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Cummings | 2,473 | 55.8 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Wright | 1,360 | 37.7 | -14.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Halsall | 597 | 13.5 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 1,113 | 18.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,430 | 55.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rishi Shori | 879 | 30.7 | -13.9 | |
Conservative | Samantha Davies | 870 | 30.4 | +3.1 | |
BNP | Jean Purdy | 459 | 16.0 | -2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Halsall | 429 | 15.0 | +8.4 | |
English Democrat | Stephen Morris | 228 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,865 | 35.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Nuttall | 1,371 | 48.6 | -2.6 | |
Labour | Sarah Kerrison | 1,108 | 39.2 | +5.2 | |
UKIP | Stephen Evans | 309 | 10.9 | -0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kamran Islam | 35 | 1.2 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 263 | 9.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,823 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Daly | 1,324 | 54.3 | -2.4 | |
Labour | Jean Treadgold | 643 | 26.4 | -0.8 | |
UKIP | Peter Entwistle | 251 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Green | Stewart Hay | 126 | 5.2 | -5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ewan Arthur | 93 | 3.8 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 681 | 27.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,437 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Hodkinson | 1,398 | 47.0 | +8.8 | |
Labour | Sarah Southworth | 1,033 | 34.7 | -14.7 | |
UKIP | Dave Barker | 351 | 11.8 | +2.6 | |
Green | Glyn Heath | 157 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Foss | 38 | 1.3 | -1.9 | |
Majority | 365 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,977 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Greg Keeley | 1,046 | 52.2 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Martin Hayes | 619 | 30.9 | +2.0 | |
UKIP | Ian Henderson | 198 | 9.9 | -4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Foss | 87 | 4.3 | +0.8 | |
Green | John Southworth | 54 | 2.7 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 427 | 21.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,004 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrea Simpson | 1,371 | 50.0 | -8.7 | |
Conservative | Satyen Sinha | 682 | 24.9 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gavin Warnes | 415 | 15.1 | +10.7 | |
English Democrat | Stephen Morris | 188 | 6.9 | -4.6 | |
Green | Janneke Calle | 86 | 3.1 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 689 | 25.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,742 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Karen Leach | 2,861 | 53.4 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | James Mason | 2,046 | 38.2 | +20.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Graham | 232 | 4.3 | -1.4 | |
Green | Nicole Haydock | 221 | 4.1 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 815 | 15.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,360 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lucy Smith | 999 | 51.1 | -8.6 | |
Conservative | Jordan Lewis | 708 | 36.2 | +12.9 | |
English Democrat | Stephen Morris | 72 | 3.7 | -3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Lloyd-Johnson | 71 | 3.6 | -1.3 | |
Green | Glyn Heath | 55 | 2.8 | -2.2 | |
UKIP | Michael Zwierzanski | 49 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 291 | 14.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,954 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gavin McGill | 1,419 | 64.2 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | Sohail Raja | 557 | 25.2 | -8.9 | |
UKIP | Angela Zwierzanski | 107 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Green | Glyn Heath | 77 | 3.5 | -3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Minty | 49 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 862 | 39.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,209 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radcliffe First | Mike Smith | 824 | 41.7 | +41.7 | |
Labour | Jamie Walker | 708 | 35.8 | -3.4 | |
Conservative | Jordan Lewis | 283 | 14.3 | -1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kingsley Jones | 113 | 5.7 | +2.8 | |
UKIP | Anthony Clough | 50 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 116 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,978 | ||||
Radcliffe First gain from Labour | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dene Vernon | 3,317 | 55.9 | -0.8 | |
Labour | Sam Turner | 2,172 | 36.6 | +9.2 | |
Green | Charlie Allen | 235 | 4.0 | -6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Lewis | 213 | 3.6 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 1,145 | 19.3 | |||
Turnout | 5,937 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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