Since its formation, Bury has variously been under Labour control, Conservative control and no overall control. Councillors have predominantly been elected from the Labour Party and the Conservative Party, with some Liberal Democrat and independent councillors also serving. The council has had an overall Labour majority since the 2011 election.
In the previous election in 2022, where all 51 seats were up for election due to boundary changes, Labour won 29 seats, the Conservatives won 12 seats, Radcliffe First won eight seats, and the Liberal Democrats and an independent won one seat each.[3]
Labour retained control of the council at this election.[4][5]
Electoral processedit
The council generally elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[6][7] The election was conducted using the first-past-the-post voting system, with each ward electing one councillor.
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Bury aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.
Incumbent councillor Spencer Donnelly was suspended from the Labour Party in September 2022 and sat as an independent for the remainder of his term.[9]
^"Mystery surrounds Ramsbottom councillor's suspension from Labour Party". Bury Times. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
April 13, 2024
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 2023 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 2023 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council elections took place on 4 May 2023 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom One third of seats 17 on Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were contested Labour retained its control of the council 2023 Bury Council election 2022 4 May 2023 2024 17 out of 51 seats of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council26 seats needed for a majorityTurnout34 3 5 0 pp First party Second party Third party Leader Eamonn O Brien Russell Bernstein Mike SmithParty Labour Conservative Radcliffe FirstLeader s seat St Mary s Pilkington Park Radcliffe WestLast election 29 seats 44 6 12 seats 34 4 8 seats 7 7 Seats before 28 12 8Seats won 11 4 2Seats after 31 11 8Seat change 3 1Popular vote 22 299 14 077 3 773Percentage 46 3 29 2 7 8 Swing 1 7 5 2 0 1 Fourth party Fifth party Leader None Cristina TegoloParty Independent Liberal DemocratsLeader s seat HolyroodLast election 1 seat 0 3 1 seat 6 9 Seats before 2 1Seats won 0 0Seats after 1 0Seat change 1 1Popular vote 1 826 2 627Percentage 3 8 5 5 Swing 3 5 1 4 The winner of each seat by party in the 2023 Bury Metropolitan Council ElectionLeader before electionEamonn O BrienLabour Leader after election Eamonn O BrienLabour Contents 1 Background 2 Electoral process 3 Council composition 4 Results summary 5 Results 5 1 Besses 5 2 Bury East 5 3 Bury West 5 4 Elton 5 5 Holyrood 5 6 Moorside 5 7 North Manor 5 8 Pilkington Park 5 9 Radcliffe East 5 10 Radcliffe North amp Ainsworth 5 11 Radcliffe West 5 12 Ramsbottom 5 13 Redvales 5 14 Sedgley 5 15 St Marys 5 16 Tottington 5 17 Unsworth 6 ReferencesBackground editThe Local Government Act 1972 created a two tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester Merseyside South Yorkshire Tyne and Wear the West Midlands and West Yorkshire starting in 1974 Bury was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county 1 The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017 which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county 2 Since its formation Bury has variously been under Labour control Conservative control and no overall control Councillors have predominantly been elected from the Labour Party and the Conservative Party with some Liberal Democrat and independent councillors also serving The council has had an overall Labour majority since the 2011 election In the previous election in 2022 where all 51 seats were up for election due to boundary changes Labour won 29 seats the Conservatives won 12 seats Radcliffe First won eight seats and the Liberal Democrats and an independent won one seat each 3 Labour retained control of the council at this election 4 5 Electoral process editThe council generally elects its councillors in thirds with a third being up for election every year for three years with no election in the fourth year 6 7 The election was conducted using the first past the post voting system with each ward electing one councillor All registered electors British Irish Commonwealth and European Union citizens living in Bury aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election People who lived at two addresses in different councils such as university students with different term time and holiday addresses were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities Voting in person at polling stations took place from 07 00 to 22 00 on election day and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election Council composition editAfter 2022 election Before 2023 electionParty Seats Party SeatsLabour 29 Labour 28Conservative 12 Conservative 12Radcliffe First 8 Radcliffe First 8Liberal Democrats 1 Liberal Democrats 1Independent 1 Independent 2Results summary editBury Metropolitan Borough Council 8 Party This election Full council This electionSeats Net Seats Other Total Total Votes Votes Labour 11 3 nbsp 64 7 20 31 60 8 22 299 46 3 1 7 Conservative 4 1 nbsp 23 5 7 11 21 6 14 077 29 2 5 2 Radcliffe First 2 0 nbsp 11 8 6 8 15 7 3 773 7 8 0 1 Independent 0 1 nbsp 0 1 1 1 9 1 826 3 8 3 5 Green 0 0 nbsp 0 0 0 0 3 193 6 6 2 0 Liberal Democrats 0 1 nbsp 0 0 0 0 2 627 5 5 1 4 English Democrat 0 0 nbsp 0 0 0 0 241 0 5 0 4 Reform UK 0 0 nbsp 0 0 0 0 105 0 2 nbsp Communist 0 0 nbsp 0 0 0 0 37 0 1 nbsp Results editIncumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk Besses edit Besses 1 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour Co op Lucy Smith 1 567 69 1 12 1Independent Martyn West 216 9 5 3 4Conservative Antonello Riu 201 8 9 13 4Green Cameron Fay 146 6 4 8 0English Democrat Stephen Morris 139 6 1 0 7Majority 1 351Rejected ballots 13Turnout 2 269 28Registered electorsLabour Co op hold SwingBury East edit Bury East 1 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour Ummrana Farooq 1 223 55 9 14 1Conservative Christopher Baron 624 28 5 9 3Green Lauren Hutchinson 147 6 7 5 3Reform UK Kevin Cadwallader 105 4 8 3 7Liberal Democrats Stephen Lewis 89 4 1 3 8MajorityRejected ballots 17Turnout 2 188 25 00Registered electorsLabour hold SwingBury West edit Bury West 1 8 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Shahbaz Arif 1 596 50 1 3 7Labour Adnan Chaudhry 1 112 34 9 0 8Green Jacqui Connor 480 15 1 1 4MajorityRejected ballots 21Turnout 3 188 38 00Registered electorsConservative hold SwingElton edit Elton 1 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour Charlotte Morris 1 623 48 4 1 7Conservative Andrew Luxton 1 486 44 3 1 9Green Michelle Sampson 158 4 7 N AIndependent Raymond Solomon 86 2 6 N AMajority 137Rejected ballots 4Turnout 3 353Registered electorsLabour hold SwingHolyrood edit Holyrood 1 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour Lynn Ryder 1 696 47 6 6 7Liberal Democrats Steven Wright 1 446 40 6 1 9Conservative Geoffrey Baron 162 4 5 5 2Green Peter Curati 156 4 4 4 9English Democrat Valerie Morris 102 2 9 N AMajority 250Rejected ballots 7Turnout 3 562 41Registered electorsLabour gain from Liberal Democrats SwingMoorside edit Moorside 1 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour Babar Ibrahim 1 429 56 0 6 9Conservative Samia Farid 697 27 3 9 4Independent Victor Cromwell Hagan 216 8 5 0 1Green Karen Lesley Wood 208 8 2 2 4Majority 732Rejected ballots 8Turnout 2 550 30Registered electorsLabour hold SwingNorth Manor edit North Manor 1 8 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Khalid Hussain 1 571 42 5 2 7Labour John Southworth 1 489 40 3 0 4Green Charlie Allen 501 13 5 9 7Liberal Democrats Ewan Arthur 137 3 7 15 6Majority 82Rejected ballots 12Turnout 3 698 45Registered electorsConservative hold SwingPilkington Park edit Pilkington Park 1 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour Michael Rubinstein 1 557 48 2 5 4Conservative Nick Jones 1 177 36 4 7 9Independent Shadman Zaman 237 7 3 N AGreen Chloe Thomas 129 4 0 10 9Liberal Democrats David Foss 94 2 9 N ACommunist Dan Ross 37 1 1 N AMajority 380Rejected ballots 9Turnout 3 231 43Registered electorsLabour gain from Conservative SwingRadcliffe East edit Radcliffe East 1 8 Party Candidate Votes Radcliffe First Mary Walsh 1 329 60 2 8 7Labour Sally Ann McGill 636 28 8 0 7Conservative Carol Bernstein 175 7 9 3 9Green Heather Sharples 66 3 0 2 5Majority 693Rejected ballots 7Turnout 2 206 27Registered electorsRadcliffe First hold SwingRadcliffe North amp Ainsworth edit Radcliffe North amp Ainsworth 1 8 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Jo Lancaster 1 279 38 7 3 0Radcliffe First Ken Simpson 1 218 36 8 3 2Labour Richard Jamieson 731 22 1 1 8Green Gary Kirkley 80 2 4 0 6Majority 71Rejected ballots 15Turnout 3 308 35Registered electorsConservative hold SwingRadcliffe West edit Radcliffe West 1 8 Party Candidate Votes Radcliffe First Mike Smith 1 226 56 9 12 0Labour Josh Harcup 669 31 1 6 3Conservative Shirley Balfour 193 9 0 4 9Green Mary Heath 47 2 2 2 7Liberal Democrats Kamran Islam 19 0 9 1 8Majority 557Rejected ballots 7Turnout 2 154 26Registered electorsRadcliffe First hold SwingRamsbottom edit Incumbent councillor Spencer Donnelly was suspended from the Labour Party in September 2022 and sat as an independent for the remainder of his term 9 Ramsbottom 1 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour Gareth Staples Jones 2 062 56 4 8 7Conservative Ian Strachan 1 296 35 5 4 7Green Waleed Hamdan 149 4 1 5 8Liberal Democrats Martyn Bristow 147 4 0 7 0Majority 766Rejected ballots 16Turnout 3 654 40Registered electorsLabour gain from Independent SwingRedvales edit Redvales 1 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour Shaheena Haroon 1 558 63 7 18 7Conservative Greg Keeley 456 18 6 22 4Independent Dave Bentley 306 12 5 N AGreen Paul Johnstone 126 5 2 6 1Majority 1 102Rejected ballots 14Turnout 2 446 28Registered electorsLabour hold SwingSedgley edit Sedgley 1 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour Debbie Quinn 1 896 70 1 8 0Conservative Stefano Zuri 591 21 8 3 8Green Glyn Heath 218 8 1 3 8Majority 1 305Rejected ballots 28Turnout 2 705 28Registered electorsLabour hold SwingSt Marys edit St Marys 1 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour Co op Sean Thorpe 1 852 62 6 19 4Conservative Jihyun Park 427 14 4 3 9Liberal Democrats Ugonna Aiphodimma Edeoga 426 14 4 13 8Green Nick Hubble 254 8 6 1 5Majority 1 425Rejected ballots 19Turnout 2 959 34Registered electorsLabour Co op hold SwingTottington edit Tottington 1 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Iain Gartside 1 219 40 5 3 3Labour Sam Turner 821 27 3 1 6Independent Wendy Warrington 765 25 4 N AGreen Beth Dunkerley 134 4 5 9 7Liberal Democrats Cristina Tegolo 71 2 4 N AMajority 398Rejected ballots 10Turnout 3 010 38Registered electorsConservative hold SwingUnsworth edit Unsworth 1 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour Tahir Rafiq 1 807 57 5 4 7Conservative Ryan Johnson 945 30 1 9 4Liberal Democrats Michael Hankey 198 6 3 N AGreen Laura Thomas 194 6 2 N AMajority 862Rejected ballots 22Turnout 3 144 37Registered electorsLabour hold SwingReferences edit Local Government in England and Wales A Guide to the New System London HMSO 1974 p 7 ISBN 0 11 750847 0 The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011 Legislation gov uk Retrieved 7 September 2015 Gee Chris 6 May 2022 What are the Bury council local elections 2022 results Manchester Evening News Retrieved 20 January 2023 George Thomas 5 May 2023 Bury council local elections 2023 results in full Manchester Evening News Retrieved 19 May 2023 Bury election result BBC News Retrieved 19 May 2023 Local government structure and elections GOV UK Retrieved 27 April 2018 Election Timetable in England PDF a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Local Election results 2023 Bury Metropolitan Borough 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