2024 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2024 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom on the same day. One third of councillors - 17 out of 51 members - of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were up for election.^[2] The council remained under Labour majority control.

2024 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election

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17 out of 51 seats to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Eamonn O'Brien Russell Bernstein Party Labour Conservative Leader's seat St Mary's Pilkington Park Last election 31 seats, 46.3% 11 seats, 29.2% Seats before 31 11 Seats after 32 10 Seat change 1 1 Percentage 45.4% 25.9   Third party Fourth party   Leader Mike Smith None Party Radcliffe First Independent Leader's seat Radcliffe West Last election 8 seat, 7.8% 1 seat, 3.8% Seats before 7 2[a] Seats after 8 1 Seat change Percentage 7.8
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election Eamonn O'Brien Labour Leader after election Eamonn O'Brien Labour

Summary

Prior to the election, the council was under Labour majority control. Local party Bury Independents contested the election for the first time, but did not win any seats.^[3] Labour gained a seat from the Conservatives to increase their majority on the council.^[4][5]

Electoral process

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.

Previous council composition

After 2023 election			Before 2024 election			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	31		Labour	31		Labour	32
	Conservative	11		Conservative	11		Conservative	10
	Radcliffe First	8		Radcliffe First	7		Radcliffe First	8
	Independent	1		Independent	2[a]		Independent	1

Changes:

• February 2024: James Mason resigns from Radcliffe First and sits as an independent.
• April 2024: Bury Independents withdraw support from their Bury West candidate, Alan Bayfield, for social media conduct

Results

2024 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Results
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	12	1	70.6	20	32	62.7	24,212	45.4	-0.9
	Conservative	2	1	11.8	8	10	19.6	13,812	25.9	-3.3
	Radcliffe First	3		17.6	4	7	13.7	4,177	7.8	0.0
	Independent	0		0	2	2	3.9	200	0.4	-3.4
	Bury Independents	0		0	0	0	0.0	4,501	8.4	new
	Liberal Democrats	0		0	0	0	0.0	2,045	3.8	-1.7
	Workers Party	0		0	0	0	0.0	1,562	2.9	new
	Green	0		0	0	0	0.0	1,416	2.7	-3.9
	Reform UK	0		0	0	0	0.0	539	1.0	+0.8
	English Democrat	0		0	0	0	0.0	341	0.6	+0.1

Ward results

The results for each ward were:^[8]

Besses

Besses

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miriam Rahimov	1,528	63.1	−6.0
	Bury Independents	Martyn John West	390	16.1	+6.6
	Conservative	Greg Keeley	281	11.6	+2.7
	English Democrat	Stephen Morris	198	8.2	+2.1
Majority			1138	47.0
Turnout			2420	29
	Labour hold		Swing

Bury East

Bury East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Gavin Phillip McGill	999	37.4	−18.5
	Bury Independents	Fawad Sabir	488	18.2	new
	Workers Party	Syed Maria Hashmi	423	15.8	new
	Conservative	Jihyun Park	337	12.6	−15.9
	Reform UK	Kevin Cadwallader	302	11.3	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Henry Foss	104	3.9	−0.2
Majority			511	19.2
Turnout			2674	29
	Labour hold		Swing

Bury West

Bury West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dene John Vernon	1,632	47.7	−2.4
	Labour	Helen Jane Varnom	1289	37.7	+2.8
	Bury Independents	Alan Bayfield	463	13.5	new
Majority			343	10.0
Turnout			3419	40
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elton

Elton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin John Hayes	1,606	45.5	−2.9
	Conservative	Andrew Paul Luxton	1456	41.3	−3.0
	Bury Independents	Michael Hankey	444	12.6	new
Majority			150	4.3
Turnout			3528	39
	Labour hold		Swing

Holyrood

Holyrood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Imran Rasa Rizvi	1,680	44.9	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Steven David Wright	1443	38.6	−2.0
	Green	Peter Curati	273	7.3	+2.9
	Conservative	Geoffrey Baron	176	4.7	+0.2
	English Democrat	Valerie Morris	143	3.8	+0.9
Majority			237	6.3
Turnout			3739	43
	Labour hold		Swing

Moorside

Moorside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ciaron Michael Boles	1,202	43.4	−12.6
	Bury Independents	Aamer Yasin	858	31.0	new
	Conservative	Ian Cameron Strachan	678	24.5	−2.8
Majority			344	12.4
Turnout			2769	32
	Labour hold		Swing

North Manor

North Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Damian Southworth	1,844	45.5	+5.2
	Conservative	Liam James Dean	1802	44.5	+2.0
	Green	Charlie Allen	263	6.5	−7.0
	Independent	Raymond Martin Solomon	119	2.9	new
Majority			42	1.0
Turnout			4053	50
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Pilkington Park

Pilkington Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Jayne Fitzgerald	1,710	53.5	+5.3
	Conservative	Anthony Rose	1000	31.3	−5.1
	Reform UK	Jeff Armstrong	237	7.4	new
	Bury Independents	Mike Court	142	4.4	new
	Independent	Shadman Zaman	81	2.5	−4.8
Majority			710	22.2
Turnout			3194	41
	Labour hold		Swing

Radcliffe East

Radcliffe East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radcliffe First	Ken Simpson	1,390	59.7	−0.5
	Labour	Rhyse Lewis Cathcart	757	32.5	+3.7
	Conservative	Mark John Gregory	171	7.3	−0.6
Majority			633	27.2
Turnout			2329	27
	Radcliffe First hold		Swing

Radcliffe North and Ainsworth

Radcliffe North and Ainsworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radcliffe First	Andrea Booth	1,467	42.5	+5.7
	Conservative	Paul Cropper	1186	34.3	−4.4
	Labour	Sally-Ann McGill	780	22.6	+0.5
Majority			281	8.2
Turnout			3453	36
	Radcliffe First hold		Swing

Radcliffe West

Radcliffe West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radcliffe First	Des Duncalfe	1,320	56.1	−0.8
	Labour	Josh Harcup	811	34.5	+3.4
	Conservative	Emma Elizabeth Lee	203	8.6	−0.4
Majority			509	21.6
Turnout			2351	28
	Radcliffe First hold		Swing

Ramsbottom

Ramsbottom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Pilkington	2,214	60.8	+4.4
	Conservative	Adam Thomas Lewis	1142	31.4	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Bristow	242	6.6	+2.6
Majority			1072	29.4
Turnout			3642	40
	Labour hold		Swing

Redvales

Redvales

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tamoor Tariq	1,155	37.0	−26.7
	Workers Party	Shabaz Imtiaz Shamim	962	30.8	new
	Conservative	Mazhar Aslam	410	13.1	−5.5
	Green	Paul Johnstone	378	12.1	+6.9
	Bury Independents	Mirza Hamie	184	5.9	new
Majority			193	6.2
Turnout			3119	35
	Labour hold		Swing

Sedgley

Sedgley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Quinn	1,832	64.0	−6.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Grosskopf	709	24.8	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan James Arthur	256	8.9	new
Majority			1123	39.2
Turnout			2863	32
	Labour hold		Swing

St Marys

St Marys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Debra Green	2,177	66.8	+4.2
	Conservative	Artjoms Markovins	523	16.1	+1.7
	Green	Nick Hubble	502	15.4	+6.8
Majority			1654	50.7
Turnout			3257	37
	Labour hold		Swing

Tottington

Tottington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Luis James McBriar	1,416	45.5	+5.0
	Labour	Adnan Chaudhry	904	29.0	+1.7
	Bury Independents	Angie Sutcliffe	772	24.8	new
Majority			512	16.5
Turnout			3113	39
	Conservative hold		Swing

Unsworth

Unsworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jodie Kathleen Hook	1,724	51.2	−6.3
	Bury Independents	Steve Middleton	760	22.6	new
	Conservative	Paul Davies	690	20.5	−9.6
	Workers Party	Iftikhar Ahmed	177	5.3	new
Majority			964	28.6
Turnout			3369	40
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. Including one vacant seat last held by James Mason, elected as Radcliffe First, but left the party in January 2024 to sit as an independent before being disqualified from the council for non-attendance in April 2024.^[1]

1. Gee, Chris (3 April 2024). "Councillor to be removed from office as he hasn't turned up to a single meeting in six months". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
2. "Information". Bury Council. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
3. "Bury Independents Party aim to elect Bury Councillors in May 2024". Roch Valley Radio. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
4. Oldman, Isabel (30 May 2024). "Bury Council local elections 2024: Labour gain seat from Conservatives". Bury Times. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
5. George, Thomas (2 May 2024). "Bury council local election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
6. "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
7. "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
8. "Election results". Bury Council. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

See also

• Bury Metropolitan Borough Council elections