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.
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Winner of each seat at the 2024 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Summary
editPrior 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
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.
Previous council composition
editAfter 2023 election | Before 2024 election | After 2024 election | ||||||
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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 [1]
Results
edit2024 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council Results | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 12 | 70.6 | 20 | 32 | 62.7 | 24,212 | 45.4 | -0.9 | ||
Conservative | 2 | 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
editThe results for each ward were:[8]
Besses
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Information". Bury Council. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ "Bury Independents Party aim to elect Bury Councillors in May 2024". Roch Valley Radio. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ Oldman, Isabel (30 May 2024). "Bury Council local elections 2024: Labour gain seat from Conservatives". Bury Times. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ George, Thomas (2 May 2024). "Bury council local election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
- ^ "Election results". Bury Council. Retrieved 8 May 2024.