Bury Metropolitan Borough Council elections

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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]

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Political control

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 controlYears
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

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2002 have been: [5]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
John Byrne Labour pre-200218 May 2005
Wayne Campbell Labour 18 May 200516 May 2007
Bob Bibby Conservative 16 May 200718 May 2011
Mike Connolly Labour 18 May 201118 May 2016
Rishi Shori Labour 18 May 201610 Jul 2019
David Jones Labour 10 Jul 201920 May 2020
Eamonn O'Brien Labour 20 May 2020

Council elections

By-election results

Redvales By-Election 27 June 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,49775.6
Conservative 37619.0
Independent 1065.4
Majority1,12156.6
Turnout 1,979
Labour hold Swing
Holyrood By-Election 22 June 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 96052.1-4.3
Labour 55930.3+5.9
Conservative 32517.6-1.6
Majority40121.8
Turnout 1,84422.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Radcliffe South By-Election 7 June 2001 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Cummings2,47355.8+10.5
Conservative Peter Wright1,36037.7-14.3
Liberal Democrats Mike Halsall59713.5+3.8
Majority1,11318.1
Turnout 4,43055.1
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe West By-Election 4 June 2009 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rishi Shori87930.7-13.9
Conservative Samantha Davies87030.4+3.1
BNP Jean Purdy45916.0-2.2
Liberal Democrats Mike Halsall42915.0+8.4
English Democrat Stephen Morris2288.0+8.0
Majority90.3
Turnout 2,86535.1
Labour hold Swing
Church By-Election 15 November 2012 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Nuttall1,37148.6-2.6
Labour Sarah Kerrison1,10839.2+5.2
UKIP Stephen Evans30910.9-0.2
Liberal Democrats Kamran Islam351.2-2.5
Majority2639.3
Turnout 2,823
Conservative hold Swing
North Manor By-Election 15 November 2012 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Daly1,32454.3-2.4
Labour Jean Treadgold64326.4-0.8
UKIP Peter Entwistle25110.3+10.3
Green Stewart Hay1265.2-5.6
Liberal Democrats Ewan Arthur933.8-1.5
Majority68127.9
Turnout 2,437
Conservative hold Swing
Ramsbottom By-Election 6 March 2014 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Hodkinson1,39847.0+8.8
Labour Sarah Southworth1,03334.7-14.7
UKIP Dave Barker35111.8+2.6
Green Glyn Heath1575.3+5.3
Liberal Democrats David Foss381.3-1.9
Majority36512.3
Turnout 2,977
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Tottington By-Election 22 October 2015 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Greg Keeley1,04652.2+3.4
Labour Martin Hayes61930.9+2.0
UKIP Ian Henderson1989.9-4.4
Liberal Democrats David Foss874.3+0.8
Green John Southworth542.7-1.8
Majority42721.3
Turnout 2,004
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Besses By-Election 4 May 2017 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrea Simpson1,37150.0-8.7
Conservative Satyen Sinha68224.9+4.9
Liberal Democrats Gavin Warnes41515.1+10.7
English Democrat Stephen Morris1886.9-4.6
Green Janneke Calle863.1-2.3
Majority68925.1
Turnout 2,742
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe East By-Election 8 June 2017 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Karen Leach2,86153.4+3.8
Conservative James Mason2,04638.2+20.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Graham2324.3-1.4
Green Nicole Haydock2214.1-3.1
Majority81515.2
Turnout 5,360
Labour hold Swing
Besses By-Election 19 July 2018 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lucy Smith99951.1-8.6
Conservative Jordan Lewis70836.2+12.9
English Democrat Stephen Morris723.7-3.4
Liberal Democrats Gareth Lloyd-Johnson713.6-1.3
Green Glyn Heath552.8-2.2
UKIP Michael Zwierzanski492.5+2.5
Majority29114.9
Turnout 1,954
Labour hold Swing
East By-Election 16 August 2018 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gavin McGill1,41964.2+4.8
Conservative Sohail Raja55725.2-8.9
UKIP Angela Zwierzanski1074.8+4.8
Green Glyn Heath773.5-3.1
Liberal Democrats Andy Minty492.2+2.2
Majority86239.0
Turnout 2,209
Labour hold Swing
Radcliffe West By-Election 29 August 2019 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radcliffe FirstMike Smith82441.7+41.7
Labour Jamie Walker70835.8-3.4
Conservative Jordan Lewis28314.3-1.2
Liberal Democrats Kingsley Jones1135.7+2.8
UKIP Anthony Clough502.5+2.5
Majority1165.9
Turnout 1,978
Radcliffe First gain from Labour
Church By-Election 12 December 2019 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dene Vernon3,31755.9-0.8
Labour Sam Turner2,17236.6+9.2
Green Charlie Allen2354.0-6.0
Liberal Democrats Stephen Lewis2133.6-2.3
Majority1,14519.3
Turnout 5,937
Conservative hold Swing

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References

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