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 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of E ...

, generally known as Bury Council, is the local authority for the

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, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2022, 51

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s have been elected from 17

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Political control

From 1889 to 1974,

was a

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, independent of any county council. Under the

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it had its territory enlarged and became a

, with

Greater Manchester County Council The Greater Manchester County Council (GMCC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater Manchester from 1974 to 1986. A strategic authority, with responsibilities for roads, public transport, planning, emergency services ...

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

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. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2002 have been:

Council elections

* 1998 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election * 1999 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election * 2000 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election *

2002 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was *Labour 32 *Cons ...

* 2003 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election * 2004 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election (whole Metropolitan Borough Council elected after boundary changes increased the number of seats by 3) * 2006 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election * 2007 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election *

2008 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Bury Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council, from previous No Overall Control of any party. After the election, the composition of t ...

* 2010 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election *

2011 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election Elections to Bury Council took place on 5 May 2011. One third of the council was up for election, and the Labour Party took overall control of the council. 17 seats were contested. The Labour Party won 13 seats, and the Conservatives won 4 seat ...

* 2012 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election * 2014 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election * 2015 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election * 2016 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election * 2018 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election * 2019 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election * 2021 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election * 2022 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election (new ward boundaries)

By-election results

References

External links

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