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Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

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{{Infobox legislature

| name = Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

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| coa_pic = Coat of arms of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council.png

| coa_caption = Coat of arms

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| logo_pic = Bury Council logo 2023.svg

| logo_caption = Council logo

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| house_type = Metropolitan borough council

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| foundation = 1 April 1974

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| new_session =

| leader1_type = Mayor

| leader1 = Khalid Hussain

| party1 =
Conservative

| election1 = 5 May 2024{{cite news |last1=Oldman |first1=Isabel |title=Bury: North Manor councillor Khalid Hussain sworn in as Mayor |url=https://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/24341923.bury-north-manor-councillor-khalid-hussain-sworn-mayor/ |access-date=30 May 2024 |work=Bury Times |date=24 May 2024}}

| leader2_type = Leader

| leader2 = Eamonn O'Brien

| party2 =
Labour

| election2 = 20 May 2020

| leader3_type = Chief Executive

| leader3 = Lynne Ridsdale

| party3 =

| election3 = 16 May 2018

| seats = 51 councillors{{Cite web|url=https://councildecisions.bury.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0&FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0|title = Councillor information - Bury Council}}

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| structure1 = BuryMBC_October 2024.svg

| structure1_res = 250

| structure1_alt = The make-up of Bury Council following the 2024 local elections

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| political_groups1 =

;Administration (32)

:{{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} Labour (32)

;Other parties (19)

:{{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} Conservative (10)}}

:{{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Radcliffe First}}|border=darkgray}} Radcliffe First (8)}}

:{{Color box|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|border=darkgray}} Independent (1)

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| joint_committees = Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel

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| last_election1 = 2 May 2024

| next_election1 = 7 May 2026

| session_room = Bury Town Hall (2).jpg

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| meeting_place = Town Hall, Knowsley Street, Bury, BL9{{nbsp}}0SW

| website = {{URL|www.bury.gov.uk}}

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Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, also known as Bury Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority since 2011.

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2011. It is based at Bury Town Hall.

History

{{further|County Borough of Bury}}

The town of Bury had been governed by improvement commissioners from 1846. They were replaced in 1876 when the town was incorporated as a municipal borough, after which it was governed by a body formally called the 'mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Bury', generally known as the corporation, town council or borough council.{{cite web |url=http://archives.bury.gov.uk/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=ShowX.tcl&dsqSearch=RefNo=='ABU'&dsqDb=Catalog |title=Records of Bury Improvement Commissioners/Bury County Borough |accessdate=2008-07-02 |work=Bury Archives Catalogue |publisher=Metropolitan Borough of Bury |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028061255/http://archives.bury.gov.uk/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=ShowX.tcl&dsqSearch=RefNo=='ABU'&dsqDb=Catalog |archive-date=2011-10-28 |url-status=dead }} When elected county councils were established in 1889, Bury was considered large enough to provide its own county-level services, and so it became a county borough, independent from the new Lancashire County Council, whilst remaining part of the geographical county of Lancashire.{{cite web |title=Bury Municipal Borough / County Borough |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10061519 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=30 May 2024}}

The larger Metropolitan Borough of Bury and its council were created in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 as one of ten metropolitan districts within the new metropolitan county of Greater Manchester. The first election was held in 1973. For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's six outgoing authorities, being the borough councils of Bury, Prestwich and Radcliffe, and the urban district councils of Ramsbottom, Tottington and Whitefield. The new metropolitan district and its council formally came into being on 1 April 1974, at which point the old districts and their councils were abolished.{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1972|year=1972|chapter=70|schedule=1|access-date=30 May 2024}}

The metropolitan district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Bury's series of mayors dating back to 1876.{{cite web |title=District Councils and Boroughs |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1974/mar/28/district-councils-and-boroughs#S5CV0871P0_19740328_CWA_145 |website=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) |access-date=30 May 2024 |date=28 March 1974}} The council styles itself Bury Council rather than its full formal name of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council.{{cite web |title=Find your local council |url=https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council/bury |website=gov.uk |access-date=30 May 2024}}

From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater Manchester County Council. The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to Greater Manchester's ten borough councils, including Bury, with some services provided through joint committees.{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government Act 1985|year=1985|chapter=51|access-date=5 April 2024}}

Since 2011 the council has been a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, which has been led by the directly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017. The combined authority provides strategic leadership and co-ordination for certain functions across Greater Manchester, notably regarding transport and town planning, but Bury Council continues to be responsible for most local government functions.{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011|year=2011|number=908|access-date=30 May 2024}}{{cite web |title=Understand how your council works |url=https://www.gov.uk/understand-how-your-council-works |website=gov.uk |access-date=30 May 2024}}

Governance

Bury Council provides metropolitan borough services. Some strategic functions in the area are provided by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority; the leader of Bury Council sits on the combined authority as Bury's representative.{{cite web |title=GMCA Members |url=https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/who-we-are/gmca-members/ |website=Greater Manchester Combined Authority |access-date=30 May 2024}} There are no civil parishes in the borough; the whole area is unparished.{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=30 May 2024}}

=Political control=

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2011.

Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms took effect has been as follows:{{cite web |title=Compositions calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3825 |website=The Elections Centre |access-date=10 August 2022 |archive-date=10 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810180233/https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3825 |url-status=live }}{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/council/html/3667.stm | title = Bury | access-date = 2010-05-07 | work = BBC News Online | date=2009-04-19}}

class="wikitable"

! colspan=2|Party in control

Years
{{Party name with colour|No overall control}}1974–1975
{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}1975–1986
{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}1986–1992
{{Party name with colour|No overall control}}1992–1995
{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}1995–2006
{{Party name with colour|No overall control}}2006–2008
{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}2008–2010
{{Party name with colour|No overall control}}2010–2011
{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}2011–present

=Leadership=

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Bury. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 2002 have been:{{cite web |title=Council minutes |url=https://councildecisions.bury.gov.uk/mgCalendarMonthView.aspx?GL=1&bcr=1 |website=Bury Council |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=31 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831071603/https://councildecisions.bury.gov.uk/mgCalendarMonthView.aspx?GL=1&bcr=1 |url-status=live }}

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! Councillor !! colspan=2|Party !! From !! To

John Byrne{{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}align=right|pre-2002align=right|18 May 2005
Wayne Campbell{{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}align=right|18 May 2005align=right|16 May 2007
Bob Bibby{{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}align=right|16 May 2007align=right|18 May 2011
Mike Connolly{{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}align=right|18 May 2011align=right|18 May 2016
Rishi Shori{{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}align=right|18 May 2016align=right|10 Jul 2019
David Jones{{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}align=right|10 Jul 2019align=right|20 May 2020
Eamonn O'Brien{{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}align=right|20 May 2020align=right|

=Composition=

Following the 2024 election, the composition of the council was:{{cite news |title=Local elections 2024: full mayoral and council results for England |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2024/may/02/local-elections-2024-full-council-results-for-england |access-date=21 May 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=4 May 2024}}

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! colspan=2| Party

! Councillors

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}align=center|32
{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}align=center|10
{{Party name with colour|Radcliffe First}}align=center|8
{{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}align=center|1
colspan=2|Total

! align=center|51

The next election is due in May 2026.

Elections

{{also|Bury Metropolitan Borough Council elections}}

Since the last boundary changes in 2022, the council has comprised 51 councillors representing 17 wards, with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) elected each time for a four-year term of office.{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Bury (Electoral Changes) Order 2022|year=2022|number=131|access-date=30 May 2024}}

Wards and councillors

Each ward is represented by three councillors.{{cite web | title = Your Councillors | url = https://councildecisions.bury.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0&FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |website= bury.gov.uk | publisher = Bury MBC | access-date = 9 May 2022 }}

[[File:Bury Council Wards Numbered.png|thumbnail|Council Wards

1 Ramsbottom

2 North Manor

3 Tottington

4 Elton

5 Moorside

6 Bury West

7 Bury East

8 Redvales

9 Radcliffe North & Ainsworth

10 Radcliffe East

11 Radcliffe West

12 Unsworth

13 Pilkington Park

14 Besses

15 St. Mary's

16 Holyrood

17 Sedgley]]

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Parliamentary constituency

!Ward

!Councillor

!colspan=2 | Party

!Term of office

rowspan=27 | Bury North constituency

|rowspan="3"| Bury East

|Ayesha Arif

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2022-26

Ummrana Farooq

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2023-27

Gavin McGill

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2024-28

rowspan="3"| Bury West

|Shahbaz Arif

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|2023-27

Jackie Harris

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|2022-26

Dene Vernon

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|2024-28

rowspan="3"| Elton

|Martin Hayes

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2024-28

Charlotte Morris

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2023-27

Jack Rydeheard

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|2022-26

rowspan="3"| Moorside

|Ciaron Boles

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2024-28

Babar Ibrahim

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2023-27

Sandra Walmsley

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2022-26

rowspan="3"| North Manor

|Roger Brown

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|2022-26

Khalid Hussain (Mayor)

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|2023-27

John Southworth

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2024-28

rowspan="3"| Radcliffe North and Ainsworth

|Donald Berry

| style="background-color: {{Party color|Radcliffe First}}" |

|Radcliffe First

|2022-26

Andrea Booth

| style="background-color: {{Party color|Radcliffe First}}"|

|Radcliffe First

|2024-28

Jo Lancaster (Conservative Group Deputy Leader)

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|2023-27

rowspan="3"| Ramsbottom

|Clare Cummins

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2022-26

Tom Pilkington

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2024-28

Gareth Staples-Jones

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2023-27

rowspan="3"| Redvales

|Nikki Frith

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2022-26

Shaheena Haroon

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2023-27

Tamoor Tariq (Labour Group Deputy Leader)

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2024-28

rowspan="3"| Tottington

|Iain Gartside

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|2023-27

Luis McBriar

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|2024-28

Yvonne Wright

| {{Party name with colour|Independent}}

|2022-26

rowspan=27 | Bury South constituency

|rowspan="3"| Besses

|Noel Bayley

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2022-26

Miriam Rahimov

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2024-28

Lucy Smith

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2023-27

rowspan="3"| Holyrood

|Elliot Moss

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2022-26

Imran Rizvi

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2024-28

Lynn Ryder

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2023-27

rowspan="3"| Pilkington Park

|Russell Bernstein (Conservative Group Leader)

| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|2022-26

Elizabeth Fitzgerald

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2024-28

Michael Rubinstein

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2023-27

rowspan="3"| Radcliffe East

|Carol Birchmore

| style="background-color: {{Party color|Radcliffe First}}"|

|Radcliffe First

|2022-26

Ken Simpson

| style="background-color: {{Party color|Radcliffe First}}"|

|Radcliffe First

|2024-28

Mary Walsh

| style="background-color: {{Party color|Radcliffe First}}"|

|Radcliffe First

|2023-27

rowspan="3"| Radcliffe West

|Des Duncalfe

| style="background-color: {{Party color|Radcliffe First}}"|

|Radcliffe First

|2024-28

Glyn Marsden

| style="background-color: {{Party color|Radcliffe First}}"|

|Radcliffe First

|2022-26

Mike Smith (Radcliffe First Group Leader)

| style="background-color: {{Party color|Radcliffe First}}"|

|Radcliffe First

|2023-27

rowspan="3"| Sedgley

|Richard Gold

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2022-26

Alan Quinn

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2024-28

Debbie Quinn

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2023-27

rowspan="3"| St. Mary's

|Debra Green

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2024-28

Eamonn O'Brien (Labour Leader and Leader of the Council)

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2022-26

Sean Thorpe

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2023-27

rowspan="3"| Unsworth

|Nathan Boroda

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2024-28

Joan Grimshaw

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2022-26

Tahir Rafiq

| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|2023-27

Premises

The council is based at the Town Hall on Knowsley Street in Bury. The building was officially opened in 1954 for the old Bury Borough Council; construction had begun fifteen years earlier but had been interrupted by the Second World War.{{cite book |last1=Frain |first1=Sean |title=The Bury Book of Days |date=2013 |publisher=History Press |isbn=9780752489629 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vos7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT307 |access-date=30 May 2024}} In 2023 the council announced plans to refurbish the building, allowing the council to consolidate its other offices into the Town Hall, notably from Knowsley Place opposite.{{cite news |last1=Mutch |first1=James |title=Plans to refurb Bury Town Hall to 'develop single service hub' |url=https://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/23450692.plans-refurb-bury-town-hall-develop-single-service-hub/ |access-date=30 May 2024 |work=Bury Times |date=13 April 2023}}

References

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External links

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