The 2022 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. Due to boundary changes, all 51 councillors were elected at the same time. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
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 Winner of each seat at the 2022 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the previous council election in 2021, Labour maintained its control of the council, holding 27 seats after the election. The Conservatives formed the main opposition with fifteen seats, with the Liberal Democrats and Radcliffe First both on four councillors and a single independent.
Background
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The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Bury was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[2]
Since its formation, Bury has variously been under Labour control, Conservative control and no overall control. Councillors have predominantly been elected from the Labour Party and the Conservative Party, with some Liberal Democrat and independent councillors also serving. The council has had an overall Labour majority since the 2011 election, in which Labour made six gains to hold 29 of the 51 seats. The Conservatives held 17 and the Liberal Democrats held five. Labour continued to make gains until 2015, after which the party has gradually lost seats whilst maintaining its majority. In the most recent election in 2021, Labour won nine seats with 41.7% of the vote, the Conservatives won seven seats with 41.1% of the vote, Radcliffe First won two seats with 5.5% of the vote and the Liberal Democrats won one with 8.1% of the vote.[3]
The Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury South, Christian Wakeford, defected to the Labour Party in January 2022.[4] On the same day, Gareth Staples-Jones, an independent councillor who had been elected as Radcliffe First, also joined the Labour Party.[5]
Bury Council underwent boundary changes ahead of this election. The Local Government Boundary Commission for England determined that the council should continue to elect 51 councillors and designed new election boundaries to reflect population change. The new boundaries include seventeen three-member wards.[6]
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.[7][8] However, due to a boundary review, all fifty-one councillors were elected at the same time. The election used plurality block voting, with each ward electing three councillors. Electors were able to vote for up to three candidates, and the three candidates with the most votes in each ward were elected.
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 live 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
edit| After 2021 election | Before 2022 election | ||||
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| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| Labour | 27 | Labour | 28 | ||
| Conservative | 15 | Conservative | 16 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | Liberal Democrats | 4 | ||
| Radcliffe First | 4 | Radcliffe First | 2 | ||
| Independent | 1 | Independent | 1 | ||
Results summary
edit| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Labour | 29 |  1
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56.9 | 44.6 | 69,271 | +2.9 | |||
| Conservative | 12 |  4
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23.5 | 34.4 | 53,527 | -6.7 | |||
| Radcliffe First | 8 | 4
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15.7 | 7.7 | 11,972 | +2.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 3
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2.0 | 6.9 | 10,790 | -1.2 | |||
| Independent | 1 | 1
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2.0 | 1.5 | 2,375 | +1.2 | |||
| Green | 0 | 
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0.0 | 4.6 | 7,089 | +1.6 | |||
| Reform UK | 0 |
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0.0 | 0.2 | 236 | N/A | |||
| English Democrat | 0 |
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0.0 | 0.1 | 166 | -0.1 | |||
| Communist | 0 |
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0.0 | 0.1 | 59 | N/A | |||
Results
editStatements of persons nominated were published on 6 April.[9] Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
Besses
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Noel Bayley | 1,505 | 61.4 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Mary Whitby* | 1,435 | 58.5 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Lucy Smith* | 1,397 | 57.0 | ||
| Conservative | Gregory Keeley | 548 | 22.3 | ||
| Conservative | David Silbiger | 486 | 19.8 | ||
| Conservative | Tahira Shaffi | 420 | 17.1 | ||
| Green | Cameron Fay | 354 | 14.4 | ||
| Independent | Martyn West | 317 | 12.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Williams | 176 | 7.2 | ||
| English Democrat | Stephen Morris | 166 | 6.8 | ||
| Communist | Dan Ross | 59 | 2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,452 | 30.7 | |||
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Bury East
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Ayesha Arif | 1,285 | 46.4 | ||
| Labour | Gavin McGill* | 1,266 | 45.7 | ||
| Labour | Ummrana Farooq* | 1,157 | 41.8 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Baron | 1,045 | 37.8 | ||
| Conservative | Raja Sharif | 1,043 | 37.7 | ||
| Conservative | Abdul Tahir | 885 | 32.0 | ||
| Green | Lauren Hutchinson | 331 | 12.0 | ||
| Reform UK | Kevin Cadwallader | 236 | 8.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Powell | 218 | 7.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,768 | 31.8 | |||
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Bury West
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Jackie Harris* | 2,023 | 57.3 | ||
| Conservative | Dene Vernon* | 1,926 | 54.6 | ||
| Conservative | Shahbaz Arif | 1,636 | 46.4 | ||
| Labour | Andrew McAnulty | 1,203 | 34.1 | ||
| Labour | Helen Varnom | 1,153 | 32.7 | ||
| Labour | Samuel Turner | 1,118 | 31.7 | ||
| Green | Jacqui Connor | 485 | 13.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jacob Royde | 274 | 7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,529 | 41.7 | |||
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Elton
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Jack Rydeheard* | 1,752 | 48.5 | ||
| Labour | Martin Hayes* | 1,715 | 47.5 | ||
| Labour | Charlotte Morris* | 1,689 | 46.7 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Luxton | 1,671 | 46.2 | ||
| Labour | Kyle Finnegan | 1,541 | 42.6 | ||
| Conservative | Muhammad Warraich | 1,391 | 38.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Lynda Arthur | 416 | 11.5 | ||
| Turnout | 3,614 | 41.5 | |||
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Holyrood
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Elliot Moss | 1,660 | 45.4 | ||
| Labour | Imran Rizvi | 1,644 | 44.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Maria Tegolo* | 1,558 | 42.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Wright* | 1,554 | 42.5 | ||
| Labour | Richard Jamieson | 1,497 | 40.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Hankey | 1,310 | 35.8 | ||
| Conservative | Geoffrey Baron | 354 | 9.7 | ||
| Conservative | Anthony Hall | 349 | 9.5 | ||
| Green | Peter Curati | 340 | 9.3 | ||
| Conservative | Haider Raja | 259 | 7.1 | ||
| Turnout | 3,660 | 43.4 | |||
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Moorside
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Sandra Walmsley* | 1,588 | 52.6 | ||
| Labour | Ciaron Boles* | 1,518 | 50.3 | ||
| Labour | Kevin Peel* | 1,482 | 49.1 | ||
| Conservative | Samia Farid | 1,106 | 36.7 | ||
| Conservative | Marie Holder | 1,026 | 34.0 | ||
| Conservative | Mahzar Latif | 907 | 30.1 | ||
| Green | Mary Heath | 321 | 10.6 | ||
| Independent | Victor Hagan | 259 | 8.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,017 | 35.6 | |||
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North Manor
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Roger Brown* | 2,008 | 51.1 | ||
| Conservative | Liam Dean* | 1,963 | 50.0 | ||
| Conservative | Khalid Hussain* | 1,775 | 45.2 | ||
| Labour | John Southworth | 1,568 | 39.9 | ||
| Green | Michelle Sampson | 973 | 24.8 | ||
| Green | Charlie Allen | 913 | 23.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ewan Arthur | 758 | 19.3 | ||
| Green | Gary Kirkley | 574 | 14.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,927 | 49.3 | |||
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Pilkington Park
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Russell Bernstein* | 1,409 | 46.5 | ||
| Labour | Elizabeth Fitzgerald | 1,405 | 46.4 | ||
| Conservative | Nicholas Jones* | 1,344 | 44.3 | ||
| Labour | Christopher Malkin | 1,314 | 43.4 | ||
| Labour | Michael Rubinstein | 1,296 | 42.8 | ||
| Conservative | Anton Slawycz | 1,214 | 40.1 | ||
| Green | Elizabeth Lomax | 452 | 14.9 | ||
| Turnout | 3,031 | 40.6 | |||
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Radcliffe East
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Radcliffe First | Carol Birchmore* | 1,504 | 58.2 | ||
| Radcliffe First | James Mason* | 1,449 | 56.0 | ||
| Radcliffe First | Mary Walsh | 1,332 | 51.5 | ||
| Labour | Tricia Cathcart | 762 | 29.5 | ||
| Labour | Michael Broster | 730 | 28.2 | ||
| Labour | Rhyse Cathcart | 728 | 28.2 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Gregory | 306 | 11.8 | ||
| Conservative | Azhar Mehboob | 274 | 10.6 | ||
| Conservative | Iona Worthington | 224 | 8.7 | ||
| Green | Heather Sharples | 143 | 5.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,586 | 32.4 | |||
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Radcliffe North & Ainsworth
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Radcliffe First | Donald Berry | 1,436 | 40.2 | ||
| Radcliffe First | Andrea Booth | 1,325 | 37.1 | ||
| Conservative | Jo Lancaster* | 1,278 | 35.7 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Cropper* | 1,278 | 35.7 | ||
| Conservative | Carol Bernstein | 1,205 | 33.7 | ||
| Radcliffe First | Ken Simpson | 1,201 | 33.6 | ||
| Labour | Lee Patterson | 856 | 23.9 | ||
| Labour | Gill Campbell | 847 | 23.7 | ||
| Labour | Paddy Heneghan | 736 | 20.6 | ||
| Green | Laura Thomas | 108 | 3.0 | ||
| Turnout | 3,576 | 38.5 | |||
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Radcliffe West
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Radcliffe First | Glyn Marsden | 1,292 | 49.6 | ||
| Radcliffe First | Des Duncalfe | 1,263 | 48.5 | ||
| Radcliffe First | Mike Smith* | 1,170 | 44.9 | ||
| Labour | Gareth Staples-Jones* | 973 | 37.4 | ||
| Labour | Charlie Whelan | 873 | 33.5 | ||
| Labour | Sally McGill | 852 | 32.7 | ||
| Conservative | David Lewis | 362 | 13.9 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Imeson | 289 | 11.1 | ||
| Conservative | Muhammad Khan | 179 | 6.9 | ||
| Green | Chlöe Thomas | 128 | 4.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kamran Islam | 70 | 2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,603 | 31.9 | |||
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Ramsbottom
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Clare Cummins* | 2,178 | 53.4 | ||
| Labour | Tom Pilkington* | 2,083 | 51.0 | ||
| Labour | Spencer Donnelly | 1,948 | 47.7 | ||
| Conservative | James Cunliffe | 1,641 | 40.2 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Schofield | 1,573 | 38.5 | ||
| Conservative | Jihyun Park | 1,284 | 31.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Martyn Bristow | 447 | 11.0 | ||
| Green | Mark Slocombe | 402 | 9.9 | ||
| Turnout | 4,081 | 45.6 | |||
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Redvales
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Nikki Frith | 1,647 | 49.5 | ||
| Labour | Tamoor Tariq* | 1,646 | 49.4 | ||
| Labour | Shaheena Haroon* | 1,498 | 45.0 | ||
| Conservative | Aamer Yasin | 1,365 | 41.0 | ||
| Conservative | Raja Aijaz | 1,344 | 40.4 | ||
| Conservative | Shafqat Mahmood | 1,249 | 37.5 | ||
| Green | Paul Johnstone | 375 | 11.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Foss | 340 | 10.2 | ||
| Turnout | 3,329 | 39.7 | |||
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St. Marys
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Eamonn O’Brien* | 1,941 | 56.7 | ||
| Labour | Debra Green | 1,676 | 49.0 | ||
| Labour | Sean Thorpe | 1,478 | 43.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Powell* | 1,382 | 40.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Lewis | 976 | 28.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ugonna Edegoa | 966 | 28.2 | ||
| Conservative | Stefano Zuri | 358 | 10.5 | ||
| Green | Nick Hubble | 345 | 10.1 | ||
| Conservative | Antonello Riu | 332 | 9.7 | ||
| Conservative | Touseef Saghir | 292 | 8.5 | ||
| Turnout | 3,421 | 40.8 | |||
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Sedgley
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Richard Gold* | 1,902 | 65.2 | ||
| Labour | Alan Quinn* | 1,863 | 63.9 | ||
| Labour | Debbie Quinn* | 1,811 | 62.1 | ||
| Conservative | Bernie Vincent | 746 | 25.6 | ||
| Conservative | Mazhar Aslam | 568 | 19.5 | ||
| Conservative | Sham Raja Akhtar | 511 | 17.5 | ||
| Green | Glyn Heath | 346 | 11.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Heaton | 345 | 11.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,916 | 34.7 | |||
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Tottington
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Yvonne Wright* | 1,799 | 51.1 | ||
| Conservative | Luis McBriar* | 1,687 | 47.9 | ||
| Conservative | Iain Gartside* | 1,541 | 43.8 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Strachan | 1,081 | 30.7 | ||
| Labour | Julie Southworth | 903 | 25.7 | ||
| Labour | Evelyn Holt | 878 | 24.9 | ||
| Labour | David Hills | 808 | 23.0 | ||
| Green | Angela Graham | 499 | 14.2 | ||
| Turnout | 3,520 | 45.5 | |||
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Unsworth
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Joan Grimshaw* | 2,157 | 58.7 | ||
| Labour | Nathan Boroda* | 2,123 | 57.8 | ||
| Labour | Tahir Rafiq* | 1,938 | 52.8 | ||
| Conservative | Shirley Balfour | 1,451 | 39.5 | ||
| Conservative | Sohail Raja | 1,431 | 39.0 | ||
| Conservative | Gibson Walker | 1,215 | 33.1 | ||
| Turnout | 3,672 | 44.0 | |||
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