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. The council remained under Labour majority control.
Summary Prior 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. Labour gained a seat from the Conservatives to increase their majority on the council.
Electoral process The 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. 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
After 2023 election Before 2024 election After 2024 election Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats 31 31 32 11 11 10 8 7 8 1 2 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 22 February 2026: Luis McBriar (elected as a Conservative in 2024, in 2025 left the party to form the 'Together for Bury' group along with two other disaffected Conservatives) resigns as a Councillor upon taking a politically neutral role, triggering a by-election in Tottington Ward, which was held on 2 April 2026. Reform UK's George Martin won the by-election.
Results
Ward results The results for each ward were:
Besses
Bury East
Bury West
Elton
Holyrood
Moorside
North Manor
Pilkington Park
Radcliffe East
Radcliffe North and Ainsworth
Radcliffe West
Ramsbottom
Redvales
Sedgley
St Marys
Tottington
Unsworth
By-elections
A by-election was held in Tottington ward on 2 April 2026 following the resignation of Luis McBriar.
See also Bury Metropolitan Borough Council elections
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