2024 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election
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The 2024 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. One third of councillors - 17 out of 51 members - of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council are up for election.[1] The Bury Independents Party intend to contest the election for the first time.[2]
Background[edit]
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.[3] 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.[4]
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.
Electoral process[edit]
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.[5][6] 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[edit]
| After 2023 election | Before 2024 election | ||||
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| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| Labour | 31 | Labour | 31 | ||
| Conservative | 11 | Conservative | 11 | ||
| Radcliffe First | 8 | Radcliffe First | 7 | ||
| Independent | 1 | Independent | 2 | ||
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 [1]
References[edit]
- ^ "Information". Bury Council. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ "Bury Independents Party aim to elect Bury Councillors in May 2024". Roch Valley Radio. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
- ^ "The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
- ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
See also[edit]
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