Bury’s council elections are less than a month away with all 51 seats up for grabs in an ‘all out’ poll. It means residents can vote for up to three candidates on polling day next month.
A total of 147 candidates are standing for three councillor positions in each of the 17 wards which make up the town. The elections will take place on Thursday, May 5, from 7am until 10pm along with similar votes across the country.
Candidates from the Labour and Conservatives will contest every seat in every ward and hyperlocal party Radcliffe First will field nine candidates for the nine available seats in the town’s three wards. The Liberal Democrats and Green parties are fielding several candidates and are joined by a number of independents and a single candidate each from the English Democrats and the Communist Party.
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A total of 11 sitting councillors are not seeking re-election this year, among them the current Mayor, Tim Pickstone and Trevor Holt, the borough’s longest serving councillor with 37 years. Residents have until midnight on Thursday, April 14 to make sure they are on the electoral register and therefore entitled to vote.
To register to vote, go to https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
Here is the full list of candidates standing in the Bury elections with three to be elected from each ward:
Besses
- Bayley, Noel – Labour and Co-operative Party
- Fay, Careron – The Green Party
- Keeley, Gregory Gerard – The Conservative Party
- Morris, Stephen – English Democrats – “Putting England First!”
- Ross, Dan – Communist Party of Britain
- Shaffi, Tahira – The Conservative Party
- Silbiger, David- – The Conservative Party
- Smith, Lucy Catherine – Labour and Co-operative Party
- West, Martyn John – Independent
- Whitby, Mary – Labour and Co-operative Party
- Williams, Mike – Liberal Democrats
Bury East
- Arif, Ayesha – The Labour Party
- Baron, Christopher Edward -The Conservative Party
- Cadwallader, Kevin – Reform UK
- Farooq, Ummrana – The Labour Party
- Hutchinson, Lauren -The Green Party
- McGill, Gavin Phillip – The Labour Party
- Powell, Elizabeth Christine – Liberal Democrats
- Sharif, Raja Adil – The Conservative Party
- Tahir, Abdul Basit – The Conservative Party
Bury West
- Arif, Shahbaz Mahmood – The Conservative Party
- Connor, Jacqui – The Green Party
- Harris, Jackie – The Conservative Party
- McAnulty, Andrew – The Labour Party
- Royde, Jacob – Liberal Democrats
- Turner, Samuel James – The Labour Party
- Varnom, Helen Jane – The Labour Party
- Vernon, Dene John – The Conservative Party
Elton
- Arthur, Lynda Valerie Gail – Liberal Democrats
- Finnegan, Kyle Martin -The Labour Party
- Hayes, Martin John – The Labour Party
- Luxton, Andrew Paul – The Conservative Party
- Morris, Charlotte Elizabeth – The Labour Party
- Rydeheard, Jack Bernard – The Conservative Party
- Warraich, Muhammad Sajjad Akram – The Conservative Party
Holyrood
- Baron, Geoffrey – The Conservative Party
- Curati, Peter – The Green Party
- Hall, Anthony Peter – The Conservative Party
- Hankey, Michael – Liberal Democrats
- Jamieson, Richard Neil – The Labour Party
- Moss, Elliot Graham – The Labour Party
- Raja, Haider Ali – The Conservative Party
- Rizvi, Imran Raza – The Labour Party
- Tegolo, Maria Cristina – Liberal Democrats
- Wright, Steven David – Liberal Democrats
Moorside
- Boles, Ciaron Michael – The Labour Party
- Farid, Samia Parveen – The Conservative Party
- Hagan, Victor Cromwell – Independent
- Heath, Mary Christine – The Green Party
- Holder, Marie – The Conservative Party
- Latif, Mazhar Hussain – The Conservative Party
- Peel, Kevin Eric – The Labour Party
- Walmsley, Sandra – The Labour Party
North Manor
- Allen, Charlie – The Green Party
- Arthur, Ewan James – Liberal Democrats
- Brown, Roger Charles Arthur – The Conservative Party
- Dean, Liam James – The Conservative Party
- Hussain, Khalid – The Conservative Party
- Kirkley, Gary Joseph – The Green Party
- Sampson, Michelle Suzanne – The Green Party
- Southworth, John Damian – The Labour Party
Pilkington Park
- Bernstein, Russell Stewart – The Conservative Party
- Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Jayne – The Labour Party
- Jones, Nicholas Glen – The Conservative Party
- Lomax, Elizabeth Anne – The Green Party –
- Malkin, Christopher John – The Labour Party
- Rubinstein, Michael Jack – The Labour Party
- Slawycz, Anton – The Conservative Party
Radcliffe East
- Birchmore, Carol Ann – Radcliffe First
- Broster, Michael – The Labour Party
- Cathcart, Rhyse Lewis – The Labour Party
- Cathcart, Trisha – The Labour Party
- Gregory, Mark John – The Conservative Party
- Mason, James Anthony – Radcliffe First
- Mehboob, Azhar Ismaeel – The Conservative Party
- Sharples, Heather Jane – The Green Party
- Walsh, Mary – Radcliffe First
- Worthington, Iona Margaret – The Conservative Party
Radcliffe North and Ainsworth
- Bernstein, Carol Anne – The Conservative Party
- Berry, Donald – Radcliffe First
- Booth, Andrea Michelle – Radcliffe First
- Campbell, Gill – The Labour Party
- Cropper, Paul – The Conservative Party
- Heneghan, Paddy – The Labour Party
- Lancaster, Jo – The Conservative Party
- Patterson, Lee Christopher – The Labour Party
- Simpson, Ken – Radcliffe First –
- Thomas, Laura Jane – The Green Party
Radcliffe West
- Duncalfe, Des – Radcliffe First
- Imeson, Mark – The Conservative Party
- Islam, Kamran – Liberal Democrats
- Kahn, Muhammad – The Conservative Party
- Lewis, David – The Conservative Party
- Marsden, Glyn Stuart – Radcliffe First
- McGill, Sally – The Labour Party
- Smith, Michael Andrew – Radcliffe First
- Staples Jones, Gareth Edward – The Labour Party
- Thomas, Chlöe Charlotte – The Green Party
- Whelan, Charlie William Edward – The Labour Party
Ramsbottom
- Bristow, Martyn Aidan – Liberal Democrats
- Cummins, Clare Anne – The Labour Party
- Cunliffe, James – The Conservative Party
- Donnelly, Spencer – The Labour Party
- Park, Jihyun – The Conservative Party
- Pilkington, Tom – The Labour Party
- Schofield, Ian – The Conservative Party
- Slocombe, Mark David – The Green Party
Redvales
- Aijaz, Raja Naveed – The Conservative Party
- Foss, David – Liberal Democrats
- Frith, Nikki – The Labour Party
- Haroon, Shaheena – The Labour Party
- Johnstone, Paul – The Green Party
- Mahmood, Shafqat – The Conservative Party
- Tariq, Tamoor – The Labour Party
- Yasin, Aamer The Conservative Party
Sedgley
- Aslam, Mazhar – The Conservative Party
- Gold, Richard Ian – The Labour Party
- Heath, Glyn Harvey – The Green Party
- Heaton, Michael Andrew – Liberal Democrats
- Quinn, Alan – The Labour Party
- Quinn, Debbie – The Labour Party
- Raja Akhtar, Sham – The Conservative Party
- Vincent, Bernie – The Conservative Party
St Marys
- Edeoga, Ugonna Aiphodimma – Liberal Democrats
- Green, Debra – The Labour Party
- Hubble, Nick – The Green Party
- Lewis, Stephen Thomas – Liberal Democrats
- O’Brien, Eamonn – The Labour Party
- Powell, Michael Robert Thomas – Liberal Democrats
- Riu, Antonello – The Conservative Party
- Saghir, Touseef – The Conservative Party
- Thorpe, Sean Patrick – The Labour Party
- Zuri, Stefano – The Conservative Party
Tottington
- Gartside, Iain Brian – The Conservative Party
- Graham, Angela Margaret – The Green Party
- Hills, David Orr – The Labour Party
- Holt, Evelyn Isobel – The Labour Party
- McBriar, Luis James – The Conservative Party
- Southworth, Julie Anne – The Labour Party
- Strachan, Ian Cameron – The Conservative Party
- Wright, Yvonne Susan – Independent
Unsworth
- Balfour, Shirley Anne – The Conservative Party
- Boroda, Nathan Cody – The Labour Party
- Grimshaw, Joan – The Labour Party
- Rafiq, Tahir – The Labour Party
- Raja, Sohail – The Conservative Party
- Walker, Gibson Michael – The Conservative Party
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