After residents headed to polling stations on Thursday, we have put together a guide to everything you need to know ahead for the council elections.
A third of the council’s 51 total seats will be contested at the elections, in each one of the borough’s 17 wards.
The council’s current makeup consists of 31 Labour councillors, 11 Conservatives, seven from Radcliffe First and one Independent. There is also a vacancy in Radcliffe East.
Defending seats this year include 11 Labour councillors, three Conservatives and two Radcliffe First representatives.
When and where can I vote?
Polling stations opened from 7am to 10pm on Thursday ahead of a vote count, which will take place today, Friday, May 3 at Castle Leisure Centre in Bury, when the results are set to be published in the afternoon.
Residents can find their polling station on their polling card, or on the Where Do I Vote website.
The deadline to register to vote has now passed. Only those who joined the electoral register on or before Tuesday, April 16 are eligible to vote tomorrow.
What do I need to bring to the polling station?
Changes introduced by the government mean voters are now required to bring photo ID with them to the polling station.
There are a number of forms of photo ID that can be accepted, including; a passport, driving licence (including provisional licence), a blue badge, some concessionary travel cards, an identity card with a PASS mark, a biometric immigration document, defence identity card and certain national identity cards.
You can still use photo ID even if it is out of date, as long as it still looks like you. Residents can find out more information about photo ID on the Electoral Commission's website.
Who can I vote for?
Here is the full list of candidates standing in the Bury elections:
Besses
Greg Keeley - Conservative and Unionist Party
Stephen Morris - English Democrats - "Putting England First!"
Miriam Rahimov - Labour
Martyn John West - Bury Independents
Bury East
Kevin Cadwallader - Reform UK
David Henry Foss - Liberal Democrats
Syed Muarif Hashmi - Workers Party of Britain
Gavin Phillip McGill - Labour and Co-operative Party
Jihyun Park - Conservative and Unionist Party
Fawad Sabir - Bury Independents
Bury West
Alan Bayfield – Independent
Helen Jane Varnom - The Labour Party
Dene John Vernon - Conservative and Unionist Party
Elton
Michael Hankey - Bury Independents
Martin John Hayes - Labour Party
Andrew Paul Luxton - Conservative and Unionist Party
Holyrood
Geoffrey Baron - Conservative and Unionist Party
Peter Curati - The Green Party
Valerie Morris - English Democrats - "Putting England First!"
Imran Raza Rizvi - The Labour Party
Steven David Wright - Liberal Democrats
Moorside
Ciaron Michael Boles - Labour Party
Ian Cameron Strachan - Conservative and Unionist Party
Aamer Yasin - Bury Independents
North Manor
Charlie Allen - Green Party
Liam James Dean - Conservative and Unionist Party
Raymond Martin Solomon - Independent
John Damian Southworth - Labour Party
Pilkington Park
Jeff Armstrong - Reform UK
Mike Court - Bury Independents
Elizabeth Jayne Fitzgerald - Labour Party
Anthony Rose - The Conservative and Unionist Party
Shadman Zaman – Independent Radcliffe East
Rhyse Lewis Cathcart - The Labour Party
Mark John Gregory - Conservative and Unionist Party
Ken Simpson - Radcliffe First
Radcliffe North and Ainsworth
Andrea Booth - Radcliffe First
Paul Cropper - Conservative and Unionist Party
Sally-Ann McGill - Labour Party
Radcliffe West
Des Duncalfe - Radcliffe First
Josh Harcup - Labour Party
Emma Elizabeth Lee - Conservative and Unionist Party
Ramsbottom
Martyn Bristow - Liberal Democrats
Adam Thomas Lewis - Conservative and Unionist Party
Tom Pilkington - The Labour Party
Redvales
Mazhar Aslam - Conservative and Unionist Party
Mirza Hamie - Bury Independents
Paul Johnstone - The Green Party
Shabaz Imtiaz Shamim - Workers Party of Britain
Tamoor Tariq - Labour Party
Sedgley
Ewan James Arthur - Liberal Democrats
Jonathan Grosskopf - Conservative and Unionist Party
Alan Quinn - Labour Party
St Marys
Debra Green - Labour Party
Nick Hubble - Green Party
Artjoms Markovins - Conservative and Unionist Party
Tottington
Adnan Chaudhry - Labour Party
Luis James McBriar - Conservative and Unionist Party
Angie Sutcliffe - Bury Independents
Unsworth Iftikhar Ahmed - Workers Party of Britain
Paul Davies - Conservative and Unionist Party
Unsworth
Paul Davies - Conservatives
Jodie Hook - Labour
Steve Middleton - Bury Independents
Jodie Kathleen Hook - Labour Party
Steve Middleton - Bury Independents
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