All candidates for Bury local election 2026

In less than a month, Bury locals will be called to polling stations to vote in new council representatives for their local areas. Exactly 17 of the 51 seats in the borough’s wards are up for grabs in the poll on May 7. 

A total of 91 candidates in total are standing for councillor positions in the borough, up from 60 in 2024. The most hotly contested ward is Unsworth with a whole of seven candidates vying for the council seat.  

The council is currently Labour controlled as they have 32 of the 51 seats. Radcliffe First have seven seats, while the Conservatives have five, Together for Bury and Reform each have three, and there is one independent. 

The elections will take place on Thursday 7th May, from 7am until 10pm along with similar votes across the country.

For the first time it’s not just candidates from the Conservatives and Labour who are contesting every ward in the borough, but also Reform UK and The Green Party. Other groups fielding candidates include the Bury Independents, the Workers Party, Bury Together, Radcliffe First, the Communist Party and the English Democrats – “Putting England First!” party. There are also two independents standing. 

The deadline to apply for a postal vote in this year’s local elections is 5pm on Tuesday 21st April. Residents have until midnight on Monday 20th April to make sure they are on the electoral register and therefore entitled to vote.

Voters are reminded they will need to bring ID with them to the polling stations in order to vote. 

Besses 

Noel Bayley (LAB) 

Elizabeth Melanie Clark (REFORM) 

Pat Grant (CON) 

Tom Gray (GREEN)

Stephen Morris (ENGLISH DEMOCRATS – “PUTTING ENGLAND FIRST”) 

Martyn John West (BURY IND) 

Bury East

Ayesha Arif (LAB) 

Maisie Cunningham (GREEN) 

Nick Haslam (REFORM) 

Hasan Rahman (CON) 

Bilal Zahoor (WORKERS PARTY) 

Bury West

Carol Anne Bernstein (TOGETHER FOR BURY) 

Jackie Harris (CON) 

David Anthony Joseph Hill (REFORM) 

Elle Riley (GREEN) 

Helen Jane Vernom (LAB) 

Elton 

Mazhar Aslam (CON)

James Ferguson (LAB) 

Michael Hankey (BURY IND)

Gary Joseph Kirkley (GREEN) 

Jack Bernard Rydeheard (REFORM) 

Holyrood

Adnan Chaudhry (LAB) 

Peter Curati (GREEN) 

Ray Grant (CON) 

Valeri Morris (ENGLISH DEMOCRATS – “PUTTING ENGLAND FIRST”) 

David Silbiger (REFORM) 

Moorside 

Jill Budgen (BURY IND) 

Victor Hagan (REFORM) 

Jihyun Park (CON) 

Connor William Craig Priestley (GREEN) 

Sandra Walmsley (LAB) 

Aamer Yasin (WORKERS PARTY) 

North Manor 

Charlie Allen (GREEN) 

Roger Charles Arthur Brown (CON) 

Mark Hankins (REFORM) 

Julie Anne Southworth (LAB) 

Pilkington Park 

Russell Bernstein (TOGETHER FOR BURY) 

John Fitzpatrick (GREEN) 

Peter John Freeman (CON) 

John Joseph Mallon (LAB) 

Dan Ross (COMMUNIST PARTY OF BRITAIN) 

Shadman Zaman (REFORM) 

Radcliffe East

Carol Ann Birchmore (RADCLIFFE FIRST) 

Mark Alexander Carrigan (GREEN) 

Oscar David Kelly (REFORM) 

Sally McGill (LAB) 

Azhar Ismaeel Mehboob (CON) 

Radcliffe North & Ainsworth

Lilly Beards (GREEN) 

Donald Berry (RADCLIFFE FIRST) 

Paul Davies (REFORM) 

Andrew McAnulty (LAB) 

Eddy Redmund (COMMUNIST PARTY OF BRITAIN) 

Phil Smith (CON) 

Radcliffe West

Reece Bowey (GREEN)

Josh Harcup (LAB)

Glyn Stuart Marsden (REFORM) 

Judi Sheppard (RADCLIFFE FIRST) 

Keith Worthington (CON)

Ramsbottom

Martyn Bristow (LIB DEM) 

Zach Jacob Campbell-Robinson (REFORM) 

Charlotte Louise Hunt (LAB) 

Alex Mays (GREEN) 

Jonathan Moss (IND) 

Ann Schofield (CON) 

Redvales 

Geoff Baron (CON) 

Tony Davies (REFORM) 

Nikki Frith (LAB) 

Usma Khan (GREEN) 

Shabaz Imtiaz Shamim (WORKERS PARTY) 

Alice Sugden (BURY IND) 

Sedgley 

Richard Gold (LAB) 

Dacey Rose Prentice (REFORM)

Avi Schwartz (CON) 

Rachel Carys Webster (GREEN) 

St Marys 

Luke James Bradfoot (REFORM) 

Ann Buckley (CON) 

Eamonn O’Brien (LAB) 

Max Wyatt Sampson (GREEN) 

Tottington 

Drew Keanu Bell (LAB) 

Liz Cronshaw (REFORM) 

Greg Keeley (TOGETHER FOR BURY) 

Chloe King (GREEN) 

Andrew Paul Luxton (CON) 

Yvonne Susan Wright (IND) 

Unsworth 

Max Blackwell Pickup (GREEN) 

Samantha Davies (CON) 

Chris Malkin (COMMUNIST PARTY OF BRITAIN) 

Steve Middleton (BURY INDEPENDENTS) 

Mehwish Nasir (WORKERS PARTY) 

Jerome Samuel Magnus Roith (REFORM) 

Katherine Thorpe (LAB)