Candidates declared for Bury Council elections

Monday, 8 April 2024 11:30

By David Murphy

The candidates have been confirmed for the Bury Council elections which will take place on Thursday 2 May.

One third of the council’s 51 seats will be contested, one in each of the borough’s 17 wards.

* source from Bury Council website.

Besses

Candidate	Party
Greg Keeley	The Conservative and Unionist Party
Stephen Morris	English Democrats - "Putting England First!"
Miriam Rahimov	The Labour Party
Martyn John West	Bury Independents

Bury East

Candidate	Party
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	The Conservative and Unionist Party
Fawad Sabir	Bury Independents

Bury West

Candidate	Party
Alan Bayfield	Bury Independents
Helen Jane Varnom	The Labour Party
Dene John Vernon	The Conservative and Unionist Party

Elton

Candidate	Party
Michael Hankey	Bury Independents
Martin John Hayes	The Labour Party
Andrew Paul Luxton	The Conservative and Unionist Party

Holyrood

Candidate	Party
Geoffrey Baron	The 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

Candidate	Party
Ciaron Michael Boles	The Labour Party
Ian Cameron Strachan	The Conservative and Unionist Party
Aamer Yasin	Bury Independents

North Manor

Candidate	Party
Charlie Allen	The Green Party
Liam James Dean	The Conservative and Unionist Party
Raymond Martin Solomon	Independent
John Damian Southworth	The Labour Party

Pilkington Park

Candidate	Party
Jeff Armstrong	Reform UK
Mike Court	Bury Independents
Elizabeth Jayne Fitzgerald	The Labour Party
Anthony Rose	The Conservative and Unionist Party
Shadman Zaman	Independent

Radcliffe East

Candidate	Party
Rhyse Lewis Cathcart	The Labour Party
Mark John Gregory	The Conservative and Unionist Party
Ken Simpson	Radcliffe First

Radcliffe North and Ainsworth

Candidate	Party
Andrea Booth	Radcliffe First
Paul Cropper	The Conservative and Unionist Party
Sally-Ann McGill	The Labour Party

Radcliffe West

Candidate	Party
Des Duncalfe	Radcliffe First
Josh Harcup	The Labour Party
Emma Elizabeth Lee	The Conservative and Unionist Party

Ramsbottom

Candidate	Party
Martyn Bristow	Liberal Democrats
Adam Thomas Lewis	The Conservative and Unionist Party
Tom Pilkington	The Labour Party

Redvales

Candidate	Party
Mazhar Aslam	The Conservative and Unionist Party
Mirza Hamie	Bury Independents
Paul Johnstone	The Green Party
Shabaz Imtiaz Shamim	Workers Party of Britain
Tamoor Tariq	The Labour Party

Sedgley

Candidate	Party
Ewan James Arthur	Liberal Democrats
Jonathan Grosskopf	The Conservative and Unionist Party
Alan Quinn	The Labour Party

St Marys

Candidate	Party
Debra Green	The Labour Party
Nick Hubble	The Green Party
Artjoms Markovins	The Conservative and Unionist Party

Tottington

Candidate	Party
Adnan Chaudhry	The Labour Party
Luis James McBriar	The Conservative and Unionist Party
Angie Sutcliffe	Bury Independents

Unsworth

Candidate	Party
Iftikhar Ahmed	Workers Party of Britain
Paul Davies	The Conservative and Unionist Party
Jodie Kathleen Hook	The Labour Party
Steve Middleton	Bury Independents

The election for the Greater Manchester Mayor will also be held on Thursday 2 May.

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