Bury Metropolitan Borough Council: all 51 councillors

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council has 51 councillors on the official list. The largest group is Labour, with 31 of the 51 seats. Every name below comes from the council's own published list: Bury Metropolitan Borough Council: councillors by ward (modern.gov web service), read 2 November 2026 (saved copy, with contact details removed).

See Bury: local statistics and who has power over Bury, from the council up to the G20.

Seats by party

• ■ Labour: 31 councillors
• ■ Reform UK: 6 councillors
• ■ Radcliffe First: 6 councillors
• ■ Conservative: 3 councillors
• ■ Together For Bury: 2 councillors
• ■ Independent: 2 councillors
• ■ Workers Party of Britain: 1 councillor

Leaders and post holders

• Miriam Rahimov (Labour): Deputy Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services
• Lucy Smith (Labour): Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environment, Climate Change and Operations
• Ayesha Arif (Labour): Cabinet Member for Housing Services
• Gavin McGill (Labour): Cabinet Member for Culture, Economy and Skills
• Shahbaz Arif (Conservative): Conservative Leader
• Dene Vernon (Together For Bury): Together for Bury Leader
• Martin Hayes (Labour): Deputy Cabinet Member for Environment, Climate Change and Operations
• Charlotte Morris (Labour): Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Growth
• Jack Rydeheard (Reform UK): Reform Leader
• Imran Rizvi (Labour): Deputy Cabinet Member for Communities and Inclusion
• Lynn Ryder (Labour): Deputy Cabinet Member for Children and Young People
• Sandra Walmsley (Labour): Cabinet Member for Children and Young People
• Michael Rubinstein (Labour): Deputy Cabinet Member for Culture, Economy and Skills
• Carol Birchmore (Radcliffe First): Radcliffe First Leader
• Jo Lancaster (Together For Bury): Together for Bury Deputy Leader
• Des Duncalfe (Radcliffe First): Radclife First Deputy Leader
• Mike Smith (Radcliffe First): Deputy Mayor
• Charlotte Hunt (Labour): Deputy Cabinet Member for Adult Care, Health and Public Service Reform
• Tom Pilkington (Labour): Deputy Cabinet Member for Adult Care, Health and Public Service Reform
• Gareth Staples-Jones (Labour): Labour & Co-operative Party.
• Tamoor Tariq (Labour): Cabinet Member for Adult Care, Health and Public Service Reform
• Richard Gold (Labour): Cabinet Member for Communities and Inclusion
• Debra Green (Labour): Deputy Cabinet Member for Housing Services
• Eamonn O'Brien (Labour): Leader of the Council
• Sean Thorpe (Labour): Deputy Leader for Cabinet Member, Finance and Corporate Services
• Iain Gartside (Conservative): Conservative Deputy Leader
• Jodie Hook (Labour): Deputy Cabinet Member for Environment, Climate Change and Operations
• Mohammed Tahir Rafiq (Labour): Mayor , Chair of Standards Committee
• Jerome Roith (Reform UK): Reform Deputy Leader

Every councillor, by ward

Source

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council: councillors by ward (modern.gov web service), read 2 November 2026 (saved copy, with contact details removed). Each name links to that councillor's profile on the official site. Published by Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. We do not reproduce home addresses, phone numbers or emails; use the official profile to contact a councillor. Name or seat out of date? Tell us.