An indication of how important Bury is seen by the major parties is that Keir Starmer launched the Labour Party’s local election campaign there last month and Boris Johnson himself visited just last week.
The council is currently Labour run with them holding a solid majority of 28 of the 51 seats, the Conservatives have 15 with four Liberal Democrats, three Radcliffe First and a single Independent member.
This year will see an ‘all out’ election with voters able to cast three votes to select an entirely new council. A total of 147 candidates are standing for three councillor positions in each of the 17 wards which make up the town.
