Bury 2022

Local elections held 5 May 2022.

17 ward races

51 seats

51 elected below the proportional quota

100.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 17 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 51 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Labour Party	69,271	44.5%	29	56.9%	24	47.1%	+5
Conservative and Unionist Party	53,604	34.5%	12	23.5%	18	35.3%	-6
RAD FIRST	11,972	7.7%	8	15.7%	4	7.8%	+4
Liberal Democrats	10,790	6.9%	1	2.0%	3	5.9%	-2
Green Party	7,089	4.6%	0	0.0%	2	3.9%	-2
Independent	2,375	1.5%	1	2.0%	0	0.0%	+1
Reform UK	236	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
EDEM	166	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Communist Party of Britain	59	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	155,562	100.0%	51	100.0%	51	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Radcliffe North & Ainsworth · 3 seats · won at 12.4% · +12.6 pts below quota
Holyrood · 3 seats · won at 14.8% · +10.2 pts below quota
St Mary's · 3 seats · won at 15.2% · +9.8 pts below quota
Bury East · 3 seats · won at 15.5% · +9.5 pts below quota
Radcliffe West · 3 seats · won at 15.7% · +9.3 pts below quota
Redvales · 3 seats · won at 15.8% · +9.2 pts below quota
Pilkington Park · 3 seats · won at 15.9% · +9.1 pts below quota
Elton · 3 seats · won at 16.6% · +8.4 pts below quota
Bury West · 3 seats · won at 16.7% · +8.3 pts below quota
Tottington · 3 seats · won at 16.8% · +8.2 pts below quota
North Manor · 3 seats · won at 16.9% · +8.1 pts below quota
Ramsbottom · 3 seats · won at 16.9% · +8.1 pts below quota
Radcliffe East · 3 seats · won at 17.9% · +7.1 pts below quota
Moorside · 3 seats · won at 18.1% · +6.9 pts below quota
Unsworth · 3 seats · won at 18.8% · +6.2 pts below quota
Besses · 3 seats · won at 20.4% · +4.6 pts below quota
Sedgley · 3 seats · won at 22.4% · +2.6 pts below quota

Race results

Radcliffe North & Ainsworth · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 12.4% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +12.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 10,270

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Berry D.	RAD FIRST	1,436	14.0%	Elected
2	Booth A.	RAD FIRST	1,325	12.9%	Elected
3	Lancaster J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,278	12.4%	Elected
4	Cropper P.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,278	12.4%
5	Bernstein C.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,205	11.7%
6	Simpson K.	RAD FIRST	1,201	11.7%
7	Patterson L.	Labour Party	856	8.3%
8	Campbell G.	Labour Party	847	8.2%
9	Heneghan P.	Labour Party	736	7.2%
10	Thomas L.	Green Party	108	1.1%

Electorate 9,318 · Ballots cast 10,270 · EC ward code E05014161 · Back to ward index

Holyrood · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 14.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +10.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 10,525

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Moss E.	Labour Party	1,660	15.8%	Elected
2	Rizvi I.	Labour Party	1,644	15.6%	Elected
3	Tegolo M.	Liberal Democrats	1,558	14.8%	Elected
4	Wright S.	Liberal Democrats	1,554	14.8%
5	Jamieson R.	Labour Party	1,497	14.2%
6	Hankey M.	Liberal Democrats	1,310	12.4%
7	Baron G.	Conservative and Unionist Party	354	3.4%
8	Hall A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	349	3.3%
9	Curati P.	Green Party	340	3.2%
10	Raja H.	Conservative and Unionist Party	259	2.5%

Electorate 8,468 · Ballots cast 10,525 · EC ward code E05014156 · Back to ward index

St Mary's · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 15.2% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +9.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 9,746

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	O'Brien E.	Labour Party	1,941	19.9%	Elected
2	Green D.	Labour Party	1,676	17.2%	Elected
3	Thorpe S.	Labour Party	1,478	15.2%	Elected
4	Powell M.	Liberal Democrats	1,382	14.2%
5	Lewis S.	Liberal Democrats	976	10.0%
6	Edeoga U.	Liberal Democrats	966	9.9%
7	Zuri S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	358	3.7%
8	Hubble N.	Green Party	345	3.5%
9	Riu A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	332	3.4%
10	Saghir T.	Conservative and Unionist Party	292	3.0%

Electorate 8,441 · Ballots cast 9,746 · EC ward code E05014166 · Back to ward index

Bury East · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 15.5% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +9.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 7,466

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Arif A.	Labour Party	1,285	17.2%	Elected
2	McGill G.	Labour Party	1,266	17.0%	Elected
3	Farooq U.	Labour Party	1,157	15.5%	Elected
4	Baron C.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,045	14.0%
5	Sharif R.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,043	14.0%
6	Tahir A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	885	11.9%
7	Hutchinson L.	Green Party	331	4.4%
8	Cadwallader K.	Reform UK	236	3.2%
9	Powell E.	Liberal Democrats	218	2.9%

Electorate 8,756 · Ballots cast 7,466 · EC ward code E05014153 · Back to ward index

Radcliffe West · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 15.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +9.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 7,451

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Marsden G.	RAD FIRST	1,292	17.3%	Elected
2	Duncalfe D.	RAD FIRST	1,263	17.0%	Elected
3	Smith M.	RAD FIRST	1,170	15.7%	Elected
4	Staples Jones G.	Labour Party	973	13.1%
5	Whelan C.	Labour Party	873	11.7%
6	McGill S.	Labour Party	852	11.4%
7	Lewis D.	Conservative and Unionist Party	362	4.9%
8	Imeson M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	289	3.9%
9	Kahn M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	179	2.4%
10	Thomas C.	Green Party	128	1.7%
11	Islam K.	Liberal Democrats	70	0.9%

Electorate 8,170 · Ballots cast 7,451 · EC ward code E05014162 · Back to ward index

Redvales · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 15.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +9.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 9,464

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Frith N.	Labour Party	1,647	17.4%	Elected
2	Tariq T.	Labour Party	1,646	17.4%	Elected
3	Haroon S.	Labour Party	1,498	15.8%	Elected
4	Yasin A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,365	14.4%
5	Aijaz R.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,344	14.2%
6	Mahmood S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,249	13.2%
7	Johnstone P.	Green Party	375	4.0%
8	Foss D.	Liberal Democrats	340	3.6%

Electorate 8,431 · Ballots cast 9,464 · EC ward code E05014164 · Back to ward index

Pilkington Park · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 15.9% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +9.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 8,434

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Bernstein R.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,409	16.7%	Elected
2	Fitzgerald E.	Labour Party	1,405	16.7%	Elected
3	Jones N.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,344	15.9%	Elected
4	Malkin C.	Labour Party	1,314	15.6%
5	Rubinstein M.	Labour Party	1,296	15.4%
6	Slawycz A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,214	14.4%
7	Lomax E.	Green Party	452	5.4%

Electorate 7,508 · Ballots cast 8,434 · EC ward code E05014159 · Back to ward index

Elton · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 16.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +8.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 10,175

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Rydeheard J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,752	17.2%	Elected
2	Hayes M.	Labour Party	1,715	16.9%	Elected
3	Morris C.	Labour Party	1,689	16.6%	Elected
4	Luxton A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,671	16.4%
5	Finnegan K.	Labour Party	1,541	15.1%
6	Warraich M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,391	13.7%
7	Arthur L.	Liberal Democrats	416	4.1%

Electorate 8,740 · Ballots cast 10,175 · EC ward code E05014155 · Back to ward index

Bury West · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 16.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +8.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 9,818

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Harris J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	2,023	20.6%	Elected
2	Vernon D.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,926	19.6%	Elected
3	Arif S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,636	16.7%	Elected
4	McAnulty A.	Labour Party	1,203	12.3%
5	Varnom H.	Labour Party	1,153	11.7%
6	Turner S.	Labour Party	1,118	11.4%
7	Connor J.	Green Party	485	4.9%
8	Royde J.	Liberal Democrats	274	2.8%

Electorate 8,499 · Ballots cast 9,818 · EC ward code E05014154 · Back to ward index

Tottington · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 16.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +8.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 9,196

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Wright Y.	Independent	1,799	19.6%	Elected
2	McBriar L.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,687	18.3%	Elected
3	Gartside I.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,541	16.8%	Elected
4	Strachan I.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,081	11.8%
5	Southworth J.	Labour Party	903	9.8%
6	Holt E.	Labour Party	878	9.5%
7	Hills D.	Labour Party	808	8.8%
8	Graham A.	Green Party	499	5.4%

Electorate 8,790 · Ballots cast 9,196 · EC ward code E05014167 · Back to ward index

North Manor · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 16.9% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +8.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 10,532

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Brown R.	Conservative and Unionist Party	2,008	19.1%	Elected
2	Dean L.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,963	18.6%	Elected
3	Hussain K.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,775	16.9%	Elected
4	Southworth J.	Labour Party	1,568	14.9%
5	Sampson M.	Green Party	973	9.2%
6	Allen C.	Green Party	913	8.7%
7	Arthur E.	Liberal Democrats	758	7.2%
8	Kirkley G.	Green Party	574	5.5%

Electorate 7,709 · Ballots cast 10,532 · EC ward code E05014158 · Back to ward index

Ramsbottom · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 16.9% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +8.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 11,556

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Cummins C.	Labour Party	2,178	18.8%	Elected
2	Pilkington T.	Labour Party	2,083	18.0%	Elected
3	Donnelly S.	Labour Party	1,948	16.9%	Elected
4	Cunliffe J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,641	14.2%
5	Schofield I.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,573	13.6%
6	Park J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,284	11.1%
7	Bristow M.	Liberal Democrats	447	3.9%
8	Slocombe M.	Green Party	402	3.5%

Electorate 9,310 · Ballots cast 11,556 · EC ward code E05014163 · Back to ward index

Radcliffe East · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 17.9% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +7.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 7,452

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Birchmore C.	RAD FIRST	1,504	20.2%	Elected
2	Mason J.	RAD FIRST	1,449	19.4%	Elected
3	Walsh M.	RAD FIRST	1,332	17.9%	Elected
4	Cathcart T.	Labour Party	762	10.2%
5	Broster M.	Labour Party	730	9.8%
6	Cathcart R.	Labour Party	728	9.8%
7	Gregory M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	306	4.1%
8	Mehboob A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	274	3.7%
9	Worthington I.	Conservative and Unionist Party	224	3.0%
10	Sharples H.	Green Party	143	1.9%

Electorate 7,987 · Ballots cast 7,452 · EC ward code E05014160 · Back to ward index

Moorside · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 18.1% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +6.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 8,207

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Walmsley S.	Labour Party	1,588	19.3%	Elected
2	Boles C.	Labour Party	1,518	18.5%	Elected
3	Peel K.	Labour Party	1,482	18.1%	Elected
4	Farid S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,106	13.5%
5	Holder M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,026	12.5%
6	Latif M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	907	11.1%
7	Heath M.	Green Party	321	3.9%
8	Hagan V.	Independent	259	3.2%

Electorate 8,474 · Ballots cast 8,207 · EC ward code E05014157 · Back to ward index

Unsworth · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 18.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +6.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 10,315

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Grimshaw J.	Labour Party	2,157	20.9%	Elected
2	Boroda N.	Labour Party	2,123	20.6%	Elected
3	Rafiq T.	Labour Party	1,938	18.8%	Elected
4	Balfour S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,451	14.1%
5	Raja S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,431	13.9%
6	Walker G.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,215	11.8%

Electorate 8,423 · Ballots cast 10,315 · EC ward code E05014168 · Back to ward index

Besses · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 20.4% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +4.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 6,863

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Bayley N.	Labour Party	1,505	21.9%	Elected
2	Whitby M.	Labour Party	1,435	20.9%	Elected
3	Smith L.	Labour Party	1,397	20.4%	Elected
4	Keeley G.	Conservative and Unionist Party	548	8.0%
5	Silbiger D.	Conservative and Unionist Party	486	7.1%
6	Shaffi T.	Conservative and Unionist Party	420	6.1%
7	Fay C.	Green Party	354	5.2%
8	West M.	Independent	317	4.6%
9	Williams M.	Liberal Democrats	176	2.6%
10	Morris S.	EDEM	166	2.4%
11	Ross D.	Communist Party of Britain	59	0.9%

Electorate 8,009 · Ballots cast 6,863 · EC ward code E05014152 · Back to ward index

Sedgley · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 22.4% Proportional quota 25.0% Difference +2.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 8,092

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Gold R.	Labour Party	1,902	23.5%	Elected
2	Quinn A.	Labour Party	1,863	23.0%	Elected
3	Quinn D.	Labour Party	1,811	22.4%	Elected
4	Vincent B.	Conservative and Unionist Party	746	9.2%
5	Aslam M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	568	7.0%
6	Raja Akhtar S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	511	6.3%
7	Heath G.	Green Party	346	4.3%
8	Heaton M.	Liberal Democrats	345	4.3%

Electorate 8,485 · Ballots cast 8,092 · EC ward code E05014165 · Back to ward index