Bury

The consultation on warding arrangements for Bury Council closed on 16th March 2021.

From 06 January to 16 March 2021, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on where you believe ward boundaries should be in Bury Council.  

The Commission is minded to recommend that Bury Council should have 51 councillors in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors. 

The Commission now needs information from people and groups across Bury to help it to produce new ward boundaries to accommodate 51 councillors. 

For more information, see our: 

• News release  
• Letter to the Chief Executive of Bury Council 
• Electoral figures 
• Promotional posters [1][2] 
• Bury polling district map (Please note, polling district mapping data has been supplied by Bury Council and may contain boundary errors.) 

To view an interactive map of the existing warding boundaries, visit our consultation area. You can search by area or postcode, and have your say. A non-interactive image of the current ward boundaries is also available.  

You can make a submission to the Bury electoral review: 

1. through our consultation area,  

2. by e-mailing [email protected], or  

3. writing to the following address: 

The Review Officer (Bury) 

LGBCE

PO Box 133

Blyth

NE24 9FE

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.  

For a quick guide on how to propose a pattern of wards click here. 

You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under. 

As part of the initial stages of the review, we consulted with Bury Council on the most appropriate number of councillors to be elected to the council in future.  

We received one submission on council size: 

• Bury Council 

The Commission is minded to recommend that 51 councillors should serve Bury Council in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors. 

The Boundary Committee for England (BCFE) began reviewing the electoral arrangements on 14 May 2002.

The Order implementing The Electoral Commission's decision on the final recommendations of this review can be viewed on Her Majesty's Stationery Office's website. The current boundaries of the electoral wards and divisions can be viewed on Ordnance Survey's election maps website. Parish warding is not shown on the election maps website. It can be seen on the mapping from the Committee's final recommendations below; any modifications are listed in the Explanatory Note at the back of the Order.

Final recommendations, published on 30 September 2003.

Map 1 Existing wards in Bury

Map 2 Our final recommendations for Bury

Map 3 illustrates, in outline form, the proposed ward boundaries and indicates the areas which are shown in more detail in the large maps.

Large map 1, large map 2 and large map 3 illustrate the existing and proposed warding arrangements for Bury.

Draft recommendations, published on 25 February 2003.

Map 1 Existing wards in Bury

Map 2 Our draft recommendations for Bury

Map 3 illustrates, in outline form, the proposed ward boundaries and indicates the areas which are shown in more detail in the large maps.

Large map 1, Large map 2 and Large map 3 illustrate the existing and proposed warding arrangements for Bury