Bury.
Labour Party-controlled metropolitan_borough. £210m net revenue. 17 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.
Bury is a metropolitan_borough controlled by Labour Party (29 of 49 seats). Net revenue is £210m for 2025-26. It covers 17 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 59% · last contested 7 May 2026
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Bayley | Lab | Besses | 2026 |
| Miriam Rahimov | Lab | Besses | 2024 |
| Lucy Smith | Lab | Besses | 2023 |
| Ayesha Arif | Lab | Bury East | 2026 |
| Gavin Phillip McGill | Lab | Bury East | 2024 |
| Ummrana Farooq | Lab | Bury East | 2023 |
| David Hill | Ref | Bury West | 2026 |
| Dene John Vernon | Con | Bury West | 2024 |
| Shahbaz Arif | Con | Bury West | 2023 |
| Jack Bernard Rydeheard | Ref | Elton | 2026 |
| Martin John Hayes | Lab | Elton | 2024 |
| Charlotte Morris | Lab | Elton | 2023 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax councils (metropolitan_borough): 56% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (44%).
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £2,015 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £270 |
| Fire & rescue | £0 |
| GLA precept | £129 |
| Total Band-D | £2,415 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Bury split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (metropolitan_borough)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.
The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.
Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.
Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).
Top by total — last 180 days
| Supplier | Paid | Share | Pmts |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERSONA GROUP LTD | £1.61m | 4.8% | 458 |
| REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LTD | £1.59m | 4.7% | 59 |
| NORTHERN CARE ALLIANCE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST | £1.09m | 3.2% | 48 |
| ROCHDALE MBC | £0.74m | 2.2% | 11 |
| GREATER MANCHESTER PENSION FUND | £0.74m | 2.2% | 2 |
| THE GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORITY | £0.71m | 2.1% | 9 |
| NPOWER LTD | £0.66m | 1.9% | 105 |
| CUMBERLAND & WESTMORLAND SCHOOLS LTD | £0.62m | 1.8% | 30 |
| STEPPING STONES SERVICES LTD | £0.61m | 1.8% | 149 |
| CARE CONNECT | £0.41m | 1.2% | 246 |
By service area · top supplier
Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bury South | 10 | 59% | Christian Wakeford | Lab |
| Bury North | 7 | 41% | James Frith | Lab |
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 35 other councils (metropolitan_borough)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
7,085 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 30 Jan 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level