Six days to go - important information about the council elections

The Bury Council elections will take place next Thursday (7 May) – and residents are reminded of some important information.

Photo ID:

If you’re voting in person at a polling station, you will need to show identification which contains a photograph of you.

For further information about which forms of photo ID will be accepted, visit https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voterID

or call the helpline 0800 328 0280.

Polling stations:

Stations will be open from 7am to 10pm. The location of your polling station will be listed on your poll card. You can also check at https://wheredoivote.co.uk/

Postal votes:

Please send back your postal votes as soon as possible.

If you forget to return your postal vote by Thursday, you can take it to any polling station in your ward on polling day, or take it to Bury Town Hall.

The poll:

At these elections, one third of the council’s 51 seats will be contested – one in each of Bury’s 17 wards.

The exception is in Moorside ward, where the election has been cancelled following the death of one of the candidates. The Moorside poll will be rescheduled to take place within 35 working days of 7 May.

Voters in Moorside will be informed of the new date, and sent new polling cards.

Voters in all other wards should go to the polls as normal on Thursday 7 May.

The results:

The votes will be counted on Friday 8 May. The count will be live streamed at (https://councilstream.com/burycouncil/localelections2026) and published on our website (www.bury.gov.uk) and on our social media accounts X and Facebook(@BuryCouncil).

ENDS

Press release issued: 1 May 2026.