Photo: John Tomlinson · CC BY-SA 2.0Labour holds a majority on Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Ramsbottom is run by Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. Labour has a majority on Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. Its MP is Mr James Frith (Labour), member for Bury North.
£2,555
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Ramsbottom’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Labour holds a majority on Bury Metropolitan Borough Council: 30 of its 50 seats as elected. Radcliffe First holds 7, Reform UK 6, the Conservatives 5, independents 1 and Workers Party of Britain 1. Who’s in charge ↓
The 2026 vote
Across Ramsbottom’s wards, Labour took 35.8%, Reform UK took 29.4% and the Conservatives took 20% of votes in May 2026. In 2024, Labour had 53.2%. How Ramsbottom has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Ramsbottom is £2,555 for 2026–27; Bury Metropolitan Borough Council keeps 83% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 63% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 26 of Bury’s 50 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour30
- Radcliffe First7
- Reform UK6
- Conservative5
- Independent1
- Workers Party of Britain1
Latest election: May 2026.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
The councils that run Ramsbottom
One council runs every main service here.
Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Website ↗Transport, skills and regeneration across several council areas. It is led by an elected mayor.
Mayor: Bev Craig (Labour and Co-operative), elected July 2026
Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: here one council runs every main service.
All of Ramsbottom is unparished: there is no parish or town council, so the council runs local matters itself and no parish precept is added to the bill.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the council to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Ramsbottom, from the most recent elections.
- 1Bury Metropolitan Borough Council2 wards · 6 councillorsCharlotte Louise HuntTom PilkingtonGareth Edward Staples-JonesJulie Anne SouthworthJohn SouthworthKhalid Hussain
- 2Mayor of Greater ManchesterGreater Manchester · elected July 2026Bev Craig
- 3House of CommonsBury North
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
6 councillors for 2 wards
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Charlotte Louise HuntLabour · May 2026
- Tom PilkingtonLabour · May 2024
- Gareth Edward Staples-JonesLabour · May 2023
- Julie Anne SouthworthLabour · May 2026
- John SouthworthLabour · May 2024
- Khalid HussainConservative · May 2023
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsbottomall in Ramsbottom · 11,470 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 | 3 | Charlotte Louise HuntTom PilkingtonGareth Edward Staples-Jones | May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 |
| North Manormostly in Ramsbottom · 5,604 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 | 3 | Julie Anne SouthworthJohn SouthworthKhalid Hussain | May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Bury Metropolitan Borough Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Who led each council vote, 2022–2026
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Ramsbottom’s wards at each scheduled council election since 2021. A gap is a year with no election here.
Seats won at each election
Show as a table
| Party | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 13% | 8.8% | 3.4% | 9.8% |
| Labour | 35.2% | 48.3% | 53.2% | 35.8% |
| Liberal Democrat | 5.5% | 3.9% | 3.2% | 1.3% |
| Conservative | 46.4% | 39% | 38.6% | 20% |
| Reform UK | 0% | 0% | 0% | 29.4% |
In 2026, Labour won 2 of the 2 seats up in Ramsbottom’s wards.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.
Bury council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Ramsbottom, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
2 wards voted. Bury elects a third of its councillors at a time, so a third of the seats were up.
No election is scheduled yet for Ramsbottom’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗4,501 votes for candidates
4,423 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Ramsbottom is in Bury North constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Ramsbottom).
45,520 votes for candidates · majority 6,944
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 45,520 votes from 77,686 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 6,944 of 45,520 votes (15.3%): wider than in 54% of England’s 543 constituencies.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Ramsbottom’s Band D council tax is £2,555 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council keeps £2,115.90 of a Band D bill (83%); the rest goes to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
Band D since 1993
Bury’s Band D bill has risen 63% in ten years, from £1,571.29 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £607.50 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in the unparished part of Bury, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Greater Manchester’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,000.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Greater Manchester
| Bury | Ramsbottom’s councils | Greater Manchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £478 | £486 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £330 | £343 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £17 | £24 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £41 | £60 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £44 | £69 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £31 | £55 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £10 | £28 | £26 |
| Public health | £66 | £87 | £78 |
| Running the council | £42 | £57 | £59 |
| Other | £41 | £17 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,098 | £1,226 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Greater Manchester and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Ramsbottom is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
bury.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
bury.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Ramsbottom is run
Does Ramsbottom have a town council?
No. Ramsbottom is unparished, so there is no town or parish council and no parish precept.
Who is the MP for Ramsbottom?
Mr James Frith (Labour) is the MP for Bury North, which covers Ramsbottom.
How many councillors does Ramsbottom have?
6 ward councillors represent Ramsbottom’s 2 wards.
When are the next elections in Ramsbottom?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Ramsbottom’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Ramsbottom?
Band D council tax in Ramsbottom is £2,555 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Bury Metropolitan Borough Council?
Labour has a majority: 30 of 50 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2026 council election in Ramsbottom?
In Ramsbottom’s wards on 7 May 2026, Labour 2 of the 2 seats up. Labour had the largest share of votes, 35.8%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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