Photo: Impudicus · CC BY-SA 4.0Labour holds a majority on Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Simister is run by Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. Labour has a majority on Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. Its MP is Christian Wakeford (Labour), member for Bury South.
£2,555
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Simister’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 Simister’s wards, Labour took 36.8%, Reform UK took 27% and the Greens took 25.1% of votes in May 2026. In 2024, Labour had 45.2%. How Simister has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Simister 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 Simister
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 Simister 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 Simister, from the most recent elections.
- 1Bury Metropolitan Borough Council1 ward · 3 councillorsAdnan ChaudhryImran Raza RizviLynn Barbara Ryder
- 2Mayor of Greater ManchesterGreater Manchester · elected July 2026Bev Craig
- 3House of CommonsBury South
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.
3 councillors for 1 ward
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.
- Adnan ChaudhryLabour · May 2026
- Imran Raza RizviLabour · May 2024
- Lynn Barbara RyderLabour · May 2023
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holyrood9% in Simister · 1,054 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 | 3 | Adnan ChaudhryImran Raza RizviLynn Barbara Ryder | 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).
Labour has led every council vote since 2022
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Simister’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 | 3.2% | 4.4% | 7.3% | 25.1% |
| Labour | 45.6% | 47.6% | 45.2% | 36.8% |
| Liberal Democrat | 42% | 40.6% | 38.8% | 0% |
| Conservative | 9.1% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 8.8% |
| Reform UK | 0% | 0% | 0% | 27% |
In 2026, Labour won 1 of the 1 seats up in Simister’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 Simister, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward 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 Simister’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗4,034 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Simister is in Bury South constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Simister).
42,214 votes for candidates · majority 9,361
Labour, MP since 12 December 2019.
turnout in July 2024: 42,214 votes from 75,326 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 9,361 of 42,214 votes (22.2%): wider than in 71% 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.
Simister’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 | Simister’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 Simister 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 Simister is run
Does Simister have a town council?
No. Simister is unparished, so there is no town or parish council and no parish precept.
Who is the MP for Simister?
Christian Wakeford (Labour) is the MP for Bury South, which covers Simister.
How many councillors does Simister have?
3 ward councillors represent Simister’s 1 ward.
When are the next elections in Simister?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Simister’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Simister?
Band D council tax in Simister 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 Simister?
In Simister’s wards on 7 May 2026, Labour 1 of the 1 seats up. Labour had the largest share of votes, 36.8%.
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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