Following receipt of a Valid Petition requesting a Referendum for an Elected Mayor with Cabinet, the Council was required under statute to prepare proposals to be submitted to the Secretary of State for the governance of the Council under that Model and also, in the event of the rejection of the proposals in the Petition by the Referendum, Fall Back Proposals for the governance of the Council.
After consultations on the proposals, a Referendum of all Local Government Electors in the Borough took place on Thursday 3 July 2008. The ballot paper asked each voter:-
"Are you in favour of the proposal for Bury Metropolitan Borough Council to be run in a new way, which includes a Mayor who will be elected by the voters of that borough, to be in charge of the Council's services and to lead Bury Metropolitan Borough Council and the community which it serves?"
Each elector was allowed one vote, either 'yes' or 'no'. The result of the Referendum was 10,338 'yes' votes and 15,425 'no' votes. The proposal for an Elected Mayor for the Borough was rejected and it will not be permissible to hold a further Referendum in the next ten years under current legislation.
Please click on the link below to view the detailed voter turnout for all Wards of the Borough.
results of the mayoral referendum (31kb 2 page pdf)
