The current political position of Bury Council is Labour Party controlled.
There are three seats in each of the seventeen wards, which totals 51 elected seats. The breakdown of seats is:
- Labour: 30 councillors
- Radcliffe First: 6 councillors
- Reform UK - 6 councillors
- Conservative: 3 councillors
- Together For Bury: 2 councillors
- Independent: 2 councillor
- Workers Party of Britain - 1 councillor
- 1 vacancy
Leadership
- Leader of the Council: Councillor Eamonn O'Brien (Labour)
- Deputy Leader and Statutory Deputy: Councillor Lucy Smith (Labour)
- Deputy Leader: Councillor Sean Thorpe (Labour)
Council opposition groups
- Radcliffe First Group Leader: Councillor Carol Birchmore
- Radcliffe First Deputy Leader: Councillor Des Duncalfe
- Reform UK Group Leader: Councillor Jack Rydeheard
- Reform UK Deputy Leader: Councillor Jerome Roith
Cabinet portfolios and members
- Leader : Councillor Eamonn O'Brien
- Deputy Leader, Environment, Climate Change and Operations: Councillor Lucy Smith
- Deputy Leader, Finance and Corporate Services: Councillor Sean Thorpe
- Adult Care, Health and Public Service Reform: Councillor Tamoor Tariq
- Communities and Inclusion: Councillor Richard Gold
- Regeneration and Growth: Councillor Charlotte Morris
- Culture, Economy and Skills: Councillor Gavin McGill
- Housing Services: Councillor Ayesha Arif
- Children and Young People: Councilor Lucy Smith (Interim)
Deputy Cabinet members
- Environment, Climate Change and Operations: Councillor Gareth Staples Jones, Councillor Jodie Hook
- Finance and Corporate Services: Councillor Miriam Rahimov
- Adult Care, Health and Public Service Reform: Councillor Charlotte Hunt, Councillor Tom Pilkington
- Communities and Inclusion: Councillor Imran Rizvi
- Culture, Economy and Skills: Councillor Michael Rubinstein
- Housing Services: Councillor Elizabeth FitzGerald
- Children and Young People: Councillor Lynn Ryder
Shadow Cabinet
- Leader, Regeneration and growth: Councillor Carol Birchmore
- Deputy Leader, Communities and Inclusion: Councillor Des Duncalfe
- Adult Care, Health and Public Reform: Councillor Ken Simpson
- Children and Young People: Councillor Judi Sheppart
- Environment, Climate Change and Operations: Councillor Des Duncalfe
- Finance and Corporate Services: Councillor Mike Smith
- Culture, Economy and Skills: Councillor Judi Sheppard
- Housing services: Councillor Mary Walsh
Mayor of Bury
- The Mayor, Councillor Mohammed Tahir Rafiq
- Mrs Manzoor Bibi (Mayoress)
- Ms Nisa Tahir Rafiq (Mayoress)