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: 32 councillors
- Conservative: 6 councillors
- Radcliffe First: 8 councillors
- Independent: 5 councillor.
Leadership
- Leader of the Council: Councillor Eamonn O'Brien (Labour)
- Deputy Leader and Statutory Deputy: Councillor Lucy Smith (Labour)
- Deputy Leader: Councillor Sean Thorpe
Council opposition groups
- Radcliffe First Group Leader: Councillor Mike Smith
- Radcliffe First Deputy Leader: Councillor Carol Birchmore
- Conservative Group Leader: Councillor RJack Rydeheard
- Conservative Deputy Leader: Councillor Shabaz Arif
Cabinet portfolios and members
- Leader, Strategic Growth: Councillor Eamonn O'Brien
- Adult Care, Health and Public Service Reform: Councillor Tamoor Tariq
- Children and Young People: Councillor Lucy Smith
- Environment, Climate Change and Operations: Councillor Alan Quinn
- Finance and Transformation: Councillor Sean Thorpe
- Culture Economy and Skills: Councillor Charlotte Morris
- Customer Service, Communications and Corporate Affairs: Councillor Richard Gold
- Housing Services: Councillor Clare Cummins
- Communities and Inclusion: Councilor Sandra Walmsley
Deputy Cabinet members
- Children and Young People Services: Councillor Nikki Frith and Councillor John Southworth
- Communities and Inclusion: Councillor Ummrana Farooq
- Health and Wellbeing: Councillor Tom Pilkington and Councillor Ayesha Arif
- Environment, Climate Change and Operations: Councillor Gareth Staples-Jones
- Customer Service, Communications and Corporate Affairs: Councillor Joan Grimshaw
- Housing Services: Councillor Elizabeth FitzGerald
Shadow Cabinet
- Leader, Strategic growth: Councillor Mike Smith
- Deputy Leader, Culture, the Economy and Skills: Cllr Carol Birchmore
- Communities and inclusion: Councillor Carol Birchmore
- Adult Care, Health and Public Reform: Councillor Ken Simpson
- Children and Young People: Councillor Mary Walsh
- Environment, Climate Change and Operations: Councillor Des Duncalfe
- Finance and transformation: Councillor Donald Berry
- Customer Service, Communications and Corporate Affairs: Councillor Glyn Marsden
- Housing services: Councillor Andrea Booth
Mayor of Bury
- Councillor Noel Bayley
- Ms Gillian Campbell (Mayoress)
- Councillor Elliot Moss (Mayor's Consort)