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: 10 councillors
- Radcliffe First: 8 councillors
- Independent: 1 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
- Conservative Group Leader: Councillor Russell Bernstein
- Conservative Deputy Leader: Councillor Jo Lancaster
- Radcliffe First Group Leader: Councillor Mike Smith
- Radcliffe First Deputy Leader: Councillor Carol Birchmore
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, Corporate Core and Place: Councillor Russell Bernstein
- Deputy Leader, Children, Young People and Skills: Councillor Jo Lancaster
- Health and Adult Social Care: Councillor Luis McBriar
- Communities and Environment: Councillor Shabhaz Arif
- Housing and Culture: Councillor Iain Gartside
- Finance, Operations and Whip: Councillor Dene Vernon
Mayor of Bury
- Councillor Noel Bayley
- Ms Gillian Campbell (Mayoress)
- Councillor Elliot Moss (Mayor's Consort)