Thousands of people headed to the ballot boxes yesterday for this year’s local elections across Bury & Rochdale.
The elections will decide who runs services such as social care, bin collections, roads, schools, and planning.
Both Bury and Rochdale councils are currently led by Labour, with a majority of 23 and 16 respectively.
This year, sees the elections go ‘all out’, meaning all seats are up for grabs due to small boundary changes in a number of wards.
Votes will be counted throughout the afternoon on Friday with declarations beginning in Rochdale at around 3pm, with Bury expected to declare results from around 5pm.
Our team will be across all the counts, and you can follow the latest in our live blog below:
Prison Officers’ Association office renamed in tribute to former deputy general secretary Joe Simpson
Oldham Active REACH programme marks 20 years supporting recovery through exercise
Fair to celebrate Rochdale as birthplace of co-operative movement
Rochdale men climb Snowdon nine times for Jolly Josh
Dangerous street set for safety improvements
Pre-school slammed by Ofsted in damning report
Hadfield cricket club welcomes new players at junior open day
M60 closed near Ashton under Lyne after evening crash causes major delays
Reform Bury Candidate accused of sharing islamophobic post
Unauthorised building work sparks outrage in Smallbridge
Rochdale book Wembley place after play off win over Scunthorpe
RECAP: Rochdale host Scunthorpe with place at Wembley up for grabs
