Metropolitan Borough of Bury

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Metropolitan Borough of Bury

Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	North West England
Ceremonial County:	Greater Manchester
Historic County:	Lancashire
Area: - Total	Ranked 244th 99.48 km²
Admin. HQ:	Bury
ONS code:	00BM
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 81st 183,500 1,845 / km²
Ethnicity:	93.9% White 4.0% S.Asian
Politics
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.bury.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour (council NOC)
MPs:	David Chaytor, Ivan Lewis

The Metropolitan borough of Bury is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in the northwest of England. Lying to the north of the City of Manchester, the borough consists of six towns: Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich, and has a population of 181,900.

The metropolitan borough, which is 24,511 acres in land area, came into existence on April 1, 1974, with the transfer of functions from the county borough of Bury and the boroughs of Prestwich and Radcliffe, along with the urban districts of Tottington and Whitefield, and part of the urban district of Ramsbottom.

1 Parliamentary constituencies
2 Unparished Areas
3 Twin Towns
4 Lowry painting controversy
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Parliamentary constituencies

The Metropolitan Borough of Bury currently consists of two parliamentary constituencies:

Bury North - David Chaytor
Bury South - Ivan Lewis

[edit] Unparished Areas

Showing former status (prior to 1974)

The entirety of the borough is unparished.

Bury (County Borough)
Prestwich (Municipal Borough)
Radcliffe (Municipal Borough)
Ramsbottom (Urban District) (part)
Tottington (Urban District)
Whitefield (Urban District)

[edit] Twin Towns

China

Datong, Shanxi province.

France

Angoulême, Charente département
Tulle, Corrèze département

Germany

Schorndorf

USA

Woodbury, New Jersey

[edit] Lowry painting controversy

In 2006, facing a budget shortfall of over £10 million, Bury Metropolitan Council decided to sell its painting by L. S. Lowry called "A Riverbank". The work - depicting the River Irwell - cost £175 in 1951^{[citation needed]} and was expected to fetch between £500,000 and £800,000.^{[citation needed]}

Between the announcement and the sale at Christie's, the council was accused of "selling off the family silver". The authority, which had the painting on display at Bury Museum and Art Gallery, said it was putting its people before a picture.

The painting raised £1.25 million for the authority on 17 November 2006 at the auction in London, costing the bidder £1,408.000 including commission^[1].

The sale of the painting could result in the council being degreistered by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, and lose educational grants of £25,000 per annum^[2].

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Bury MBC website

Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester

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