The Mayor of Bury, Councillor Tim Pickstone, with his partner Wayne Burrows who is the Mayor’s Consort. PRESTWICH councillor Tim Pickstone will be the first person in 70 years to be Mayor of Bury for a second consecutive term. Although several people have served as Bury’s ‘first citizen’ more than once in the town’s civic history, not since shortly after the Second World War has anyone held the post for two years in a row when Alderman W.K. Heaton served from 1949-51. Cllr Pickstone first made history when he became mayor last May after becoming the first to be elected by virtual video conference, due to the social distancing rules brought in to stop the spread of coronavirus.