Coordinates: 53°36′25″N 2°17′56″W / 53.607°N 2.299°W
| Bury North Borough constituency |
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| Bury North shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | David Chaytor |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Greater Manchester |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Bury North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is a marginal seat between Labour and the Conservatives.
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Boundaries
The constituency of Bury North covers the towns of Ramsbottom, Tottington and Bury.
Following the 2000 Boundary Review, the local government ward of Unsworth is transferred from Bury North to Bury South. No other changes are suggested. A traditional Labour-Conservative marginal, Ramsbottom and Tottington are mostly Tory, whereas the town of Bury itself (particularly the Bury East ward) is generally more favourable to Labour, but not always overwhelmingly so.
History
The Bury North constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the former seats of Rossendale and Bury & Radcliffe. In those boundary changes Ramsbottom was transferred from Rossendale to Bury North, while with the loss of Ramsbottom, Rossendale was linked with Darwen.
On 2 June 2009 the MP, David Chaytor announced that he would not be standing at the next General Election.[1].
On 23rd November 2009 it was announced that Manchester Councillor Maryam Khan had been selected as the Labour Party candidate for the next general election [2]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Alistair Burt | Conservative | |
| 1997 | David Chaytor | Labour | |
Election results
Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2010: Bury North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Richard Baum | ||||
| Labour | Maryam Khan | ||||
| Conservative | David Nuttall | ||||
| General Election 2005: Bury North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Chaytor | 19,130 | 43.0 | −8.2 | |
| Conservative | David Nuttall | 16,204 | 36.5 | −0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Wilf Davison | 6,514 | 14.7 | +2.5 | |
| BNP | Stewart Clough | 1,790 | 4.0 | ||
| UKIP | Philip Silver | 476 | 1.1 | ||
| Socialist Labour | Ryan O'Neill | 172 | 0.4 | ||
| Veritas | Ian Upton | 153 | 0.3 | ||
| Majority | 2,926 | 6.6 | −8.0 | ||
| Turnout | 44,439 | 61.5 | −1.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −4.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Bury North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Chaytor | 22,945 | 51.2 | −0.6 | |
| Conservative | John Walsh | 16,413 | 36.6 | −0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Bryn Hackley | 5,430 | 12.1 | +3.9 | |
| Majority | 6,532 | 14.6 | +0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 44,788 | 63.0 | −14.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Bury North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Chaytor | 28,523 | 51.8 | +10.2 | |
| Conservative | Alistair Burt | 20,657 | 37.5 | −12.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Neville Kenyon | 4,536 | 8.2 | −0.3 | |
| Referendum Party | R. S. Hallewell | 1,337 | 2.4 | ||
| Majority | 7,866 | 14.3 | |||
| Turnout | 55,053 | 77.8 | −6.9 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.2 | |||
| General Election 1992: Bury North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Alistair Burt | 29,266 | 49.7 | −0.4 | |
| Labour | Jim Dobbin | 24,502 | 41.6 | +3.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Colin McGrath | 5,010 | 8.5 | −3.6 | |
| Natural Law | M. S. Sullivan | 163 | 0.3 | ||
| Majority | 4,764 | 8.1 | −4.2 | ||
| Turnout | 58,941 | 84.8 | +2.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.1 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
| General Election 1987: Bury North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Alistair Burt | 28,097 | 50.1 | +4.6 | |
| Labour | D. A. Crausby | 21,186 | 37.8 | −2.4 | |
| Liberal | D. Vasmer | 6,804 | 12.1 | −2.2 | |
| Majority | 6,911 | 12.3 | +7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 56,087 | 82.5 | +2.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
| General Election 1983: Bury North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Alistair Burt | 23,923 | 45.5 | ||
| Labour | F. R. White | 21,131 | 40.2 | ||
| Liberal | Mrs. E. M. Wilson | 7,550 | 14.4 | ||
| Majority | 2,792 | 5.3 | |||
| Turnout | 52,604 | 79.6 | |||
See also
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