Bury South (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 53°34′48″N 2°17′56″W / 53.580°N 2.299°W
| Bury South | |
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| Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Bury South in Greater Manchester. |
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 Location of Greater Manchester within England. |
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| County | Greater Manchester |
| Electorate | 75,140 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Prestwich, Radcliffe, Whitefield |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | Ivan Lewis (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Middleton and Prestwich & Bury and Radcliffe |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Bury South is a borough 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. Since 1997 the MP has been Ivan Lewis of the Labour Party.
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[edit] Boundaries
The Bury South constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the former seats of Middleton and Prestwich & Bury and Radcliffe. It covers the suburban towns of Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich. The name of the seat is somewhat misleading as it does not contain any area of Bury itself, but only towns in the south of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | David Sumberg | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Ivan Lewis | Labour | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Bury South[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ivan Lewis | 19,508 | 40.4 | −10.5 | |
| Conservative | Michelle Wiseman | 16,216 | 33.6 | +5.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Vic D'Albert | 8,796 | 18.2 | +1.1 | |
| BNP | Jean Purdy | 1,743 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Paul Chadwick | 1,017 | 2.1 | −0.5 | |
| English Democrats | Valerie Morris | 494 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Green | George Heron | 493 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,292 | 6.8 | −16.0 | ||
| Turnout | 48,267 | 65.6 | +7.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −8.0 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Bury South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ivan Lewis | 19,741 | 50.4 | -8.8 | |
| Conservative | Alex Williams | 10,829 | 27.7 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Victor D'Albert | 6,968 | 17.8 | +3.9 | |
| UKIP | Jim Greenhalgh | 1,059 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| Independent | Yvonne Hossack | 557 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 8,912 | 22.8 | |||
| Turnout | 39,154 | 58.5 | -0.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.8 | |||
| General Election 2001: Bury South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ivan Lewis | 23,406 | 59.2 | +2.3 | |
| Conservative | Nicola Le Page | 10,634 | 26.9 | -5.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Tim Pickstone | 5,499 | 13.9 | +5.5 | |
| Majority | 12,772 | 32.3 | |||
| Turnout | 39,539 | 58.8 | -16.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 3.85 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Bury South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ivan Lewis | 28,658 | 56.9 | ||
| Conservative | David Sumberg | 16,277 | 32.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Victor D'Albert | 4,227 | 8.4 | ||
| Referendum Party | B. Slater | 1,216 | 2.4 | ||
| Majority | 12,381 | 24.6 | |||
| Turnout | 50,378 | 75.7 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1992: Bury South[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Sumberg | 24,873 | 46.0 | 0.0 | |
| Labour | Hazel Blears | 24,085 | 44.6 | +3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Adrian H. Cruden | 4,832 | 8.9 | -4.1 | |
| Natural Law | Mrs Norma A. Sullivan | 228 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 788 | 1.5 | -3.7 | ||
| Turnout | 54,018 | 82.1 | +2.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -1.9 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)[self-published source?][better source needed]
- ^ BBC - Election 2010 - Bury South
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
