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Bury South

Shows the general election results for Bury South, which is a constituency in North West. In 2019 it had a total electorate of 75,152 and a turnout of 66.9%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2019 general election.

CON
Conservative Gain
Majority
402
Electorate
75,152
Turnout
66.9%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2019
Con 43.8%
Lab 43.0%
LD 4.6%
BRX 3.3%
Ind 2.7%
Green 1.7%
Ind 0.6%
WEP 0.3%

Party results and changes 2017 - 2019

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Christian Wakeford  Con 22,034 43.8 2.3
Lucy Burke  Lab 21,632 43.0 -10.2
Richard Kilpatrick * LD 2,315 4.6 2.5
Andrea Livesey * BRX 1,672 3.3 3.3
Ivan Lewis * Ind 1,366 2.7 2.2
Glyn Heath * Green 848 1.7 1.7
Michael Boyle * Ind 277 0.6 0.1
Gemma Evans * WEP 130 0.3 0.3
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2019

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab LD BRX Ind Green Ind WEP UKIP ED BNP Oth
2005 28.1% 50.9% 17.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3%
2010 33.6% 40.4% 18.2% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.1% 1.0% 3.6% 0.0%
2015 34.6% 45.1% 3.6% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 13.3% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 41.6% 53.3% 2.1% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 43.8% 43.0% 4.6% 3.3% 2.7% 1.7% 2.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2019

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 25.4%
1 Liverpool, Walton 74.8%
641 Bury South 0.8%
650 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 0.1%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 54.7%
1 Liverpool, Walton 84.7%
583 Bury South 43.8%
650 South Down 32.4%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 67.3%
1 East Dunbartonshire 80.3%
354 Bury South 66.9%
650 Kingston upon Hull East 49.3%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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