Election 97

Bury North


Result 97 gain
from Conservative
Current MP 97 Alistair Burt
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 20,657 (37.5%)
Labour 97 28,523 (51.8%)
LibDem 97 4,536 ( 8.2%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 1,337 ( 2.4%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 70,515
Turnout 97 55,053 (78.1%)



1992 MP Alistair Burt
Old constituency name Bury North
Majority 92 4,764 ( 8.1%)
Conservative 92 29,266 (49.7%)
Labour 92 24,502 (41.6%)
LibDem 92 5,010 ( 8.5%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 163 ( 0.3%)
Elected party 92 Conservative
Electorate 92 70,245
Turnout 92 58,941 (83.9%)
Bury North



Tory change -12.1%
Labour change +10.2%
Lib Dem change -0.3%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +2.2%
Electorate change +0.4%
Turnout Change -5.8%
Robert Waller wrote

There are no boundary changes to muddy the waters in the borough of Bury in northern Greater Manchester. Bury North is the safer of the two marginal Conservative seats there. The MP Alastair Burt has become well established in North, and won by nearly 5,000 in 1992.

North contains most of the town of Bury itself, plus some smaller communities which may have started their life as textile and manufacturing communities, but which have become popular commuting bases for Manchester and other parts - Ramsbottom would be a good example of this. The result is that Bury North may be a harder nut to crack than it at first sight seems. It ranks 54th on Labour's target list.


Super Profiles

4,582 11.70 9.03 130
2,317 5.92 11.17 53
6,866 17.54 11.25 156
10,251 26.18 14.70 178
1,460 3.73 10.45 36
0 0.00 2.81 0
2,531 6.46 8.01 81
4,305 10.99 15.25 72
4,477 11.43 7.13 160
2,114 5.40 10.17 53