Bury South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bury South Borough constituency
Bury South shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Ivan Lewis
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater Manchester
EP constituency:	North West England

Bury South 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The Bury South constituency covers the towns of Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich, a notable Jewish area. Strangely, the Bury South constituency includes the Bolton area of Breightmet, which borders with Bury. The name of the seat is misleading as it does not contain any area of the town of Bury itself, but only towns in the south of the borough. It has swung strongly in Labour's favour since that party regained it in 1997.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1983—1997: David Sumberg (Conservative)
• 1997—current: Ivan Lewis (Labour)

[edit] Election results

Next United Kingdom general election: Bury South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Victor D'Albert
	Labour	Ivan Lewis
	Conservative	Michelle Wiseman

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
	UK Independence	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

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

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

Constituencies in North West England
Labour	Ashton-under-Lyne | Barrow and Furness | Birkenhead | Blackburn | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Blackpool South | Bolton North East | Bolton South East | Bolton West | Bootle | Burnley | Bury North | Bury South | Carlisle | Chorley | City of Chester | Copeland | Crosby | Denton and Reddish | Eccles | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Halton | Heywood and Middleton | Hyndburn | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Knowsley South | Leigh | Liverpool Garston | Liverpool Riverside | Liverpool Walton | Liverpool Wavertree | Liverpool West Derby | Makerfield | Manchester Blackley | Manchester Central | Manchester Gorton | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Oldham West and Royton | Pendle | Preston | Rossendale and Darwen | Salford | South Ribble | St Helens North | St Helens South | Stalybridge and Hyde | Stockport | Stretford and Urmston | Wallasey | Warrington North | Warrington South | Weaver Vale | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral South | Wirral West | Workington | Worsley | Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative	Altrincham and Sale West | Crewe and Nantwich | Congleton | Eddisbury | Fylde | Lancaster and Wyre | Macclesfield | Penrith and The Border | Ribble Valley | Tatton
Liberal Democrat	Cheadle | Hazel Grove | Manchester Withington | Rochdale | Southport | Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West European constituency: Conservative (4) | Labour (3) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1)