Constituency profile

Bury North

North West · Borough constituency · Bury borough

Mr James Frith MP
Sitting MP

Mr James Frith

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
North West
Borough constituency, Bury council
Last 5 GE winners
CCLCL
Conservative 3/5, Labour 2/5
EU referendum 2016
53.7% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +1.8pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +12.8pp
vs Reform UK 26.6%
NorthernBrexit-marginal

About the Bury North constituency

Bury North is a borough constituency in the North West. The sitting MP is Mr James Frith (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 43.1% to 27.9% for the Conservatives, a majority of 6,944 votes on a 58.6% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 39.4% and Reform UK on 26.6%, a margin of 12.8 points.

Who lives in Bury North? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
53.7%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
30.8%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
19.1%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
67.5%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
32.0%
UK average ~36%
Median age
42.0
UK median ~40
Age 65+
23.7%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
28.1%
UK average ~28%

How did Bury North vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab gain from Con · majority 6,944 votes (15.2pp) · turnout 58.6%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Bury North

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Bury North within Bury

Bury North sits entirely within Bury Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Bury
63 LSOAs
100%View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Bury EastLabour 47.3%vs Conservative 26.0%May 2026 Labour 33.8%vs Reform 29.5%
Labour share
-13.5pp
35.0%
Bury WestLabour 38.4%vs Conservative 33.1%May 2026 Reform 34.7%vs Conservative 31.3%
Labour→Reform
+19.8pp
50.0%
EltonLabour 42.1%vs Conservative 28.6%May 2026 Reform 40.7%vs Labour 27.8%
Labour→Reform
+19.0pp
45.0%
MoorsideLabour 45.7%vs Conservative 23.2%2024 Labour 43.9%vs Others 31.3%-32.0%
North ManorLabour 44.7%vs Conservative 32.4%May 2026 Labour 35.3%vs Reform 29.6%
Labour share
-9.4pp
55.0%
Radcliffe North & AinsworthLabour 35.1%vs Conservative 27.6%May 2026 Reform 35.8%vs Others 35.7%
Labour→Reform
+19.9pp
42.0%
RamsbottomLabour 49.0%vs Conservative 26.1%May 2026 Labour 36.3%vs Reform 29.3%
Labour share
-12.7pp
50.0%
RedvalesLabour 47.9%vs Conservative 23.3%May 2026 Others 36.1%vs Labour 22.6%
Labour→Others
+30.7pp
41.0%
TottingtonLabour 36.1%vs Conservative 30.8%May 2026 Others 42.1%vs Reform 28.7%
Labour→Others
+34.4pp
50.0%
UnsworthLabour 41.5%vs Conservative 24.3%May 2026 Reform 34.1%vs Labour 25.9%
Labour→Reform
+16.5pp
47.0%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Bury North at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Bury North at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con gain from LabDavid Nuttall35.2%40.2%17.0%2.9% UKIP-4.8%2,24367.3%
2015Con holdDavid Nuttall41.1%41.9%2.1%12.4% UKIP2.5%-37866.9%-0.4
2017Lab gain from ConJames Frith53.6%44.5%1.9%---4,37570.9%+4.0
2019notionalConservative winnerJames Daly 2019 MP, pre-review boundary44.9%47.3%3.1%-1.8%2.9%1,28269.4%-1.5
2024Lab gain from ConJames Frith43.1%27.9%2.9%16.2% Ref3.8%6.1%6,94458.6%-10.8

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Bury North

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Bury North. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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