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**Bury North**
Bury North; Borough constituency
	;
	Bury North shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	David Chaytor
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater Manchester
EP constituency:	North West England

Coordinates: 53°36′25″N 2°17′56″W / 53.607°N 2.299°W / 53.607; -2.299

Bury North 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. It is a marginal seat between Labour and the Conservatives.

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency of Bury North covers the towns of Ramsbottom, Tottington and Bury.

Following the 2000 Boundary Review, the local government ward of Unsworth is transferred from Bury North to Bury South. No other changes are suggested. A traditional Labour-Conservative marginal, Ramsbottom and Tottington are mostly Tory, whereas the town of Bury itself (particularly the Bury East ward) is generally more favourable to Labour, but not always overwhelmingly so.

[edit] History

The Bury North constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the former seats of Rossendale and Bury & Radcliffe. In those boundary changes Ramsbottom was transferred from Rossendale to Bury North, while with the loss of Ramsbottom, Rossendale was linked with Darwen.

On 2 June 2009 the MP, David Chaytor announced that he would not be standing at the next General Election.[1].

On 23rd November 2009 it was announced that Manchester Councillor Maryam Khan had been selected as the Labour Party candidate for the next general election [2]

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Alistair Burt	Conservative
	1997	David Chaytor	Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2010: Bury North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Baum
	Labour	Maryam Khan
	Conservative	David Nuttall

General Election 2005: Bury North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Chaytor	19,130	43.0	−8.2
	Conservative	David Nuttall	16,204	36.5	−0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Wilf Davison	6,514	14.7	+2.5
	BNP	Stewart Clough	1,790	4.0
	UKIP	Philip Silver	476	1.1
	Socialist Labour	Ryan O'Neill	172	0.4
	Veritas	Ian Upton	153	0.3
Majority			2,926	6.6	−8.0
Turnout			44,439	61.5	−1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.0

General Election 2001: Bury North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Chaytor	22,945	51.2	−0.6
	Conservative	John Walsh	16,413	36.6	−0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Bryn Hackley	5,430	12.1	+3.9
Majority			6,532	14.6	+0.3
Turnout			44,788	63.0	−14.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.1

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Bury North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Chaytor	28,523	51.8	+10.2
	Conservative	Alistair Burt	20,657	37.5	−12.1
	Liberal Democrat	Neville Kenyon	4,536	8.2	−0.3
	Referendum Party	R. S. Hallewell	1,337	2.4
Majority			7,866	14.3
Turnout			55,053	77.8	−6.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.2

General Election 1992: Bury North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alistair Burt	29,266	49.7	−0.4
	Labour	Jim Dobbin	24,502	41.6	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Colin McGrath	5,010	8.5	−3.6
	Natural Law	M. S. Sullivan	163	0.3
Majority			4,764	8.1	−4.2
Turnout			58,941	84.8	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.1

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Bury North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alistair Burt	28,097	50.1	+4.6
	Labour	D. A. Crausby	21,186	37.8	−2.4
	Liberal	D. Vasmer	6,804	12.1	−2.2
Majority			6,911	12.3	+7.0
Turnout			56,087	82.5	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.5

General Election 1983: Bury North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alistair Burt	23,923	45.5
	Labour	F. R. White	21,131	40.2
	Liberal	Mrs. E. M. Wilson	7,550	14.4
Majority			2,792	5.3
Turnout			52,604	79.6

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

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