Riding profile

Bury North

UK constituency — England · Urban · north west

The question

Bury North: who wins this toss-up?

Current forecast

Labour

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
0.7
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 30.1%
  • Reform UK 29.4%
  • Conservative 22.4%
  • Green 7.1%
  • Other 7.0%
  • Lib Dems 3.8%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Birmingham ErdingtonReform UK60 %0.5 pt margin
  2. Derby NorthLabour62 %0.5 pt margin
  3. Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastReform UK62 %0.5 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Labour Reform UK Conservative Green
HereBury North 30.1%29.4%22.4%7.1%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.8% +8.3 25.4% +4.1 19.3% +3.0 10.8% −3.7

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Editorial read

Bury North, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 15-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 30% vote share, against 29% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Mr James Frith

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
15.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-14.6 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
James Frith Elected Labour 19,625 43.1
James Daly Conservative 12,681 27.9
Lynda Rosewell Reform UK 7,385 16.2
Shafat Ali Other 1,917 4.2
Owain Sutton Green 1,747 3.8
Mark Alcock Lib Dems 1,317 2.9
Anwarul Haq Other 571 1.3
Spencer Donnelly Other 277 0.6

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
103,270
Median age
41
Employment rate
71.4%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029