Riding profile

Bury South

UK constituency — England · Urban · north west

The question

Bury South: who wins this toss-up?

Current forecast

Labour

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
3.0
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 31.7%
  • Reform UK 28.7%
  • Conservative 18.8%
  • Green 9.5%
  • Lib Dems 5.6%
  • Other 5.5%

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 South 31.7%28.7%18.8%9.5%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.8% +9.9 25.4% +3.3 19.3% −0.5 10.8% −1.3

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

Editorial read

Bury South, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 22-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 32% vote share, against 29% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Christian Wakeford

Sits with Labour

Since
2019-12-12
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
22.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-19.2 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Christian Wakeford Elected Labour 19,247 45.6
Arnie Saunders Conservative 9,886 23.4
Jeff Armstrong Reform UK 6,865 16.3
Michael Welton Green 2,715 6.4
Andrew Page Lib Dems 1,796 4.3
Sameera Ashraf Other 1,023 2.4
Michael Elston Other 277 0.7
Stephen Morris Other 224 0.5
Dan Ross Other 181 0.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
107,760
Median age
37
Employment rate
64.6%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029