UK general elections › 2010 › Bury North
Bury North — 2010
David Nuttall (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,070 votes— 40.2% of 44,961 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 40.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,961
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Nuttall | Conservative Party | 18,070 | −9.8 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Maryam Khan | Labour Party | 15,827 | — | ||
| 3 | Richard Baum | Liberal Democrats | 7,645 | — | ||
| 4 | John Maude | British National Party | 1,825 | — | ||
| 5 | Stephen Evans | UK Independence Party | 1,282 | — | ||
| 6 | Bill Brison | Independent | 181 | — | ||
| 7 | Graeme Lambert | Pirate Party UK | 131 | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.