UK general elections › 2010 › Bury South
Bury South — 2010
Ivan Lewis (Labour Party) was elected with 19,508 votes— 40.4% of 48,267 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. 40.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,267
| 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 | Ivan Lewis | Labour Party | 19,508 | −9.6 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Michelle Wiseman | Conservative Party | 16,216 | — | ||
| 3 | Victor D'Albert | Liberal Democrats | 8,796 | — | ||
| 4 | Jean Purdy | British National Party | 1,743 | — | ||
| 5 | Paul Chadwick | UK Independence Party | 1,017 | — | ||
| 6 | Valarie Morris | English Democrats | 494 | — | ||
| 7 | George Heron | Green Party | 493 | — |
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.