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Bury South — 2019

Christian Wakeford (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,034 votes43.8% of 50,274 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. 43.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,274

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Christian Wakeford Conservative Party 22,034−6.2 ptsElected
2Lucy Burke Labour Party 21,632
3Richard Kilpatrick Liberal Democrats 2,315
4Andrea Livesey The Brexit Party 1,672
5Ivan Lewis Independent 1,366
6Glyn Heath Green Party 848
7Michael Boyle Independent 277
8Gemma Evans Women's Equality Party 130

Electorate 75,152 · Turnout 66.9% · Majority 402 · Back to 2019 overview

Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.