Skip to content

North West · Former constituency (1918–1945)

Bury

Every general election in Bury since 1918 (until 1945). Latest: Conservative, majority 110.

1945 general election

PartyVotesShareShare bar
Conservative Won14,01239.9%
Labour13,90239.6%
Liberal7,21120.5%
Valid votes35,125
Majority1100.3%

Turnout 78.3% of 44,888 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%19181922192319241929193119351945Conservative, 1918: 45.9%Conservative, 1922: 41.2%Conservative, 1923: 40.3%Conservative, 1924: 46.9%Conservative, 1929: 42.2%Conservative, 1931: 70.3%Conservative, 1935: 49.4%Conservative, 1945: 39.9%Labour, 1918: 22.7%Labour, 1922: 36.7%Labour, 1923: 36.1%Labour, 1924: 36.1%Labour, 1929: 37.5%Labour, 1931: 29.7%Labour, 1935: 34.4%Labour, 1945: 39.6%Liberal, 1922: 22.1%Liberal, 1923: 23.6%Liberal, 1924: 17.0%Liberal, 1929: 20.4%Liberal, 1935: 16.2%Liberal, 1945: 20.5%Coalition Liberal, 1918: 31.4%
Vote share in Bury at each general election Con Lab Lib Co Lib

Every result

Download CSV
ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
1945ConLab1100.378.3%
1935ConLab5,58015.083.3%Con hold
1931ConLab14,44340.781.6%Con hold
1929ConLab1,6704.881.4%Con hold
1924ConLab3,09610.986.5%Con hold
1923ConLab1,1124.280.8%Con hold
1922ConLab1,1874.581.3%Con hold
1918ConCo Lib3,18114.567.0%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Bury?

The Conservatives won Bury at the 1945 general election with a majority of 110.

Which parties have won Bury?

At the 8 general elections held under this name since 1918: Conservative 8.

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

Report an error on this page