UK Explained

Bury North

Represented in Parliament by Mr James Frith (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

James Frith, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Bury North compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 500 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £693£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 515 areas and lower than 133.

UK 3.9%This area 4.7%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Bury North£6934.7%
Rotherham£6924.7%
Hastings and Rye£6964.8%
Ipswich£6854.7%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

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Who lives in Bury North

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people103,16159,597,740 in total
Aged under 1619%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over20%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher31%34%3 points lower
Households that own their home68%62%5 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association15%17%2 points lower
Households renting privately17%20%3 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
James Frith

Labour

MAJORITY
6,944

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
59%

of people who could vote did

James Frith won with 43% of the votes, and James Daly (Conservative) came second with 28%.

Votes for each party

Labour43% · 19,625
Conservative28% · 12,681
Reform UK16% · 7,385
Workers Party of Britain4% · 1,917
Green Party4% · 1,747
Liberal Democrat3% · 1,317
Everyone else2% · 848
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
James FrithLabour19,62543.1%
James DalyConservative12,68127.9%
Lynda RosewellReform UK7,38516.2%
Shafat AliWorkers Party of Britain1,9174.2%
Owain SuttonGreen Party1,7473.8%
Mark AlcockLiberal Democrat1,3172.9%
Anwarul HaqIndependent5711.3%
Spencer DonnellyIndependent2770.6%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£693 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.7%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026