Constituency view

Bury South

North West, England

Lab gain from Con

Current MP

Current representation

Christian Wakeford

Labour

Male

Majority9,361

Turnout56.0%

Electorate75,326

Valid votes42,214

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour19,247 - 45.6%

Conservative9,886 - 23.4%

Reform6,865 - 16.3%

Green2,715 - 6.4%

Lib Dem1,796 - 4.3%

Other1,705 - 4.0%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£289,356,137

Estimated yearly spend on the six main working-age and disability benefits paid to residents of this constituency.

£2,617 total benefits bill per resident · 16% above average

Bury South: £2,617
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 170 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£289,356,137	160/575
Change over 2 years	+24.7%
Median local wage (2025)	£31,685	-5.4%

Universal Credit£176,670,522
£1,598 per resident · 13,191 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 4,802 · 1 in 14 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£58,779,818
£532 per resident · 7,970 claimants (+17.5% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 3,293 · 41% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 3,855
Disability Living Allowance£19,156,815
£173 per resident · 3,219 claimants
Housing Benefit£16,771,561
£152 per resident · 2,059 claimants
Carer's Allowance£9,114,693
£82 per resident · 2,107 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£8,862,728
£80 per resident · 1,400 claimants

Ranks are out of England and Wales constituencies, highest first. Source: TaxPayers' Alliance, benefitsdata.uk (estimated from DWP Stat-Xplore claimant counts). England and Wales only. See this seat on benefitsdata.uk ↗

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 82.9%White British 75.7%Asian 8.3%Black, African or Caribbean 2.6%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 3.0%Other 3.2%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011

White 89.2%White British 82.8%Asian 5.9%Black, African or Caribbean 1.5%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.1%Other 1.3%

England & Wales (2011)

White 86.0%White British 80.5%Asian 7.5%Black, African or Caribbean 3.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.2%Other 1.0%

2001

White 94.3%White British 89.7%Asian 3.3%Black, African or Caribbean 0.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.4%

England & Wales (2001)

White 91.3%White British 87.5%Asian 4.8%Black, African or Caribbean 2.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.4%

1991

White 96.9%White British N/AAsian 2.0%Black, African or Caribbean 0.6%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.5%

England & Wales (1991)

White 94.1%White British N/AAsian 3.6%Black, African or Caribbean 1.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

2011 values are reaggregated from 2011 Output Areas onto 2024 boundaries.

2001 values are reaggregated from 2001 LSOAs onto 2024 boundaries.

1991 values are reaggregated from 1997 parliamentary constituencies onto 2024 boundaries.

Country of birth

Bury South (2021)

UK 85.5%Other EU 5.0%Other countries 9.5%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Bury South (2011)

UK 88.7%Other EU 3.3%Other countries 8.0%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Bury South (2001)

UK 93.0%Other EU 1.1%Other countries 5.9%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Bury South (1991)

UK 94.8%Other EU 2.8%Other countries 2.4%

England & Wales (1991)

UK 92.7%Other EU 2.5%Other countries 4.8%

1991 country of birth data uses the 1991 census's Commonwealth-based classification. Ireland and EU countries are not separately broken out. Regional figures are approximations.

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Bury South

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Bury South	National	Difference	Rank
% White	82.9%	83.0%	-0.1pp	451/650
% White British	75.7%	74.4%	+1.3pp	415/632
% Asian	8.3%	8.6%	-0.3pp	200/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	2.6%	3.7%	-1.1pp	206/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	3.0%	2.7%	+0.4pp	210/650
% Other ethnic group	3.2%	2.0%	+1.2pp	109/650
% UK-born	85.5%	84.0%	+1.6pp	408/650
% Non-UK-born	14.5%	16.0%	-1.6pp	243/650
% Other EU-born	5.0%	6.0%	-0.9pp	286/650
% Other countries-born	9.5%	10.1%	-0.6pp	221/650
% Christian	42.6%	46.7%	-4.1pp	441/575
% Muslim	7.5%	6.3%	+1.2pp	144/575
% Hindu	0.5%	1.6%	-1.1pp	305/575
% Sikh	0.5%	0.9%	-0.4pp	151/575
% Jewish	15.0%	0.5%	+14.5pp	4/575
% Buddhist	0.3%	0.4%	-0.2pp	395/575
% Other religion	0.3%	0.6%	-0.3pp	541/575
% No religion	27.2%	37.0%	-9.8pp	511/575
% Religion not stated	6.1%	6.0%	+0.1pp	210/575
% Has any religion	66.7%	57.0%	+9.7pp	70/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Bury South

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.