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Voting Record — MPs for Bury North

James Frith

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

Name	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)
James Frith (show only their votes)	5 Jul 2024	still in office	Lab	3 votes out of 181, 1.7%	181 votes out of 206, 87.9%
James Daly (show only their votes)	13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Con	6 votes out of 905, 0.7%	905 votes out of 1069, 84.7%
James Frith (show only their votes)	9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	1 vote out of 355, 0.3%	355 votes out of 463, 76.7%
David Nuttall (show only their votes)	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	31 votes out of 434, 7.1%	434 votes out of 467, 92.9%
David Nuttall (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	200 votes out of 1178, 17.0%	1178 votes out of 1239, 95.1%
David Chaytor (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	8 votes out of 845, 0.9%	845 votes out of 1288, 65.6%
David Chaytor (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	20 votes out of 858, 2.3%	858 votes out of 1246, 68.9%
David Chaytor (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	21 votes out of 887, 2.4%	887 votes out of 1273, 69.7%

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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