Bolton West (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°34′37″N 2°27′04″W / 53.577°N 2.451°W

Bolton West
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bolton West in Greater Manchester.
Location of Greater Manchester within England.
County	Greater Manchester
Population	94,523 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	71,454 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlements	Atherton, Blackrod, Heaton, Horwich, Westhoughton
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Chris Green (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Bolton
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Bolton West is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Chris Green of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

The seat is on the outskirts of Greater Manchester with fields making for separate villages and towns, these buffer zones most often designated as Green belt which includes areas for sport. To date the seat has been a marginal seat^{[n 3]} between the Labour and the Conservative parties.

Boundaries

1950-1983: The County Borough of Bolton wards of Deane-cum-Lostock, Derby, Halliwell, Heaton, Rumworth, Smithills, and West.

1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton wards of Blackrod, Deane-cum-Heaton, Halliwell, Horwich, Hulton Park, Smithills, and Westhoughton.

1997-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton wards of Blackrod, Deane-cum-Heaton, Horwich, Hulton Park, Smithills, and Westhoughton.

2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton wards of Heaton and Lostock, Horwich and Blackrod, Horwich North East, Smithills, Westhoughton North and Chew Moor, and Westhoughton South, and the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ward of Atherton.

There were major boundary changes to Bolton West in 1983 when part of its area went to create Bolton North East, but compensated by taking most of the former Westhoughton constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[3]	Party
	1950	John Lewis	Labour
	1951	Arthur Holt	Liberal
	1964	Gordon Oakes	Labour
	1970	Robert Redmond	Conservative
	Oct 1974	Ann Taylor	Labour
	1983	Tom Sackville	Conservative
	1997	Ruth Kelly	Labour
	2010	Julie Hilling	Labour
	2015	Chris Green	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Bolton West[4][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Green	19,744	40.6	+2.3
	Labour	Julie Hilling	18,943	39.0	+0.5
	UKIP	Bob Horsefield	7,428	15.3	+11.3
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Martin	1,947	4.0	-13.2
	Independent	Andy Smith	321	0.7	+0.7
	TUSC	John Vickers	209	0.4	+0.4
Majority			801	1.6
Turnout			48,592	66.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 2010: Bolton West[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Hilling	18,327	38.5	−6.8
	Conservative	Susan Williams	18,235	38.3	+5.9
	Liberal Democrat	Jackie Pearcey	8,177	17.2	−1.8
	UKIP	Harry Lamb	1,901	4.0	+2.6
	Green	Rachel Mann	545	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Jimmy Jones	254	0.5	N/A
	You Party	Doug Bagnall	137	0.3	N/A
Majority			92	0.19
Turnout			47,576	66.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.9

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Bolton West[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Kelly	17,239	42.5	−4.5
	Conservative	Philip Allott	15,175	37.4	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Perkins	7,241	17.9	−0.5
	UKIP	Marjorie Ford	524	1.3	N/A
	Veritas	Michael Ford	290	0.7	N/A
	Xtraordinary People	Kate Griggs	74	0.2	N/A
Majority			2,064	5.1
Turnout			40,543	63.5	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.2

General Election 2001: Bolton West[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Kelly	19,381	47.0	−2.5
	Conservative	James Stevens	13,863	33.6	−1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Ronson[9]	7,573	18.4	+7.6
	Socialist Alliance	David Toomer	397	1.0	N/A
Majority			5,518	13.4
Turnout			41,214	62.4	−14.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.5

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Bolton West[10][11][12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Kelly	24,342	49.5
	Conservative	Tom Sackville	17,270	35.1
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Ronson[9]	5,309	10.8
	Socialist Labour	Doris Kelly	1,374	2.80
	Referendum	Glenda Frankl-Slater	865	1.76
Majority			7,072	14.39
Turnout			49,160	77.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	11.3

General Election 1992: Bolton West[13][14][15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Sackville	26,452	44.4	+0.1
	Labour	Clifford Morris[16]	25,373	42.6	+6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Ronson[9]	7,529	12.6	−6.9
	Natural Law	Jacqueline Phillips	240	0.4	N/A
Majority			1,079	1.8	−6.4
Turnout			59,594	83.5	+3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Bolton West[17][18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Sackville	24,779	44.33
	Labour	Guy James Harkin	20,186	36.11
	Social Democratic	David Thomas Eccles	10,936	19.56
Majority			4,593	8.22
Turnout				80.04
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Bolton West[19][20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Sackville	23,731	45.09
	Labour	Dennis Green	16,579	31.50
	Social Democratic	Ron Baker	12,321	23.41
Majority			7,152	13.59
Turnout				78.14
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Bolton West[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Taylor	17,857	44.81
	Conservative	B. H. Watson	17,257	43.30
	Liberal	J. Fish	4,392	11.02
	National Front	K. Bernal	348	0.87
Majority			600	1.51
Turnout				79.36
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Bolton West[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Taylor	16,967	43.26
	Conservative	Robert Redmond	16,061	40.95
	Liberal	Philip Stefan Linney[23]	5,127	13.07
	National Front	W. Roberts	1,070	2.73
Majority			906	2.31
Turnout				77.24
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election February 1974: Bolton West[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Redmond	16,562	40.61
	Labour	Ann Taylor	15,959	39.13
	Liberal	Philip Stefan Linney[23]	8,264	20.26
Majority			603	1.48
Turnout				81.06
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Bolton West[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Redmond	19,225	51.67
	Labour	Gordon Oakes	17,981	48.33
Majority			1,244	3.34
Turnout				73.99
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Bolton West[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Oakes	19,390	50.57
	Conservative	C. B. S. Dobson	14,473	37.74
	Liberal	R. Glenton	4,483	11.69
Majority			4,917	12.82
Turnout				78.29
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Bolton West[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Oakes	16,519	41.17
	Conservative	D. Sisson	13,522	33.70
	Liberal	Arthur Holt	10,086	25.14
Majority			2,997	7.47
Turnout				78.15
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Bolton West[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Holt	23,533	54.63
	Labour	P. Cameron	19,545	45.37
Majority			3,988	9.26
Turnout				79.72
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Bolton West[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Holt	24,827	55.37
	Labour	James Haworth	20,014	44.63
Majority			4,813	10.73
Turnout				79.05
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Bolton West[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Holt	26,271	52.76
	Labour	John Lewis	23,523	47.24
Majority			2,748	5.52
Turnout				84.79
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1950: Bolton West[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lewis	23,232	44.62
	Conservative	Walter Wharton Tong[32]	18,184	34.92
	Liberal	Alan Lever Tillotson	10,653	20.46
Majority			5,048	9.69
Turnout				87.55
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
3. As it has most often given marginal majorities of less than 10%

References

1. "Bolton West: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
2. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
4. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
5. "Bolton West". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
6. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
7. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
8. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
9. Barbara Olwyn Ronson. Links in a Chain. Retrieved on 13 May 2010.
10. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
11. General Election Results 1997 and 2001: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
12. General Election 1997: Bolton West. BBC. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
13. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
14. General Election 9 April 1992: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
15. "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
16. Clifford Morris. Links in a Chain. Retrieved on 13 May 2010.
17. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
18. General Election 11 June 1987: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
19. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
20. General Election 9 June 1983: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
21. General Election 3 May 1979: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
22. General Election 10 October 1974: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
23. Philip Stefan Linney. Links in a Chain. Retrieved on 13 May 2010.
24. General Election 28 February 1974: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
25. General Election 18 June 1970: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
26. General Election 31 March 1966: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
27. General Election 15 October 1964: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
28. General Election 8 October 1959: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
29. General Election 26 May 1955: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
30. General Election 25 October 1951: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
31. General Election 23 February 1950: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
32. Walter Wharton Tong. Links in a Chain. Retrieved on 13 May 2010.

External links

• nomis Constituency Profile for Bolton West — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.