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Bolton South and Walkden is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. It was first contested at the 2024 general election.[2]

Boundaries

Map
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency comprises the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

  • The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton wards Farnworth, Great Lever, Harper Green, Kearsley, and Rumworth.
  • The City of Salford wards Little Hulton, Walkden North, and Walkden South.[3]

The Bolton Borough wards were formerly part of Bolton South East and the Salford City wards part of Worsley and Eccles South - with both constituencies abolished following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.[4]

Following a local government boundary review in Bolton which came into effect in May 2023,[5][6] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

  • The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton wards of: Farnworth North; Farnworth South; Great Lever; Kearsley; Queens Park & Central (part); Rumworth (nearly all); and a very small part of Hulton.
  • The City of Salford wards of: Little Hulton; Walkden North; Walkden South.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
2024 Yasmin Qureshi Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Bolton South and Walkden[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Yasmin Qureshi 15,093 40.9 −15.7
Reform UK Julie Pattison 8,350 22.6 +17.2
Workers Party Jack Khan 4,673 12.7 N/A
Conservative Mohammed Afzal 4,170 11.3 −20.4
Green Philip Kochitty 2,827 7.7 +5.3
Liberal Democrats Gemma-Jane Bowker 1,384 3.7 −0.2
Independent Reis Halliwell 433 1.2 N/A
Majority 6,743 18.3 −6.6
Turnout 37,068 46.6 −11.7
Registered electors 79,622
Labour hold Swing Decrease16.5

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[8]
Party Vote %
Labour 24,890 56.6
Conservative 13,961 31.7
Brexit Party 2,361 5.4
Liberal Democrats 1,695 3.9
Green 1,077 2.4
Turnout 43,984 58.1
Electorate 75,716

References

  1. ^ "Walkden could become part of Bolton constituency under boundary changes". The Bolton News. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  2. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – North West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
  4. ^ "New Seat Details - Bolton South and Walkden". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  5. ^ LGBCE. "Bolton | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  6. ^ "The Bolton (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
  7. ^ "General election results 2024". Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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