Bolton East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire, until 1974 Greater Manchester from 1974 |
Major settlements | Bolton |
1950–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Bolton North East and Bolton South East |
Created from | Bolton |
Bolton East was a borough constituency in the town of Bolton in Greater Manchester (formerly in Lancashire). It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election. It was abolished in boundary changes for the 1983 general election, when most of Bolton East became part of the new constituency of Bolton South East.
The County Borough of Bolton wards of Astley Bridge, Bradford, Church, Darcy Lever-cum-Breightmet, East, Great Lever, Hulton, North, and Tonge.
Election | Member [1] | Party | |
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1950 | Alfred Booth | Labour | |
1951 | Philip Bell | Conservative | |
1960 by-election | Edwin Taylor | Conservative | |
1964 | Robert Howarth | Labour | |
1970 | Laurance Reed | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | David Young | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Bolton North East and Bolton South East |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alfred Booth | 24,826 | 45.48 | ||
Conservative | Philip Bell | 21,117 | 38.68 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Holt | 8,647 | 15.84 | ||
Majority | 3,709 | 6.80 | |||
Turnout | 54,590 | 87.46 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Bell | 27,106 | 50.33 | +11.6 | |
Labour | Alfred Booth | 26,751 | 49.7 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 355 | 0.66 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,857 | 84.75 | −2.71 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Philip Bell | 26,145 | 53.60 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Alfred Booth | 22,634 | 46.40 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 3,511 | 7.20 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 58,779 | 79.19 | −5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Philip Bell | 25,885 | 52.8 | −0.8 | |
Labour | Ronald Haines | 23,153 | 47.2 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 2,732 | 5.6 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 59,038 | 80.95 | +1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edwin Taylor | 15,499 | 37.8 | -15.0 | |
Labour | Robert Howarth | 14,858 | 36.2 | -11.0 | |
Liberal | Frank Byers | 10,173 | 24.8 | New | |
New Conservative | John E. Dayton | 493 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 641 | 1.6 | -4.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,023 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Howarth | 21,937 | 46.09 | ||
Conservative | Edwin Taylor | 18,785 | 39.47 | ||
Liberal | A. Cooper | 6,873 | 14.44 | ||
Majority | 3,152 | 6.62 | |||
Turnout | 47,595 | 80.36 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Howarth | 26,613 | 59.21 | ||
Conservative | Edwin Taylor | 18,331 | 40.79 | ||
Majority | 8,282 | 18.42 | |||
Turnout | 44,944 | 76.96 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Laurance Reed | 22,769 | 50.52 | ||
Labour | Robert Howarth | 22,298 | 49.48 | ||
Majority | 471 | 1.04 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,067 | 73.50 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Young | 19,833 | 41.28 | ||
Conservative | Laurance Reed | 18,220 | 37.93 | ||
Liberal | Tim J. Akeroyd | 8,728 | 18.17 | ||
National Front | G. Booth | 1,259 | 2.62 | New | |
Majority | 1,613 | 3.35 | |||
Turnout | 48,040 | 80.58 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Young | 21,569 | 46.77 | ||
Conservative | John Heddle | 17,504 | 37.95 | ||
Liberal | Tim J. Akeroyd | 5,792 | 12.56 | ||
National Front | G. Booth | 1,106 | 2.40 | ||
More Prosperous Britain | Harold Smith | 149 | 0.32 | New | |
Majority | 4,065 | 8.82 | |||
Turnout | 46,120 | 76.64 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Young | 21,920 | 47.60 | ||
Conservative | R. Baldwin | 20,068 | 43.58 | ||
Liberal | S. B. Lawrence | 3,603 | 7.82 | ||
National Front | J. Hamilton | 457 | 0.99 | ||
Majority | 1,852 | 4.02 | |||
Turnout | 46,048 | 78.74 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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