Bolton South East

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Bolton South East
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Bolton South East in Greater Manchester
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Location of Greater Manchester within England
County Greater Manchester
Population101,747 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate 69,088 (December 2010) [2]
Major settlements Bolton, Farnworth, Kearsley, Moses Gate
1983–2024
SeatsOne
Created from Bolton East
Bolton West
Farnworth [3]
Replaced by Bolton South and Walkden

Bolton South East was a constituency in the House of Commons [n 1] . [n 2]

Contents

Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was subject to boundary changes which incorporated the community of Walkden in the City of Salford. As a consequence, it was replaced with the constituency of Bolton South and Walkden , which was first contested at the 2024 general election. [4]

Constituency profile

The seat covered the southern part of Bolton town and its suburbs around the M61 motorway. Towns such as Farnworth and Kearsley are former mining areas. Residents were generally poorer than the UK average, [5] though the Hulton ward is more Conservative, and there were smaller villages and suburban areas such as Ringley, as well as green spaces such as the 750-acre Moses Gate Country Park.

Boundaries

Bolton South East
Map of boundaries 2010-2024

1983–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton wards of Burnden, Daubhill, Derby, Farnworth, Harper Green, Kearsley, and Little Lever.

2010–2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton wards of Farnworth, Great Lever, Harper Green, Hulton, Kearsley, Little Lever and Darcy Lever, and Rumworth.

Following a boundary reorganization in the early 1980s, parts of the former constituencies of Bolton East and Farnworth were combined to create this constituency, with effect from the 1983 general election.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [6] Party
1983 David Young Labour
1997 Dr Brian Iddon Labour
2010 Yasmin Qureshi Labour

Elections

This area has elected Labour candidates to be MP since its creation in 1983, with majorities of more than 15%; therefore, until 2019, it could have been seen as a safe seat. Unlike the other two Bolton seats, it has remained safely Labour. This is also reflected by the majority of wards returning councillors for Labour; a notably stronger ward for the Conservative Party to date has been Hulton, which has often returned Conservative councillors. [7]

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Bolton South East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yasmin Qureshi 21,516 53.0 ―7.7
Conservative Johno Lee13,91834.3+4.6
Brexit Party Mark Cunningham2,9687.3New
Liberal Democrats Kev Walsh1,4113.5+1.7
Green David Figgins7911.9+0.6
Majority 7,59818.7―12.3
Turnout 40,60458.7―2.7
Labour hold Swing -6.2
General election 2017: Bolton South East [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yasmin Qureshi 25,676 60.7 +10.2
Conservative Sarah Pochin 12,55029.7+9.4
UKIP Jeff Armstrong2,7796.6―17.0
Liberal Democrats Frank Harasiwka7811.8―0.8
Green Alan Johnson5371.3―1.6
Majority 13,12631.0+4.1
Turnout 42,32361.4+2.9
Labour hold Swing +0.5
General election 2015: Bolton South East [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yasmin Qureshi 20,555 50.5 +3.1
UKIP Jeff Armstrong9,62723.6+19.7
Conservative Mudasir Dean8,28920.3―5.3
Green Alan Johnson1,2002.9+1.3
Liberal Democrats Darren Reynolds1,0722.6―13.3
Majority 10,92826.9+4.9
Turnout 40,74358.5+1.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 2010: Bolton South East [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yasmin Qureshi 18,782 47.4 ―8.3
Conservative Andy Morgan10,14825.6+2.9
Liberal Democrats Donal O'Hanlon6,28915.9―2.2
BNP Sheila Spink2,0125.1New
UKIP Ian Sidaway1,5643.9+1.4
Green Alan Johnson6141.6New
CPA Navaid Syed1950.5New
Majority 8,63421.8+11.2
Turnout 39,60456.6
Labour hold Swing ―5.6

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Bolton South East [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Iddon 18,129 56.9 ―5.0
Conservative Deborah Dunleavy6,49120.4―3.8
Liberal Democrats Frank Harasiwka6,04719.0+7.5
UKIP Florence Bates8402.6New
Veritas David Jones3431.1New
Majority 11,63836.5―1.2
Turnout 31,85050.0―0.1
Labour hold Swing ―0.6
General election 2001: Bolton South East [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Iddon 21,129 61.9 ―7.0
Conservative Haroon Rashid8,25824.2+4.5
Liberal Democrats Frank Harasiwka3,94111.5+2.7
Socialist Labour John Kelly8262.4New
Majority 12,87137.7―11.5
Turnout 34,15450.1―15.1
Labour hold Swing ―5.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Bolton South East [16] [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Iddon 29,856 68.9 +14.6
Conservative Paul Carter8,54519.7―9.0
Liberal Democrats Frank Harasiwka3,8058.8―1.8
Referendum William Pickering9732.3New
Natural Law Lewis Walch1700.4―0.2
Majority 21,31149.2+23.6
Turnout 43,34965.2―10.3
Labour hold Swing +11.8
General election 1992: Bolton South East [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Young 26,906 54.3 0.0
Conservative Nicholas Wood-Dow14,21528.7―2.5
Liberal Democrats Dennis Lee5,24310.6―3.9
Independent Labour William Hardman [21] 2,8945.8New
Natural Law Lewis Walch2900.6New
Majority 12,69125.6+2.5
Turnout 49,54875.5+0.6
Labour hold Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Bolton South East [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Young 26,791 54.3 +6.0
Conservative Stanley Windle15,41031.2+0.5
Liberal Frank Harasiwka7,16114.5―6.0
Majority 11,38123.1+5.5
Turnout 49,36274.9+1.3
Labour hold Swing +2.8
General election 1983: Bolton South East [24] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Young 23,984 48.3
Conservative John Walsh [26] 15,23130.7
Liberal Margaret Rothwell [27] 10,15720.5
Independent Tom Keen2960.6
Majority 8,75317.6
Turnout 49,66873.6
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Bolton South East: 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. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "'Bolton South East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – North West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Seat Details - Bolton South East". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  6. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
  7. ↑ "Bolton MB Council Election Results". Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  8. ↑ Sansome, Jessica; Otter, Saffron (14 November 2019). "All the Greater Manchester General Election 2019 candidates". men. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "Bolton South East parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  10. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Bolton South East". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. ↑ Statement of Persons Nominated Archived 2 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine Bolton Council
  14. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  17. ↑ General Election Results 1997 and 2001: Bolton South East Archived 3 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine . Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  18. ↑ General Election 1997: Bolton South East. BBC. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  19. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  20. ↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  21. ↑ William Hardman. Links in a Chain. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  22. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  23. ↑ General Election 11 June 1987: Bolton South East Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine . Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  24. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  25. ↑ General Election 9 June 1983: Bolton South East Archived 28 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine . Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  26. ↑ John Walsh. Links in a Chain. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  27. ↑ Margaret Patricia Rothwell. Links in a Chain. Retrieved 14 May 2010.

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