Bolton South East | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater Manchester |
Population | 101,747 (2011 census) [1] |
Electorate | 69,088 (December 2010) [2] |
Major settlements | Bolton, Farnworth, Kearsley, Moses Gate |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Yasmin Qureshi (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Bolton East Bolton West Farnworth [3] |
Bolton South East is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Yasmin Qureshi of the Labour Party. [n 2]
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes which will incorporate the community of Walkden in the City of Salford. As a consequence, it will be renamed Bolton South and Walkden , to be first contested at the next general election. [4]
The seat covers the southern part of Bolton town and its suburbs around the M61 motorway. Towns such as Farnworth and Kearsley are former mining areas. Residents are generally poorer than the UK average, [5] though the Hulton ward is more Conservative, and there are smaller villages and suburban areas such as Ringley, as well as green spaces such as the 750-acre Moses Gate Country Park.
There remain a number of challenges relating to Islamic Extremism in the area. [6] [7]
1983–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton wards of Burnden, Daubhill, Derby, Farnworth, Harper Green, Kearsley, and Little Lever.
2010–present: 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.
Election | Member [8] | Party | |
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1983 | David Young | Labour | |
1997 | Dr Brian Iddon | Labour | |
2010 | Yasmin Qureshi | Labour |
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. [9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Yasmin Qureshi | 21,516 | 53.0 | ―7.7 | |
Conservative | Johno Lee | 13,918 | 34.3 | +4.6 | |
Brexit Party | Mark Cunningham | 2,968 | 7.3 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Kev Walsh | 1,411 | 3.5 | +1.7 | |
Green | David Figgins | 791 | 1.9 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 7,598 | 18.7 | ―12.3 | ||
Turnout | 40,604 | 58.7 | ―2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Yasmin Qureshi | 25,676 | 60.7 | +10.2 | |
Conservative | Sarah Pochin | 12,550 | 29.7 | +9.4 | |
UKIP | Jeff Armstrong | 2,779 | 6.6 | ―17.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank Harasiwka | 781 | 1.8 | ―0.8 | |
Green | Alan Johnson | 537 | 1.3 | ―1.6 | |
Majority | 13,126 | 31.0 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 42,323 | 61.4 | +2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Yasmin Qureshi | 20,555 | 50.5 | +3.1 | |
UKIP | Jeff Armstrong | 9,627 | 23.6 | +19.7 | |
Conservative | Mudasir Dean | 8,289 | 20.3 | ―5.3 | |
Green | Alan Johnson | 1,200 | 2.9 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Darren Reynolds | 1,072 | 2.6 | ―13.3 | |
Majority | 10,928 | 26.9 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 40,743 | 58.5 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Yasmin Qureshi | 18,782 | 47.4 | ―8.3 | |
Conservative | Andy Morgan | 10,148 | 25.6 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Donal O'Hanlon | 6,289 | 15.9 | ―2.2 | |
BNP | Sheila Spink | 2,012 | 5.1 | New | |
UKIP | Ian Sidaway | 1,564 | 3.9 | +1.4 | |
Green | Alan Johnson | 614 | 1.6 | New | |
CPA | Navaid Syed | 195 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 8,634 | 21.8 | +11.2 | ||
Turnout | 39,604 | 56.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ―5.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Iddon | 18,129 | 56.9 | ―5.0 | |
Conservative | Deborah Dunleavy | 6,491 | 20.4 | ―3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank Harasiwka | 6,047 | 19.0 | +7.5 | |
UKIP | Florence Bates | 840 | 2.6 | New | |
Veritas | David Jones | 343 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 11,638 | 36.5 | ―1.2 | ||
Turnout | 31,850 | 50.0 | ―0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―0.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Iddon | 21,129 | 61.9 | ―7.0 | |
Conservative | Haroon Rashid | 8,258 | 24.2 | +4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank Harasiwka | 3,941 | 11.5 | +2.7 | |
Socialist Labour | John Kelly | 826 | 2.4 | New | |
Majority | 12,871 | 37.7 | ―11.5 | ||
Turnout | 34,154 | 50.1 | ―15.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―5.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Iddon | 29,856 | 68.9 | +14.6 | |
Conservative | Paul Carter | 8,545 | 19.7 | ―9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank Harasiwka | 3,805 | 8.8 | ―1.8 | |
Referendum | William Pickering | 973 | 2.3 | New | |
Natural Law | Lewis Walch | 170 | 0.4 | ―0.2 | |
Majority | 21,311 | 49.2 | +23.6 | ||
Turnout | 43,349 | 65.2 | ―10.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Young | 26,906 | 54.3 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Wood-Dow | 14,215 | 28.7 | ―2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dennis Lee | 5,243 | 10.6 | ―3.9 | |
Independent Labour | William Hardman [23] | 2,894 | 5.8 | New | |
Natural Law | Lewis Walch | 290 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 12,691 | 25.6 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 49,549 | 75.5 | +0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Young | 26,791 | 54.3 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Stanley Windle | 15,410 | 31.2 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | Frank Harasiwka | 7,161 | 14.5 | ―6.0 | |
Majority | 11,381 | 23.1 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 49,362 | 74.9 | +1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Young | 23,984 | 48.3 | ||
Conservative | John Walsh [28] | 15,231 | 30.7 | ||
Liberal | Margaret Rothwell [29] | 10,157 | 20.5 | ||
Independent | Tom Keen | 296 | 0.6 | ||
Majority | 8,753 | 17.6 | |||
Turnout | 49,668 | 73.6 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
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