Bolton South and Walkden (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bolton South and Walkden
County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Greater Manchester
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament TBA (TBA)
SeatsOne
Created from Bolton South East (part)
Worsley and Eccles South (part)

Bolton South and Walkden is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election. [2]

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Boundaries

Bolton South and Walkden (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The Bolton Borough wards are currently part of Bolton South East and the Salford City wards part of Worsley and Eccles South - with both constituencies set to be abolished. [4]

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

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Bolton South and Walkden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mohammed Afzal [7]
Liberal Democrats Gemma-Jane Bowker [8]
Workers Party Jack Khan [9]
Green Philip Kochitty [10]
Reform UK Julie Pattison [11]
Labour Yasmin Qureshi [12]

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References

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  10. https://www.greenparty.org.uk/our-candidates.html
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