Bolton West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bolton West County constituency

Bolton West shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	Ruth Kelly
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater Manchester
EP constituency:	North West England

Bolton West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is a marginal seat between Labour and the Conservatives.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England have recommended the creation of three constituencies to represent Bolton. The electoral wards used in the creation of a modified Bolton West are:

From Bolton - Heaton and Lostock, Horwich and Blackrod, Horwich North East, Smithills, Westhoughton North and Chew Moor, and Westhoughton South
From Wigan the ward of Atherton

[edit] Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1950	John Lewis	Labour
1951	Arthur Holt	Liberal
1964	Gordon Oakes	Labour
1970	Robert Redmond	Conservative
1974	Ann Taylor	Labour
1983	Thomas Sackville	Conservative
1997	Ruth Kelly	Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Bolton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Kelly	17,239	42.5	-4.5
	Conservative	Philip Allott	15,175	37.4	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Perkins	7,241	17.9	-0.5
	UK Independence	Marjorie Ford	524	1.3	+1.3
	Veritas	Michael Ford	290	0.7	+0.7
	Xtraordinary People	Kate Griggs	74	0.2	+0.2
Majority			2,064	5.1
Turnout			40,543	63.5	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.2

General Election 2001: Bolton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Kelly	19,381	47.0	-2.5
	Conservative	James Stevens	13,863	33.6	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Ronson	7,573	18.4	+7.6
	Socialist Alliance	David Toomer	397	1.0	N/A
Majority			5,518	13.4
Turnout			41,214	62.4	-14.9
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

Constituencies in North West England
Labour	Ashton-under-Lyne \| Barrow and Furness \| Birkenhead \| Blackburn \| Blackpool North and Fleetwood \| Blackpool South \| Bolton North East \| Bolton South East \| Bolton West \| Bootle \| Burnley \| Bury North \| Bury South \| Carlisle \| Chorley \| City of Chester \| Copeland \| Crewe and Nantwich \| Crosby \| Denton and Reddish \| Eccles \| Ellesmere Port and Neston \| Halton \| Heywood and Middleton \| Hyndburn \| Knowsley North and Sefton East \| Knowsley South \| Leigh \| Liverpool Garston \| Liverpool Riverside \| Liverpool Walton \| Liverpool Wavertree \| Liverpool West Derby \| Makerfield \| Manchester Blackley \| Manchester Central \| Manchester Gorton \| Morecambe and Lunesdale \| Oldham East and Saddleworth \| Oldham West and Royton \| Pendle \| Preston \| Rossendale and Darwen \| Salford \| South Ribble \| St Helens North \| St Helens South \| Stalybridge and Hyde \| Stockport \| Stretford and Urmston \| Wallasey \| Warrington North \| Warrington South \| Weaver Vale \| West Lancashire \| Wigan \| Wirral South \| Wirral West \| Workington \| Worsley \| Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative	Altrincham and Sale West \| Congleton \| Eddisbury \| Fylde \| Lancaster and Wyre \| Macclesfield \| Penrith and The Border \| Ribble Valley \| Tatton
Liberal Democrat	Cheadle \| Hazel Grove \| Manchester Withington \| Rochdale \| Southport \| Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West European constituency: Labour (3) \| Conservative (3) \| Liberal Democrats (2) \| UKIP (1)