Bolton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bolton
Borough constituency
Created: 1832
Abolished: 1950
Type: House of Commons
Members: two

Bolton was a borough constituency centred on the town of Bolton in the county of Lancashire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons for the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.

Created by the Reform Act of 1832, it was represented by two Members of Parliament. The constituency was abolished in 1950, being split into east and west divisions.

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Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1832 Robert Torrens Whig William Bolling (1st time) Tory
1835 Peter Ainsworth Whig
1837
1841 John Bowring Whig
1847 William Bolling (2nd time) Conservative
1848 Stephen Blair Conservative
1849 Sir Joshua Walmsley Whig
1852 Thomas Barnes (1st time) Whig Joseph Crook Whig
1857 William Gray Conservative
1859
1861 Thomas Barnes (2nd time) Liberal
1865
1868 John Hick Conservative
1874 John Kynaston Cross Liberal
1880 John Pennington Thomasson Liberal
1885 Herbert Shepherd-Cross Unionist Francis Charles Bridgeman Unionist
1886
1892
1895 Conservative George Harwood Liberal
1900
1906 Alfred Henry Gill Labour
Jan 1910
Dec 1910
1912 Thomas Taylor Liberal
1914 Robert Tootill Labour
1916 William Edge Liberal
1918 Coalition Liberal
1922 William Russell Conservative National Liberal
1923 Sir Joseph Herbert Cunliffe Conservative Albert Law (1st time) Labour
1924 Cecil Hilton Unionist
1929 Michael Brothers Labour Albert Law (2nd time) Labour
1931 Sir John Haslam Conservative Sir Cyril Fullard Entwistle Conservative
1935
1940 Sir Edward Cecil George Cadogan Conservative
1945 John Henry Jones Labour John Lewis Labour
1950 constituency abolished: see Bolton East (1950-1983), Bolton North East (Since 1983), Bolton South East (Since 1983), and Bolton West (Since 1950)

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