Bolton West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Phil Brickell, a Labour Party politician.
Constituency profile
The Bolton West constituency located within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester. It includes the western suburbs of the large town of Bolton and the area to its west, including the towns of Westhoughton, Horwich and Blackrod. Like much of Greater Manchester, the area has an industrial heritage in textile manufacturing and coal mining.
Residents of the constituency have similar levels of wealth, education and professional employment compared to national averages. The constituency has a similar ethnic makeup to the country as a whole; 83% of residents are White and 12% are Asian (mostly Indian) with the Asian population concentrated in Bolton. Local politics are mixed, with Conservative and Liberal Democrat councillors representing most of the Bolton suburbs, Labour Party councillors representing Daubhill and parts of Westhoughton and independents representing Horwich and Blackrod. An estimated 55% of voters in the constituency supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, slightly higher than the national figure of 52%.
The Wigan Borough ward of Atherton was transferred back out, to the new constituency of Leigh and Atherton, offset by the addition of Hulton ward from Bolton South East (abolished).
Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023, the constituency now comprises the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton from the 2024 general election:
- Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor; Horwich North; Horwich South & Blackrod; Hulton (nearly all); Smithills; Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill; Westhoughton South; and a very small part of Rumsworth.
Members of Parliament
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!Election!!Member!!colspan="2"|Party
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| 1950
| John Lewis
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| 1951
| Arthur Holt
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| 1964
| Gordon Oakes
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| 1970
| Robert Redmond
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| October 1974
| Ann Taylor
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| 1983
| Tom Sackville
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| 1997
| Ruth Kelly
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| 2010
| Julie Hilling
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| 2015
| Chris Green
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| 2024
| Phil Brickell
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Elections
right|thumb|600px|Bolton West election results
right|thumb|600px|Bolton West election turnout
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
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! colspan="4" | 2019 notional result
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! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
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| Conservative ||align=right| 28,197 ||align=right| 56.5
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| Labour ||align=right| 17,578 ||align=right| 35.2
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| Liberal Democrats ||align=right| 2,815 ||align=right| 5.6
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| Green ||align=right| 893 ||align=right| 1.8
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| Brexit Party ||align=right| 385 ||align=right| 0.8
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|colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|49,868
|align=right|69.1
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|colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|72,125
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Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
See also
- parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
Notes
References
External links
- nomis Constituency Profile for Bolton West – presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
- Bolton West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Bolton West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Bolton West UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK