Bolton East (UK Parliament constituency)
Bolton East was a borough constituency in the town of Bolton in Greater Manchester (formerly in Lancashire). It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Bolton East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire, until 1974 Greater Manchester from 1974 |
Major settlements | Bolton |
1950–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Bolton North East and Bolton South East |
Created from | Bolton |
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election. It was abolished in boundary changes for the 1983 general election, when most of Bolton East became part of the new constituency of Bolton South East.
Boundaries
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Bolton East in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-83
The County Borough of Bolton wards of Astley Bridge, Bradford, Church, Darcy Lever-cum-Breightmet, East, Great Lever, Hulton, North, and Tonge.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1950 | Alfred Booth | Labour | |
1951 | Philip Bell | Conservative | |
1960 by-election | Edwin Taylor | Conservative | |
1964 | Robert Howarth | Labour | |
1970 | Laurance Reed | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | David Young | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Bolton North East and Bolton South East |
Election results
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Booth | 24,826 | 45.48 | ||
Conservative | Philip Bell | 21,117 | 38.68 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Holt | 8,647 | 15.84 | ||
Majority | 3,709 | 6.80 | |||
Turnout | 54,590 | 87.46 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Bell | 27,106 | 50.33 | +11.6 | |
Labour | Alfred Booth | 26,751 | 49.7 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 355 | 0.66 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,857 | 84.75 | −2.71 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Bell | 26,145 | 53.60 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Alfred Booth | 22,634 | 46.40 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 3,511 | 7.20 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 58,779 | 79.19 | −5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Bell | 25,885 | 52.8 | −0.8 | |
Labour | Ronald Haines | 23,153 | 47.2 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 2,732 | 5.6 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 59,038 | 80.95 | +1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.8 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edwin Taylor | 15,499 | 37.8 | -15.0 | |
Labour | Robert Howarth | 14,858 | 36.2 | -11.0 | |
Liberal | Frank Byers | 10,173 | 24.8 | New | |
New Conservative | John E. Dayton | 493 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 641 | 1.6 | -4.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,023 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Howarth | 21,937 | 46.09 | ||
Conservative | Edwin Taylor | 18,785 | 39.47 | ||
Liberal | A. Cooper | 6,873 | 14.44 | ||
Majority | 3,152 | 6.62 | |||
Turnout | 47,595 | 80.36 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Howarth | 26,613 | 59.21 | ||
Conservative | Edwin Taylor | 18,331 | 40.79 | ||
Majority | 8,282 | 18.42 | |||
Turnout | 44,944 | 76.96 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Laurance Reed | 22,769 | 50.52 | ||
Labour | Robert Howarth | 22,298 | 49.48 | ||
Majority | 471 | 1.04 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,067 | 73.50 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Young | 19,833 | 41.28 | ||
Conservative | Laurance Reed | 18,220 | 37.93 | ||
Liberal | T. Ackroyd | 8,728 | 18.17 | ||
National Front | G. Booth | 1,259 | 2.62 | New | |
Majority | 1,613 | 3.35 | |||
Turnout | 48,040 | 80.58 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Young | 21,569 | 46.77 | ||
Conservative | John Heddle | 17,504 | 37.95 | ||
Liberal | T. J. Akeroyd | 5,792 | 12.56 | ||
National Front | G. Booth | 1,106 | 2.40 | ||
More Prosperous Britain | Harold Smith | 149 | 0.32 | New | |
Majority | 4,065 | 8.82 | |||
Turnout | 46,120 | 76.64 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Young | 21,920 | 47.60 | ||
Conservative | R. Baldwin | 20,068 | 43.58 | ||
Liberal | S. B. Lawrence | 3,603 | 7.82 | ||
National Front | J. Hamilton | 457 | 0.99 | ||
Majority | 1,852 | 4.02 | |||
Turnout | 46,048 | 78.74 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
- General Election 23 February 1950: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- General Election 25 October 1951: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- General Election 26 May 1955: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- General Election 8 October 1959: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- By-election 1960: Bolton East Archived September 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. British Election Ephemera Archive. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- General Election 15 October 1964: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- General Election 31 March 1966: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- General Election 18 June 1970: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- General Election 28 February 1974: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- General Election 10 October 1974: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- General Election 3 May 1979: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
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