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Data Last Updated: 11 January 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		52,069/59,476	87.55
John Lewis	Labour Party	23,232	44.62
Walter Wharton Tong	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,184	34.92
Alan Lever Tillotson	Liberal Party	10,653	20.46
Majority		5,048	9.69

25 October 1951		49,794/58,725	84.79
Arthur Frederick Holt	Liberal Party	26,271	52.76
John Lewis	Labour Party	23,523	47.24
Majority		2,748	5.52

The Conservative and Liberal Associations made an electoral pact that the Conservatives would contest Bolton East and the Liberals Bolton West in an attempt to defeat the Labour candidates in both constituencies.

26 May 1955		44,841/56,724	79.05
Arthur Frederick Holt	Liberal Party	24,827	55.37
James Haworth	Labour Party	20,014	44.63
Majority		4,813	10.73

8 October 1959		43,078/54,035	79.72
Arthur Frederick Holt	Liberal Party	23,533	54.63
Peter Bruce Cameron	Labour Party	19,545	45.37
Majority		3,988	9.26

15 October 1964		40,127/51,306	78.21
Gordon James Oakes	Labour Party	16,519	41.17
Douglas Sisson	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,522	33.70
Arthur Frederick Holt	Liberal Party	10,086	25.14
Majority		2,997	7.47

31 March 1966		38,346/48,980	78.29
Gordon James Oakes	Labour Party	19,390	50.57
Christopher Brian Spencer Dobson	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,473	37.74
Robert Glenton	Liberal Party	4,483	11.69
Majority		4,917	12.82

18 June 1970		37,206/50,254	74.04
Robert Spencer Redmond	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,225	51.67
Gordon James Oakes	Labour Party	17,981	48.33
Majority		1,244	3.34

28 February 1974		40,785/50,338	81.02
Robert Spencer Redmond	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,562	40.61
Winifred Ann Taylor	Labour Party	15,959	39.13
Philip Stefan Linney	Liberal Party	8,264	20.26
Majority		603	1.48

10 October 1974		39,227/50,768	77.27
Winifred Ann Taylor	Labour Party	16,967	43.25
Robert Spencer Redmond	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,061	40.94
Philip Stefan Linney	Liberal Party	5,127	13.07
William Henry Roberts	National Front	1,072	2.73
Majority		906	2.31

3 May 1979		39,854/50,221	79.36
Winifred Ann Taylor	Labour Party	17,857	44.81
Barry Horn Watson	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,257	43.30
John Fish	Liberal Party	4,392	11.02
Kenneth Victor Bernal	National Front	348	0.87
Majority		600	1.51

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		52,631/68,221	77.15
Hon Thomas Geoffrey Sackville	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,731	45.09
George Dennis Green	Labour Party	16,579	31.50
Ronald Hubert Baker	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	12,321	23.41
Majority		7,152	13.59

11 June 1987		55,901/70,722	79.04
Hon Thomas Geoffrey Sackville	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,779	44.33
Guy James Harkin	Labour and Co-operative Party	20,186	36.11
David Thomas Eccles	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	10,936	19.56
Majority		4,593	8.22

9 April 1992		59,594/71,344	83.53
Hon Thomas Geoffrey Sackville	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,452	44.39
Clifford Morris	Labour Party	25,373	42.58
Barbara Olwyn Ronson	Liberal Democrats	7,529	12.63
Jacqueline Roma Phillips	Natural Law Party	240	0.40
Majority		1,079	1.81

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		49,160/63,535	77.37
Ruth Maria Kelly	Labour Party	24,342	49.52
Hon Thomas Geoffrey Sackville	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,270	35.13
Barbara Olwyn Ronson	Liberal Democrats	5,309	10.80
Doris Kelly	Socialist Labour	1,374	2.79
Glenda Petra Frankl-Slater	Referendum Party	865	1.76
Majority		7,072	14.39

7 June 2001		41,214/66,033	62.41
Ruth Maria Kelly	Labour Party	19,381	47.03
Winston James Stevens	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,863	33.64
Barbara Olwyn Ronson	Liberal Democrats	7,573	18.37
David Toomer	Socialist Alliance	397	0.96
Majority		5,518	13.39

5 May 2005		40,543/63,836	63.51
Rt Hon Ruth Maria Kelly	Labour Party	17,239	42.52
Philip David Allott	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,175	37.43
Timothy James Perkins	Liberal Democrats	7,241	17.86
Marjorie Ford	UK Independence Party	524	1.29
Michael Ford	Veritas	290	0.72
Kate Griggs	Independent	74	0.18
Majority		2,064	5.09

Kate Griggs sought election for the Xtraordinary People Party.

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		47,576/71,284	66.74
Julie Ann Doris Hilling	Labour Party	18,327	38.52
Susan Frances Maria Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,235	38.33
Dr Jacqueline Pearcey	Liberal Democrats	8,177	17.19
Harry Lamb	UK Independence Party	1,901	4.00
Rachel Elizabeth Mann	Green Party	545	1.15
Jimmy Jones	Independent	254	0.53
Doug Bagnall	You	137	0.29
Majority		92	0.19

7 May 2015		48,592/72,727	66.81
Christopher Patrick James Green	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,744	40.63
Julie Ann Doris Hilling	Labour Party	18,943	38.98
Bob Horsefield	UK Independence Party	7,428	15.29
Andrew Martin	Liberal Democrats	1,947	4.01
Andy Smith	Independent	321	0.66
John Melville Vickers	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	209	0.43
Majority		801	1.65

8 June 2017		51,054/72,797	70.13
Christopher Patrick James Green	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,459	47.91
Julie Ann Doris Hilling	Labour Party	23,523	46.07
Martin Tighe	UK Independence Party	1,587	3.11
Rebecca Ann Forrest	Liberal Democrats	1,485	2.91
Majority		936	1.83

12 December 2019		49,298/73,191	67.36
Christopher Patrick James Green	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,255	55.29
Julie Ann Doris Hilling	Labour Party	18,400	37.32
Rebecca Ann Forrest	Liberal Democrats	2,704	5.49
Paris Hayes	Green Party	939	1.90
Majority		8,855	17.96

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		44,598/74,933	59.52
Philip Michael Brickell	Labour Party	17,363	38.93
Christopher James Green	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,418	27.84
Dylan Anthony Evans	Reform UK	8,517	19.10
Vicki Helen Attenborough	Green Party	4,132	9.26
Donald Andrew McIntosh	Liberal Democrats	1,966	4.41
Patrick Robert McGrath	English Democrats Party	202	0.45
Majority		4,945	11.09