Bolton East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyLancashire, until 1974
Greater Manchester from 1974
Major settlementsBolton
1950–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromBolton
Replaced byBolton North East and Bolton South East

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.

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

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

ElectionMember[1]Party
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

General election 1950: Bolton East [2]
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)
General election 1951: Bolton East [3]
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
General election 1955: Bolton East [4]
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
General election 1959: Bolton East [5]
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

1960 Bolton East by-election[6]
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
General election 1964: Bolton East [7]
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
General election 1966: Bolton East [8]
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

General election 1970: Bolton East [9]
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
General election February 1974: Bolton East [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Young 19,833 41.28
Conservative Laurance Reed 18,220 37.93
Liberal Tim J. Akeroyd 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
General election October 1974: Bolton East [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Young 21,569 46.77
Conservative John Heddle 17,504 37.95
Liberal Tim 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
General election 1979: Bolton East [12]
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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
  2. ↑ General Election 23 February 1950: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  3. ↑ General Election 25 October 1951: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  4. ↑ General Election 26 May 1955: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  5. ↑ General Election 8 October 1959: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  6. ↑ By-election 1960: Bolton East Archived September 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. British Election Ephemera Archive. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  7. ↑ General Election 15 October 1964: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  8. ↑ General Election 31 March 1966: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  9. ↑ General Election 18 June 1970: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  10. ↑ General Election 28 February 1974: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  11. ↑ General Election 10 October 1974: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  12. ↑ General Election 3 May 1979: Bolton East. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
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