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| Bolton East | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Lancashire, until 1974 Greater Manchester from 1974 |
| Major settlements | Bolton |
| 1950–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Bolton |
| Replaced by | Bolton 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
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||