Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1983
Bolton East Former Borough constituencyfor 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 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 results Elections in the 1950s 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 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
Elections in the 1970s 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 ^ 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.