Bolton South and Walkden (UK Parliament constituency)

Bolton South and Walkden is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.[2]

Bolton South and Walkden
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bolton South and Walkden in North West England
CountyGreater Manchester
Major settlementsBolton, Walkden, Great Lever, Kearsley, Little Hulton
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentTBA (TBA)
SeatsOne
Created fromBolton South East (part)
Worsley and Eccles South (part)

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

  • The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton wards Farnworth, Great Lever, Harper Green, Kearsley, and Rumworth.
  • The City of Salford wards Little Hulton, Walkden North, and Walkden South.[3]

The Bolton Borough wards were formerly part of Bolton South East and the Salford City wards part of Worsley and Eccles South - with both constituencies abolished following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.[4]

Following a local government boundary review in Bolton which came into effect in May 2023,[5][6] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

  • The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton wards of: Farnworth North; Farnworth South; Great Lever; Kearsley; Queens Park & Central (part); Rumworth (nearly all); and a very small part of Hulton.
  • The City of Salford wards of: Little Hulton; Walkden North; Walkden South.

Elections

Elections in the 2020s
General election 2024: Bolton South and Walkden[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Don Prof Reis Abraham Halliwell Prf
Conservative Mohammed Afzal
Liberal Democrats Gemma-Jane Bowker
Workers Party Jack Khan
Green Philip Kochitty
Reform UK Julie Pattison
Labour Yasmin Qureshi
Majority
Turnout
win (new seat)

References
  1. "Walkden could become part of Bolton constituency under boundary changes". The Bolton News. 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  2. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – North West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
  4. "New Seat Details - Bolton South and Walkden". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  5. LGBCE. "Bolton | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  6. "The Bolton (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
  7. "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll". Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
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