Map of current boundaries
Bolton West in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974–83
1950–1983: The County Borough of Bolton wards of Deane-cum-Lostock, Derby, Halliwell, Heaton, Rumworth, Smithills, and West.
1983–1997: The Borough of Bolton wards of Blackrod, Deane-cum-Heaton, Halliwell, Horwich, Hulton Park, Smithills, and Westhoughton.
1997–2010: The Borough of Bolton wards of Blackrod, Deane-cum-Heaton, Horwich, Hulton Park, Smithills, and Westhoughton.
2010–present: The Borough of Bolton wards of Heaton and Lostock, Horwich and Blackrod, Horwich North East, Smithills, Westhoughton North and Chew Moor, and Westhoughton South, and the Borough of Wigan ward of Atherton.
There were major boundary changes to Bolton West in 1983 when part of its area went to create Bolton North East, but compensated by taking most of the former Westhoughton constituency. 2010 saw the town of Atherton added from the Wigan borough, previously in the Leigh constituency. It is the only part of the Wigan borough not represented by a constituency fully within Wigan borough.
Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023[4][5], the constituency will now comprise the following wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton from the next general election:
Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor; Horwich North; Horwich South & Blackrod; Hulton (nearly all); Smithills; Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill; Westhoughton South; and a very small part of Rumsworth.[6]
^As it has most often given marginal majorities of less than 10%
Referencesedit
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^"Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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^"Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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^Clifford Morris. Links in a Chain. Retrieved on 13 May 2010.
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^"Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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^ abPhilip Stefan Linney. Links in a Chain. Retrieved on 13 May 2010.
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^General Election 31 March 1966: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
^General Election 15 October 1964: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
^General Election 8 October 1959: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
^General Election 26 May 1955: Bolton West. Political Science Resources. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
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External linksedit
nomis Constituency Profile for Bolton West – presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.