| Bolton South and Walkden | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Boundary of Bolton South and Walkden in North West England | |
| County | Greater Manchester |
| Electorate | 79,622 (2024) |
| Major settlements | Bolton,Walkden,Great Lever,Kearsley,Little Hulton |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Yasmin Qureshi (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Bolton South East (part) Worsley and Eccles South (part) |
Bolton South and Walkden is aconstituency of theHouse of Commons in theUK Parliament.[1] Created as a result of the2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the2024 general election.[2] Since 2024, it has been represented byLabour'sYasmin Qureshi, who was MP for the predecessor seat ofBolton South East from 2010 to 2024.
The constituency is defined as comprising the following as they existed on 1 December 2020:
The Bolton Borough wards were formerly part ofBolton South East and the Salford City wards part ofWorsley and Eccles South - with both constituencies abolished as a result of the2023 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:
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Yasmin Qureshi | Labour | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Yasmin Qureshi | 15,093 | 40.9 | −15.7 | |
| Reform | Julie Pattison | 8,350 | 22.6 | +17.2 | |
| Workers Party | Jack Khan | 4,673 | 12.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Mohammed Afzal | 4,170 | 11.3 | −20.4 | |
| Green | Philip Kochitty | 2,827 | 7.7 | +5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gemma-Jane Bowker | 1,384 | 3.7 | −0.2 | |
| Independent | Reis Halliwell | 433 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,743 | 18.3 | −6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 36,930 | 46.4 | −11.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 79,622 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | −16.5 | |||
| 2019notional result[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Labour | 24,890 | 56.6 | |
| Conservative | 13,961 | 31.7 | |
| Brexit Party | 2,361 | 5.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,695 | 3.9 | |
| Green | 1,077 | 2.4 | |
| Turnout | 43,984 | 58.1 | |
| Electorate | 75,716 | ||