Bolton South East is a

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represented in the

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of the

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since

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of the Labour Party.

Constituency profile

The seat covers the south part of Bolton town and its suburbs around the

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. Towns such as Farnworth and Kearsley are former mining areas. Residents are generally poorer than the UK average, though the Hulton ward is more Conservative, and there are smaller villages and suburban areas such as

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, and green spaces, such as the 750-acre Moses Gate Country Park.

Boundaries

1983–2010: The

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wards of Burnden, Daubhill, Derby, Farnworth, Harper Green, Kearsley, and Little Lever. 2010–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton wards of Farnworth, Great Lever, Harper Green, Hulton, Kearsley, Little Lever and Darcy Lever, and Rumworth. Following a boundary reorganization in the early 1980s, parts of the former constituencies of Bolton East and

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were combined to create this constituency, with effect from the 1983 general election.

Members of Parliament

Elections

This area has elected Labour candidates to be MP since its creation in 1983, with majorities of more than 15%; therefore, until 2019, it could have been seen as a

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. Unlike the other two Bolton seats, it has remained safely Labour. This is also reflected by the majority of wards returning councillors for Labour; a notably stronger ward for the Conservative Party to date has been Hulton, which has often returned Conservative councillors.

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Notes

References

External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Bolton South East
— presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bolton South East (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983 Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton Parliamentary constituencies in North West England