Bolton South East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bolton South East Borough constituency
Bolton South East shown within Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Brian Iddon
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Greater Manchester
EP constituency:	North West England

Bolton South East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is strongly inclined to elect Labour MPs.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

Following a boundary reorganization in the early 1980s, parts of the former constituencies of Bolton East and Farnworth became part of the new constituency of Bolton South East with effect from the 1983 General Election. Unlike the other two Bolton seats, it has remained safely Labour, with the majority of wards returning councillors in their camp; the only strong ward for the Conservatives here is Hulton.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England have recommended the creation of three constituencies to represent the Bolton area. The electoral wards used in the creation of a modified Bolton South East are:

• Farnworth, Great Lever, Harper Green, Hulton, Kearsley, Little Lever and Darcy Lever, and Rumworth.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1983	David Young	Labour
	1997	Brian Iddon	Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Bolton South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Iddon	18,129	56.9	-5.0
	Conservative	Deborah Dunleavy	6,491	20.4	-3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Harasiwka	6,047	19.0	+7.5
	UK Independence	Florence Bates	840	2.6	+2.6
	Veritas	David Jones	343	1.1	+1.1
Majority			11,638	36.5
Turnout			31,850	50.0	-0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.6

General Election 2001: Bolton South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Iddon	21,129	61.9	-7.0
	Conservative	Haroon Rashid	8,258	24.2	+4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Harasiwka	3,941	11.5	+2.8
	Socialist Labour	John Kelly	826	2.4	N/A
Majority			12,871	37.7
Turnout			34,154	50.1	-15.0
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs.

Constituencies in North West England
Labour	Ashton-under-Lyne | Barrow and Furness | Birkenhead | Blackburn | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Blackpool South | Bolton North East | Bolton South East | Bolton West | Bootle | Burnley | Bury North | Bury South | Carlisle | Chorley | City of Chester | Copeland | Crosby | Denton and Reddish | Eccles | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Halton | Heywood and Middleton | Hyndburn | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Knowsley South | Leigh | Liverpool Garston | Liverpool Riverside | Liverpool Walton | Liverpool Wavertree | Liverpool West Derby | Makerfield | Manchester Blackley | Manchester Central | Manchester Gorton | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Oldham West and Royton | Pendle | Preston | Rossendale and Darwen | Salford | South Ribble | St Helens North | St Helens South | Stalybridge and Hyde | Stockport | Stretford and Urmston | Wallasey | Warrington North | Warrington South | Weaver Vale | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral South | Wirral West | Workington | Worsley | Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative	Altrincham and Sale West | Crewe and Nantwich | Congleton | Eddisbury | Fylde | Lancaster and Wyre | Macclesfield | Penrith and The Border | Ribble Valley | Tatton
Liberal Democrat	Cheadle | Hazel Grove | Manchester Withington | Rochdale | Southport | Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West European constituency: Conservative (4) | Labour (3) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1)