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| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 23232 | Elected |
| Conservative | 18184 | |
| Liberal | 10653 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 26271 | Elected |
| Labour | 23523 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 24827 | Elected |
| Labour | 20014 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 23533 | Elected |
| Labour | 19545 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16519 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13522 | |
| Liberal | 10086 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 19390 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14473 | |
| Liberal | 4483 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 19225 | Elected |
| Labour | 17981 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 16562 | Elected |
| Labour | 15959 | |
| Liberal | 8264 | |
More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 10th Oct, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16967 | Elected |
| Conservative | 16061 | |
| Liberal | 5127 | |
| National Front | 1070 | |
More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd May, 1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17857 | Elected |
| Conservative | 17257 | |
| Liberal | 4392 | |
| National Front | 348 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 23731 | Elected |
| Labour | 16579 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 12321 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 24779 | Elected |
| Labour Party/Co-operative Party | 20186 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 10936 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 26452 | Elected |
| Labour Party/Co-operative Party | 25373 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 7529 | |
| Natural Law | 240 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24342 | Elected |
| Conservative | 17270 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5309 | |
| Socialist Labour Party (1996) | 1374 | |
| Referendum Party | 865 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 19381 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13863 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 7573 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 397 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17239 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15175 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 7241 | |
| UK Independence Party | 524 | |
| Veritas | 290 | |
| Xtraordinary People Party | 74 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th May, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 18327 | Elected |
| Conservative | 18235 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 8177 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1901 | |
| Green Party | 545 | |
| Independent | 254 | |
| You Party | 137 | |
More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th May, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 19744 | Elected |
| Labour | 18943 | |
| UK Independence Party | 7428 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1947 | |
| Independent | 321 | |
| Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition | 209 | |
More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Jun, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 24459 | Elected |
| Labour | 23523 | |
| UK Independence Party | 1587 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1485 | |
More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Dec, 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 27255 | Elected |
| Labour | 18400 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 2704 | |
| Green | 939 | |
More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 4th Jul, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17363 | Elected |
| Conservative | 12418 | |
| Reform UK | 8517 | |
| Green | 4132 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1966 | |
| English Democrats | 202 | |
More information about the 2024 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
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How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bolton West Constituency (BCon/CCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745000/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 10th April 2026