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Bolton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Created from
  
Lancashire

Number of members
  
2

Bolton (UK Parliament constituency)

Replaced by
  
Lancashire, Bolton East, Bolton West

Bolton was a borough constituency centred on the town of Bolton in the county of Lancashire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons for the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.

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Map of Bolton, Appleby-in-Westmorland, UK

Created by the Reform Act of 1832, it was represented by two Members of Parliament. The constituency was abolished in 1950, being split into single-member divisions of Bolton East and Bolton West.

Election results

Winning candidates are highlighted in bold.

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Liberal: Thomas Taylor
  • Labour: Robert Tootill
  • Unionist: Thomas Clarke Pilling Gibbons
  • Note1 Endorsed by the Coalition Government
  • Elections in the 1940s

    General Election 1939/40:

    Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Conservative: Sir Cyril Entwistle, Sir John Haslam
  • Labour: E Mellor
  • However, in the by-election held in 1940 no other parties contested the seat due to the War-time electoral pact meaning that the Conservative candidate Edward Cadogan was elected unopposed.

    References

    Bolton (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia