County Greater Manchester Electorate 71,454 (December 2010) Created from Bolton Member of parliament Chris Green Replaced by Bolton | Population 94,523 (2011 census) Created 1950 European Parliament constituency North West England Number of members 1 | |
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Major settlements Atherton, Blackrod, Heaton, Greater Manchester, Horwich, Westhoughton | ||
Bolton West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Chris Green of the Conservative Party.
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Constituency profile
The seat is on the outskirts of Greater Manchester with fields making for separate villages and towns, these buffer zones most often designated as Green belt which includes areas for sport. To date the seat has been a marginal seat between the Labour and the Conservative parties.
Boundaries
1950-1983: The County Borough of Bolton wards of Deane-cum-Lostock, Derby, Halliwell, Heaton, Rumworth, Smithills, and West.
1983-1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton wards of Blackrod, Deane-cum-Heaton, Halliwell, Horwich, Hulton Park, Smithills, and Westhoughton.
1997-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton wards of Blackrod, Deane-cum-Heaton, Horwich, Hulton Park, Smithills, and Westhoughton.
2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton wards of Heaton and Lostock, Horwich and Blackrod, Horwich North East, Smithills, Westhoughton North and Chew Moor, and Westhoughton South, and the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan ward of Atherton.
There were major boundary changes to Bolton West in 1983 when part of its area went to create Bolton North East, but compensated by taking most of the former Westhoughton constituency.