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.
Bolton | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1832–1950 | |
Seats | two |
Created from | Lancashire |
Replaced by | Bolton East and Bolton West |
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.
Members of Parliament
editBoundaries
edit1832–1885: The township of Great Bolton, Little Bolton, and Haulgh, except the detached part of the township of Little Bolton which was situate to the north of the town of Bolton.[24]
1885–1918: The existing parliamentary borough, and so much of the municipal borough of Bolton as was not already included in the parliamentary borough.[25]
Elections
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1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s – 1890s – 1900s – 1910s – 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – References |
Winning candidates are highlighted in bold.
Elections in the 1830s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Torrens | 627 | 36.7 | ||
Tory | William Bolling | 492 | 28.8 | ||
Whig | John Ashton Yates | 482 | 28.2 | ||
Radical | William Eagle | 107 | 6.3 | ||
Turnout | 935 | 89.9 | |||
Registered electors | 1,040 | ||||
Majority | 135 | 7.9 | |||
Whig win (new seat) | |||||
Majority | 10 | 0.6 | |||
Tory win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Bolling | 633 | 40.4 | +11.6 | |
Whig | Peter Ainsworth | 590 | 37.7 | +9.5 | |
Whig | Robert Torrens | 343 | 21.9 | −14.8 | |
Majority | 43 | 2.7 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 927 | 92.6 | +2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,001 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.1 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | +6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Peter Ainsworth | 615 | 34.9 | −2.8 | |
Conservative | William Bolling | 607 | 34.5 | −5.9 | |
Whig | Andrew Knowles | 538 | 30.6 | +8.7 | |
Turnout | 1,079 | 80.5 | −12.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,340 | ||||
Majority | 8 | 0.4 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
Majority | 69 | 3.9 | +1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.9 |
Elections in the 1840s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Peter Ainsworth | 669 | 29.6 | −35.9 | |
Radical | John Bowring | 614 | 27.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Peter Rothwell[27] | 536 | 23.7 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | William Bolling | 441 | 19.5 | +2.3 | |
Turnout | 1,164 | 79.1 | −1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,471 | ||||
Majority | 55 | 2.4 | +2.0 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −19.7 | |||
Majority | 173 | 7.7 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Bolling | 714 | 35.5 | −7.7 | |
Radical | John Bowring | 652 | 32.4 | +5.2 | |
Radical | John Brooks[28] | 645 | 32.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 69 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,363 (est) | 92.1 (est) | +13.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,479 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | −6.5 | |||
Radical hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Bolling's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Blair | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Bowring resigned after being appointed Consul-General at Canton, China, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Joshua Walmsley | 621 | 52.2 | −12.3 | |
Conservative | Thomas Ridgway Bridson[29] | 568 | 47.8 | +12.3 | |
Majority | 53 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,189 | 82.7 | −9.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,437 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | −12.3 |
Elections in the 1850s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Thomas Barnes | 745 | 29.4 | −3.0 | |
Radical | Joseph Crook | 727 | 28.7 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Stephen Blair | 717 | 28.3 | −7.2 | |
Whig | Peter Ainsworth[30] | 346 | 13.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 10 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,268 (est) | 75.9 (est) | −16.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,671 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Gray | 930 | 35.0 | +6.7 | |
Radical | Joseph Crook | 895 | 33.7 | +5.0 | |
Radical | Thomas Barnes | 832 | 31.3 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 98 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,794 (est) | 92.8 (est) | +16.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,933 | ||||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing | +1.6 | |||
Radical hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Gray | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Joseph Crook | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,050 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
editCrook's resignation caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Barnes | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Gray | 1,022 | 28.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Barnes | 979 | 27.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Samuel Pope[31] | 864 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Liberal-Conservative | William Gibb[32] | 727 | 20.2 | New | |
Turnout | 1,796 (est) | 82.2 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,186 | ||||
Majority | 43 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 252 | 7.1 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hick | 6,062 | 26.6 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | William Gray | 5,848 | 25.7 | +11.4 | |
Liberal | Thomas Barnes | 5,451 | 23.9 | −3.4 | |
Liberal | Samuel Pope[31] | 5,436 | 23.8 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 611 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,399 (est) | 90.1 (est) | +7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 12,650 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.4 |
Elections in the 1870s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hick | 5,987 | 26.2 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | John Kynaston Cross | 5,782 | 25.3 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | William Gray | 5,650 | 24.7 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | James Knowles[33] | 5,440 | 23.8 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 11,430 (est) | 90.7 (est) | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 12,595 | ||||
Majority | 205 | 0.9 | −1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.2 | |||
Majority | 132 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.2 |
Elections in the 1880s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Kynaston Cross | 6,964 | 26.2 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | John Pennington Thomasson | 6,673 | 25.1 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Thomas Lever Rushton[34] | 6,540 | 24.6 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | Francis Bridgeman | 6,415 | 24.1 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 133 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,296 (est) | 95.3 (est) | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 13,956 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Shepherd-Cross | 7,933 | 26.6 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Francis Bridgeman | 7,655 | 25.8 | +1.7 | |
Liberal | John Kynaston Cross | 6,725 | 22.6 | −3.6 | |
Liberal | John Pennington Thomasson | 6,228 | 21.0 | −4.1 | |
Ind. Conservative | Henry Marriott Richardson | 1,191 | 4.0 | New | |
Majority | 1,705 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Majority | 930 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 15,069 | 93.8 | −1.5 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 16,063 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Shepherd-Cross | 7,780 | 27.5 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Francis Bridgeman | 7,668 | 27.2 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | Joseph Crook Haslam | 6,452 | 22.9 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Roger Charnock Richards | 6,314 | 22.4 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 1,216 | 4.3 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 14,167 | 88.2 | −5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 16,063 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.0 |
Elections in the 1890s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Shepherd-Cross | 8,429 | 26.6 | −0.9 | |
Conservative | Francis Bridgeman | 8,140 | 25.7 | −1.5 | |
Liberal | Frank Taylor | 7,575 | 23.9 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | John Harwood | 7,536 | 23.8 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 565 | 1.8 | −2.5 | ||
Turnout | 31,680 | 89.6 | +1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 17,772 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Shepherd-Cross | 8,594 | 31.0 | +4.4 | |
Liberal | George Harwood | 8,453 | 30.6 | +6.7 | |
Conservative | Francis Bridgeman | 7,901 | 28.6 | +2.9 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Frederick Brocklehurst | 2,694 | 9.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 27,642 | 92.1 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 18,183 | ||||
Majority | 5,900 | 21.2 | +19.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.2 | |||
Majority | 552 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.9 |
Elections in the 1900s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Shepherd-Cross | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | George Harwood | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Harwood | 10,953 | 39.0 | N/A | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | Alfred Henry Gill | 10,416 | 37.1 | New | |
Conservative | George Goschen | 6,693 | 23.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,723 | 13.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,062 | 91.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 20,388 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative |
Elections in the 1910s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Harwood | 12,275 | 31.5 | −7.5 | |
Labour | Alfred Henry Gill | 11,864 | 30.5 | −6.6 | |
Conservative | Miles Walker Mattinson | 7,479 | 19.2 | −4.7 | |
Conservative | Percy Ashworth | 7,326 | 18.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 38,944 | 93.8 | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 21,341 | ||||
Majority | 4,796 | 12.3 | −2.8 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.5 | |||
Majority | 4,385 | 11.3 | −1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Harwood | 10,358 | 35.5 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Alfred Henry Gill | 10,108 | 34.7 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | George Hesketh (soldier) | 8,697 | 29.8 | −8.2 | |
Turnout | 29,163 | 89.3 | −4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 21,341 | ||||
Majority | 1,661 | 5.7 | −6.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.1 | |||
Majority | 1,411 | 4.9 | −6.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.2 |
Harwood's death causes a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Taylor | 10,011 | 53.1 | +17.6 | |
Unionist | Arthur Brooks | 8,835 | 46.9 | +17.1 | |
Majority | 1,176 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,846 | 88.9 | −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 21,195 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Gill's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Tootill | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Taylor's resignation causes a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edge | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Thomas Taylor
- Labour: Robert Tootill
- Unionist: Thomas Clarke Pilling Gibbons
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | William Edge | Unopposed | ||
Labour | Robert Tootill | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Russell | 37,491 | 29.3 | New | |
National Liberal | William Edge | 31,015 | 24.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Samuel Lomax | 20,559 | 16.1 | N/A | |
Labour | William James Abraham | 20,156 | 15.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Isaac Edwards | 18,534 | 14.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 127,755 | 75.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 84,342 | ||||
Majority | 16,932 | 13.2 | N/A | ||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 10,859 | 8.5 | N/A | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Law | 25,133 | 18.6 | +2.5 | |
Unionist | Herbert Cunliffe | 22,833 | 16.9 | −12.4 | |
Unionist | Cecil Hilton | 22,640 | 16.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Edge | 22,173 | 16.5 | −7.8 | |
Labour | Fleming Eccles | 21,045 | 15.6 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | John Fletcher Steele | 21,040 | 15.6 | +1.1 | |
Turnout | 134,864 | 78.8 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 85,613 | ||||
Majority | 2,960 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.2 | |||
Majority | 660 | 0.4 | −12.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Herbert Cunliffe | 34,690 | 23.7 | +6.8 | |
Unionist | Cecil Hilton | 33,405 | 22.8 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Albert Law | 30,632 | 20.9 | +2.3 | |
Labour | William Harold Hutchinson | 28,918 | 19.8 | +4.2 | |
Liberal | J. Percy Taylor | 10,036 | 6.9 | −9.6 | |
Liberal | Alfred Ernest Holt | 8,558 | 5.9 | −9.7 | |
Turnout | 146,239 | 84.7 | +5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 86,366 | ||||
Majority | 2,773 | 1.9 | N/A | ||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Law | 43,520 | 24.0 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Michael Brothers | 37,888 | 20.9 | +1.1 | |
Unionist | Cyril Entwistle | 36,667 | 20.3 | −3.4 | |
Unionist | Cecil Hilton | 35,850 | 19.8 | −3.0 | |
Liberal | Patrick Redmond Barry | 27,074 | 15.0 | +2.2 | |
Turnout | 180,999 | 75.1 | −9.6 | ||
Registered electors | 120,463 | ||||
Majority | 7,670 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Majority | 1,221 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +2.1 |
Elections in the 1930s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cyril Entwistle | 66,385 | 33.94 | ||
Conservative | John Haslam | 63,402 | 32.42 | ||
Labour | Albert Law | 33,737 | 17.25 | ||
Labour | Michael Brothers | 32,049 | 16.39 | ||
Turnout | 195,572 | 79.56 | |||
Majority | 29,666 | 15.17 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Majority | 34,336 | 17.55 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cyril Entwistle | 54,129 | 29.05 | ||
Conservative | John Haslam | 52,465 | 28.15 | ||
Labour | Albert Law | 39,890 | 21.41 | ||
Labour | John Lynch | 39,871 | 21.40 | ||
Turnout | 186,355 | 75.07 | |||
Majority | 12,575 | 6.64 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Majority | 14,258 | 7.65 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
editGeneral 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: Cyril Entwistle, 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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Jones | 44,595 | 23.99 | ||
Labour | John Lewis | 43,266 | 23.28 | ||
Conservative | Sir John Reynolds, 2nd Baronet | 31,217 | 16.79 | ||
Conservative | Cyril Entwistle | 30,911 | 16.63 | ||
Liberal | Robert Kewley Spedding | 18,180 | 9.78 | New | |
Liberal | Brian Reginald Connell | 17,710 | 9.53 | New | |
Turnout | 185,879 | 77.2 | |||
Majority | 13,378 | 7.20 | N/A | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Majority | 12,355 | 6.65 | N/A | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
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