Bolton South and Walkden (UK Parliament constituency)

Bolton South and Walkden is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.^[1] Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.^[2] Since 2024, it has been represented by Labour's Yasmin Qureshi, who was MP for the predecessor seat of Bolton South East from 2010 to 2024.

Bolton South and Walkden
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bolton South and Walkden in North West England
County	Greater Manchester
Electorate	79,622 (2024)
Major settlements	Bolton, Walkden, Great Lever, Kearsley, Little Hulton
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Yasmin Qureshi (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Bolton South East (part) Worsley and Eccles South (part)

Boundaries

Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency is defined as comprising the following as they existed on 1 December 2020:

• The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton wards of Farnworth, Great Lever, Harper Green, Kearsley, and Rumworth.
• The City of Salford wards of Little Hulton, Walkden North, and Walkden South.^[3]

The Bolton Borough wards were formerly part of Bolton South East and the Salford City wards part of Worsley and Eccles South - with both constituencies abolished as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.^[4]

Following a local government boundary review in Bolton which came into effect in May 2023,^[5][6] the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

• The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton wards of: Farnworth North; Farnworth South; Great Lever; Kearsley; Queens Park & Central (part); Rumworth (nearly all); and a very small part of Hulton.
• The City of Salford wards of: Little Hulton; Walkden North; Walkden South.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Yasmin Qureshi	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Bolton South and Walkden^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yasmin Qureshi	15,093	40.9	−15.7
	Reform UK	Julie Pattison	8,350	22.6	+17.2
	Workers Party	Jack Khan	4,673	12.7	N/A
	Conservative	Mohammed Afzal	4,170	11.3	−20.4
	Green	Philip Kochitty	2,827	7.7	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gemma-Jane Bowker	1,384	3.7	−0.2
	Independent	Reis Halliwell	433	1.2	N/A
Majority			6,743	18.3	−6.6
Turnout			36,930	46.4	−11.9
Registered electors			79,622
	Labour hold		Swing	−16.5

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	24,890	56.6
	Conservative	13,961	31.7
	Brexit Party	2,361	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	1,695	3.9
	Green	1,077	2.4
Turnout		43,984	58.1
Electorate		75,716