Bolton East was a borough constituency in the town of Bolton in Greater Manchester (formerly in Lancashire). It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election. It was abolished in boundary changes for the 1983 general election, when most of Bolton East became part of the new constituency of Bolton South East.
Boundaries
The County Borough of Bolton wards of Astley Bridge, Bradford, Church, Darcy Lever-cum-Breightmet, East, Great Lever, Hulton, North, and Tonge.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1950 Alfred Booth Labour 1951 Philip Bell Conservative 1960 by-election Edwin Taylor Conservative 1964 Robert Howarth Labour 1970 Laurance Reed Conservative Feb 1974 David Young Labour1983 constituency abolished: see Bolton North East and Bolton South East
Election results Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
See also List of parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
References