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Political Life

Election results, plus information on turn-out.

Preferred Name:
BOLTON WEST
Unit Type:
Constituency
Status:
Borough Constituency (1949 - 1982)
County Constituency (after 1983)
Date created:
1949
Date abolished:
 
Unit ID:
12745000
Authorities:
Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)

Notes:

Cheffins records this unit as being created and used as a Borough Constituency from 1949 and later changing to be a County Constituency. The Third Periodical Review re-designated it as a County Constituency and it has remained this at all subsequent reviews. The unit information has been amended accordingly.

Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
BOLTON WEST Preferred English     Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
WEST BOLTON Alternate English     Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ENGLAND Dep Country 1949   Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)

Boundary changes

We know of no boundary changes affecting this unit.

Lower level units

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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bolton West BCon/CCon through time | Census tables with data for the Constituency, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12745000

Date accessed: 28th March 2024