Bolton South East
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 21897 (55.6%)
Conservative: 9245 (23.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 6884 (17.5%)
Other: 1392 (3.5%)
Majority: 12652 (32.1%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 6491 (20.4%)
Labour: 18129 (56.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 6047 (19%)
UKIP: 840 (2.6%)
Other: 343 (1.1%)
Majority: 11638 (36.5%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 8258 (24.2%)
Labour: 21129 (61.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 3941 (11.5%)
Other: 826 (2.4%)
Majority: 12871 (37.7%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 8545 (19.7%)
Labour: 29856 (68.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 3805 (8.8%)
Referendum: 973 (2.2%)
Other: 170 (0.4%)
Majority: 21311 (49.2%)
Boundary changes
Current MP: Brian Iddon (Labour) (more information at They work for you)
Candidates:
Yasmin Qureshi (Labour) born Gujrat. Barrister and human rights advisor to Ken Livingstone. Contested Brent East 2005.
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 94395
Male: 48.8%
Female: 51.2%
Under 18: 25.8%
Over 60: 18.5%
Born outside UK: 9.6%
White: 83.6%
Black: 0.7%
Asian: 14.1%
Mixed: 1.1%
Other: 0.4%
Christian: 69.4%
Hindu: 3.2%
Muslim: 10.9%
Full time students: 3.7%
Graduates 16-74: 11.1%
No Qualifications 16-74: 38.8%
Owner-Occupied: 63.5%
Social Housing: 27% (Council: 20.3%, Housing Ass.: 6.7%)
Privately Rented: 5.7%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 15.8%
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Richmond Park
This is easily the safest of Labour’s 3 seats in Bolton. It is noteworthy that while, a few years ago, some Tory Muslim candidates had some measure of success in some normally Labour inner-city territory here, there has been a Labour recovery since in Borough elections.
July 9th, 2007 at 2:03 pmLabour is currently selection their new PPC. They’ve received 53 applications. Among those there’re Kevin Meagher (CLP chair), Yasmin Qureshi (Brent East 2005 candidate; her family lives in Bolton), Cllr Akhtar Zaman, Julie Hilling (vice-chair of Bolton West CLP), Phil Collins (Blair’s former speechwriter), Ian Stewart MP (lost selection against Barbara Keeley in Worsley and Eccles South after a seat was abolished in Salford area), Nargis Khan (Hackney councillor, originally from Bolton), Jane Lewis (from Bury North) and Joan Veitch (from Salford)
July 22nd, 2007 at 9:41 amLabour will select the new candidate on August 26…the shortlist is:
Julie Hilling (Bolton West CLP Vice-Chairman)
August 7th, 2007 at 8:48 pmRichard Jackson (Altrincham vet)
Nargis Khan (Hackney Councillor)
Kevin Meagher (Bolton South East CLP Chairman)
Yasmin Qureshi (2005 Brent East PPC)
Akhtar Zaman (Bolton Councillor)
Where is Ruth Kelly going to stand?
Is she going to be going down in Bolton West?
August 7th, 2007 at 10:29 pmRuislip Northwood
Boundary changes have probably saved her there
August 7th, 2007 at 10:43 pmJust noticed that Yasmin Qureshi has been selected here. I think she was the person who fought Brent East in 2005 against Sarah Teather. Losing there was a poor result, but it looks like she’s got a long career ahead of her in this seat.
November 15th, 2007 at 9:56 amWorsley & Eccles South
BBC North West Today are reporting that three ward branches have asked the Labour Party NEC to launch an investigation into the ballot that selected Qureshi.
Kevin Meagher - who was the runner-up - has called for the ballot to be re-run.
December 3rd, 2007 at 1:42 pmWorsley & Eccles South
Bolton Evening News now have the story:
link
December 4th, 2007 at 1:05 pmI find it slightly amazing that such a strong Labour seat only has 242 members. (Maybe 242 is very good in reality. I’m not an expert on local political membership.)
December 4th, 2007 at 1:59 pmPoplar & Limehouse
Doesnt sound all that healthy, as it’s not that much more than we have here
December 4th, 2007 at 2:15 pm2008 locals
Lab 9442 (42.35%)
Con 7042 (31.58)
LD 4611 (20.68)
Greens 617 (2.76)
Others 582 (2.61)
The tories didn’t contest a ward (a cock-up IIRC), it was a safe Labour ward but it probably costed an around 2% in the overll figures above (judging from their 2007 performance in that ward).
May 18th, 2008 at 9:27 amLabour won 4 wards, Con 2 and LD 1
Apparently the Labour PPC is a former Crown Prosecution Service case officer. Not much in her history to show support for the white working class.
May 28th, 2008 at 7:07 pmBournemouth West
Would I be right in assuming Labour’s NEC rejected the rerunning of the Labour selection here?
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:15 pm