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Horwich, in the Bolton West constituency

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Bolton West

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Your member of parliament

Phil Brickell

Labour

Labour won Bolton West at the 2024 general election with a majority of 4,945 votes, or 11.1 points. A swing of 5.5 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 249 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 401.

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How safe is this seat?

Competitive

Knife-edgeMedian seatFortress

A majority of 11.1 points, which is larger than 249 of the 650 seats with a published margin.

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Labour finished ahead of Conservative by 4,945 votes.

Majority

4,945

11.1% of votes cast.

Turnout

59.5%

-0.2 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.

Candidates

6

44,598 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesSharevs UK
Phil BrickellElectedLabour17,36338.9%+5.2
Chris GreenConservative12,41827.8%+4.1
Dylan EvansReform UK8,51719.1%+4.8
Vicki AttenboroughGreen Party4,1329.3%+2.9
Donald McintoshLiberal Democrat1,9664.4%-7.8
Patrick McGrathEnglish Democrats2020.5%+0.4

Competitive. Close enough that a modest swing would change hands. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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