UK Explained

Bolton North East

Represented in Parliament by Kirith Entwistle (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Kirith Entwistle, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Bolton North East compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 556 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £672£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 561 areas and lower than 87.

UK 3.9%This area 5.6%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Bolton North East£6725.6%
Leicester South£6725.7%
Dudley£6765.5%
Glasgow North East£6635.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Bolton North East

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people113,91859,597,740 in total
Aged under 1621%18%2 points higher
Aged 65 and over18%19%about the same
Adults with a degree or higher26%34%7 points lower
Households that own their home60%62%2 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association21%17%4 points higher
Households renting privately18%20%2 points lower

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Kirith Entwistle

Labour

MAJORITY
6,653

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
54%

of people who could vote did

Kirith Entwistle won with 37% of the votes, and Adele Warren (Conservative) came second with 22%.

Votes for each party

Labour37% · 16,166
Conservative22% · 9,513
Reform UK22% · 9,428
Green Party11% · 4,683
Liberal Democrat3% · 1,507
Workers Party of Britain3% · 1,463
Everyone else1% · 599
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kirith EntwistleLabour16,16637.3%
Adele WarrenConservative9,51321.9%
Trevor JonesReform UK9,42821.7%
Hanif AlliGreen Party4,68310.8%
Rebecca ForrestLiberal Democrat1,5073.5%
Syeda KazmiWorkers Party of Britain1,4633.4%
Kevin AllsopIndependent3450.8%
John PartingtonIndependent2540.6%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£672 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
5.6%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026