UK Explained

Bolton South and Walkden

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

Your MP at a glance

Yasmin Qureshi, Labour. Open their full page →

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

How Bolton South and Walkden 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 600 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £648£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 602 areas and lower than 46.

UK 3.9%This area 6.5%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 South and Walkden£6486.5%
Blackburn£6486.5%
Blackpool South£6476.3%
Dewsbury and Batley£6376.6%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Bolton South and Walkden

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 people123,53659,597,740 in total
Aged under 1624%18%6 points higher
Aged 65 and over13%19%5 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher24%34%10 points lower
Households that own their home51%62%11 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association28%17%11 points higher
Households renting privately20%20%about the same

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
Yasmin Qureshi

Labour

MAJORITY
6,743

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
46%

of people who could vote did

Yasmin Qureshi won with 41% of the votes, and Julie Pattison (Reform UK) came second with 23%.

Votes for each party

Labour41% · 15,093
Reform UK23% · 8,350
Workers Party of Britain13% · 4,673
Conservative11% · 4,170
Green Party8% · 2,827
Liberal Democrat4% · 1,384
Everyone else1% · 433
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Yasmin QureshiLabour15,09340.9%
Julie PattisonReform UK8,35022.6%
Jack KhanWorkers Party of Britain4,67312.7%
Mohammed AfzalConservative4,17011.3%
Philip KochittyGreen Party2,8277.7%
Gemma BowkerLiberal Democrat1,3843.7%
Abraham HalliwellIndependent4331.2%

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
£648 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
6.5%
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