UK general elections › 2017 › Bolton West
Bolton West — 2017
Chris Green (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,459 votes— 47.9% of 51,054 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 47.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,054
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Green | Conservative Party | 24,459 | 47.9% | −2.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Julie Hilling | Labour Party | 23,523 | 46.1% | — | |
| 3 | Martin Tighe | UK Independence Party | 1,587 | 3.1% | — | |
| 4 | Rebecca Forrest | Liberal Democrats | 1,485 | 2.9% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.