Bolton South and Walkden: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Bolton South and Walkden is represented in the House of Commons by Yasmin Qureshi (Labour). On 4 July 2024 Yasmin Qureshi (Labour) won 15,093 votes, 40.9% of the valid vote; Julie Pattison (Reform UK) came second with 8,350. 36,930 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 79,622, 46.4% of those registered. The majority was 6,743.
Key figures
What the figures show
Compared with other constituencies, Bolton South and Walkden has the 13th highest economic inactivity rate of the 632 constituencies with this figure (33.1%); it also has the 14th lowest median full-time pay of residents of the 632 constituencies with this figure (£31,458 a year).
The ONS estimates 130,467 people lived in Bolton South and Walkden in mid-2024, up 14.8% on 2014. There were more children under 16 (31,638) than residents aged 65 and over (16,875).
Jobs based in Bolton South and Walkden paid more than its residents earned in April 2025: median full-time pay was £32,277 for workplace jobs and £31,458 for residents. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £30,905. The residents' figure ranks 14th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
The Annual Population Survey puts the employment rate for 16 to 64 year olds at 63.4% for April 2025 to March 2026, give or take 7.5 points. 33.1% were economically inactive.
In 2024/25, 42.4% of children under 16 in Bolton South and Walkden (13,421) lived in relative low income families once housing costs are taken off, says the DWP; the UK figure is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it fell from 40.3% in 2021/22 to 37.8% in 2024/25.
The median price paid for a home was £190,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £92,000. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 78th lowest of 575 constituencies. 968 sales were registered in the period, against 1,109 in the year to March 2025.
Bolton South and Walkden counted 47,139 households on Census day 2021; 16.3% of adults were retired and 20.8% of those in work were mostly working from home.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 5,330, or 6.5% of the working-age population. A year earlier the count was 5,135.
Workplaces in Bolton South and Walkden accounted for 50,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 4,750 local units for March 2026.
MP
Yasmin Qureshi, Labour
- MP for Bolton South and Walkden since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 6 May 2010
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Yasmin Qureshi on this site
In Parliament
The 5 most recent spoken contributions by Yasmin Qureshi in Hansard, from 1 September 2026 to 21 October 2026, quoted from the official report. Hansard search returns 171 spoken contributions by Yasmin Qureshi since 4 July 2024.
The Prime Minister will remember that, in 2013, he met me to discuss the hormone pregnancy test drug Primodos, and he has supported the affected families since. One of them is his own constituent Marie Lyon, who has led this fight for decades.
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I come to this debate with experience. I spent 15 years as a prosecutor, and during that time I was designated a sexual abuse prosecutor, which meant that I dealt with a great many cases involving sexual abuse and of course, domestic and other violence.
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On the point about the people displaced in Lebanon, does the hon. Member agree that if there is to be a comprehensive peace settlement between Israel and Palestine, all 700,000-odd people who were forcibly expelled from the west bank, from Gaza and from elsewhere during the …
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May I say how proud I am to sit behind a Foreign Secretary with the courage to take this action? I thank the Prime Minister for showing leadership on this matter as well.
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I welcome the Lord Chancellor’s statement. As a former criminal law barrister, I represented defendants who were given IPP sentences.
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Read from the Hansard API on 26 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasmin Qureshi | Labour | 15,093 | 40.9% | −15.7 |
| Julie Pattison | Reform UK | 8,350 | 22.6% | +17.2 |
| Jack Khan | Workers Party of Britain | 4,673 | 12.7% | |
| Mohammed Afzal | Conservative | 4,170 | 11.3% | −20.4 |
| Philip Kochitty | Green Party | 2,827 | 7.7% | +5.2 |
| Gemma Bowker | Liberal Democrat | 1,384 | 3.7% | −0.1 |
| Abraham Halliwell | Independent | 433 | 1.2% |
Result summary as published: Lab hold. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 40.9% | Reform UK 22.6% | 6,743 | 46.4% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Labour 56.6% | Conservative 31.7% | 10,929 | 58.1% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Bolton South and Walkden covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
Who has power over Bolton South and Walkden
Every body that makes decisions for Bolton South and Walkden, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Bolton South and Walkden this page: Yasmin Qureshi (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Bolton South and Walkden?
Yasmin Qureshi (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Bolton South and Walkden?
The House of Commons Library records 15,093 votes for Yasmin Qureshi of Labour and a majority of 6,743; 46.4% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Bolton South and Walkden?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 5,330, 6.5% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Bolton South and Walkden?
£190,000: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in Bolton South and Walkden?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £31,458 (April 2025).
How many children in Bolton South and Walkden live in low income families?
13,421 children under 16, 42.4%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Bolton South and Walkden?
130,467 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.