All three Bolton seats have been won by Labour as part of a nationwide landslide. In the early hours of Friday morning each seat in turn was declared for Labour, which is now expected to form the next government. Bolton North East, once one of the UK’s most marginal seats, was won by Kirith Entwistle with a total of 16,166 votes cast.
She said: “Thank you to the people of Bolton North East for electing me as their first female member of parliament, I certainly hope I won’t be the last. “And after 14 years of Conservative failure you have demanded change. “Under Keir Starmer the Labour Party has changed and is back in the service of working people.
” The count took place at Bolton Arena (Image: Phil Taylor) Ms Entwistle came more than 6,000 votes ahead of her closest rival, the Conservative Party’s Adele Warren, who replaced outgoing MP Mark Logan as the Tory candidate. She was joined as a newly elected MP by her party colleague Phil Brickell, who unseated Conservative Chris Green in Bolton West. Mr Green had served as MP for the area since 2015 but came nearly 5,000 votes behind his Labour opponent.
Mr Brickell said: "Time and time again people have told me that our communities face immense challenges." He added: "I know that a Labour government will deliver on the promises of this election campaign, rebuilding trust one step at a time." Yasmin Qureshi, who until this week had been Bolton’s only sitting Labour MP, finished more than 6,000 votes ahead of her nea.
