These are registers of persons entitled to vote in elections of Members of Parliament for the Bolton Borough constituencies.
The Parliamentary Borough of Bolton, returning two M.P.s, was established under the Reform Act of 1832. Its original boundaries were the same as those adopted in 1838 for the Municipal Borough.
In 1868, however, the Parliamentary Borough (but not the Municipal Borough) was extended to include Astley Bridge and Halliwell. Rumworth was also added in 1885. The Parliamentary Borough was not extended in 1898 and many of the outlying suburbs of Bolton are not therefore included in the Parliamentary Electoral registers before 1926. By this date, the boundaries of the Parliamentary and Municipal Boroughs had been brought into line.
Some electoral registers for those districts which were not in Bolton Parliamentary Borough (Blackrod, Farnworth, Horwich, Kearsley, Little Lever, Turton, Westhoughton) have been preserved at the Lancashire Record Office, Preston.
We do not have any electoral registers before 1868, from 1916 to 1918 and from 1940 to 1944. For access to all Electoral Registers ask at the Information Desk in the Search Room.
- Astley Bridge 1868 to date
- Halliwell 1868 to date
- Middle Hulton 1919 to date
- Blackrod 1974 to date
- Haulgh 1868 to date
- Over Hulton* 1919 to date
- Breightmet 1919 to date
- Heaton 1919 to date
- Rumworth 1885 to date
- Darcy Lever 1919 to date
- Horwich 1968 to date
- Smithills 1919 to date
- Deane 1919 to date
- Kearsley 1968 to date
- Tonge 1919 to date
- Farnworth 1960 to date
- Little Bolton 1868 to date
- Turton 1966 to date
- Great Bolton 1868 to date
- Little Lever 1967 to date
- Westhoughton 1967 to date
- Great Lever 1919 to date
- Lostock 1919 to date
*part only before 1967
