North West · England · 79,622Boundary · 2023

Bolton South & Walkden

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Created in the 2023 boundary review, replacing Bolton South East.

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Apr 2026

A new constituency created in the 2023 boundary review. Won by Lab in its first election in 2024. Covers Bolton (Bolton), Farnworth and Little Hulton. Population 120,293, notably young (median age 34 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 100% below the national average. Median income £25K (below average).

Qureshi's most distinctive recent action has been her consistent opposition to assisted dying legislation -- one of the clearest rebel stances among Labour MPs on this Parliament's most contentious free vote. She voted against the Bill at Second Reading in November 2024, backed restrictive amendments at Report Stage in June 2025, and voted against Third Reading, placing her firmly among Labour's anti-assisted-dying minority. Her voting record on this issue tracks with her above-party-average score on anti-assisted-dying and pro-NHS-funding measures, and she sits 16 points above her party on child welfare votes. Beyond Parliament, she has been active locally: championing a fireworks regulation Private Members' Bill, calling for an investigation into a Bolton school's library book removals, and raising the local cost-of-living impact of Middle East conflict directly with the Prime Minister.

At 60% voting participation -- below the Commons average -- Qureshi is not among the most present MPs in the division lobbies, though her 92 speech contributions across 60 debates suggest she engages selectively but substantively. She votes with Labour 98.3% of the time outside of free votes, making assisted dying the primary exception. Her speeches cluster around defence, economy and jobs, health, and social care. She scores 0% alignment on pro-parliamentary-scrutiny and pro-lords-scrutiny votes, meaning she has consistently backed the government in overriding Lords amendments. She was also appointed to a scrutiny committee on jury trial reform, reportedly as a critic of those reforms.

291
Commons votes
This parliament
£25k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
79.6k
Electorate
2024 GE

Recorded crime is 100% below the national average.

Current Member of Parliament

Yasmin Qureshi

Yasmin Qureshi

Labour Party

Yasmin Qureshi is the Labour MP for Bolton South and Walkden, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.

Notable Votes

MPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dying legislation in its amended form. Passing Third Reading sends the Bill to the House of Lords.

MP voted NoAgainst party majority

Vote on whether to strengthen the advertising ban in the Assisted Dying Bill by requiring that any advertising restrictions also cover situations where advertisers know their adverts could influence vulnerable people's choices — going further than the basic ban proposed by the bill's sponsor Kim Leadbeater.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

Vote on New Clause 2 to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, debated alongside related amendments including provisions on guidance, devolution, and regulatory consultation. The excerpts focus on New Clause 20, which would require the Secretary of State to issue guidance (consulting chief medical officers and palliative/hospice care providers) and enable Welsh Ministers to issue guidance on devolved health matters.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

A new constituency created in the 2023 boundary review. Won by Lab in its first election in 2024. Covers Bolton (Bolton), Farnworth and Little Hulton. Population 120,293, notably young (median age 34 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 100% below the national average. Median income £25K (below average).

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Qureshi’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.303 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Qureshi has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
62
Economy
54
Employment
45
Crime & Policing
30
Housing
22
Education
22
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading20 Jun 2025 · free vote
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 1413 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 213 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
§ 08The local picture.7 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
Farnworth NorthSusan Haworth908Labour P
Farnworth SouthPaula Tracey Connor-Bennett975Farnwort
KearsleySylvia Mary Crossley1,225Farnwort
Little HultonTony Davies1,173Labour P
Queens Park CentralLinda Carol Thomas1,256Labour P
Walkden NorthAdrian Brocklehurst1,351Labour P
Walkden SouthJoshua Brooks1,575Labour P
Population (2021 Census)
120,293
Electorate 79,622 · 2024 register
Median income
£25,200
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
20.0%
England average 20.0%
Schools
67
43 primary · 11 secondary
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