Bolton West                Lab  gain
                                        
                                    5/6 
 R Kelly           Lab    24,342   49.5%
 T Sackville       Con    17,270   35.1%
 B Ronson          LibD    5,309   10.8%
 D Kelly           SLP     1,374    2.8%
 G Frankl-Slater   Ref       865    1.8%
 Turnout 77.4%; Lab majority 7,072      
 Swing from Con to Lab of 11.3%         
                                        
    Bootle                     Lab  hold
                                        
                                        
 J Benton          Lab    31,668   82.9%
 R Matthews        Con     3,247    8.5%
 K Reid            LibD    2,191    5.7%
 J Elliot          Ref       571    1.5%
 P Glover          SLP       420    1.1%
 S Cohen           NLP       126    0.3%
 Turnout 66.7%; Lab majority 28,421     
 Swing from Con to Lab of 6.0%          
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