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Bootle

Every general election in Bootle since 1918. Latest: Peter Dowd, Labour, majority 21,983.

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Member of Parliament

Peter Dowd

Labour · elected 4 July 2024 · majority 21,983

2024 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Peter Dowd Elected sitting MPLabour26,72968.8%
Darren BurnsReform UK4,74612.2%
Neil DoolinGreen3,90410.0%
Rowena BassConservative1,6744.3%
John GibsonLiberal Democrats1,3013.4%
Ian SmithWorkers Party of Britain5261.4%
Valid votes38,880
Majority21,98356.5%

Lab hold Turnout 53.2% of 73,037 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%19181924193519511964F197419831997201020192024Labour, 1923: 13.8%Labour, 1924: 34.7%Labour, 1929: 43.6%Labour, 1931: 38.1%Labour, 1935: 38.8%Labour, 1945: 58.6%Labour, 1950: 52.8%Labour, 1951: 52.7%Labour, 1955: 52.0%Labour, 1959: 53.7%Labour, 1964: 62.0%Labour, 1966: 60.4%Labour, 1970: 63.6%Labour, February 1974: 58.7%Labour, October 1974: 64.0%Labour, 1979: 61.0%Labour, 1983: 53.0%Labour, 1987: 66.9%Labour, 1992: 74.6%Labour, 1997: 82.9%Labour, 2001: 77.6%Labour, 2005: 75.5%Labour, 2010: 66.4%Labour, 2015: 74.5%Labour, 2017: 84.0%Labour, 2019: 79.4%Labour, 2024: 68.8%Conservative, 1918: 63.0%Conservative, 1922: 41.9%Conservative, 1923: 42.1%Conservative, 1924: 45.5%Conservative, 1929: 40.7%Conservative, 1931: 61.9%Conservative, 1935: 48.6%Conservative, 1945: 41.4%Conservative, 1950: 44.9%Conservative, 1951: 44.7%Conservative, 1955: 48.0%Conservative, 1959: 46.3%Conservative, 1964: 38.0%Conservative, 1966: 33.6%Conservative, 1970: 36.4%Conservative, February 1974: 26.6%Conservative, October 1974: 24.9%Conservative, 1979: 26.6%Conservative, 1983: 23.6%Conservative, 1987: 20.1%Conservative, 1992: 16.0%Conservative, 1997: 8.5%Conservative, 2001: 8.0%Conservative, 2005: 6.2%Conservative, 2010: 8.9%Conservative, 2015: 8.1%Conservative, 2017: 12.1%Conservative, 2019: 9.2%Conservative, 2024: 4.3%Liberal, 1922: 56.3%Liberal, 1923: 44.1%Liberal, 1924: 19.8%Liberal, 1929: 15.7%Liberal, 1935: 12.6%Liberal, February 1974: 13.5%Liberal, October 1974: 9.9%Liberal, 1979: 10.3%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 6.6%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 5.7%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 8.5%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 11.7%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 15.1%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 2.2%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 1.7%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 3.7%Liberal Democrats, 2024: 3.4%Independent, 1918: 37.0%Independent, 1922: 1.8%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 23.4%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 13.0%Green, 2015: 3.3%Green, 2017: 1.4%Green, 2019: 2.4%Green, 2024: 10.0%
Vote share in Bootle at each general election Lab Con Lib LD Ind Alliance Grn

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of today’s Bootle lived under the old (2010–2019) boundaries:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2024Lab Peter DowdRef21,98356.553.2%Lab hold
2019Lab Peter DowdCon34,55670.365.7%Lab hold
2017Lab Peter DowdCon36,20072.069.0%Lab hold
2015Lab Peter DowdUKIP28,70463.664.4%Lab hold
2010Lab Joe BentonLD21,18151.357.8%Lab hold
2005LabLD16,35763.847.7%
2001LabLD19,04369.049.8%Lab hold
1997LabCon28,42174.466.7%
1992LabCon29,44258.672.5%Lab hold
1987LabCon24,47746.872.9%Lab hold
1983LabCon15,13929.467.4%
1979LabCon15,15934.470.4%Lab hold
October 1974LabCon16,89039.167.2%Lab hold
February 1974LabCon14,93532.173.3%
1970LabCon8,61427.365.2%Lab hold
1966LabCon8,59926.768.2%Lab hold
1964LabCon8,39224.070.9%Lab hold
1959LabCon2,9157.478.3%Lab hold
1955LabCon1,4383.975.7%
1951LabCon4,0628.181.2%Lab hold
1950LabCon3,7997.982.1%
1945LabCon4,64317.269.7%
1935ConLab3,3689.871.3%Con hold
1931ConLab8,80623.778.9%Con gain from Lab
1929LabCon1,0312.977.9%Lab gain from Con
1924ConLab2,93410.877.0%Con gain from Lib
1923LibCon4531.968.1%Lib hold
1922LibCon3,40914.571.1%Lib gain from Con
1918ConInd5,07726.058.5%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who is the MP for Bootle?

Peter Dowd (Labour) won Bootle at the 2024 general election with a majority of 21,983.

Which parties have won Bootle?

At the 29 general elections held under this name since 1918: Labour 23, Conservative 4, Liberal 2.

Which region is Bootle in?

Bootle is in North West.

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