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Bolton West

6th decile deprivation (IMD 2025) LOW funding gap
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What the data shows

1 GP for every 2,361 patients. The NHS England average is around 2,200.
NHS Digital General Practice Workforce (Feb 2026) and Patients Registered at a GP Practice (Mar 2026)

Your councillors

No councillor records have been loaded for Bolton West yet. Full data arrives after the May 2026 elections.

Index of Multiple Deprivation by domain

Rank out of 543 English constituencies. Lower rank = more deprived.

crime
165/543
health
215/543
income
281/543
housing
271/543
education
338/543
employment
241/543
environment
221/543

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), published October 2025. See methodology.

Identified resource gaps

crime MODERATE
Rank 165/543 for crime deprivation (IMD 2025)
No crime-focused charities in constituency
employment LOW
Rank 241/543 for employment deprivation (IMD 2025)
132 employment-focused charities, 1226 employees
health LOW
Rank 215/543 for health deprivation (IMD 2025)
358 health-focused charities, 3587 employees
GP ratio: 1:2361 (above 1:2000 threshold)
housing LOW
Rank 271/543 for housing deprivation (IMD 2025)
39 housing-focused charities, 1284 employees
environment LOW
Rank 221/543 for environment deprivation (IMD 2025)
177 environment-focused charities, 1267 employees

Gap severity is computed from IMD 2025 domain ranks and Charity Commission data. See methodology.

811 registered charities

811
Charities
£17,754,138
Grants to HQ'd charities
6,104
Employees
19,223
Volunteers
23.8%
Govt funded
LOW
Funding gap

Grant funding is above the national median. Grant totals reflect money received by charities whose registered office is in this constituency. National charities headquartered here will inflate the total even if most of their work happens elsewhere; charities that serve this constituency but are registered elsewhere will not appear. Source: 360Giving GrantNav and the Charity Commission Register. See methodology for definitions and known limitations.

Largest charities by income

CRAWSHAWBOOTH MEETING HOUSE AND BURIAL GROUND
THE REVEREND J.N. MITCHELL M.A. B.D. AWARD
BOOTHSTOWN PROJECT COMMITTEE
WESTWOOD FORUM
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST STAFF AMENITIES FUND
CLAYTON PLAYING FIELD & RECREATION GROUND
BIRTENSHAW HALL (CHILDREN'S CHARITABLE TRUST)

491 staff
THE BOLTON SCHOOL BURSARY SCHOLARSHIP AND PRIZE FUND

573 staff
MY SIDE
AL-JAMIATUL ISLAMIYAH DARUL ULOOM LANCASHIRE U.K.

GP and primary care

9
GP practices
37
FQ FTE GPs
1:2,361
Patients per FQ FTE GP

The NHS England average is approximately 2,200 patients per fully-qualified full-time equivalent GP (NHS Digital General Practice Workforce, February 2026; trainees, grant-paid and locum GPs excluded from the denominator). This constituency is 161 patients above that. See methodology.

People working in Bolton West, by sector

Sector Employees
Transport 5,350
Construction 2,650
Education 2,250
NHS / Healthcare 1,750
Social Care 1,600
Environment / Green 200

Employee jobs in each sector within this constituency. Workforce exists; the question is whether central government chooses to fund the posts. Source: NOMIS Business Register and Employment Survey (2024). Figures are rounded by ONS for disclosure control. See methodology.

Data sources & provenance
360Giving GrantNav [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
NHS Digital / Commons Library GP Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08
Charity Commission Register [source]
Accessed 2026-03-31
English Indices of Deprivation [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
ONS NOMIS Labour Market Statistics [source]
Accessed 2026-04-04
Charity Commission Annual Return Data [source]
Accessed 2026-04-10
Charity Commission Classification Extract [source]
Accessed 2026-04-08

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