Election results for Bootle Parliamentary Constituency

 The Labour Party Win Peter Dowd was elected with a majority of 72%. A total of 50288 votes were cast.

Table of main parties and election candidates retaining deposit

Election Candidate	Party	Number	%	Status	% Change
Peter Dowd	The Labour Party	42259	84%	Newly elected	n/a
Charles Grant Fifield	The Conservative Party	6059	12%	Not elected	n/a
Other election candidates	-see below	1970	4%	-	-3%

Table of other election candidates

Election Candidate	Party	Number	%	Outcome
David Ian Newman	Liberal Democrats	837	2%	Not elected
Alison Moira Gibbon	The Green Party	709	1%	Not elected
Barbara Ann Bryan	Socialist Labour Party	424	1%	Not elected