Blackburn | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire |
Population | 107,246 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 69,954 (December 2018)[2] |
Major settlements | Blackburn |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1955 |
Member of Parliament | Kate Hollern (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Blackburn East and Blackburn West |
1832–1950 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Created from | Lancashire |
Replaced by | Blackburn East Blackburn West |
Blackburn is a constituency[n 1] in Lancashire, England, which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament[n 2] since 2015 by Kate Hollern of the Labour Party. From 1979 to 2015, it was represented by Jack Straw who served under the Labour leaders of Neil Kinnock and John Smith and the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
Constituency profile
It has elected Labour MPs since its re-creation in 1955.
Boundaries
1832–1885: The township of Blackburn.[3]
1885–1918: The existing parliamentary borough, and so much of the municipal borough of Blackburn as was not already included in the parliamentary borough.[4]
1918–1950: the county borough of Blackburn.[5]
1955–1974: The county borough of Blackburn wards of Park, St. John's, St. Jude's, St. Luke's, St. Matthew's, St. Michael's, St. Paul's, St. Silas's, St. Stephen's, St. Thomas's and Trinity.[6]
The constituency encompasses the town of Blackburn in the North West of England. It borders four other constituencies: Ribble Valley to the north, Hyndburn to the east, Rossendale and Darwen to the south and Chorley to the west.
Following the review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire, including the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen in the run up to the 2010 United Kingdom general election the Boundary Commission for England made minor boundary changes to the existing constituency.
The electoral wards in the Blackburn seat fought at the UK general election in 2010 were entirely within the district of Blackburn with Darwen.
- Audley, Bastwell, Beardwood and Lammack, Corporation Park, Ewood, Higher Croft, Little Harwood, Livesey with Pleasington, Meadowhead, Mill Hill, Queen's Park, Roe Lee, Shadsworth with Whitebirk, Shear Brow and Wensley Fold.
Proposed
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following wards of the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- Audley & Queen’s Park; Bastwell & Daisyfield; Billinge & Beardwood; Blackburn Central; Blackburn South East; Ewood; Little Harwood & Whitebirk; Livesey with Pleasington; Mill Hill & Moorgate; Roe Lee; Shear Brow & Corporation Park; Wensley Fold.[7]
Minor changes to reflect changes to local authority ward structure.
History
For more details, see the Politics section of the Blackburn article.
Blackburn was first enfranchised by the Reform Act 1832, as a two-member constituency, and was first used at the 1832 general election. It was abolished for the 1950 general election, replaced by two single member constituencies, Blackburn East and Blackburn West.
Blackburn was re-established as a single-member constituency for the 1955 general election, partially replacing Blackburn East and Blackburn West. After its re-establishment, the constituency was initially a marginal, but Blackburn is now considered to be a Labour Party stronghold.
It has been represented by two prominent frontbenchers in the Cabinet: Barbara Castle, a First Secretary of State (amongst other roles) who stood down from this seat to become a Member of the European Parliament, and Jack Straw, who served as Home Secretary and then Foreign Secretary in the Blair government.
2005 general election
Blackburn's then MP, Straw, was primarily challenged in the 2005 general election by the Conservative Party, but the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, also stood for election in the seat as an Independent. Murray said: "I've been approached by several people in the Asian community who are under huge pressure from Labour activists [talking up the BNP's chances] to apply for a postal vote rather than a ballot vote and then hand their postal vote over to the Labour party." Over 50% more people used postal votes in the 2005 general election in Blackburn than in 2001.[8] The BNP had not stood in the previous two elections, but this time had a candidate, who polled 5.4% of the vote, and beat Murray to come fourth. Both were outperformed by the Liberal Democrats in third place, and the Conservatives, who remained second. Straw held on comfortably, albeit with a reduced majority; his winning share of 42% is the smallest since the seat became a single-member constituency.
2015 general election
In August 2011, Straw announced he had no plans to retire, despite hitting 65 earlier that month.[9]
On 25 October 2013, Straw announced that he would stand down as Blackburn's MP at the next election.[10] In March 2014, Kate Hollern was selected, via an all women shortlist, as the candidate for Labour for the 2015 general election, and held the seat.
Members of Parliament
Two-member constituency (1832–1950)
Single member constituency (1955–present)
Election | Member[11] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1955 | constituency re-established | ||
1955 | Barbara Castle | Labour | |
1979 | Jack Straw | Labour | |
2015 | Independent | ||
2015 | Kate Hollern | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hollern | 29,040 | 64.9 | ―4.8 | |
Conservative | Claire Gill | 10,736 | 24.0 | ―2.9 | |
Brexit Party | Rick Moore | 2,770 | 6.2 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Beth Waller-Slack | 1,130 | 2.5 | +1.0 | |
Green | Reza Hossain | 741 | 1.7 | New | |
Independent | Rizwan Shah | 319 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 18,304 | 40.9 | ―2.0 | ||
Turnout | 44,736 | 62.8 | ―4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hollern | 33,148 | 69.8 | +13.5 | |
Conservative | Bob Eastwood | 12,780 | 26.9 | ―0.4 | |
Independent | Duncan Miller | 875 | 1.8 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Irfan Ahmed | 709 | 1.5 | ―0.7 | |
Majority | 20,368 | 42.9 | +13.9 | ||
Turnout | 47,512 | 67.2 | +7.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hollern | 24,762 | 56.3 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | Bob Eastwood | 12,002 | 27.3 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | Dayle Taylor | 6,280 | 14.3 | +12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Lishman | 955 | 2.2 | ―13.0 | |
Majority | 12,760 | 29.0 | +8.3 | ||
Turnout | 43,999 | 60.1 | ―1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Straw | 21,751 | 47.8 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Law-Riding | 11,895 | 26.1 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul English | 6,918 | 15.2 | ―5.4 | |
BNP | Robin Evans | 2,158 | 4.7 | ―0.7 | |
Independent | Bushra Irfan | 1,424 | 3.1 | New | |
UKIP | Bobby Anwar | 942 | 2.1 | ―0.2 | |
Independent | Grace Astley | 238 | 0.5 | New | |
Independent | Janis Sharp | 173 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 9,856 | 21.7 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,499 | 62.9 | +5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Straw | 17,562 | 42.0 | ―12.1 | |
Conservative | Imtiaz Ameen | 9,553 | 22.9 | ―8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Melia | 8,608 | 20.6 | +12.5 | |
BNP | Nicholas Holt | 2,263 | 5.4 | New | |
Independent | Craig Murray | 2,082 | 5.0 | New | |
UKIP | Dorothy Baxter | 954 | 2.3 | ―0.6 | |
Green | Graham Carter | 783 | 1.9 | New | |
Majority | 8,009 | 19.1 | ―3.8 | ||
Turnout | 41,805 | 56.9 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―1.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Straw | 21,808 | 54.1 | ―0.9 | |
Conservative | John Cotton | 12,559 | 31.2 | +6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Imtiaz Patel | 3,264 | 8.1 | ―2.4 | |
UKIP | Dorothy Baxter | 1,185 | 2.9 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Terry Cullen | 559 | 1.4 | +0.1 | |
Socialist Alliance | Jim Nichol | 532 | 1.3 | New | |
Independent | Paul Morris | 377 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 9,249 | 22.9 | ―7.5 | ||
Turnout | 40,284 | 55.5 | ―9.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―2.9 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Straw | 26,141 | 55.0 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | Geeta Sidhu Robb | 11,690 | 24.6 | ―12.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Fenn | 4,990 | 10.5 | ―1.0 | |
Referendum | David Bradshaw | 1,892 | 4.0 | New | |
National Democrats | Tina Wingfield | 671 | 1.4 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Helen Drummond | 635 | 1.3 | New | |
Green | Robin Field | 608 | 1.3 | ―0.3 | |
Keep Britain Free and Independent Party | Margo Carmichael-Grimshaw | 506 | 1.1 | New | |
Common Sense Sick of Politicians | John Batchelor | 362 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 14,451 | 30.4 | +19.4 | ||
Turnout | 47,495 | 65.0 | ―10.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Straw | 26,633 | 48.4 | ―1.5 | |
Conservative | Ross M. Coates | 20,606 | 37.5 | ―2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Mann | 6,332 | 11.5 | +1.5 | |
Green | Robin Field | 878 | 1.6 | New | |
Lodestar Party | Margo Carmichael-Grimshaw | 334 | 0.6 | New | |
Natural Law | William Ayliffe | 195 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 6,027 | 10.9 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,978 | 75.1 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Straw | 27,965 | 49.9 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Anne Cheetham | 22,468 | 40.1 | +0.7 | |
SDP | Mohammed Ali | 5,602 | 10.0 | ―4.4 | |
Majority | 5,497 | 9.8 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 56,035 | 74.9 | ―0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Straw | 25,400 | 44.7 | ―6.0 | |
Conservative | Graham Mather | 22,345 | 39.4 | +2.8 | |
SDP | Eric B. Fairbrother | 8,174 | 14.4 | +2.7 | |
National Front | David A. Riley | 864 | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 3,055 | 5.3 | ―8.8 | ||
Turnout | 56,784 | 74.6 | +0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―4.4 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Straw | 19,683 | 50.7 | ―0.8 | |
Conservative | Ian D. McGaw | 14,193 | 36.6 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | Frank J. Beetham | 4,371 | 11.3 | ―0.7 | |
National Front | Edward Adamson | 565 | 1.5 | ―3.0 | |
Majority | 5,490 | 14.1 | ―5.3 | ||
Turnout | 38,813 | 74.0 | +1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―2.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Castle | 20,344 | 51.5 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Ian D. McGaw | 12,692 | 32.1 | ―1.3 | |
Liberal | Frank J. Beetham | 4,741 | 12.0 | ―2.0 | |
National Front | John Kingsley Read | 1,758 | 4.5 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 7,652 | 19.4 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 39,537 | 72.9 | ―6.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Castle | 20,340 | 48.4 | ―4.8 | |
Conservative | Ian D. McGaw | 14,040 | 33.4 | ―13.4 | |
Liberal | Frank J. Beetham | 5,891 | 14.0 | New | |
National Front | John Kingsley Read | 1,778 | 4.2 | New | |
Majority | 6,300 | 15.0 | +8.5 | ||
Turnout | 42,049 | 78.3 | +2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Castle | 22,473 | 53.2 | ―6.1 | |
Conservative | Trixie Gardner | 19,737 | 46.8 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 2,736 | 6.4 | ―10.2 | ||
Turnout | 42,210 | 75.5 | ―3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―6.1 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Castle | 25,381 | 58.3 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Thomas Marsden | 18,133 | 41.7 | ―0.8 | |
Majority | 7,248 | 16.6 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 43,514 | 79.2 | ―1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Castle | 26,543 | 57.5 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | John Maurice Armstrong Yerburgh | 19,650 | 42.5 | ―4.7 | |
Majority | 6,893 | 15.0 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 46,193 | 81.0 | ―4.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.7 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Castle | 27,356 | 52.8 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | John Maurice Armstrong Yerburgh | 24,490 | 47.2 | ―2.3 | |
Majority | 2,866 | 5.6 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 51,846 | 85.9 | +2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Castle | 26,241 | 50.5 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Marsden | 25,752 | 49.5 | ||
Majority | 489 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 51,993 | 83.1 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Edwards | 35,182 | 26.0 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Barbara Castle | 35,145 | 26.0 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Douglas Glover | 26,325 | 19.5 | -6.7 | |
Conservative | Robert Goulborne Parker | 25,807 | 19.1 | -7.0 | |
Liberal | Robert Shackleton | 6,587 | 4.9 | New | |
Liberal | Marjorie Annie Macinerney | 6,096 | 4.5 | New | |
Turnout | 135,142 | 82.6 | -2.3 | ||
Majority | 9,375 | 6.5 | N/A | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Majority | 8,820 | 6.9 | N/A | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: W. D. Smiles, George Elliston
- Labour: James Bell, William John Tout
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Elliston | 37,932 | 26.2 | -6.9 | |
Conservative | W. D. Smiles | 37,769 | 26.1 | -7.0 | |
Labour | James Bell | 34,571 | 23.9 | +6.9 | |
Labour | George Walker | 34,423 | 23.8 | +7.2 | |
Turnout | 144,695 | 84.9 | -2.5 | ||
Majority | 3,509 | 2.4 | -13.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Majority | 3,198 | 2.2 | -13.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. D. Smiles | 50,105 | 33.2 | ||
Conservative | George Elliston | 49,953 | 33.1 | ||
Labour | Mary Hamilton | 25,643 | 17.0 | ||
Labour | Thomas Gill | 25,030 | 16.6 | ||
Turnout | 150,551 | 87.4 | |||
Majority | 24,462 | 16.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Majority | 24,923 | 16.1 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Hamilton | 37,256 | 26.1 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Thomas Gill | 35,723 | 25.0 | +3.2 | |
Unionist | Sydney Henn | 35,249 | 24.7 | -3.4 | |
Liberal | Gerald Isaacs | 34,504 | 24.2 | -4.1 | |
Turnout | 142,732 | 87.8 | -0.4 | ||
Majority | 474 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Duckworth | 31,612 | 28.3 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | Sydney Henn | 31,347 | 28.1 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Mary Hamilton | 24,330 | 21.8 | -2.0 | |
Labour | Thomas Gill | 24,317 | 21.8 | +1.3 | |
Turnout | 111,606 | 88.2 | |||
Majority | 7,017 | 6.3 | +3.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Majority | 7,282 | 6.5 | +1.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Duckworth | 31,117 | 29.1 | -5.3 | |
Unionist | Sydney Henn | 28,505 | 26.6 | +1.1 | |
Labour | John Davies | 25,428 | 23.8 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Edward Porter | 21,903 | 20.5 | -0.6 | |
Turnout | 106,953 | 85.0 | -3.4 | ||
Majority | 3,077 | 2.8 | +0.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Majority | 5,689 | 5.3 | +1.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sydney Henn | 28,280 | 25.5 | -13.4 | |
National Liberal | Henry Norman | 27,071 | 24.4 | -17.0 | |
Labour | John Davies | 24,049 | 21.7 | ||
Labour | Edward Porter | 23,402 | 21.1 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Meech | 8,141 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 110,943 | 88.4 | +13.6 | ||
Majority | 3,022 | 2.7 | -16.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Majority | 4,231 | 3.8 | -16.9 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Henry Norman | 32,076 | 41.4 | +15.1 |
C | Unionist | Percy Dean | 30,158 | 38.9 | −8.4 |
Labour | Philip Snowden | 15,274 | 19.7 | −6.7 | |
Turnout | 77,510 | 74.8 | −17.6 | ||
Majority | 14,884 | 19.2 | N/A | ||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | −0.9 | |||
Majority | 16,802 | 21.7 | +19.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +11.8 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Snowden | 10,762 | 26.4 | −1.7 | |
Liberal | Henry Norman | 10,754 | 26.3 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | W.B. Boyd-Carpenter | 9,814 | 24.0 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | H.L. Riley | 9,500 | 23.3 | +1.8 | |
Turnout | 40,830 | 92.4 | −3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 22,572 | ||||
Majority | 948 | 2.4 | −3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.9 | |||
Majority | 940 | 2.3 | −4.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Norman | 12,064 | 28.4 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Philip Snowden | 11,916 | 28.1 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Robert Cecil | 9,307 | 22.0 | −4.8 | |
Conservative | G.F.S. Bowles | 9,112 | 21.5 | −1.8 | |
Turnout | 42,399 | 96.0 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 22,572 | ||||
Majority | 2,757 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.9 | |||
Majority | 2,609 | 6.1 | +2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Hornby | 10,291 | 26.8 | −13.7 | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | Philip Snowden | 10,282 | 26.7 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Drage | 8,932 | 23.3 | −10.6 | |
Liberal | Edwin Hamer[26] | 8,892 | 23.2 | New | |
Turnout | 38,397 | 95.4 | +9.6 | ||
Registered electors | 21,127 | ||||
Majority | 1,399 | 3.6 | −4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.9 | |||
Majority | 1,350 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Hornby | 11,247 | 40.5 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | William Coddington | 9,415 | 33.9 | −1.9 | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | Philip Snowden | 7,096 | 25.6 | New | |
Turnout | 27,758 | 85.8 | −1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 19,496 | ||||
Majority | 2,319 | 8.3 | −0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Hornby | 9,553 | 37.4 | +8.6 | |
Conservative | William Coddington | 9,150 | 35.8 | +7.8 | |
Liberal | Thomas Ritzema | 6,840 | 26.8 | −16.4 | |
Turnout | 25,543 | 87.6 | −4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 18,275 | ||||
Majority | 2,310 | 9.0 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +12.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +12.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harry Hornby | 9,265 | 28.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Coddington | 9,046 | 28.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | W. Taylor | 7,272 | 22.5 | New | |
Liberal | Eli Heyworth[27] | 6,694 | 20.7 | New | |
Turnout | 32,277 | 92.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 17,661 | ||||
Majority | 1,774 | 5.5 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Coddington | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Harry Hornby | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Coddington | 9,168 | 30.9 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Robert Peel | 8,425 | 28.4 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | William Edward Briggs | 6,740 | 22.7 | −3.3 | |
Liberal | James Nuttall Boothman[31] | 5,341 | 18.0 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 1,685 | 5.7 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 15,656 | 95.9 | +2.5 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 16,329 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Briggs | 6,349 | 26.0 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | William Coddington | 6,207 | 25.4 | −0.9 | |
Conservative | Daniel Thwaites | 6,088 | 24.9 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | George Molesworth | 5,760 | 23.6 | +0.5 | |
Turnout | 12,202 (est) | 93.4 (est) | −0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 13,062 | ||||
Majority | 261 | 1.1 | +1.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Majority | 447 | 1.8 | +0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.7 | |||
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Thwaites | 5,792 | 54.5 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | J. T. Hibbert[34] | 4,832 | 45.5 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 960 | 9.0 | +8.1 | ||
Turnout | 10,624 | 90.6 | −3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 11,721 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
- Caused by Feilden's death.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Feilden | 5,532 | 26.3 | −0.1 | |
Liberal | William Edward Briggs | 5,338 | 25.4 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Daniel Thwaites | 5,323 | 25.3 | −1.5 | |
Liberal | Richard Shackleton[35] | 4,851 | 23.1 | +0.3 | |
Turnout | 10,522 (est) | 94.0 (est) | −5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 11,195 | ||||
Majority | 194 | 0.9 | −1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.2 | |||
Majority | 15 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.5 | |||
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Hornby | 4,738 | 27.5 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Henry Feilden | 4,697 | 27.3 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | John Gerald Potter | 3,964 | 23.0 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | John Morley | 3,804 | 22.1 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 733 | 4.3 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 8,602 (est) | 93.7 (est) | −5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,183 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
- Caused by the 1868 election being declared void on petition after "undue influence by those who held the position of agents in the canvass".[37]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hornby | 4,907 | 26.8 | −5.0 | |
Conservative | Joseph Feilden | 4,826 | 26.4 | −1.9 | |
Liberal | John Gerald Potter | 4,399 | 24.0 | +6.6 | |
Liberal | Montague Joseph Feilden | 4,164 | 22.8 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 427 | 2.4 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,148 (est) | 99.6 (est) | +12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 9,183 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hornby | 1,053 | 31.8 | ||
Conservative | Joseph Feilden | 938 | 28.3 | ||
Liberal | James Pilkington | 744 | 22.5 | ||
Liberal | John Gerald Potter | 577 | 17.4 | ||
Majority | 194 | 5.8 | -2.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,656 (est) | 87.4 (est) | -4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,894 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hornby | 832 | 38.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | James Pilkington | 750 | 34.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Patrick Murrough[38] | 567 | 26.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 82 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,491 (est) | 92.2 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,617 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hornby | Unopposed | |||
Whig | James Pilkington | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,518 | ||||
Conservative gain from Radical | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Montague Joseph Feilden | 631 | 52.4 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | William Hornby | 574 | 47.6 | +21.3 | |
Majority | 57 | 4.8 | -8.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,205 | 90.9 | +14.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,325 | ||||
Whig gain from Radical | Swing | −6.3 | |||
- Caused by Eccles' election being declared void on petition, due to bribery.[39]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Pilkington | 846 | 43.7 | +8.4 | |
Radical | William Eccles | 580 | 30.0 | +26.0 | |
Conservative | John Hornby | 509 | 26.3 | −11.3 | |
Turnout | 968 (est) | 76.9 (est) | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,258 | ||||
Majority | 266 | 13.7 | −17.6 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +7.0 | |||
Majority | 71 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | +15.8 | |||
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hornby | 641 | 37.6 | −28.5 | |
Whig | James Pilkington | 602 | 35.3 | +18.8 | |
Whig | William Hargreaves[40][41] | 392 | 23.0 | +6.5 | |
Chartist | William Prowting Roberts[42] | 68 | 4.0 | New | |
Turnout | 852 (est) | 76.0 (est) | −12.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,121 | ||||
Majority | 39 | 2.3 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −26.9 | |||
Majority | 534 | 31.3 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Feilden | 441 | 34.1 | New | |
Conservative | John Hornby | 427 | 33.0 | New | |
Whig | William Turner | 426 | 32.9 | −21.9 | |
Turnout | 805 | 88.9 | +18.9 | ||
Registered electors | 906 | ||||
Majority | 14 | 1.7 | −8.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | −20.7 | |||
Majority | 1 | 0.0 | −43.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | −11.3 | |||
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Turner | 515 | 54.8 | +13.7 | |
Whig | William Feilden | 416 | 44.3 | +14.2 | |
Radical | John Benjamin Smith | 9 | 1.0 | −27.8 | |
Turnout | 589 | 70.0 | −11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 842 | ||||
Majority | 99 | 10.5 | −0.5 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +13.8 | |||
Majority | 407 | 43.3 | +42.0 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +14.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Turner | 432 | 41.1 | +8.3 | |
Whig | William Feilden | 316 | 30.1 | −5.5 | |
Radical | John Bowring | 303 | 28.8 | −2.8 | |
Turnout | 618 | 81.2 | −15.8 | ||
Registered electors | 761 | ||||
Majority | 116 | 11.0 | +9.8 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +4.9 | |||
Majority | 13 | 1.3 | −1.5 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −2.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Feilden | 376 | 35.6 | ||
Whig | William Turner | 346 | 32.8 | ||
Radical | John Bowring | 334 | 31.6 | ||
Turnout | 607 | 97.0 | |||
Registered electors | 626 | ||||
Majority | 30 | 2.8 | |||
Whig win (new seat) | |||||
Majority | 12 | 1.2 | |||
Whig win (new seat) |
See also
Notes
- ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
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