Pendle (UK Parliament constituency)
Pendle | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire |
Electorate | 66,735 (December 2010) |
Major settlements | Barnoldswick, Colne, Nelson |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Andrew Stephenson (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Nelson and Colne, Skipton and Clitheroe |
Pendle is a constituency in Lancashire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Andrew Stephenson, a Conservative. The constituency was newly created for the 1983 general election, being largely formed from the former Nelson and Colne constituency.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes which will expand it into the Borough of Ribble Valley, including the town of Clitheroe. As a consequence, it will be renamed Pendle and Clitheroe, to be first contested at the next general election.
Boundaries
Since its formation in 1983, the Pendle constituency has been coterminous with the borough of the same name; however the constituency boundaries were redrawn in 1997, due to local government boundary changes in the 1980s.
The major urban centres in Pendle are Nelson and Colne, with smaller towns Barnoldswick and Earby added to existing ones such as Higham and Pendleside and Craven, since boundary changes in the 1970s that brought them into Pendle Borough, Lancashire from Yorkshire.
Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies calling for slight changes in the run-up to the 2010 general election, since which Pendle has the same electoral wards as the Borough:
- Barrowford; Blacko and Higherford; Boulsworth; Bradley; Brierfield; Clover Hill; Coates; Craven; Earby; Foulridge; Higham and Pendleside; Horsfield; Marsden; Old Laund Booth; Reedley; Southfield; Vivary Bridge; Walverden; Waterside; Whitefield
Constituency profile
Although in 1992 this was not a bellwether, this is a key marginal with the Conservative lead over Labour being similar to the national lead in the 2010 general election. In terms of the local economy, unemployment is lower than the regional average, artisan creations, tourism, manufacturing, transport, food processing, the public sector and agriculture are large sectors.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1983 | John Lee | Conservative | |
1992 | Gordon Prentice | Labour | |
2010 | Andrew Stephenson | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Stephenson | 24,076 | 54.2 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Azhar Ali | 17,890 | 40.2 | ―6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Lishman | 1,548 | 3.5 | +1.4 | |
Green | Clare Hales | 678 | 1.5 | +0.4 | |
Independent | John Richardson | 268 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 6,186 | 14.0 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 44,460 | 68.1 | ―0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Stephenson | 21,986 | 49.0 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Wayne Blackburn | 20,707 | 46.2 | +11.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Lishman | 941 | 2.1 | ―1.2 | |
BNP | Brian Parker | 718 | 1.6 | New | |
Green | Ian Barnett | 502 | 1.1 | ―1.2 | |
Majority | 1,279 | 2.8 | ―8.5 | ||
Turnout | 44,854 | 69.0 | +0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ―4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Stephenson | 20,978 | 47.2 | +8.3 | |
Labour | Azhar Ali | 15,525 | 34.9 | +4.0 | |
UKIP | Michael Waddington | 5,415 | 12.2 | +8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Roach | 1,487 | 3.3 | ―16.9 | |
Green | Laura Fisk | 1,043 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 5,453 | 12.3 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 44,448 | 68.7 | +0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.15 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Stephenson | 17,512 | 38.9 | +7.1 | |
Labour | Gordon Prentice | 13,927 | 30.9 | ―6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Afzal Anwar | 9,095 | 20.2 | ―3.0 | |
BNP | James Jackman | 2,894 | 6.4 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | Graham Cannon | 1,476 | 3.3 | +1.5 | |
Christian | Richard Masih | 141 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 3,585 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,045 | 67.8 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon Prentice | 15,250 | 37.1 | ―7.5 | |
Conservative | Jane Ellison | 13,070 | 31.8 | ―2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shazad Anwar | 9,528 | 23.2 | +9.4 | |
BNP | Thomas Boocock | 2,547 | 6.2 | +1.2 | |
UKIP | Graham Cannon | 737 | 1.8 | ―1.0 | |
Majority | 2,180 | 5.3 | ―5.4 | ||
Turnout | 41,132 | 63.4 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon Prentice | 17,729 | 44.6 | ―8.7 | |
Conservative | Rasjid Skinner | 13,454 | 33.9 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Whipp | 5,479 | 13.8 | +2.2 | |
BNP | Chris Jackson | 1,976 | 5.0 | New | |
UKIP | Graham Cannon | 1,094 | 2.8 | New | |
Majority | 4,275 | 10.7 | ―12.3 | ||
Turnout | 39,732 | 63.2 | ―11.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon Prentice | 25,059 | 53.3 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | John Midgley | 14,235 | 30.3 | ―10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Greaves | 5,460 | 11.6 | ―3.4 | |
Referendum | Damian Hockney | 2,281 | 4.8 | New | |
Majority | 10,824 | 23.0 | +19.1 | ||
Turnout | 47,035 | 74.6 | ―8.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon Prentice | 23,497 | 44.2 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | John Lee | 21,384 | 40.3 | ―0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Davies | 7,976 | 15.0 | ―9.3 | |
Anti-Federalist League | Valerie Thome | 263 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 2,113 | 3.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,120 | 82.9 | +1.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Lee | 21,009 | 40.4 | ―3.8 | |
Labour | Sylvia Renilson | 18,370 | 35.3 | +3.0 | |
Liberal | Gordon Lishman | 12,662 | 24.3 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 2,639 | 5.1 | ―6.8 | ||
Turnout | 52,041 | 81.8 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ―3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Lee | 22,739 | 44.2 | ||
Labour | George Rodgers | 16,604 | 32.3 | ||
Liberal | Gordon Lishman | 12,056 | 23.5 | ||
Majority | 6,135 | 11.9 | |||
Turnout | 51,399 | 79.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |