Burnley (UK Parliament constituency)
Burnley | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Burnley in North West England | |
County | Lancashire |
Population | 87,059 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 75,436 (2023)[2] |
Major settlements | Burnley |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1868 |
Member of Parliament | Oliver Ryan (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | North Lancashire |
Burnley is a constituency[n 1] centred on the town of Burnley in Lancashire which has been represented since 2024 by Oliver Ryan, of the Labour Party.[n 2]
History
[edit]The seat was created in 1868. From World War II until 2010 it was won by Labour candidates, generally on safe, large majorities; Ann Widdecombe failed to take the seat from the Labour Party in 1979. The closest second place was to a Conservative Party candidate, Ian Bruce, who came 787 votes (1.6%) short of taking the seat in 1983.[3]
Burnley saw strong opposition support for the Liberal Democrats in 2005 who moved into second place; meanwhile a local independent pushed Yousuf Miah, a Conservative into fourth position. Following controversy regarding outgoing Labour MP Kitty Ussher's personal expenses, Gordon Birtwistle, who first contested the seat in 1992, gained the seat in 2010 with a heavy swing of 9.6%.
However, Birtwistle was one of the many casualties faced by the Liberal Democrats in the 2015 election, losing the seat to Julie Cooper, who had also stood as Labour's candidate in 2010, although the 6.2% swing away from Birtwistle was less than half the 15.2% national swing against his party. As in 2005, the Conservatives came fourth, behind UKIP, as well as Labour and the Lib Dems this time.
At the 2017 election, Labour held the seat with an increased majority. Birtwistle stood again, but saw his share of the vote halved; this was widely seen to be due to his party's stance on Brexit. This election saw one of the biggest increases in the share of the vote for the Conservatives in the whole country, who more than doubled their share of the vote. UKIP lost two-thirds of their vote from 2015, but did retain their deposit. This meant that Burnley was one of the few constituencies in England where four parties retained their deposits.
At the 2019 election, Antony Higginbotham won the seat for the Conservatives, thus becoming the first Conservative to represent Burnley in parliament for over 100 years.[4] The Conservative vote share increased by over 9% compared with the previous election, while the Labour vote share declined by about 10%.[5]
The review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire by the Boundary Commission for England in the 2000s proposed no change to the boundaries of the Burnley seat. The seat remains coterminous with the boundaries of the borough of Burnley (as it has been since 1983; before then, it was coterminous with the county borough of the same name).[6]
Boundaries
[edit]1868–1885: The townships of Burnley, and Habergham Eaves.[7]
1885–1918:
1918–1983: The County Borough of Burnley.
1983–1997: The Borough of Burnley.
1997–2024: As 1983 but with redrawn boundaries, due to local government boundary changes in the mid-1980s.
2024–present: The Borough of Burnley, and the Borough of Pendle wards of: Brierfield East & Clover Hill; Brierfield West & Reedley.[8]
- Constituency expanded to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring the community of Brierfield from the abolished constituency of Pendle.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Elections
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Burnley_Election_results_graph.png/750px-Burnley_Election_results_graph.png)
Elections in the 2020s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Oliver Ryan | 12,598 | 31.7 | −8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Birtwistle | 9,178 | 23.1 | +15.4 | |
Conservative | Antony Higginbotham | 8,058 | 20.3 | −20.2 | |
Reform UK | Nathan McCollum | 7,755 | 19.5 | +12.4 | |
Green | Jack Launer | 1,518 | 3.8 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Rayyan Fiass | 292 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Mitchell Cryer | 169 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Independent | David Roper | 151 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,420 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,719 | 53.0 | −9.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.8 |
Elections in the 2010s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Antony Higginbotham | 15,720 | 40.3 | +9.3 | |
Labour | Julie Cooper | 14,368 | 36.9 | ―9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Birtwistle | 3,501 | 9.0 | ―6.0 | |
Brexit Party | Stewart Scott | 3,362 | 8.6 | New | |
BAPIP | Charlie Briggs | 1,162 | 3.0 | New | |
Green | Laura Fisk | 739 | 1.9 | +0.8 | |
Independent | Karen Entwistle | 132 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,352 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,984 | 60.6 | ―1.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +9.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Julie Cooper | 18,832 | 46.7 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | Paul White | 12,479 | 31.0 | +17.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Birtwistle | 6,046 | 15.0 | ―14.5 | |
UKIP | Tom Commis | 2,472 | 6.1 | ―11.2 | |
Green | Laura Fisk | 461 | 1.1 | ―1.0 | |
Majority | 6,353 | 15.7 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 40,290 | 62.2 | +0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Official_portrait_of_Julie_Cooper.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Julie_Cooper.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Julie Cooper | 14,951 | 37.6 | +6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Birtwistle | 11,707 | 29.5 | ―6.2 | |
UKIP | Tom Commis | 6,864 | 17.3 | +15.1 | |
Conservative | Sarah Cockburn-Price | 5,374 | 13.5 | ―3.1 | |
Green | Mike Hargreaves | 850 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 3,244 | 8.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,746 | 61.6 | ―1.2 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Birtwistle | 14,932 | 35.7 | +12.0 | |
Labour | Julie Cooper | 13,114 | 31.3 | ―7.2 | |
Conservative | Richard Ali | 6,950 | 16.6 | +5.8 | |
BNP | Sharon Wilkinson | 3,747 | 9.0 | ―1.3 | |
Independent | Andrew Brown | 1,876 | 4.5 | New | |
UKIP | John Wignall | 929 | 2.2 | +1.2 | |
Independent | Andrew Hennessey | 287 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,818 | 4.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,845 | 62.8 | +3.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +9.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kitty Ussher | 14,999 | 38.5 | ―10.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Birtwistle | 9,221 | 23.7 | +7.5 | |
Burnley First Independent | Harry Brooks | 5,786 | 14.8 | New | |
Conservative | Yousuf Miah | 4,206 | 10.8 | ―10.1 | |
BNP | Len Starr | 4,003 | 10.3 | ―1.0 | |
Independent | Jeff Slater | 392 | 1.0 | New | |
UKIP | Robert McDowell | 376 | 1.0 | ―1.3 | |
Majority | 5,778 | 14.8 | −13.6 | ||
Turnout | 38,983 | 59.2 | +3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―9.2[n 3] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Pike | 18,195 | 49.3 | ―8.6 | |
Conservative | Robert Frost | 7,697 | 20.9 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Wright | 5,975 | 16.2 | ―1.2 | |
BNP | Steve Smith | 4,151 | 11.3 | New | |
UKIP | Richard Buttrey | 866 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 10,498 | 28.4 | −9.3 | ||
Turnout | 36,884 | 55.7 | ―11.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―4.6 |
Elections in the 1990s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Pike | 26,210 | 57.9 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Bill Wiggin | 9,148 | 20.2 | ―10.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Birtwistle | 7,877 | 17.4 | +1.0 | |
Referendum | Richard Oakley | 2,010 | 4.4 | New | |
Majority | 17,062 | 37.7 | +15.3 | ||
Turnout | 45,245 | 66.9 | ―7.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.65 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Pike | 27,184 | 53.0 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Brenda Binge | 15,693 | 30.6 | ―3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Birtwistle | 8,414 | 16.4 | ―1.4 | |
Majority | 11,491 | 22.4 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 51,291 | 74.2 | ―4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Elections in the 1980s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Pike | 25,140 | 48.4 | +8.6 | |
Conservative | Harold Elletson | 17,583 | 33.8 | ―4.4 | |
SDP | Ronals Baker | 9,241 | 17.8 | ―2.2 | |
Majority | 7,557 | 14.6 | +13.0 | ||
Turnout | 51,964 | 78.8 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Pike | 20,178 | 39.8 | ―11.0 | |
Conservative | Ian Bruce | 19,391 | 38.2 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Michael Steed | 11,191 | 20.0 | +7.2 | |
Majority | 787 | 1.6 | ―13.8 | ||
Turnout | 50,760 | 76.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ―6.9 |
Elections in the 1970s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dan Jones | 20,172 | 50.8 | ―4.0 | |
Conservative | Ann Widdecombe | 14,062 | 35.4 | +10.7 | |
Liberal | Michael Steed | 5,091 | 12.8 | ―7.7 | |
Independent Democrat | F. Tyrrall | 352 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 6,110 | 15.4 | ―14.7 | ||
Turnout | 39,677 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dan Jones | 21,642 | 54.8 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | A. Pickup | 9,766 | 24.7 | ―2.3 | |
Liberal | S.P. Mews | 8,119 | 20.5 | ―2.1 | |
Majority | 11,876 | 30.1 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 39,527 | 79.7 | 0.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dan Jones | 21,108 | 50.4 | ―6.6 | |
Conservative | A. Pickup | 11,268 | 27.0 | ―7.9 | |
Liberal | S. Mews | 9,471 | 22.6 | +14.5 | |
Majority | 9,840 | 23.4 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 41,847 | 79.7 | +4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dan Jones | 24,200 | 57.0 | ―3.4 | |
Conservative | John Birch | 14,846 | 34.9 | +7.2 | |
Liberal | George Brownbill | 3,446 | 8.11 | ―3.8 | |
Majority | 9,354 | 22.1 | ―10.7 | ||
Turnout | 39,046 | 75.7 | ―4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dan Jones | 25,583 | 60.43 | ||
Conservative | Albert S Royse | 11,710 | 27.66 | ||
Liberal | Mary R Mason | 5,045 | 11.92 | ||
Majority | 13,873 | 32.77 | |||
Turnout | 42,338 | 79.96 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dan Jones | 25,244 | 56.80 | ||
Conservative | Tom Mitchell | 12,365 | 27.82 | ||
Liberal | Mary R Mason | 6,833 | 15.38 | New | |
Majority | 12,879 | 28.98 | |||
Turnout | 44,442 | 81.68 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dan Jones | 27,675 | 56.97 | ||
Conservative | Edward Brooks | 20,902 | 43.03 | ||
Majority | 6,773 | 13.94 | |||
Turnout | 48,577 | 83.77 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wilfrid Burke | 27,865 | 55.63 | ||
Conservative | Edward Brooks | 22,229 | 44.37 | ||
Majority | 5,636 | 11.26 | |||
Turnout | 50,094 | 83.46 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wilfrid Burke | 31,261 | 56.53 | ||
Conservative | Donald P Dunkley | 24,034 | 43.37 | ||
Majority | 7,227 | 13.16 | |||
Turnout | 55,295 | 88.86 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wilfrid Burke | 30,685 | 55.65 | ||
Conservative | F.H. Wilson | 23,636 | 42.86 | ||
Communist | Bill Whittaker[31] | 526 | 0.95 | New | |
Ind. Labour Party | Dan Carradice | 295 | 0.53 | New | |
Majority | 7,049 | 12.79 | |||
Turnout | 55,142 | 89.56 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wilfrid Burke | 32,122 | 63.54 | ||
National Liberal | Herbert Monckton Milnes | 18,431 | 36.46 | ||
Majority | 13,691 | 27.08 | |||
Turnout | 50,553 | 80.44 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wilfrid Burke | 31,160 | 53.61 | ||
National Liberal | Gordon Campbell | 26,965 | 46.39 | ||
Majority | 4,195 | 7.22 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 58,125 | 87.36 | |||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Gordon Campbell | 35,126 | 56.15 | ||
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 26,917 | 43.03 | ||
Communist | J. Rushton | 512 | 0.82 | New | |
Majority | 8,209 | 13.12 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 62,555 | 91.85 | |||
National gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 28,091 | 46.2 | +0.8 | |
Unionist | Ian Fairbairn | 20,137 | 33.2 | −2.4 | |
Liberal | Aneurin Edwards | 12,502 | 20.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 7,954 | 13.0 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 60,730 | 89.6 | +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 67,781 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 20,549 | 45.4 | +7.6 | |
Unionist | Ian Fairbairn | 16,084 | 35.6 | +3.8 | |
Liberal | James Whitehead | 8,601 | 19.0 | −11.4 | |
Majority | 4,465 | 9.8 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 45,954 | 88.4 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 51,162 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/1910_Arthur_Henderson.jpg/120px-1910_Arthur_Henderson.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 24,571 | 58.4 | +20.6 | |
Conservative | Harold Edward Joscelyn Camps | 17,534 | 41.6 | +9.8 | |
Majority | 7,037 | 16.8 | +10.8 | ||
Turnout | 42,105 | 82.4 | −4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 51,086 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dan Irving | 16,848 | 37.8 | −1.3 | |
Unionist | Harold Edward Joscelyn Camps | 14,197 | 31.8 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | James Whitehead | 13,543 | 30.4 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 2,651 | 6.0 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 44,588 | 87.3 | −1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 51,086 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dan Irving | 17,385 | 39.1 | −2.8 | |
Unionist | Harold Edward Joscelyn Camps | 14,731 | 33.1 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | Walter Layton | 12,339 | 27.8 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 2,654 | 6.0 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 44,455 | 88.7 | +17.3 | ||
Registered electors | 50,111 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Elections in the 1910s
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e9/Dan_Irving.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dan Irving | 15,217 | 41.9 | New | |
C | Unionist | Henry Mulholland | 12,289 | 33.8 | −3.7 |
Liberal | John Howarth Grey | 8,825 | 24.3 | −14.3 | |
Majority | 2,928 | 8.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,114 | 71.4 | −22.7 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +16.2 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the summer of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.
- British Socialist Party: Dan Irving[35]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Philip Morrell | 6,177 | 38.7 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Gerald Arbuthnot | 6,004 | 37.5 | +2.3 | |
Social Democratic Federation | Henry Hyndman | 3,810 | 23.8 | −6.4 | |
Majority | 173 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 15,991 | 94.1 | −2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 16,992 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.9 |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Gerald_archibald_arbuthnot.jpeg/120px-Gerald_archibald_arbuthnot.jpeg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Arbuthnot | 5,776 | 35.2 | +2.5 | |
Lib-Lab | Fred Maddison | 5,681 | 34.6 | −0.2 | |
Social Democratic Federation | Henry Hyndman | 4,948 | 30.2 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 95 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16,405 | 96.5 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 16,992 | ||||
Conservative gain from Lib-Lab | Swing | +1.4 |
Elections in the 1900s
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c2/Frederick_Maddison.jpg/120px-Frederick_Maddison.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Fred Maddison | 5,288 | 34.8 | −12.9 | |
Conservative | Gerald Arbuthnot | 4,964 | 32.7 | −19.6 | |
Social Democratic Federation | Henry Hyndman | 4,932 | 32.5 | New | |
Majority | 324 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 15,184 | 95.0 | +5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 15,983 | ||||
Lib-Lab gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Mitchell | 6,773 | 52.3 | +9.8 | |
Liberal | Philip Stanhope | 6,173 | 47.7 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 600 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,946 | 89.9 | −0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 14,393 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.6 |
Elections in the 1890s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Philip Stanhope | 5,454 | 45.1 | −11.1 | |
Conservative | William Alexander Lindsay[38] | 5,133 | 42.5 | −1.3 | |
Social Democratic Federation | Henry Hyndman | 1,498 | 12.4 | New | |
Majority | 321 | 2.6 | −9.8 | ||
Turnout | 12,085 | 90.5 | −0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 13,360 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.9 |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/eb/Philip_Stanhope.jpg/120px-Philip_Stanhope.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Philip Stanhope | 6,199 | 53.0 | −3.2 | |
Conservative | William Alexander Lindsay[38] | 5,506 | 47.0 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 693 | 6.0 | −6.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,705 | 91.3 | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 12,826 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jabez Balfour | 6,450 | 56.2 | +6.5 | |
Liberal Unionist | Edwin Lawrence | 5,035 | 43.8 | −6.5 | |
Majority | 1,415 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,485 | 91.0 | +4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 12,619 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +6.5 |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit] 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s[broken anchor] – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top[broken anchor] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jabez Balfour | Unopposed | |||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist |
- Caused by Stagg's death.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Slagg | 5,026 | 52.9 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | John Thursby[39] | 4,481 | 47.1 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 545 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,507 | 94.9 | +8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 10,020 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +3.2 |
- Caused by Ryland's death.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Peter Rylands | 4,209 | 50.3 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | James Greenwood[40] | 4,166 | 49.7 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 43 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,375 | 86.9 | −7.2 | ||
Registered electors | 9,638 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Rylands | 4,866 | 53.7 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | Henry Herbert Wainwright | 4,199 | 46.3 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 667 | 7.4 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,065 | 94.1 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 9,638 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Rylands | 3,943 | 55.1 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | Edmund Talbot | 3,217 | 44.9 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 726 | 10.2 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,160 | 94.0 | +9.9 | ||
Registered electors | 7,614 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.1 |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit] 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s[broken anchor] – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top[broken anchor] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Rylands | 3,520 | 53.4 | −1.8 | |
Conservative | William Alexander Lindsay[44] | 3,077 | 46.6 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 433 | 6.8 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,597 | 92.6 | +8.5 | ||
Registered electors | 7,127 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.8 |
- Caused by Shaw's death.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Shaw | 3,065 | 55.2 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | William Alexander Lindsay[44] | 2,490 | 44.8 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 575 | 10.4 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,555 | 84.1 | +8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 6,607 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit] 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s[broken anchor] – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top[broken anchor] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Shaw | 2,620 | 53.9 | ||
Conservative | James Yorke Scarlett | 2,238 | 46.1 | ||
Majority | 382 | 7.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,858 | 75.7 | |||
Registered electors | 6,417 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Labour to Liberal Democrat
References
[edit]- ^ "Burnley: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
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- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
- ^ "Burnley 1868-". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
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- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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- ^ a b "The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy in Burnley". Bradford Observer. 10 February 1876. p. 8. Retrieved 28 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
[edit]- nomis Constituency Profile for Burnley – presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
- Burnley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Burnley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Burnley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK