Blackburn | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire |
Population | 107,246 (2011 census) [1] |
Electorate | 70,586 (2023) [2] |
Major settlements | Blackburn |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1955 |
Member of Parliament | Adnan Hussain (Independent) |
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 is represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament [n 2] by independent politician Adnan Hussain. From 2015 to 2024 it was represented by Kate Hollern of the Labour Party and, from 1979 to 2015, 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.
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]
2010–2024: The district of Blackburn with Darwen wards of 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.
Following the 2007 review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire in the run up to the 2010 United Kingdom general election, including the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen, the Boundary Commission for England made minor boundary changes to the existing constituency.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following wards of the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
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.
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 was later considered to be a Labour Party stronghold prior to the 2024 general election—up until that point, it had only elected Labour MPs since its recreation in 1955. In 2024 Blackburn was won by Adnan Hussain, an independent candidate who campaigned largely on the issue of the genocide of Palestinians during the Israel-Hamas war. Three other previously safe Labour seats saw similar results at that election, all of which had large Muslim populations.
The constituency of Blackburn 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.
Jack Straw's Conservative challenger in the 1997 general election, Geeta Sidhu-Robb, was filmed with a megaphone during the election campaign, exclaiming in Urdu or Gujarati: "Don't vote for a Jew, Jack Straw is a Jew. If you vote for him, you're voting for a Jew. Jews are the enemies of Muslims." Sidhu-Robb said that this was in response to racist campaigning by the Labour Party, who she accused of claiming that she was "against Islam". She felt that Labour were "making it personal", and she took particular umbrage as her husband was Muslim. Sidhu-Robb later said she wished she had not made those comments about Straw, saying she did so because she was "furious" and that she "didn't want racism and bigotry to play a part in anything that [she] had anything to do with." [8] Nonetheless, her comments regarding Straw's religion resurfaced over 20 years later, when Sidhu-Robb was competing to be nominated as the Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2021 London Mayoral election, causing the Liberal Democrats to remove her from consideration for their candidacy.
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. [9] 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 vote share of 42% was the smallest since the seat became a single-member constituency until the 2024 result.
In August 2011, Jack Straw claimed that he had no plans to retire, despite turning 65 earlier that month. [10] Two years later, on 25 October 2013, Straw announced that he would stand down as Blackburn's MP at the next election. [11] 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.
Election | Member [12] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1955 | Barbara Castle | Labour | |
1979 | Jack Straw | Labour | |
2015 | Independent | ||
2015 | Kate Hollern | Labour | |
2024 | Adnan Hussain | Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Adnan Hussain | 10,518 | 27.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Kate Hollern | 10,386 | 26.7 | −39.3 | |
Workers Party | Craig Murray | 7,105 | 18.3 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Tommy Temperley | 4,844 | 12.5 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | Jamie McGowan | 3,474 | 8.9 | −14.4 | |
Green | Denise Morgan | 1,416 | 3.6 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Waller-Slack | 689 | 1.8 | −0.6 | |
Independent | Altaf Patel | 369 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Natasha Shah | 86 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 132 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 38,887 | 53.1 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Hollern | 29,040 | 64.9 | ―4.9 | |
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 | +1.2 | |
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 |
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 |
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 | +19.5 | ||
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 |
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 | +4.5 | ||
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 |
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 | +8.6 | ||
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 |
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 |
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) |
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 | 8,857 | 6.5 | N/A | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Majority | 9,338 | 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;
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 | −13.2 | ||
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 | 25,075 | 15.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Majority | 24,923 | 16.1 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
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 | 2,752 | 1.9 | N/A | ||
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 | +3.2 | ||
Majority | 7,017 | 6.3 | +0.2 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Majority | 7,295 | 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 | 6,602 | 6.1 | +2.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Majority | 5,689 | 5.3 | +1.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
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 | 3,669 | 3.3 | −15.9 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Majority | 4,231 | 3.8 | −17.9 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
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 | |||
Cindicates 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 |
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 [28] | 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 |
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 [29] | 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 |
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 [33] | 5,341 | 18.0 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 1,685 | 5.7 | N/A | ||
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Thwaites | 5,792 | 54.5 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | J. T. Hibbert [36] | 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 |
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 [37] | 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 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hornby | 832 | 38.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | James Pilkington | 750 | 34.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Patrick Murrough [40] | 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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hornby | 641 | 37.6 | −28.5 | |
Whig | James Pilkington | 602 | 35.3 | +18.8 | |
Whig | William Hargreaves [42] [43] | 392 | 23.0 | +6.5 | |
Chartist | William Prowting Roberts [44] | 68 | 4.0 | New | |
Turnout | 852 (est) | 76.0 (est) | −12.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,121 | ||||
Majority | 39 | 2.3 | +2.2 | ||
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 | 15 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | −20.7 | |||
Majority | 1 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | −11.3 |
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) |
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