Burnley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Burnley
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Burnley (UK Parliament constituency)
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Boundary of Burnley in North West England
County Lancashire
Population87,059 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate 75,436 (2023) [2]
Major settlements Burnley
Current constituency
Created 1868
Member of Parliament Oliver Ryan (Labour)
SeatsOne
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]

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History

The seat was created in 1868. Except for 1931, it was won by Labour candidates from World War I until 2010, 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, moving 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]

In 2024 Higginbotham's vote halved and the seat was regained for Labour by Oliver Ryan. Gordon Birtwistle, standing in his eighth election for the Liberal Democrats (every election since 1992, except 2001), improved his vote share threefold to come second, relegating the Conservatives to third place.

Boundaries

1868–1918: The townships of Burnley, and Habergham Eaves. [6]

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.

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 remained 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). [7]

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

ElectionMember [9] [10] Party
1868 Richard Shaw Liberal
1876 by-election Peter Rylands Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1887 by-election John Slagg Liberal
1889 by-election Jabez Balfour Liberal
1893 by-election Hon. Philip Stanhope Liberal
1900 William Mitchell Conservative
1906 Frederick Maddison Lib-Lab
Jan. 1910 Gerald Arbuthnot Conservative
Dec. 1910 Philip Morrell Liberal
1918 Dan Irving Labour
1924 by-election Arthur Henderson Labour
1931 Gordon Campbell, VC National Liberal
1935 Wilfrid Burke Labour
1959 Dan Jones Labour
1983 Peter Pike Labour
2005 Kitty Ussher Labour
2010 Gordon Birtwistle Liberal Democrats
2015 Julie Cooper Labour
2019 Antony Higginbotham Conservative
2024 Oliver Ryan Labour Co-op

Elections

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Burnley election results

Elections in the 2020s

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Oliver Ryan
General election 2024: Burnley [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Oliver Ryan 12,598 31.7 −8.5
Liberal Democrats Gordon Birtwistle 9,17823.1+15.4
Conservative Antony Higginbotham 8,05820.3−20.2
Reform UK Nathan McCollum7,75519.5+12.4
Green Jack Launer1,5183.8+2.0
Independent Rayyan Fiass2920.7N/A
Independent Mitchell Cryer1690.4N/A
Independent David Roper1510.4N/A
Majority3,4208.6N/A
Turnout 39,71953.0−9.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.8

Elections in the 2010s

Antony Higginbotham Official portrait of Antony Higginbotham MP crop 2.jpg
Antony Higginbotham
General election 2019: Burnley [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antony Higginbotham 15,720 40.3 +9.3
Labour Julie Cooper 14,36836.9―9.8
Liberal Democrats Gordon Birtwistle 3,5019.0―6.0
Brexit Party Stewart Scott3,3628.6New
BAPIP Charlie Briggs1,1623.0New
Green Laura Fisk7391.9+0.8
Independent Karen Entwistle1320.3New
Majority1,3523.4N/A
Turnout 38,98460.6―1.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +9.5
General election 2017: Burnley [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Cooper 18,832 46.7 +9.1
Conservative Paul White12,47931.0+17.5
Liberal Democrats Gordon Birtwistle 6,04615.0―14.5
UKIP Tom Commis2,4726.1―11.2
Green Laura Fisk4611.1―1.0
Majority6,35315.7+7.6
Turnout 40,29062.2+0.6
Labour hold Swing
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Julie Cooper
General election 2015: Burnley [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Cooper 14,951 37.6 +6.3
Liberal Democrats Gordon Birtwistle 11,70729.5―6.2
UKIP Tom Commis6,86417.3+15.1
Conservative Sarah Cockburn-Price5,37413.5―3.1
Green Mike Hargreaves8502.1New
Majority3,2448.1N/A
Turnout 39,74661.6―1.2
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +6.3
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Gordon Birtwistle
General election 2010: Burnley [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gordon Birtwistle 14,932 35.7 +12.0
Labour Julie Cooper 13,11431.3―7.2
Conservative Richard Ali6,95016.6+5.8
BNP Sharon Wilkinson3,7479.0―1.3
Independent Andrew Brown1,8764.5New
UKIP John Wignall9292.2+1.2
Independent Andrew Hennessey2870.7New
Majority1,8184.3N/A
Turnout 41,84562.8+3.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +9.6

Elections in the 2000s

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Kitty Ussher
General election 2005: Burnley [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kitty Ussher 14,999 38.5 ―10.8
Liberal Democrats Gordon Birtwistle 9,22123.7+7.5
Burnley First IndependentHarry Brooks5,78614.8New
Conservative Yousuf Miah4,20610.8―10.1
BNP Len Starr4,00310.3―1.0
Independent Jeff Slater3921.0New
UKIP Robert McDowell3761.0―1.3
Majority5,77814.8−13.6
Turnout 38,98359.2+3.5
Labour hold Swing ―9.2 [n 3]
General election 2001: Burnley [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Pike 18,195 49.3 ―8.6
Conservative Robert Frost7,69720.9+0.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Wright5,97516.2―1.2
BNP Steve Smith4,15111.3New
UKIP Richard Buttrey8662.3New
Majority10,49828.4−9.3
Turnout 36,88455.7―11.2
Labour hold Swing ―4.6

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: Burnley [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Pike 26,210 57.9 +4.9
Conservative Bill Wiggin 9,14820.2―10.4
Liberal Democrats Gordon Birtwistle 7,87717.4+1.0
Referendum Richard Oakley2,0104.4New
Majority17,06237.7+15.3
Turnout 45,24566.9―7.3
Labour hold Swing +7.65
General election 1992: Burnley [21] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Pike 27,184 53.0 +4.6
Conservative Brenda Binge15,69330.6―3.2
Liberal Democrats Gordon Birtwistle 8,41416.4―1.4
Majority11,49122.4+7.8
Turnout 51,29174.2―4.6
Labour hold Swing +3.9

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: Burnley [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Pike 25,140 48.4 +8.6
Conservative Harold Elletson 17,58333.8―4.4
SDP Ronals Baker9,24117.8―2.2
Majority7,55714.6+13.0
Turnout 51,96478.8+2.5
Labour hold Swing +6.5
General election 1983: Burnley [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Pike 20,178 39.8 ―11.0
Conservative Ian Bruce 19,39138.2+2.8
Liberal Michael Steed 11,19120.0+7.2
Majority7871.6―13.8
Turnout 50,76076.3
Labour hold Swing ―6.9

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1979: Burnley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dan Jones 20,172 50.8 ―4.0
Conservative Ann Widdecombe 14,06235.4+10.7
Liberal Michael Steed 5,09112.8―7.7
Independent DemocratF. Tyrrall3520.9New
Majority6,11015.4―14.7
Turnout 39,677
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Burnley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dan Jones 21,642 54.8 +4.4
Conservative A. Pickup9,76624.7―2.3
Liberal S.P. Mews8,11920.5―2.1
Majority11,87630.1+6.7
Turnout 39,52779.70.0
Labour hold Swing +3.3
General election February 1974: Burnley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dan Jones 21,108 50.4 ―6.6
Conservative A. Pickup11,26827.0―7.9
Liberal S. Mews9,47122.6+14.5
Majority9,84023.4+1.3
Turnout 41,84779.7+4.0
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Burnley [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dan Jones 24,200 57.0 ―3.4
Conservative John Birch14,84634.9+7.2
Liberal George Brownbill3,4468.11―3.8
Majority9,35422.1―10.7
Turnout 39,04675.7―4.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1966: Burnley [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dan Jones 25,583 60.43
Conservative Albert S Royse11,71027.66
Liberal Mary R Mason5,04511.92
Majority13,87332.77
Turnout 42,33879.96
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Burnley [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dan Jones 25,244 56.80
Conservative Tom Mitchell12,36527.82
Liberal Mary R Mason6,83315.38New
Majority12,87928.98
Turnout 44,44281.68
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1959: Burnley [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dan Jones 27,675 56.97
Conservative Edward Brooks20,90243.03
Majority6,77313.94
Turnout 48,57783.77
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Burnley [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wilfrid Burke 27,865 55.63
Conservative Edward Brooks22,22944.37
Majority5,63611.26
Turnout 50,09483.46
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Burnley [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wilfrid Burke 31,261 56.53
Conservative Donald P Dunkley24,03443.37
Majority7,22713.16
Turnout 55,29588.86
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Burnley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wilfrid Burke 30,685 55.65
Conservative F.H. Wilson23,63642.86
Communist Bill Whittaker [31] 5260.95New
Ind. Labour Party Dan Carradice2950.53New
Majority7,04912.79
Turnout 55,14289.56
Labour hold Swing

Election in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Burnley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wilfrid Burke 32,122 63.54
National Liberal Herbert Monckton Milnes18,43136.46
Majority13,69127.08
Turnout 50,55380.44
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1935: Burnley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wilfrid Burke 31,160 53.61
National Liberal Gordon Campbell 26,96546.39
Majority4,1957.22N/A
Turnout 58,12587.36
Labour gain from National Liberal Swing
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Gordon Campbell VC
General election 1931: Burnley [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Gordon Campbell 35,126 56.15
Labour Arthur Henderson 26,91743.03
Communist J. Rushton5120.82New
Majority8,20913.12N/A
Turnout 62,55591.85
National gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1929: Burnley [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Henderson 28,091 46.2 +0.8
Unionist Ian Fairbairn 20,13733.2−2.4
Liberal Aneurin Edwards 12,50220.6+1.6
Majority7,95413.0+3.2
Turnout 60,73089.6+1.2
Registered electors 67,781
Labour hold Swing +1.6
General election 1924: Burnley [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Henderson 20,549 45.4 +7.6
Unionist Ian Fairbairn 16,08435.6+3.8
Liberal James Whitehead8,60119.0−11.4
Majority4,4659.8+3.8
Turnout 45,95488.4+1.1
Registered electors 51,162
Labour hold Swing +1.9
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Arthur Henderson
1924 Burnley by-election [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Henderson 24,571 58.4 +20.6
Conservative Harold Edward Joscelyn Camps17,53441.6+9.8
Majority7,03716.8+10.8
Turnout 42,10582.4−4.9
Registered electors 51,086
Labour hold Swing +5.4
General election 1923: Burnley [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dan Irving 16,848 37.8 −1.3
Unionist Harold Edward Joscelyn Camps14,19731.8−1.3
Liberal James Whitehead13,54330.4+2.6
Majority2,6516.00.0
Turnout 44,58887.3−1.4
Registered electors 51,086
Labour hold Swing 0.0
General election 1922: Burnley [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dan Irving 17,385 39.1 −2.8
Unionist Harold Edward Joscelyn Camps14,73133.1−0.7
Liberal Walter Layton 12,33927.8+3.5
Majority2,6546.0−2.1
Turnout 44,45588.7+17.3
Registered electors 50,111
Labour hold Swing −1.1

Elections in the 1910s

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Dan Irving
General election December 1918: Burnley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dan Irving 15,217 41.9 New
C Unionist Henry Mulholland 12,28933.8−3.7
Liberal John Howarth Grey 8,82524.3−14.3
Majority2,9288.1N/A
Turnout 21,11471.4−22.7
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +16.2
Cindicates 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.

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Philip Morrell
General election December 1910: Burnley [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Philip Morrell 6,177 38.7 +4.1
Conservative Gerald Arbuthnot 6,00437.5+2.3
Social Democratic Federation Henry Hyndman 3,81023.8−6.4
Majority1731.2N/A
Turnout 15,99194.1−2.4
Registered electors 16,992
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +0.9
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Gerald Arbuthnot
General election January 1910: Burnley [37] [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Arbuthnot 5,776 35.2 +2.5
Lib-Lab Fred Maddison 5,68134.6−0.2
Social Democratic Federation Henry Hyndman 4,94830.2−2.3
Majority950.6N/A
Turnout 16,40596.5+1.5
Registered electors 16,992
Conservative gain from Lib-Lab Swing +1.4

Elections in the 1900s

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Fred Maddison
General election 1906: Burnley [37] [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab Fred Maddison 5,288 34.8 −12.9
Conservative Gerald Arbuthnot 4,96432.7−19.6
Social Democratic Federation Henry Hyndman 4,93232.5New
Majority3242.1N/A
Turnout 15,18495.0+5.1
Registered electors 15,983
Lib-Lab gain from Conservative Swing +3.4
General election 1900: Burnley [37] [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Mitchell 6,773 52.3 +9.8
Liberal Philip Stanhope 6,17347.7+2.6
Majority6004.6N/A
Turnout 12,94689.9−0.6
Registered electors 14,393
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +3.6

Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1895: Burnley [37] [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Philip Stanhope 5,454 45.1 −11.1
Conservative William Alexander Lindsay [38] 5,13342.5−1.3
Social Democratic Federation Henry Hyndman 1,49812.4New
Majority3212.6−9.8
Turnout 12,08590.5−0.5
Registered electors 13,360
Liberal hold Swing −4.9
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Philip Stanhope
1893 Burnley by-election [37] [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Philip Stanhope 6,199 53.0 −3.2
Conservative William Alexander Lindsay [38] 5,50647.0+3.2
Majority6936.0−6.4
Turnout 11,70591.3+0.3
Registered electors 12,826
Liberal hold Swing −3.2
General election 1892: Burnley [37] [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jabez Balfour 6,450 56.2 +6.5
Liberal Unionist Edwin Lawrence5,03543.8−6.5
Majority1,41512.4N/A
Turnout 11,48591.0+4.1
Registered electors 12,619
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +6.5

Elections in the 1880s

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By-election, 27 Feb 1889: Burnley [36] [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jabez Balfour Unopposed
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist
  • Caused by Stagg's death.
By-election, 19 Feb 1887: Burnley [37] [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Slagg 5,026 52.9 +3.2
Conservative John Thursby [39] 4,48147.1−3.2
Majority5455.8N/A
Turnout 9,50794.9+8.0
Registered electors 10,020
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +3.2
  • Caused by Ryland's death.
General election 1886: Burnley [37] [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Peter Rylands 4,209 50.3 +4.0
Liberal James Greenwood [40] 4,16649.7−4.0
Majority430.6N/A
Turnout 8,37586.9−7.2
Registered electors 9,638
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +4.0
General election 1885: Burnley [37] [41] [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter Rylands 4,866 53.7 −1.4
Conservative Henry Herbert Wainwright4,19946.3+1.4
Majority6677.4−2.8
Turnout 9,06594.1+0.1
Registered electors 9,638
Liberal hold Swing −1.4
General election 1880: Burnley [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter Rylands 3,943 55.1 −0.1
Conservative Edmund Talbot 3,21744.9+0.1
Majority72610.2−0.2
Turnout 7,16094.0+9.9
Registered electors 7,614
Liberal hold Swing −0.1

Elections in the 1870s

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By-election, 14 Feb 1876: Burnley [43] [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter Rylands 3,520 53.4 −1.8
Conservative William Alexander Lindsay [44] 3,07746.6+1.8
Majority4336.8−3.6
Turnout 6,59792.6+8.5
Registered electors 7,127
Liberal hold Swing −1.8
  • Caused by Shaw's death.
General election 1874: Burnley [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Shaw 3,065 55.2 +1.3
Conservative William Alexander Lindsay [44] 2,49044.8−1.3
Majority57510.4+2.6
Turnout 5,55584.1+8.4
Registered electors 6,607
Liberal hold Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1868: Burnley [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Shaw 2,620 53.9
Conservative James Yorke Scarlett 2,23846.1
Majority3827.8
Turnout 4,85875.7
Registered electors 6,417
Liberal win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Labour to Liberal Democrat

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