Pendle (UK Parliament constituency)

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Pendle
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Pendle in Lancashire
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Location of Lancashire within England
County Lancashire
Electorate 66,735 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements Barnoldswick, Colne, Nelson
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Andrew Stephenson (Conservative Party (UK))
SeatsOne
Created from Nelson and Colne, Skipton and Clitheroe [2]

Pendle is a constituency [n 1] in Lancashire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Andrew Stephenson, a Conservative. [n 2] The constituency was newly created for the 1983 general election, being largely formed from the former Nelson and Colne constituency.

Contents

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. [3]

Boundaries

Pendle (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current 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.[ clarification needed ]

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:

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 [5] is lower than the regional average, artisan creations, tourism, manufacturing, transport, food processing, the public sector and agriculture are large sectors. [6]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [7] Party
1983 John Lee Conservative
1992 Gordon Prentice Labour
2010 Andrew Stephenson Conservative

Elections

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Pendle election results

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Pendle [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Stephenson 24,076 54.2 +5.2
Labour Azhar Ali17,89040.2―6.0
Liberal Democrats Gordon Lishman 1,5483.5+1.4
Green Clare Hales6781.5+0.4
Independent John Richardson2680.6New
Majority6,18614.0+12.2
Turnout 44,46068.1―0.9
Conservative hold Swing +5.5
General election 2017: Pendle [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Stephenson 21,986 49.0 +1.8
Labour Wayne Blackburn20,70746.2+11.3
Liberal Democrats Gordon Lishman 9412.1―1.2
BNP Brian Parker 7181.6New
Green Ian Barnett5021.1―1.2
Majority1,2792.8―8.5
Turnout 44,85469.0+0.3
Conservative hold Swing ―4.8
General election 2015: Pendle [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Stephenson 20,978 47.2 +8.3
Labour Azhar Ali15,52534.9+4.0
UKIP Michael Waddington5,41512.2+8.9
Liberal Democrats Graham Roach1,4873.3―16.9
Green Laura Fisk1,0432.3New
Majority5,45312.3+4.3
Turnout 44,44868.7+0.9
Conservative hold Swing +2.15
General election 2010: Pendle [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Stephenson 17,512 38.9 +7.1
Labour Gordon Prentice 13,92730.9―6.2
Liberal Democrats Afzal Anwar9,09520.2―3.0
BNP James Jackman2,8946.4+0.2
UKIP Graham Cannon1,4763.3+1.5
Christian Richard Masih1410.3New
Majority3,5858.0N/A
Turnout 45,04567.8+4.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +6.6

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Pendle [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon Prentice 15,250 37.1 ―7.5
Conservative Jane Ellison 13,07031.8―2.1
Liberal Democrats Shazad Anwar9,52823.2+9.4
BNP Thomas Boocock2,5476.2+1.2
UKIP Graham Cannon7371.8―1.0
Majority2,1805.3―5.4
Turnout 41,13263.4+0.2
Labour hold Swing ―2.7
General election 2001: Pendle [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon Prentice 17,729 44.6 ―8.7
Conservative Rasjid Skinner13,45433.9+3.6
Liberal Democrats David Whipp5,47913.8+2.2
BNP Chris Jackson1,9765.0New
UKIP Graham Cannon1,0942.8New
Majority4,27510.7―12.3
Turnout 39,73263.2―11.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Pendle [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon Prentice 25,059 53.3 +9.1
Conservative John Midgley14,23530.3―10.0
Liberal Democrats Tony Greaves 5,46011.6―3.4
Referendum Damian Hockney 2,2814.8New
Majority10,82423.0+19.1
Turnout 47,03574.6―8.3
Labour hold Swing +9.6
General election 1992: Pendle [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon Prentice 23,497 44.2 +8.9
Conservative John Lee 21,38440.3―0.1
Liberal Democrats Alan Davies7,97615.0―9.3
Anti-Federalist League Valerie Thome2630.5New
Majority2,1133.9N/A
Turnout 53,12082.9+1.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.5

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Pendle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Lee 21,009 40.4 ―3.8
Labour Sylvia Renilson18,37035.3+3.0
Liberal Gordon Lishman 12,66224.3+0.8
Majority2,6395.1―6.8
Turnout 52,04181.8+2.1
Conservative hold Swing ―3.4
General election 1983: Pendle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Lee 22,739 44.2
Labour George Rodgers 16,60432.3
Liberal Gordon Lishman 12,05623.5
Majority6,13511.9
Turnout 51,39979.7
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. A county 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.

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