Pendle and Clitheroe | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire |
Electorate | 76,941 (2023) [1] |
Major settlements | Nelson, Colne, Clitheroe, Barnoldswick |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Jonathan Hinder (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Pendle, Ribble Valley |
Pendle and Clitheroe is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Since its creation in 2024, it has been represented by Jonathan Hinder of the Labour Party.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The seat replaced the former constituency of Pendle, excluding the community of Brierfield (transferred to Burnley), extending northwards into the Ribble Valley constituency to include the town of Clitheroe. [3]
Election | Member [4] | Party | |
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2024 | Jonathan Hinder | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jonathan Hinder | 16,129 | 34.5 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Andrew Stephenson | 15,227 | 32.6 | −24.3 | |
Reform UK | Victoria Fletcher | 8,171 | 17.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Zulfikar Ali Khan | 3,108 | 6.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Anna Fryer | 2,039 | 4.4 | −2.9 | |
Green | Lex Kristan | 1,421 | 3.0 | +0.9 | |
Workers Party | Syed Muarif Hashmi | 336 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Rejoin EU | Christopher Thompson | 190 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Tony Johnson | 133 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 902 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 46,754 | 59.3 | −3.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.9 |
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