Nelson and Colne (UK Parliament constituency)

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Nelson and Colne
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
NelsonColne1974Constituency.svg
Nelson and Colne in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
1918–1983
Number of membersone
Replaced by Pendle [1]
Created from Clitheroe

Nelson and Colne was a constituency in Lancashire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Contents

It was largely succeeded by the Pendle constituency.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Boroughs of Nelson and Colne, the Urban Districts of Barrowford, Brierfield, and Trawden, and the detached part of the parish of Foulridge which was bordered on the north, west and south by the Borough of Colne.

1950–1983: The Boroughs of Nelson and Colne, and the Urban Districts of Barrowford, Brierfield, and Trawden.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Albert Smith Labour
1920 by-election Robinson Graham Labour
1922 Arthur Greenwood Labour
1931 Linton Thorp Conservative
1935 Sydney Silverman Labour
1968 by-election David Waddington Conservative
Oct 1974 Doug Hoyle Labour
1979 John Lee Conservative

Elections

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Nelson and Colne election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Nelson and Colne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Smith 14,07562.0N/A
Liberal Fred Greenwood8,62338.0N/A
Majority5,45224.0N/A
Turnout 22,69852.3N/A
Registered electors 43,381
Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1920s

By-election 1920: Nelson and Colne [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robinson Graham 14,13449.5−12.5
C Unionist Frederick Norman Wainwright8,57730.1N/A
Liberal Walter Rea 5,80520.4−17.6
Majority5,55719.4−4.6
Turnout 28,51665.2+12.9
Registered electors 43,757
Labour hold Swing +2.6
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General election 1922: Nelson and Colne [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Greenwood 17,71448.5−13.5
Liberal James Henry Sutherland Aitken11,54231.6−6.4
Unionist Frederick Norman Wainwright7,28619.9N/A
Majority6,17216.9−7.1
Turnout 36,54283.2+30.9
Registered electors 43,914
Labour hold Swing −3.6
General election 1923: Nelson and Colne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Greenwood 17,08346.1−2.4
Liberal James Henry Sutherland Aitken10,10327.3−4.3
Unionist Amos Nelson9,86126.6+6.7
Majority6,98018.8+1.9
Turnout 37,04783.4+0.2
Registered electors 44,432
Labour hold Swing +1.0
General election 1924: Nelson and Colne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Greenwood 19,92251.9+5.8
Liberal James Henry Sutherland Aitken18,47948.1+20.8
Majority1,4433.8−15.0
Turnout 33,34885.6+2.2
Registered electors 44,871
Labour hold Swing −7.5
General election 1929: Nelson and Colne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Greenwood 28,53361.0+9.1
Unionist Linton Thorp 18,23639.0−9.1
Majority10,29722.0+18.2
Turnout 46,76982.8−2.8
Registered electors 56,465
Labour hold Swing +9.1

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Nelson and Colne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linton Thorp 28,74757.71
Labour Arthur Greenwood 21,06342.29
Majority7,68415.43
Turnout 49,81075.93
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Nelson and Colne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sydney Silverman 26,01154.52
Ind. Conservative Linton Thorp 21,69645.48
Majority4,3159.04
Turnout 47,70784.73
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Nelson and Colne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sydney Silverman 25,61059.4+11.8
Conservative Harmar Nicholls 17,48440.5−8.5
Majority8,12618.9
Turnout 43,09476.2−2.2
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Nelson and Colne [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sydney Silverman 25,35854.6
Conservative Alan Green 21,11645.4
Majority4,2429.13
Turnout 88.28
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Nelson and Colne [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sydney Silverman 25,61154.7
Conservative Alan Green 21,21145.3
Majority4,4009.4
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Nelson and Colne [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sydney Silverman 22,13552.7−2.0
Conservative Elaine Kellett 19,84447.3+2.0
Majority2,2915.5
Turnout 41,97988.4
Labour hold Swing −2.0
General election 1959: Nelson and Colne [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sydney Silverman 20,40749.3−3.4
Conservative John Crabtree19,14346.2−1.1
Lancastrian Party Tom Emmott 1,8894.6N/A
Majority1,2873.1
Turnout 41,43985.5
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Nelson and Colne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sydney Silverman 20,20553.5+4.2
Conservative David Waddington 17,56146.5+0.3
Majority2,6447.0
Turnout 37,76680.8−4.7
Labour hold Swing +2.0
General election 1966: Nelson and Colne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sydney Silverman 18,40649.3−4.2
Conservative Peter Davies13,82937.0−9.5
Independent Patrick Downey5,11713.7N/A
Majority4,57712.3
Turnout 37,35281.0+0.2
Labour hold Swing +2.3
By-election 1968: Nelson and Colne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Waddington 16,46648.9+11.9
Labour Betty Boothroyd 12,94438.4−10.9
Liberal David Chadwick3,0169.0N/A
English NationalistBrian Tattersall1,2553.7N/A
Majority3,52210.5
Turnout 33,681−
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +11.4

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Nelson and Colne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Waddington 19,88151.5+14.5
Labour Doug Hoyle 18,47148.5−0.8
Majority1,4103.0
Turnout 38,62278.3−2.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +7.7
General election February 1974: Nelson and Colne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Waddington 15,69238.9−12.6
Labour Doug Hoyle 15,51538.4−10.1
Liberal Tony Greaves 9,16622.7N/A
Majority1770.4
Turnout 40,37384.2+5.9
Conservative hold Swing 1.3
General election October 1974: Nelson and Colne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doug Hoyle 17,50644.7+6.3
Conservative David Waddington 16,83643.0+4.1
Liberal Tony Greaves 4,85012.4−10.3
Majority6691.7
Turnout 39,19281.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 1.1%
General election 1979: Nelson and Colne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Lee 17,52245.0+2.0
Labour Doug Hoyle 17,08643.9−0.8
Liberal David Hewitt4,32211.1−1.3
Majority4361.1
Turnout 38,93081.6+0.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +1.4

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References

  1. ↑ "'Nelson and Colne', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1922
  3. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1931
  4. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  5. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  6. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  7. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
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