Burnley (UK Parliament constituency)
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Burnley | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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![]() Boundary of Burnley in Lancashire.
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![]() Location of Lancashire within England.
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County | Lancashire |
Population | 87,059 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 67,003 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Burnley |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1868 |
Member of parliament | Julie Cooper (Labour Party) |
Number of members | One |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Burnley is a constituency[n 1] centred on the town of Burnley in Lancashire, which is represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Julie Cooper of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Contents
- 1 History
- 2 Members of Parliament
- 3 Elections
- 3.1 Elections in the 2010s
- 3.2 Elections in the 2000s
- 3.3 Elections in the 1990s
- 3.4 Elections in the 1980s
- 3.5 Elections in the 1970s
- 3.6 Elections in the 1960s
- 3.7 Elections in the 1950s
- 3.8 Election in the 1940s
- 3.9 Elections in the 1930s
- 3.10 Elections in the 1920s
- 3.11 Elections in the 1910s
- 3.12 Elections in the 1900s
- 3.13 Elections in the 1890s
- 3.14 Elections in the 1880s
- 4 See also
- 5 Notes and references
- 6 External Links
History
The seat was created in 1868. From World War II until 2010 it was won by Labour candidates, generally on safe, large majorities; even Ann Widdecombe could not snatch the seat from the former leading cotton town's close affinity with Labour Party values as they stood 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 who moved 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 contended 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.
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 remains coterminous with the boundaries of the borough of Burnley.[4]
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Julie Cooper | 14,951 | 37.6 | +6.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Gordon Birtwistle | 11,707 | 29.5 | −6.2 | |
UKIP | Tom Commis | 6,864 | 17.3 | +15.0 | |
Conservative | Sarah Cockburn-Price | 5,374 | 13.5 | −3.1 | |
Green | Mike Hargreaves | 850 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,244 | 8.2 | |||
Turnout | 39,746 | 61.6 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Gordon Birtwistle | 14,932 | 35.7 | +12.0 | |
Labour | Julie Cooper | 13,114 | 31.3 | −7.2 | |
Conservative | Richard Ali | 6,950 | 16.6 | +5.8 | |
BNP | Sharon Wilkinson | 3,747 | 9.0 | −1.3 | |
Independent | Andrew Brown | 1,876 | 4.5 | N/A | |
UKIP | John Wignall | 929 | 2.2 | +1.2 | |
Independent | Andrew Hennessey | 287 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,818 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 41,845 | 62.8 | |||
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | +9.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kitty Ussher | 14,999 | 38.5 | −10.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Gordon Birtwistle | 9,221 | 23.7 | +7.5 | |
Burnley First Independent | Harry Brooks | 5,786 | 14.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Yousuf Miah | 4,206 | 10.8 | −10.1 | |
BNP | Len Starr | 4,003 | 10.3 | −1.0 | |
Independent | Jeff Slater | 392 | 1.0 | N/A | |
UKIP | Robert McDowell | 376 | 1.0 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 5,778 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 38,983 | 59.2 | +3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −9.15[n 3] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Pike | 18,195 | 49.3 | −8.6 | |
Conservative | Robert Frost | 7,697 | 20.9 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Paul Wright | 5,975 | 16.2 | −1.2 | |
BNP | Steve Smith | 4,151 | 11.3 | N/A | |
UKIP | Richard Buttrey | 866 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,498 | 28.4 | |||
Turnout | 36,884 | 55.7 | −11.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.6 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Pike | 26,210 | 57.9 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Bill Wiggin | 9,148 | 20.2 | −10.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Gordon Birtwistle | 7,877 | 17.4 | +1.0 | |
Referendum | Richard Oakley | 2,010 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,062 | 37.7 | |||
Turnout | 45,245 | 66.9 | -7.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.65 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Pike | 27,184 | 53.0 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Mrs. Brenda Binge | 15,693 | 30.6 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Gordon Birtwistle | 8,414 | 16.4 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 11,491 | 22.4 | +7.9 | ||
Turnout | 51,291 | 74.2 | −4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Pike | 25,140 | 48.4 | +8.6 | |
Conservative | Harold Elletson | 17,583 | 33.8 | −4.4 | |
Social Democratic | Ronals Hubert Baker | 9,241 | 17.8 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 7,557 | 14.5 | |||
Turnout | 51,964 | 78.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Pike | 20,178 | 39.8 | −11.0 | |
Conservative | Ian Bruce | 19,391 | 38.2 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Michael Steed | 11,191 | 20.0 | +7.2 | |
Majority | 787 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 50,760 | 76.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.9 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Daniel Jones | 20,172 | 50.8 | −4.0 | |
Conservative | Ann Widdecombe | 14,062 | 35.4 | +8.7 | |
Liberal | Michael Steed | 5,091 | 12.8 | ||
Independent Democrat | F Tyrrall | 352 | 0.9 | ||
Majority | 6,110 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Daniel Jones | 21,642 | 54.8 | ||
Conservative | A Pickup | 9,766 | 24.7 | ||
Liberal | SP Mews | 8,119 | 20.5 | ||
Majority | 11,876 | ||||
Turnout | 79.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Daniel Jones | 21,108 | 50.4 | ||
Conservative | A. Pickup | 11,268 | 27.0 | ||
Liberal | S. Mews | 9,471 | 22.6 | ||
Majority | 9,840 | 23.5 | |||
Turnout | 79.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Daniel Jones | 24,200 | 57.0 | ||
Conservative | J Birch | 14,846 | 34.9 | ||
Liberal | G Brownbill | 3,446 | 8.11 | ||
Majority | 9,354 | 22.0 | |||
Turnout | 75.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Daniel Jones | 25,583 | 60.43 | ||
Conservative | Albert S. Royse | 11,710 | 27.66 | ||
Liberal | Miss Mary R. Mason | 5,045 | 11.92 | ||
Majority | 13,873 | 32.77 | |||
Turnout | 79.96 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Daniel Jones | 25,244 | 56.80 | ||
Conservative | T. Mitchell | 12,365 | 27.82 | ||
Liberal | M.R. Mason | 6,833 | 15.38 | ||
Majority | 12,879 | 28.98 | |||
Turnout | 81.68 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Daniel Jones | 27,675 | 56.97 | ||
Conservative | E. Brooks | 20,902 | 43.03 | ||
Majority | 6,773 | 13.94 | |||
Turnout | 83.77 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wilfrid Burke | 27,865 | 55.63 | ||
Conservative | E. Brooks | 22,229 | 44.37 | ||
Majority | 5,636 | 11.25 | |||
Turnout | 83.46 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wilfrid Burke | 31,261 | 56.53 | ||
Conservative | D.P. Dunkley | 24,034 | 43.37 | ||
Majority | 7,227 | 13.07 | |||
Turnout | 88.86 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wilfrid Burke | 30,685 | 55.65 | ||
Conservative | F.H. Wilson | 23,636 | 42.86 | ||
Communist | W. Whitaker | 526 | 0.95 | ||
Ind. Labour Party | D. Carradice | 295 | 0.53 | ||
Majority | 7,049 | 12.78 | |||
Turnout | 89.56 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wilfrid Burke | 32,122 | 63.54 | ||
Liberal National | H.M. Milnes | 18,431 | 36.46 | ||
Majority | 13,691 | 27.08 | |||
Turnout | 80.44 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wilfrid Burke | 31,160 | 53.61 | ||
Liberal National | Gordon Campbell | 26,965 | 46.39 | ||
Majority | 4,195 | 7.22 | |||
Turnout | 87.36 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal National | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal National | Gordon Campbell | 35,126 | 56.15 | ||
Labour | Rt Hon. Arthur Henderson | 26,917 | 43.03 | ||
Communist | J. Rushton | 512 | 0.82 | ||
Majority | 8,209 | 13.12 | |||
Turnout | 91.85 | ||||
Liberal National gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rt Hon. Arthur Henderson | 28,091 | 46.2 | ||
Unionist | Stephen Ian Fairbairn | 20,137 | 33.2 | ||
Liberal | Aneurin John Glyn Edwards | 12,502 | 20.6 | ||
Majority | 7,954 | 13.0 | |||
Turnout | 60,730 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rt Hon. Arthur Henderson | 24,571 | 58.4 | ||
Conservative | Harold Edward Joscelyn Camps | 17,534 | 41.6 | ||
Majority | 7,037 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Daniel Irving | 16,848 | 37.8 | -1.3 | |
Unionist | Harold Edward Joscelyn Camps | 14,197 | 31.8 | -1.3 | |
Liberal | James Whitehead | 13,543 | 30.4 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 2,651 | 6.0 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 87.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dan Irving | 15,217 | 41.9 | +18.1 | |
Unionist | Henry Mulholland | 12,289 | 33.8 | -3.7 | |
Liberal | John Howarth Grey | 8,825 | 24.3 | -14.3 | |
Majority | 2,928 | 8.1 | |||
Turnout | 71.4 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +16.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Philip Morrell | 6,177 | 38.6 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Gerald Arbuthnot | 6,004 | 37.5 | +2.3 | |
Social Democratic Federation | Henry Hyndman | 3,810 | 23.8 | -6.4 | |
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Liberal hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gerald Arbuthnot | 5,776 | 35.2 | ||
Liberal | Fred Maddison | 5,681 | 34.6 | ||
Social Democratic Federation | Henry Hyndman | 4,948 | 30.2 | ||
Majority | 95 | ||||
Turnout | 16,405 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Fred Maddison | 5,288 | |||
Conservative | Gerald Arbuthnot | 4,964 | |||
Social Democratic Federation | Henry Hyndman | 4,932 | |||
Majority | 324 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Lib-Lab gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Mitchell | 6,678 | |||
Liberal | Philip Stanhope | 6,173 | |||
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Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Philip Stanhope | 5,454 | |||
Conservative | W. A. Lindsay | 5,133 | |||
Social Democratic Federation | Henry Hyndman | 1,498 | |||
Majority | 321 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Philip Stanhope | 6,199 | |||
Conservative | W. A. Lindsay | 5,506 | |||
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Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jabez Balfour | 6,450 | |||
Liberal Unionist | Edwin Lawrence | 5,035 | |||
Majority | 1,415 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing |
Elections in the 1880s
At the Burnley by-election, 1889, Jabez Balfour was elected unopposed.[15]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Slagg | 5,021 | |||
Conservative | J. O. S. Thursby | 4,481 | |||
Social Democratic Federation | Henry Hyndman | 1,498 | 12.4 | ||
Majority | 540 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Peter Rylands | 4,209 | |||
Liberal | J. Greenwood | 5,035 | |||
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Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Peter Rylands | 4,866 | |||
Conservative | H. H. Wainwright | 5,035 | |||
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Liberal hold | Swing |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Labour to Liberal Democrat
- References
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- ↑ Boundary Commission for England Fifth Periodical Report. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
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- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Burnley | Aristotle, guardian.co.uk
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- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/64216744
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 15.9 The Constitutional Year Book, National Unionist Association of Conservative and Liberal Unionist Organizations (1916)
External Links
- nomis Constituency Profile for Burnley — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Pages with broken file links
- Use dmy dates from January 2011
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1868
- Politics of Burnley