Hyndburn (UK Parliament constituency)
Hyndburn | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Hyndburn in North West England | |
County | Lancashire |
Electorate | 80,617 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Accrington and Haslingden |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Sara Britcliffe (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Accrington and Clitheroe |
Hyndburn is a constituency[n 1] in Lancashire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Sara Britcliffe of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
History and profile
The seat was created in 1983, from parts of the former seats of Accrington and Clitheroe. In its ambit is much terraced (freehold) owner occupied housing[2] and surrounding villages, that may have helped to win the constituency for a Conservative in 1983, by 21 votes. The Conservative majority in 1983 was the second smallest achieved by any party in a seat in the United Kingdom at that election, only being beaten by the Conservatives 7 vote majority in Leicester South[3] In 1987, against the national trend, the Conservative vote share increased by 2.1% while Labour's vote share fell by 2.4%. Consequently, the Conservatives increased their majority to 2,220 votes, a higher majority than it achieved in 31 other seats.[4]
Labour won it in 1992, and chose a new candidate for 2010, Graham Jones, who was elected.[5] Part of Labour's Red Wall, the seat was won by the Conservatives in 2019, with the twenty-four year old Tory candidate Sara Britcliffe ousting Jones with a swing of 9.9%.[6]
In January 1996, Hyndburn Conservatives deselected Hugh Neil, after a six-week investigation into alleged bogus claims that he made about his background. Neil claimed to have a doctorate from
Boundaries
1983-1997: The Borough of Hyndburn.
1997–present: The Borough of Hyndburn, and the Borough of Rossendale wards of Greenfield and Worsley.
A mostly Labour inclined seat[n 3], based around the East Lancashire town of Accrington, it also includes Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, Oswaldtwistle, and Rishton in Hyndburn, and Haslingden in Rossendale.
Following its review of parliamentary representation in
- It is obviously right that constituency names should as far as possible reflect the geography and character of the constituency but equally they should be as succinct as reasonably possible[8]
Proposed
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the 2024 general election will be unchanged.[9]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[10] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Ken Hargreaves | Conservative | |
1992 | Greg Pope | Labour | |
2010 | Graham Jones | Labour | |
2019 | Sara Britcliffe | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sara Britcliffe[11] | ||||
Green | Shabir Fazal[12] | ||||
Reform UK | Richard Oakley[13] | ||||
Labour | Sarah Smith[14] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Beth Waller-Slack[15] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sara Britcliffe | 20,565 | 48.5 | +8.0 | |
Labour | Graham Jones | 17,614 | 41.5 | ―11.9 | |
Brexit Party
|
Gregory Butt | 2,156 | 5.1 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Waller-Slack | 1,226 | 2.9 | +1.1 | |
Green | Katrina Brockbank | 845 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,951 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,406 | 59.8 | ―2.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +9.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Jones | 24,120 | 53.4 | +11.3 | |
Conservative | Kevin Horkin | 18,305 | 40.5 | +8.6 | |
UKIP | Janet Brown | 1,953 | 4.3 | ―17.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Leslie Jones | 824 | 1.8 | ―0.2 | |
Majority | 5,815 | 12.9 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 45,307 | 61.8 | ―1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Jones | 18,076 | 42.1 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Kevin Horkin | 13,676 | 31.9 | ―1.9 | |
UKIP | Janet Brown | 9,154 | 21.3 | +17.8 | |
Green | Kerry Gormley | 1,122 | 2.6 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alison Firth | 859 | 2.0 | ―9.8 | |
Majority | 4,400 | 10.2 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,887 | 62.8 | ―0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Jones | 17,531 | 41.1 | ―4.6 | |
Conservative | Karen Buckley | 14,441 | 33.8 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Rankine | 5,033 | 11.8 | ―2.6 | |
BNP | Andrew Eccles | 2,137 | 5.0 | ―1.2 | |
UKIP | Granville Barker | 1,481 | 3.5 | +1.6 | |
CPA | Kevin Logan | 795 | 1.9 | New | |
Green | Kerry Gormley | 463 | 1.1 | New | |
English Democrat
|
Chris Reid | 413 | 1.0 | New | |
Independent
|
Craig Hall | 378 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 3,090 | 7.2 | ―7.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,672 | 63.5 | +4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―3.3 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Greg Pope | 18,136 | 46.0 | ―8.7 | |
Conservative | James Mawdsley | 12,549 | 31.8 | ―1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bill Greene | 5,577 | 14.1 | +4.5 | |
BNP | Christian Jackson | 2,444 | 6.2 | New | |
UKIP | John Whittaker | 743 | 1.9 | ―0.7 | |
Majority | 5,587 | 14.2 | ―7.3 | ||
Turnout | 39,449 | 58.8 | +1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Greg Pope | 20,900 | 54.7 | ―0.9 | |
Conservative | Peter Britcliffe | 12,681 | 33.2 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bill Greene | 3,680 | 9.6 | +1.0 | |
UKIP | John Tomlin | 982 | 2.6 | New | |
Majority | 8,219 | 21.5 | ―2.2 | ||
Turnout | 38,243 | 57.5 | ―14.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Greg Pope | 26,831 | 55.6 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | Peter Britcliffe | 15,383 | 31.9 | ―11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Les Jones | 4,141 | 8.6 | ―1.3 | |
Referendum
|
Philip Congdon | 1,627 | 3.4 | New | |
Independent Anti-Corruption in Government (IAC) | James Brown | 290 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 11,548 | 23.7 | +19.7 | ||
Turnout | 48,272 | 72.3 | ―11.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Greg Pope | 23,042 | 46.9 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Ken Hargreaves | 21,082 | 42.9 | ―1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Stars | 4,886 | 9.9 | ―5.3 | |
Natural Law | Stephen Whittle | 150 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,960 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,160 | 83.9 | +3.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.3 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ken Hargreaves | 21,606 | 44.4 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Keva Christopher Coombes | 19,386 | 39.8 | ―2.4 | |
SDP | John Stark | 7,423 | 15.2 | +0.6 | |
Green | Frank Smith | 297 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 2,220 | 4.6 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 48,712 | 80.5 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ken Hargreaves | 19,405 | 42.2 | ||
Labour | Arthur Davidson | 19,384 | 42.2 | ||
SDP | John Bridgen | 6,716 | 14.6 | ||
Ecology
|
Frank Smith | 266 | 0.6 | ||
Independent
|
Paul Gateson | 169 | 0.4 | ||
Majority | 21 | 0.0 | |||
Turnout | 45,940 | 77.4 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
Notes
- borough constituency(for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- first past the postsystem of election at least every five years.
- ^ In local elections to date
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