Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency)

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Blackburn Borough constituency
Blackburn shown within Lancashire, and Lancashire shown within England
Created:	1832, 1955
MP:	Jack Straw
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Lancashire
EP constituency:	North West England

Blackburn is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The town currently elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It has elected Labour MPs since its re-creation in 1955.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 3.1 1832-1950 3.2 1955-present 4 Election results 4.1 2000s 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency encompasses the town of Blackburn in the North West of England. It borders four other constituencies: Ribble Valley to the north, Hyndburn to the east, Rossendale and Darwen to the south and Chorley to the west.

[edit] Boundary review

Following the review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire, including the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen, the Boundary Commission for England made minor boundary changes to the existing constituency. No name change was proposed or made.

The electoral wards in the Blackburn seat to be fought at the next UK general election in either 2009 or 2010 are entirely within the district of Blackburn with Darwen.

• Audley, Bastwell, Beardwood and Lammack, Corporation Park, Ewood, Higher Croft, Little Harwood, Livesey with Pleasington, Meadowhead, Mill Hill, Queen's Park, Roe Lee, Shadsworth with Whitebirk, Shear Brow and Wensley Fold.

[edit] History

For more details, see the Politics section of the Blackburn article.

Blackburn was first enfranchised by the Reform Act 1832, as a two-member constituency, and was first used at the 1832 general election.

It was abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was then replaced by two new single-member constituencies, Blackburn East and Blackburn West.

Blacburn was re-established as a single-member constituency for the 1955 general election, partially replacing the Blackburn East and Blackburn West constituencies which had been created only five years earlier.

After its re-establishment in 1955, The constituency was initially a marginal, but Blackburn is now considered to be a Labour Party stronghold.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] 1832-1950

Year		1st Member	1st Party		2nd Member	2nd Party
1832	constituency created with two seats by the Great Reform Act
1832		William Feilden	Liberal		William Turner	Liberal
1841					John Hornby	Conservative
1847		James Pilkington	Liberal
1852					William Eccles	Liberal
1853					Montague Joseph Feilden	Liberal
1857					William Henry Hornby	Conservative
1865		Joseph Feilden	Conservative
1869		Henry Master Feilden	Conservative		Edward Kenworthy Hornby	Conservative
1874					William Edward Briggs	Liberal
1875		Daniel Thwaites	Conservative
1880		Sir William Coddington	Conservative
1885					Sir Robert Peel	Conservative
1886					Sir William Henry Hornby	Conservative
1906		Philip Snowden	Labour
1910					Sir Thomas Barclay	Liberal
1910					Sir Henry Norman	Liberal
1918		Percy Thompson Dean	Coalition Conservative			Coalition Liberal
1922		Sir Sydney Herbert Holcroft Henn	Conservative			National Liberal
1923					John Duckworth	Liberal
1929		Thomas Harry Gill	Labour		Mary Agnes Hamilton	Labour
1931		Sir George Sampson Elliston	Conservative		Sir Walter Dorling Smiles	Conservative
1945		Lewis John Edwards	Labour		Barbara Castle	Labour
1950	constituency abolished: see Blackburn East and Blackburn West

[edit] 1955-present

Election		Member	Party
1950		constituency re-established
	1955	Barbara Castle	Labour
	1979	Jack Straw	Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2000s

General Election 2005: Blackburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Straw	17,562	42.0	-12.1
	Conservative	Imtiaz Ameen	9,553	22.9	-8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Melia	8,608	20.6	+12.5
	British National	Nicholas Holt	2,263	5.4	N/A
	Independent	Craig Murray	2,082	5.0	N/A
	UK Independence	Dorothy Baxter	954	2.3	-0.6
	Green	Graham Carter	783	1.9	N/A
Majority			8,009	19.2
Turnout			41,805	56.9	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.9

General Election 2001: Blackburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Straw	21,808	54.1	-0.9
	Conservative	John Cotton	12,559	31.2	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Imtiaz Patel	3,264	8.1	-2.4
	UK Independence	Dorothy Baxter	1,185	2.9	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Terry Cullen	559	1.4	+0.1
	Socialist Alliance	Jim Nichol	532	1.3	N/A
	Independent	Paul Morris	377	0.9	-0.1
Majority			9,249	22.9
Turnout			40,284	55.5	-9.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Blackburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Straw	26,141	55.03
	Conservative	S Sidhu	11,696	24.62
	Liberal Democrats	S Fenn	4,990	10.51
	Referendum Party	D Bradshaw	1,892	3.98
	National Democrats	T Wingfield	671	1.41
	Socialist Labour	H Drummond	635	1.34
	Green	R Field	608	1.28
	Independent	M Carmichael-Grim	506	1.07
	Independent Democrat	W Batchelor	362	0.76
Majority			14,445	30.41
Turnout			73,132	64.95
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.70

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire
• Blackburn East (UK Parliament constituency) 1950–1955
• Blackburn West (UK Parliament constituency) 1950–1955

[edit] References

• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

Constituencies in North West England
Labour	Ashton-under-Lyne | Barrow and Furness | Birkenhead | Blackburn | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Blackpool South | Bolton North East | Bolton South East | Bolton West | Bootle | Burnley | Bury North | Bury South | Carlisle | Chorley | City of Chester | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Crosby | Denton and Reddish | Eccles | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Halton | Heywood and Middleton | Hyndburn | Knowsley North and Sefton East | Knowsley South | Leigh | Liverpool Garston | Liverpool Riverside | Liverpool Walton | Liverpool Wavertree | Liverpool West Derby | Makerfield | Manchester Blackley | Manchester Central | Manchester Gorton | Morecambe and Lunesdale | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Oldham West and Royton | Pendle | Preston | Rossendale and Darwen | Salford | South Ribble | St Helens North | St Helens South | Stalybridge and Hyde | Stockport | Stretford and Urmston | Wallasey | Warrington North | Warrington South | Weaver Vale | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral South | Wirral West | Workington | Worsley | Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative	Altrincham and Sale West | Congleton | Eddisbury | Fylde | Lancaster and Wyre | Macclesfield | Penrith and The Border | Ribble Valley | Tatton
Liberal Democrat	Cheadle | Hazel Grove | Manchester Withington | Rochdale | Southport | Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West European constituency: Labour (3) | Conservative (3) | Liberal Democrats (2) | UKIP (1)