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Burnley
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline mapBoundary of Burnley in Lancashire
Outline mapLocation of Lancashire within England
CountyLancashire
Electorate67,003 (December 2010)
Major settlementsBurnley
Current constituency
Created1868
Member of ParliamentGordon Birtwistle (Liberal Democrats)
SeatsOne

Burnley is a borough constituency centred on the town of Burnley in Lancashire, which is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

History

The seat was created in 1868. Since the Second World War, it was generally a safe Labour seat, but the Conservative Party came within 770 votes of taking the seat in 1983, and it swung heavily to the Liberal Democrats in 2005, and following controversy regarding outgoing MP Kitty Ussher's personal expenses, they gained the seat in 2010.

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.

Proposed changes

As part of the nation-wide Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which began in the year 2011, the Boundary Commission for England recommends dividing the Burnley constituency into two halves. One seat would be configured as 'Burnley North and Nelson', incorporating the Pendle borough with Burnley town centre; the second would be styled 'Burnley South and Accrington' and combine most of those two towns with the surrounding rural villagesCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). !Party |- |style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1868 | Richard Shaw | Liberal |- |style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1876 by-election |rowspan="2"| Peter Rylands | Liberal |- |style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color" | | 1886 | Liberal Unionist |- |style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1887 by-election | John Slagg | Liberal |- |style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1889 by-election | Jabez Spencer Balfour | Liberal |- |style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1893 by-election | Hon. Philip Stanhope | Liberal |- |style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1900 | William Mitchell | Conservative |- |style="background-color: Template:Lib-Lab/meta/color" | | 1906 | Frederick Maddison | Lib-Lab |- |style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Jan. 1910 | Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot | Conservative |- |style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Dec. 1910 | Philip Morrell | Liberal |- |style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1918 | Dan Irving | Labour |- |style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1924 by-election | Arthur Henderson | Labour |- |style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)/meta/color" | | 1931 | Gordon Campbell, VC | National Liberal |- |style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1935 | Wilfrid Burke | Labour |- |style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1959 | Dan Jones | Labour |- |style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Peter Pike | Labour |- |style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2005 | Kitty Ussher | Labour |- |style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | | 2010 | Gordon Birtwistle | Liberal Democrats |}

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Burnley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats gain from Labour Swing +9.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Burnley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kitty Ussher 14,999 38.5 −10.8
Liberal Democrats 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 -9.1
General Election 2001: Burnley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Pike 18,195 49.3 −8.6
Conservative Robert Frost 7,697 20.9 +0.6
Liberal Democrats 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

General Election 1997: Burnley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Pike 26,210 57.9 +4.9
Conservative Bill Wiggin 9,148 20.2 −10.4
Liberal Democrats Gordon Birtwistle 7,877 17.4 +1.0
Referendum Richard Oakley 2,010 4.4 N/A
Majority 17,062
Turnout 66.9 −7.5
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1992: Burnley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Pike 27,184 53.0 +4.6
Conservative Brenda Binge 15,693 30.6 −3.2
Liberal Democrats 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 1970s

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General Election 1979: Burnley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel Jones 20,172 50.8
Conservative Ann Widdecombe 14,062 35.4
Liberal Michael Steed 5,091 12.8
Independent Democrat F Tyrrall 352 0.9

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Burnley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot 5,776
Lib-Lab Frederick Maddison 5,681
Social Democratic Federation Henry Hyndman 4,948
Majority 95
Turnout 16,405
Conservative gain from Lib-Lab Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Burnley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab Frederick Maddison 5,288
Conservative Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot 4,964
Social Democratic Federation Henry Hyndman 4,932
Majority 324
Turnout
Lib-Lab gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1900: Burnley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Mitchell 6,678
Liberal Philip Stanhope 6,173
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: Burnley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Burnley by-election, 1893
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Philip Stanhope 6,199
Conservative W. A. Lindsay 5,506
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1892: Burnley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jabez Spencer 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 Spencer Balfour was elected unopposed.

Burnley by-election, 1887
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Slagg 5,021
Conservative J. O. S. Thursby 4,481
Majority 540
Turnout
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing
General Election 1886: Burnley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Peter Rylands 4,209
Liberal J. Greenwood 5,035
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 1885: Burnley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Rylands 4,866
Conservative H. H. Wainwright 5,035
Majority
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

See also

Notes and references

  1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. "VOTE 2001 | RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES | Burnley". BBC News. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  3. Boundary Commission for England Fifth Periodical Report. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
  4. "Election 2010 | Constituency | Burnley". BBC News. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  5. "Burnley". ukpollingreport.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  6. ^ Burnley | Aristotle, guardian.co.uk
  7. "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  8. ^ The Constitutional Year Book, National Unionist Association of Conservative and Liberal Unionist Organizations (1916)
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