Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Blackburn Borough constituency |
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| 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.
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[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
[edit] 1955-present
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1950 | constituency re-established | ||
| 1955 | Barbara Castle | Labour | |
| 1979 | Jack Straw | Labour | |
[edit] Election results
[edit] 2000s
| General Election 2005: Blackburn | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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.
