Burnley (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Burnley Borough constituency |
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| Burnley shown within Lancashire, and Lancashire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1868 |
| MP: | Kitty Ussher |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Lancashire |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Burnley is a constituency 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.
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[edit] History
The seat was created in 1868. Since the Second World War, it has been a generally safe Labour seat. The Conservative Party came within 787 votes of taking the seat in 1983, their strongest recent showing.[1]
[edit] Boundary review
The current review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire by the Boundary Commission for England proposes no change to the existing boundaries of the Burnley seat. The seat remains coterminous with the boundaries of the borough of Burnley.[2]
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Richard Shaw | Liberal | |
| 1876 by-election | Peter Rylands | Liberal | |
| 1887 by-election | John Slagg | Liberal | |
| 1889 by-election | Jabez Spencer Balfour | Liberal | |
| 1893 by-election | Hon. Philip Stanhope | Liberal | |
| 1900 | William Mitchell | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Frederick Maddison | Labour | |
| Jan. 1910 | Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot | Conservative | |
| Dec. 1910 | Philip Morrell | Liberal | |
| 1918 | David Irving | Labour | |
| 1924 | Arthur Henderson | Labour | |
| 1931 | Gordon Campbell, VC | National Liberal | |
| 1935 | Wilfred Burke | Labour | |
| 1959 | Dan Jones | Labour | |
| 1983 | Peter Pike | Labour | |
| 2005 | Kitty Ussher | Labour | |
[edit] Elections
| Next United Kingdom general election: Burnley [3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Gordon Birtwistle | ||||
| Labour | Kitty Ussher | ||||
| General Election 2005: Burnley | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| 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 | |
| British National Party | Len Starr | 4,003 | 10.3 | -1.0 | |
| Independent | Jeff Slater | 392 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| 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 | |
| British National Party | Steve Smith | 4,151 | 11.3 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Richard Buttrey | 866 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,498 | 28.4 | |||
| Turnout | 36,884 | 55.7 | -11.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.6 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ www.bbc.co.uk. Accessed 31 October 2007.
- ^ Boundary Commission for England Fifth Periodical Report. Accessed 31 October 2007.
- ^ ukpollingreport
