Pendle (UK Parliament constituency)

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Pendle Borough constituency
Pendle shown within Lancashire, and Lancashire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Gordon Prentice
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Lancashire
EP constituency:	North West England

Pendle 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Pendle mainly compromises the towns of Nelson and Colne,with smaller towns like Barnoldswick and Earby added since boundary changes in the 1970s brought them into this area of Lancashire from Yorkshire.It is mostly favourable to Labour although the Conservatives have won the seat in good years for them.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire, the Boundary Commission for England decided to make only minor changes to the seats in East Lancashire. The new Pendle constituency will contain only those wards within the district boundary, meaning the district council area is co-terminous with the parliamentary boundary.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1983 – 1992: John Lee, Conservative
• 1992 – present: Gordon Prentice, Labour

[edit] Election results

Next United Kingdom general election: Pendle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UK Independence	Dorothy Baxter
	Labour	Gordon Prentice
	Conservative	Andrew Stephenson
	Liberal Democrat

General Election 2005: Pendle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Prentice	15,250	37.1	-7.5
	Conservative	Jane Ellison	13,070	31.8	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Shazad Anwar	9,528	23.2	+9.4
	British National Party	Tom Boocock	2,547	6.2	+1.2
	UK Independence	Graham Cannon	737	1.8	-1.0
Majority			2,180	5.3
Turnout			41,132	63.4	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.7

General Election 2001: Pendle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Prentice	17,729	44.6	-8.7
	Conservative	Rasjid Skinner	13,454	33.9	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Whipp	5,479	13.8	+2.2
	British National Party	Chris Jackson	1,976	5.0	N/A
	UK Independence	Graham Cannon	1,094	2.8	N/A
Majority			4,275	10.7
Turnout			39,732	63.2	-11.4
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire

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 | 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 | Crewe and Nantwich | 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: Conservative (4) | Labour (3) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1)