Rossendale and Darwen (UK Parliament constituency)

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Rossendale and Darwen Borough constituency

Rossendale and Darwen shown within Lancashire, and Lancashire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Janet Anderson
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Lancashire
EP constituency:	North West England

Rossendale and Darwen 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.

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

[edit] Boundaries

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The current constituency is made up as follows:

The whole of the districts of Bacup and Rawtenstall
The whole of the district of Darwen
Part of the district of Haslingden (Grane, Helmshore & Ewood Bridge)
Part of the district of Ramsbottom (Buckhurst, Deeply Vale, Edenfield, Stubbins & Turn)
The Belmont, Chapeltown, Edgworth and Entwistle areas of Turton

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire, including the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen, the Boundary Commission for England have created a re-shaped Rossendale and Darwen constituency. No name changes were suggested.

From the borough of Rossendale, twelve wards are used to create the new seat - Cribden, Eden, Facit and Shawforth, Goodshaw, Hareholme, Healey and Whitworth, Helmshore, Irwell, Longholme, Stacksteads and Whitewell.
Eight wards are taken from the Blackburn with Darwen district - Earcroft, East Rural, Fernhurst, Marsh House, North Turton with Tockholes, Sudell, Sunnyhurst and Whitehall.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1983 – 1992: Sir David Trippier, Conservative
1992 – present: Janet Anderson, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Rossendale and Darwen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Anderson	19,073	42.9	-5.8
	Conservative	Nigel Adams	15,397	34.6	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Carr	6,670	15.0	+0.4
	British National Party	Anthony Wentworth	1,736	3.9	+3.9
	Green	Graeme McIver	821	1.8	+1.8
	UK Independence	David Duthie	740	1.7	+1.7
Majority			3,676	8.3
Turnout			44,437	61.5	+2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.9

General Election 2001: Rossendale and Darwen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Anderson	20,251	48.7	-5.0
	Conservative	George Lee	15,281	36.7	+4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Dunning	6,079	14.6	+4.0
Majority			4,970	12.0
Turnout			41,611	58.7	-14.3
	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)

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