Rossendale and Darwen (UK Parliament constituency)

Rossendale and Darwen
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Rossendale and Darwen in Lancashire.

Location of Lancashire within England.
County Lancashire
Electorate 73,443 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament Jake Berry (Conservative)
Number of members One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency North West England

Rossendale and Darwen is a borough 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.

Since 2010 the Member of Parliament for the constituency is the Conservative Jake Berry, who defeated Janet Anderson, the Labour incumbent since 1992.

Contents

Boundaries

The current constituency is made up as follows:

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire in the run-up to the United Kingdom general election, 2010 including the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen, the Boundary Commission for England have created a re-shaped Rossendale and Darwen constituency.

Proposed abolition

As part of the nation-wide Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for England has proposed replacing the existing seat with two new constituencies.

The two new recommended seats 'Darwen and Haslingden' and 'Rochdale North and Rawtenstall' would cover the Rossendale council area[2].

Members of Parliament

Election Member [3] Party
1983 David Trippier Conservative
1992 Janet Anderson Labour
2010 Jake Berry Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Rossendale and Darwen[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jake Berry 19,691 41.8 +7.1
Labour Janet Anderson 15,198 32.2 -10.7
Liberal Democrat Bob Sheffield 8,541 18.1 +3.2
UKIP David Duthie 1,617 3.4 +1.8
National Front Kevin Bryan 1,062 2.3 N/A
English Democrats Michael Johnson 663 1.4 N/A
Impact Tony Melia 243 0.5 N/A
Independent Mike Siveri 113 0.2 N/A
Majority 4,493 9.5
Turnout 47,128 64.6 +3.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 8.9

Elections in the 2000s

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
BNP Anthony Wentworth 1,736 3.9 +3.9
Green Graeme McIver 821 1.8 +1.8
UKIP 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

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Rossendale and Darwen[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Anderson 28,028 43.9 +5.6
Conservative DA Trippier 27,908 43.7 −2.9
Liberal Democrat K Connor 7,226 11.3 −3.8
Green JE Gaffney 596 0.9 N/A
Natural Law PN Gorrod 125 0.2 N/A
Majority 120 0.2 −8.1
Turnout 63,883 83.0 +2.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.2

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Lancashire provisional recommendations Boundary Commission for England
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
  4. ^ Rossendale and Darwen, UKPollingReport
  5. ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i17.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
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