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Pendle (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983-2023

Field	Value
name	Pendle
parliament	uk
map1	Pendle2007
map2	EnglandLancashire
map_entity	Lancashire
year	1983
abolished	2024
type	Borough
previous	Nelson and Colne, Skipton and Clitheroe
next	Pendle and Clitheroe
electorate	66,735 (December 2010)
region	England
county	Lancashire
european	North West England
towns	Barnoldswick, Colne, Nelson
elects_howmany	One

Pendle was a constituency in Lancashire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency was newly created for the 1983 general election, being largely formed from the former Nelson and Colne constituency.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to boundary changes—expanding it into the Borough of Ribble Valley, including the town of Clitheroe—it was reformed as Pendle and Clitheroe, which was first contested at the 2024 general election.

Boundaries

Since its formation in 1983, the Pendle constituency has been coterminous with the borough of the same name; however the constituency boundaries were redrawn in 1997, due to local government boundary changes in the 1980s.

The major urban centres in Pendle are Nelson and Colne, with smaller towns Barnoldswick and Earby added to existing ones such as Higham and Pendleside and Craven, since boundary changes in the 1970s that brought them into Pendle Borough, Lancashire from Yorkshire.

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies calling for slight changes in the run-up to the 2010 general election, since which Pendle has the same electoral wards as the Borough:

Barrowford; Blacko and Higherford; Boulsworth; Bradley; Brierfield; Clover Hill; Coates; Craven; Earby; Foulridge; Higham and Pendleside; Horsfield; Marsden; Old Laund Booth; Reedley; Southfield; Vivary Bridge; Walverden; Waterside; Whitefield

Constituency profile

Although in 1992 this was not a bellwether, Pendle was a key marginal with the Conservative lead over Labour being similar to the national lead in the 2010 general election. In terms of the local economy, unemployment is lower than the regional average, artisan creations, tourism, manufacturing, transport, food processing, the public sector and agriculture are large sectors.

Members of Parliament

Election	1	date=March 2012}}
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	1983	John Lee
Labour Party (UK)}}"	1992	Gordon Prentice
Conservative Party (UK)}}"	2010	Andrew Stephenson

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

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Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Notes

References

(March 2018). "'Pendle', June 1983 up to May 1997". Cognitive Computing Limited.
(4 March 2011). "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England.
"Pendle and Clitheroe Results". BBC News.
"2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England".
[https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics Unemployment claimants by constituency] ''[[The Guardian]]''
"Local statistics - Office for National Statistics".
{{Rayment-hc. p. 1. (March 2012)
"Pendle Parliamentary constituency". BBC.
"Election Data 2015". [[Electoral Calculus]].
"Pendle". BBC News.
"Election Data 2010". [[Electoral Calculus]].
"Election Data 2005". [[Electoral Calculus]].
"Election Data 2001". [[Electoral Calculus]].
"Pendle [Archive]".
(9 April 1992). "Politics Resources". Politics Resources.

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