Nelson and Colne (UK Parliament constituency)
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Nelson and Colne | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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1918–1983 | |
Number of members | one |
Nelson and Colne was a constituency in Lancashire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
It was largely succeeded by the Pendle constituency.
Contents
Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1918)
- Constituency abolished (1983)
Elections
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Greenwood | 19,922 | 51.9 | ||
Liberal | James Henry Sutherland Aitken | 18,479 | 48.1 | ||
Majority | 1,443 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 33,348 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Greenwood | 28,533 | 61.0 | +9.1 | |
Unionist | Linton Theodore Thorp | 18,236 | 39.0 | -9.1 | |
Majority | 10,297 | 22.0 | +18.2 | ||
Turnout | 46,769 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.1 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Linton Theodore Thorp | 28,747 | 57.71 | ||
Labour | Arthur Greenwood | 21,063 | 42.29 | ||
Majority | 7,684 | 15.43 | |||
Turnout | 49,810 | 75.93 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Samuel Sydney Silverman | 26,011 | 54.52 | ||
Independent | Linton Theodore Thorp | 21,696 | 45.48 | ||
Majority | 4,315 | 9.04 | |||
Turnout | 47,707 | 84.73 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Samuel Sydney Silverman | 25,610 | 59.4 | +11.8 | |
Conservative | Harmar Nicholls | 17,484 | 40.5 | −8.5 | |
Majority | 8,126 | 6.4 | |||
Turnout | 43,094 | 76.2 | −2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Samuel Sydney Silverman | 25,358 | 54.6 | ||
Conservative | Alan Green | 21,116 | 45.4 | ||
Majority | 4,242 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Samuel Sydney Silverman | 25,611 | 54.7 | ||
Conservative | Alan Green | 21,211 | 45.3 | ||
Majority | 4,400 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Samuel Sydney Silverman | 22,135 | 52.7 | ||
Conservative | Mary Elaine Kellett | 19,844 | 47.3 | ||
Majority | 2,291 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 41,979 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Samuel Sydney Silverman | 20,407 | 49.3 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | John Crabtree | 19,143 | 46.2 | −1.1 | |
Lancastrian Party | Thomas Clifford Emmott | 1,889 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,287 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 41,439 | 85.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Samuel Sydney Silverman | 20,205 | 53.5 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | David Charles Waddington | 17,561 | 46.5 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 2,644 | 7.0 | |||
Turnout | 37,766 | 80.8 | −4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Samuel Sydney Silverman | 18,406 | 49.3 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Peter Davies | 13,829 | 37.0 | −9.5 | |
Independent | Patrick Downey | 5,117 | 13.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,577 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 37,352 | 81.0 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Charles Waddington | 16,466 | 48.9 | +11.9 | |
Labour | Betty Boothroyd | 12,944 | 38.4 | −10.9 | |
Liberal | David Chadwick | 3,016 | 13.7 | N/A | |
English Nationalist | Brian Tattersall | 1,255 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,522 | 10.5 | |||
Turnout | 33,681 | − | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +11.4 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Charles Waddington | 19,881 | 51.5 | +14.5 | |
Labour | Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle | 18,741 | 48.5 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 1,410 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 38,622 | 78.3 | −2.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Charles Waddington | 15,692 | 38.9 | −12.6 | |
Labour | Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle | 15,515 | 38.4 | −6.1 | |
Liberal | Anthony Robert Greaves | 9,166 | 22.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 177 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 40,373 | 84.2 | + | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle | 17,506 | 44.7 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | David Charles Waddington | 16,836 | 43.0 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | Anthony Robert Greaves | 4,850 | 12.4 | −10.3 | |
Majority | 669 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 39,192 | 81.1 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Robert Louis Lee | 17,522 | 45.0 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle | 17,086 | 43.9 | −0.8 | |
Liberal | David Hewitt | 4,322 | 11.1 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 436 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 38,930 | 81.6 | +0.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +1.4 |
References
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
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- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1983
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