Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency)
Clitheroe | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire |
1885–1983 | |
Number of members | 1 |
Replaced by | Ribble Valley, Burnley, Hyndburn and Pendle[1] |
1559–1885 | |
Number of members |
1559–1832: Two 1832–1885: One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Clitheroe was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire.
The town of Clitheroe was first enfranchised as a parliamentary borough in 1559, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1832. The borough's representation was reduced to one MP by the Reform Act 1832.
The parliamentary borough was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and the name transferred to a new county division with effect from the 1885 general election. The county division returned one MP until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then largely replaced by the new Ribble Valley constituency.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Boroughs of Burnley and Clitheroe, the Sessional Division of Colne, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Burnley and Clitheroe.
1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Clitheroe, the Urban Districts of Great Harwood and Padiham, the Rural District of Clitheroe, and part of the Rural District of Burnley.
1950-1983: The Municipal Borough of Clitheroe, the Urban Districts of Great Harwood, Longridge, and Padiham, the Rural Districts of Burnley and Clitheroe, and in the Rural District of Preston the civil parishes of Dutton, Hothersall, and Ribchester.
Members of Parliament
Borough of Clitheroe
MPs 1559–1660
Parliament | First member | Second member |
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1559 (Jan) | Thomas Greenacres | Walter Horton [2] |
1563 (Jan) | Thomas Greenacres | John Jeffrey [2] |
1571 | Richard Greenacres | George Horsey [2] |
1572 | William Wynter | Thomas Docwray [2] |
1584 | Michael Purefoy | Alexander Fisher [2] |
1586 | Edmund Poley | John Walmesley [2] |
1588 (Oct) | Robert Pilkington | John White [2] |
1593 | William Twysden | John Chamberlain [2] |
1597 (Oct) | William Holte | George Rotheram [2] |
1601 (Oct) | John Osbaldestone | Anthony Dering [2] |
1604 | Sir John Dormer | Martin Lister |
1614 | Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet | Clement Coke |
1621-1622 | Sir Thomas Walmsley | William Fanshawe |
1624 | William Fanshawe | Ralph Whitfield |
1625 | Ralph Assheton | William Fanshawe |
Jan 1626 | Ralph Assheton | George Kirke |
Apr 1626 | Ralph Assheton | Christopher Hatton |
1628 | Thomas Jermyn | William Newell |
1629-1640 | No Parliament summoned | |
1640 (Apr) | Sir Ralph Assheton | Richard Shuttleworth |
1640 (Nov) | Sir Ralph Assheton | Richard Shuttleworth, jnr |
1645 | Sir Ralph Assheton | Richard Shuttleworth, jnr |
1648 | Richard Shuttleworth | |
1653–1660 | Clitheroe not represented in Barebones or Protectorate Parliaments |
MPs 1660–1832
Two members returned to Parliament
Year | First member[3] | First party[4] | Second member | Second party | ||
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Apr 1660 | Sir Ralph Assheton | William White | ||||
Jul 1660 | William Hulton | |||||
Apr 1661 | John Heath | |||||
1662 | Ambrose Pudsay | |||||
1675 | Sir Thomas Stringer | |||||
1679 | Sir Ralph Assheton | |||||
1680 | Henry Marsden | |||||
1685 | Lord Strange | Edmund Assheton | ||||
1689 | Anthony Parker | Christopher Wilkinson | ||||
1690 | Roger Kenyon | |||||
1693 | Fitton Gerard | |||||
1695 | Christopher Lister | Ambrose Pudsay | ||||
1698 | Thomas Stringer | |||||
1701 | Ambrose Pudsay | |||||
1705 | Edward Harvey | |||||
1707 | Daniel Harvey | |||||
1708 | Christopher Parker | |||||
Apr 1713 | Thomas Lister I | |||||
Sep 1713 | Charles Zedenno Stanley | |||||
1715 | Edward Harvey | |||||
1722 | Nathaniel Curzon | |||||
1727 | The Viscount Galway | |||||
1734 | William Curzon | |||||
1745 | Thomas Lister II | |||||
1747 | Nathaniel Curzon | |||||
1754 | Assheton Curzon | Tory | ||||
Dec 1761 by-election | Nathaniel Lister | Tory | ||||
1773 by-election | Thomas Lister III | Tory | ||||
1780 | John Parker | Tory | ||||
1782 by-election | John Lee | Tory | ||||
1790 | Sir John Aubrey, Bt | Tory | Penn Curzon | Tory | ||
1792 by-election | Assheton Curzon | Tory | ||||
1795 by-election | Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor | Tory | ||||
1796 | Lord Edward Bentinck | Tory | Hon. Robert Curzon | Tory | ||
1802 | Hon. John Cust | Tory | ||||
1808 by-election | James Gordon | Tory | ||||
Oct 1812 | Viscount Castlereagh | Tory | ||||
Dec 1812 by-election | Edward Wilbraham-Bootle | Tory | ||||
1818 | Hon. William Cust | Tory | ||||
1822 by-election | Henry Porcher | Tory | ||||
1826 | Hon. Peregrine Cust | Tory | ||||
1831 | Hon. Robert Curzon | Tory |
MPs 1832–1885
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1832 | representation reduced to one member | ||
1832 | John Fort | Liberal | |
1841[5] | Mathew Wilson | Liberal | |
1842 [5] | Edward Cardwell | Conservative | |
1847 | Mathew Wilson | Liberal | |
May 1853 by-election[6] | John Thomas Walshman Aspinall | Conservative | |
Aug 1853 by-election[6] | Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie | Liberal | |
1857 | John Turner Hopwood | Liberal | |
1865 | Richard Fort | Liberal | |
1868 by-election | Ralph Assheton | Conservative | |
1880 | Richard Fort | Liberal | |
1885 | Parliamentary borough abolished. Name transferred to new county division |
Clitheroe division of Lancashire
MPs 1885–1983
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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1885 | Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | Liberal | |
1902 by-election | David James Shackleton | Labour | |
1910 | Albert Smith | Labour | |
1918 | Alfred Davies | Labour | |
1922 | Sir William Brass | Conservative | |
1945 | Harry Randall | Labour | |
1950 | Richard Fort | Conservative | |
1959 | Sir Francis Pearson | Conservative | |
1970 | David Walder | Conservative | |
1979 by-election | David Waddington | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Ribble Valley |
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Charles Waddington | 25,081 | 57.1 | +9.1 | |
Labour | Lindsay R. Sutton | 13,502 | 30.7 | −0.5 | |
Liberal | Frank Wilson | 5,362 | 12.2 | −8.6 | |
Majority | 11,579 | 26.3 | |||
Turnout | 43,945 | 80.7 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Charles Waddington | 22,185 | 65.0 | +17.0 | |
Labour | Lindsay R. Sutton | 9,685 | 28.4 | −2.8 | |
Liberal | Frank Wilson | 2,242 | 6.6 | −14.2 | |
Majority | 12,500 | 36.6 | +19.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,112 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan David Walder | 19,643 | 48.0 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Barry McColgan | 12,775 | 31.2 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | C. William Roberts | 8,503 | 20.8 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 6,868 | 16.8 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,921 | 78.6 | −5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan David Walder | 20,613 | 47.8 | −3.8 | |
Labour | Michael Walsh | 12,085 | 28.0 | −7.8 | |
Liberal | C. William Roberts | 10,438 | 24.2 | +11.6 | |
Majority | 8,528 | 19.8 | |||
Turnout | 43,136 | 83.7 | +4.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan David Walder | 20,430 | 51.6 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Kenneth C Bodfish | 14,158 | 35.8 | −4.3 | |
Liberal | Vera Ida Macmillan | 4,965 | 12.6 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 6,272 | 15.9 | |||
Turnout | 39,553 | 79.3 | −4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.9 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson | 17,244 | 46.1 | −2.7 | |
Labour | Robert Hodge | 15,014 | 40.1 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Vera Ida Macmillan | 5,168 | 13.8 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 2,230 | 6.0 | |||
Turnout | 37,426 | 83.5 | −1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Fenwick Pearson | 18,559 | 48.8 | −9.3 | |
Labour | Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle | 14,278 | 37.5 | −4.4 | |
Liberal | Martin Strange | 5,209 | 13.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,281 | 11.3 | |||
Turnout | 38,046 | 85.3 | −1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.5 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Fenwick Pearson | 22,314 | 58.1 | +1.6 | |
Labour | William Rutter | 16,103 | 41.9 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 6,211 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 38,417 | 86.6 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Fort | 21,615 | 56.5 | +1.2 | |
Labour | William Rutter | 16,671 | 43.5 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 4,944 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | 38,286 | 85.3 | −4.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Fort | 23,007 | 55.3 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Harold Bradley | 18,582 | 44.7 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 4,425 | 10.6 | |||
Turnout | 41,589 | 90.1 | −1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Fort | 20,814 | 49.6 | ||
Labour | Harry Enos Randall | 18,359 | 43.8 | ||
Liberal | James Willie Wyers | 2,765 | 6.6 | ||
Majority | 2,455 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 41,938 | 91.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Enos Randall | 19,443 | 53.65 | ||
Conservative | Richard Fort | 16,796 | 46.35 | ||
Majority | 2,647 | 7.30 | |||
Turnout | 36,239 | 83.41 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir William Brass | 21,163 | 54.86 | ||
Labour | Stanley Stephen Awbery | 17,411 | 45.14 | ||
Majority | 3,752 | 9.73 | |||
Turnout | 38,574 | 87.68 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir William Brass | 24,361 | 62.02 | ||
Labour | Stanley Stephen Awbery | 14,920 | 37.98 | ||
Majority | 9,441 | 24.03 | |||
Turnout | 39,281 | 83.40 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Brass | 16,035 | 40.7 | ||
Labour | William Dobbie | 15,592 | 39.5 | ||
Liberal | Charles Norman Glidewell | 7,826 | 19.8 | ||
Majority | 443 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 91.5 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Brass | 12,998 | 42.9 | ||
Labour | Alfred Davies | 11,469 | 37.9 | ||
Liberal | Harold Derbyshire | 5,810 | 19.2 | ||
Majority | 1,529 | 5.0 | -4.4 | ||
Turnout | 88.2 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -2.2 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David James Shackleton | 12,035 | 75.9 | ||
Independent Conservative | B.J. Belton | 3,828 | 24.1 | ||
Majority | 8,207 | 51.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Shackleton | unopposed | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth was re-elected unopposed in the 1900 general election.[9]
Elections in the 1890s
Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth was re-elected unopposed in the 1895 general election.[9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | 7,657 | 58.2 | ||
Liberal Unionist | William Edward Briggs | 5,506 | 41.8 | ||
Majority | 2,151 | 16.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1880s
Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth was re-elected unopposed in the 1886 general election.[9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | 6,821 | 60.5 | ||
Conservative | John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby | 4,462 | 39.5 | ||
Majority | 2,359 | 20.9 | |||
References
- ↑ "'Clitheroe', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-09-26.
- 1 2 3 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
- ↑ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S., ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 177–178. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- 1 2 The election of Wilson in 1841 was voided on petition, and Cardwell declared elected in 1842 after scrutiny of the ballots
- 1 2 The result of the 1852 general election in Clitheroe was voided on petition, and a by-election held in May 1853. The by-election result was also voided on petition, and a second by-election held in August 1853
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Election intelligence". The Times (36805). London. 27 June 1902. p. 5.