Hyndburn (UK Parliament constituency)

A mostly Labour inclined seat{{refn|In local elections to date|group= n}}, based around the East Lancashire town of Accrington, it also includes Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, Oswaldtwistle, and Rishton in Hyndburn, as well as Haslingden in Rossendale.

The seat was created in 1983, from parts of the former seats of Accrington and Clitheroe. In its ambit is much terraced (freehold) owner occupied housing{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/2011-census-interactive-content/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129132219/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/2011-census-interactive-content/index.html|url-status=dead|title=2011 census interactive maps|archive-date=January 29, 2016}} and surrounding villages, that may have helped to win the constituency for a Conservative in 1983, by 21 votes. The Conservative majority in 1983 was the second smallest achieved by any party in a seat in the United Kingdom at that election, only being beaten by the Conservatives 7 vote majority in Leicester South{{cite book |title=The Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1983 |date=1983 |publisher=Times Books Ltd |location=London |isbn=0-7230-0255-X |page=282}} In 1987, against the national trend, the Conservative vote share increased by 2.1% while Labour's vote share fell by 2.4%. Consequently, the Conservatives increased their majority to 2,220 votes, a higher majority than it achieved in 31 other seats.{{cite book |title=The Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1987 |date=1987 |publisher=Times Books Ltd |location=London |isbn=0-7230-0298-3 |pages=142 & 280}}

Labour won it in 1992, and chose a new candidate for 2010, Graham Jones, who was elected.{{cite web|url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/4753551.Hyndburn_Labour_successor_to_Greg_Pope_announced/|title=Hyndburn Labour successor to Greg Pope announced|publisher=lancashiretelegraph.co.uk|date=22 November 2009 |access-date=7 July 2016}} Part of Labour's Red Wall, the seat was won by the Conservatives in 2019, with the twenty-four year old Tory candidate Sara Britcliffe ousting Jones with a swing of 9.9%.{{cite book|title= Beyond The Red Wall|author= Deborah Mattinson|page=35|date=2020}} This was reversed in 2024, when Sarah Smith won it back for Labour.

In January 1996, Hyndburn Conservatives deselected Hugh Neil, after a six-week investigation into alleged bogus claims that he made about his background. Neil claimed to have a doctorate from Manchester Business School and Harvard Business School, to have been an adviser to Keith Joseph, and to be a member of the Institute of Directors. He would have been the party's first black MP.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12053524.Tories_deselect_black_candidate/|title=Tories deselect black candidate|publisher=heraldscotland.com|date=17 January 1996|access-date=6 April 2017}}

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1983–1997: The Borough of Hyndburn.

1997–2024: The Borough of Hyndburn, and the Borough of Rossendale wards of Greenfield and Worsley.

Following its review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire in the 2000s, the Boundary Commission made minor alterations to the existing Hyndburn constituency. Two Haslingden wards from Rossendale district had been added to the constituency in 1997. The Commission rejected a proposal to rename the constituency "Hyndburn and Haslingden", following the Assistant Commissioner's view that:

::It is obviously right that constituency names should as far as possible reflect the geography and character of the constituency but equally they should be as succinct as reasonably possible[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pbc/review_areas/downloads/Lancs_%20ACR.doc Commissioners Report], accessed 16 January 2006 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060214002345/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pbc/review_areas/downloads/Lancs_%20ACR.doc|date=14 February 2006}}

2024–present: The 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place on 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged.{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region}} However, following a local government boundary review in Rossendale which came into effect in May 2024,{{Cite web |last=LGBCE |title=Rossendale {{!}} LGBCE |url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/rossendale |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=www.lgbce.org.uk |language=en}} the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

• The Borough of Hyndburn.
• The Borough of Rossendale wards or part wards of: Greenfield & Eden (part); Haslingden; Helmshore (small part).{{Cite web |title=Seat Details - Hyndburn |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Hyndburn |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Hyndburn{{cite web|title=Declaration of result of poll|url=https://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/UKPGE-July-24-Results.pdf|publisher=Hyndburn Borough Council|access-date=7 July 2024}}|}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate=Sarah Smith

|votes=12,186

|percentage=33.5

|change=-8.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Sara Britcliffe

|votes=10,499

|percentage=28.9

|change=-19.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Reform UK

|candidate=Richard Oakley

|votes=7,541

|percentage=20.7

|change=+15.6|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate=Shabir Fazal

|votes=4,938

|percentage=13.6

|change=+11.6|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate=Beth Waller-Slack

|votes=1,210

|percentage=3.3

|change=+0.4|}}

{{Election box majority

|votes=1,687

|percentage=4.6

|change= N/A}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes=36,570

|percentage=54.5

|change=-5.3}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 67,147

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +5.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin||title=General election 2019: Hyndburn{{cite news |title=Hyndburn Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000758 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=25 November 2019}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Sara Britcliffe

|votes= 20,565

|percentage= 48.5

|change= +8.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Labour Party (UK)

|candidate= Graham Jones

|votes= 17,614

|percentage= 41.5

|change= ―11.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Brexit Party

|candidate= Gregory Butt

|votes= 2,156

|percentage= 5.1

|change= New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate= Adam Waller-Slack

|votes= 1,226

|percentage= 2.9

|change= +1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate= Katrina Brockbank

|votes= 845

|percentage= 2.0

|change= New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes= 2,951

|percentage= 7.0

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes= 42,406

|percentage= 59.8

|change= ―2.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +9.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin ||title=General election 2017: Hyndburn{{cite web|title=Election Data 2017|url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2017.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=7 December 2019}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Graham Jones

|votes = 24,120

|percentage = 53.4

|change = +11.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Kevin Horkin

|votes = 18,305

|percentage = 40.5

|change = +8.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Janet Brown

|votes = 1,953

|percentage = 4.3

|change = ―17.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Leslie Jones

|votes = 824

|percentage = 1.8

|change = ―0.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 5,815

|percentage = 12.9

|change = +2.7

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 45,307

|percentage = 61.8

|change = ―1.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +1.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2015: Hyndburn{{cite news | title = Hyndburn| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000758| publisher = BBC News| access-date = 11 May 2015}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Graham Jones

|votes = 18,076

|percentage = 42.1

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Kevin Horkin

|votes = 13,676

|percentage = 31.9

|change = ―1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Janet Brown

|votes = 9,154

|percentage = 21.3

|change = +17.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Kerry Gormley

|votes = 1,122

|percentage = 2.6

|change = +1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Alison Firth

|votes = 859

|percentage = 2.0

|change = ―9.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 4,400

|percentage = 10.2

|change = +3.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 42,887

|percentage = 62.8

|change = ―0.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2010: Hyndburn{{cite news | title=Election 2010: Constituency: Hyndburn| work=BBC News | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c31.stm | access-date=7 May 2010}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Graham Jones

|votes = 17,531

|percentage = 41.1

|change = ―4.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Karen Buckley

|votes = 14,441

|percentage = 33.8

|change = +1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Andrew Rankine

|votes = 5,033

|percentage = 11.8

|change = ―2.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British National Party

|candidate = Andrew Eccles

|votes = 2,137

|percentage = 5.0

|change = ―1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Granville Barker

|votes = 1,481

|percentage = 3.5

|change = +1.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Christian Peoples Alliance

|candidate = Kevin Logan

|votes = 795

|percentage = 1.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Kerry Gormley

|votes = 463

|percentage = 1.1

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = English Democrats Party

|candidate = Chris Reid

|votes = 413

|percentage = 1.0

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Craig Hall

|votes = 378

|percentage = 0.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 3,090

|percentage = 7.2

|change = ―7.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 42,672

|percentage = 63.5

|change = +4.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = ―3.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2005: Hyndburn{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Greg Pope

|votes = 18,136

|percentage = 46.0

|change = ―8.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = James Mawdsley

|votes = 12,549

|percentage = 31.8

|change = ―1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Bill Greene

|votes = 5,577

|percentage = 14.1

|change = +4.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British National Party

|candidate = Christian Jackson

|votes = 2,444

|percentage = 6.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = John Whittaker

|votes = 743

|percentage = 1.9

|change = ―0.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,587

|percentage = 14.2

|change = ―7.3

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 39,449

|percentage = 58.8

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = ―3.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2001: Hyndburn{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Greg Pope

|votes = 20,900

|percentage = 54.7

|change = ―0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Britcliffe

|votes = 12,681

|percentage = 33.2

|change = +1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Bill Greene

|votes = 3,680

|percentage = 9.6

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = John Tomlin

|votes = 982

|percentage = 2.6

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8,219

|percentage = 21.5

|change = ―2.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 38,243

|percentage = 57.5

|change = ―14.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1997: Hyndburn{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Greg Pope

|votes = 26,831

|percentage = 55.6

|change = +8.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Britcliffe

|votes = 15,383

|percentage = 31.9

|change = ―11.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Les Jones

|votes = 4,141

|percentage = 8.6

|change = ―1.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Referendum Party (UK)

|candidate = Philip Congdon

|votes = 1,627

|percentage = 3.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = Independent Anti-Corruption in Government (IAC)

|candidate = James Brown

|votes = 290

|percentage = 0.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11,548

|percentage = 23.7

|change = +19.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 48,272

|percentage = 72.3

|change = ―11.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|swing = +9.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1992: Hyndburn{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i11.htm|title=UK General Election results April 1992|date=9 April 1992|work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2010-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181348/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i11.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Greg Pope

|votes = 23,042

|percentage = 46.9

|change = +7.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ken Hargreaves

|votes = 21,082

|percentage = 42.9

|change = ―1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Yvonne Stars

|votes = 4,886

|percentage = 9.9

|change = ―5.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Natural Law Party

|candidate = Stephen Whittle

|votes = 150

|percentage = 0.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,960

|percentage = 4.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 49,160

|percentage = 83.9

|change = +3.4

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +4.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1987: Hyndburn{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ken Hargreaves

|votes = 21,606

|percentage = 44.4

|change = +2.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Keva Christopher Coombes

|votes = 19,386

|percentage = 39.8

|change = ―2.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = John Stark

|votes = 7,423

|percentage = 15.2

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Green Party (UK)

|candidate = Frank Smith

|votes = 297

|percentage = 0.6

|change = 0.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,220

|percentage = 4.6

|change = +4.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 48,712

|percentage = 80.5

|change = +3.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +2.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1983: Hyndburn{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ken Hargreaves

|votes = 19,405

|percentage = 42.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Arthur Davidson

|votes = 19,384

|percentage = 42.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)

|candidate = John Bridgen

|votes = 6,716

|percentage = 14.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Ecology Party (UK)

|candidate = Frank Smith

|votes = 266

|percentage = 0.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Paul Gateson

|votes = 169

|percentage = 0.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 21

|percentage = 0.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 45,940

|percentage = 77.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13162.html Hyndburn UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65899.html Hyndburn UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168622.html Hyndburn UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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