Political Parties
| Election of 17th Nov 1868 to 7th Dec, 1868 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 2620 | Elected |
| Conservative | 2238 | |
More information about the 1868 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Jan 1874 to 17th Feb, 1874 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 3065 | Elected |
| Conservative | 2490 | |
More information about the 1874 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 14th Feb, 1876 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 3520 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3077 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 31st Mar 1880 to 27th Apr, 1880 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 3943 | Elected |
| Conservative | 3217 | |
More information about the 1880 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 24th Nov 1885 to 18th Dec, 1885 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 4866 | Elected |
| Conservative | 4199 | |
More information about the 1885 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st Jul 1886 to 27th Jul, 1886 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal Unionist | 4209 | Elected |
| Liberal | 4166 | |
More information about the 1886 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 19th Feb, 1887 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5026 | Elected |
| Conservative | 4481 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 27th Feb, 1889 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | -1 | Elected |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 4th Jul 1892 to 26th Jul, 1892 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 6450 | Elected |
| Liberal Unionist | 5035 | |
More information about the 1892 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Feb, 1893 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 6199 | Elected |
| Conservative | 5506 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 13th Jul 1895 to 7th Aug, 1895 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 5454 | Elected |
| Conservative | 5133 | |
| Social Democratic Federation | 1498 | |
More information about the 1895 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st Oct 1900 to 24th Oct, 1900 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 6773 | Elected |
| Liberal | 6173 | |
More information about the 1900 General Election is available here.
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| Election of 12th Jan 1906 to 8th Feb, 1906 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal-Labour | 5288 | Elected |
| Conservative | 4964 | |
| Social Democratic Federation | 4932 | |
More information about the 1906 General Election is available here.
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| Election of 15th Jan 1910 to 10th Feb, 1910 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 5776 | Elected |
| Liberal-Labour | 5681 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 4948 | |
More information about the 1910 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd Dec 1910 to 19th Dec, 1910 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 6177 | Elected |
| Conservative | 6004 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 3810 | |
More information about the 1910 Dec General Election is available here.
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| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 15217 | Elected |
| Conservative | 12289 | |
| Liberal | 8825 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17385 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14731 | |
| Liberal | 12339 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16848 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14197 | |
| Liberal | 13543 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24571 | Elected |
| Conservative | 17534 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20549 | Elected |
| Conservative | 16084 | |
| Liberal | 8601 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 28091 | Elected |
| Conservative | 20137 | |
| Liberal | 12502 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| National Liberal | 35126 | Elected |
| Labour | 26917 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 512 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
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| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 31160 | Elected |
| National Liberal | 26965 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
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| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 32122 | Elected |
| National Liberal | 18431 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 30685 | Elected |
| Conservative | 23626 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 526 | |
| Independent Labour Party | 295 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 31261 | Elected |
| Conservative | 24034 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27865 | Elected |
| Conservative | 22229 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27675 | Elected |
| Conservative | 20902 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 25244 | Elected |
| Conservative | 12365 | |
| Liberal | 6833 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 25583 | Elected |
| Conservative | 11710 | |
| Liberal | 5045 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24200 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14846 | |
| Liberal | 3446 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 21108 | Elected |
| Conservative | 11268 | |
| Liberal | 9471 | |
More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 10th Oct, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 21642 | Elected |
| Conservative | 9766 | |
| Liberal | 8119 | |
More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.
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| Election of 3rd May, 1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20172 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14062 | |
| Liberal | 5091 | |
| Democrat | 352 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20178 | Elected |
| Conservative | 19391 | |
| Liberal | 11191 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 25140 | Elected |
| Conservative | 17583 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 9241 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 27184 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15693 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 8414 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 1st May, 1997 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 26210 | Elected |
| Conservative | 9148 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 7877 | |
| Referendum Party | 2010 | |
More information about the 1997 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th Jun, 2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 18195 | Elected |
| Conservative | 7697 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5975 | |
| British National Party | 4151 | |
| UK Independence Party | 866 | |
More information about the 2001 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th May, 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 14999 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 9221 | |
| Independent (1) | 5786 | |
| Conservative | 4206 | |
| British National Party | 4003 | |
| Independent (2) | 392 | |
| UK Independence Party | 376 | |
More information about the 2005 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th May, 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal Democrat | 14932 | Elected |
| Labour | 13114 | |
| Conservative | 6950 | |
| British National Party | 3747 | |
| Independent (1) | 1876 | |
| UK Independence Party | 929 | |
| Independent (2) | 297 | |
More information about the 2010 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 7th May, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 14951 | Elected |
| Liberal Democrat | 11707 | |
| UK Independence Party | 6864 | |
| Conservative | 5374 | |
| Green | 850 | |
More information about the 2015 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Jun, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 18832 | Elected |
| Conservative | 12479 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 6046 | |
| UK Independence Party | 2472 | |
| Green | 461 | |
More information about the 2017 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 12th Dec, 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 15720 | Elected |
| Labour | 14368 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 3501 | |
| Brexit Party | 3362 | |
| Burnley & Padiham independent Party | 1162 | |
| Green | 739 | |
| Independent | 132 | |
More information about the 2019 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
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