Clitheroe was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire.
Clitheroe | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire |
1885–1983 | |
Seats | 1 |
Replaced by | Ribble Valley, Burnley, Hyndburn and Pendle[1] |
1559–1885 | |
Seats | 1559–1832: Two 1832–1885: One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
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.
1885–1918: The Boroughs of Clitheroe and Burnley, the Sessional Division of Colne, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Clitheroe and Burnley.
1918–1950: The 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 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 parishes of Dutton, Hothersall, and Ribchester.
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 | Tory[4] | Assheton Curzon | Tory[4] | |||
Dec 1761 by-election | Nathaniel Lister | Tory[4] | ||||
1773 by-election | Thomas Lister III | Tory[4] | ||||
1780 | John Parker | Tory[4] | ||||
1782 by-election | John Lee | Tory[4] | ||||
1790 | Sir John Aubrey, Bt | Tory[4] | Penn Curzon | Tory[4] | ||
1792 by-election | Assheton Curzon | Tory[4] | ||||
1795 by-election | Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor | Tory[4] | ||||
1796 | Lord Edward Bentinck | Tory[4] | Hon. Robert Curzon | Tory[4] | ||
1802 | Hon. John Cust | Tory[4] | ||||
1808 by-election | James Gordon | Tory[4] | ||||
Oct 1812 | Viscount Castlereagh | Tory[4] | ||||
Dec 1812 by-election | Edward Wilbraham-Bootle | Tory[4] | ||||
1818 | Hon. William Cust | Tory[4] | ||||
1822 by-election | Henry Porcher | Tory[4] | ||||
1826 | Hon. Peregrine Cust | Tory[4] | ||||
1831 | Hon. Robert Curzon | Tory[4] |
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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1832 | representation reduced to one member | ||
1832 | John Fort | Whig[4][5] | |
1841[6] | Mathew Wilson | Whig[7][8][9][4] | |
1842 [6] | Edward Cardwell | Conservative[4] | |
1847 | Mathew Wilson | Whig[7][8][9][4] | |
May 1853 by-election[10] | John Aspinall | Conservative | |
Aug 1853 by-election[10] | Le Gendre Starkie | Peelite[11][12][13] | |
1857 | John Turner Hopwood | Conservative[14][15][16][17][18][19][20] | |
1865 | Richard Fort | Liberal | |
1868 by-election | Ralph Assheton | Conservative | |
1880 | Richard Fort | Liberal | |
1885 | Parliamentary borough abolished. Name transferred to new county division |
Election | Member[3] | Party | Notes | |
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1885 | Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | Liberal | ||
1902 by-election | David 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 | Died October 1978 | |
1979 by-election | David Waddington | Conservative | ||
1983 | constituency abolished: see Ribble Valley |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David 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 | 26.4 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 43,945 | 80.7 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David 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 | 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 | −5.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 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 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 43,136 | 83.7 | +4.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 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 | 15.8 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 39,553 | 79.3 | −4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis 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 | -5.3 | ||
Turnout | 37,426 | 83.5 | −1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Pearson | 18,559 | 48.8 | −9.3 | |
Labour | Doug Hoyle | 14,278 | 37.5 | −4.4 | |
Liberal | Martin Strange | 5,209 | 13.7 | New | |
Majority | 4,281 | 11.3 | -4.9 | ||
Turnout | 38,046 | 85.3 | −1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Pearson | 22,314 | 58.1 | +1.6 | |
Labour | William Rutter | 16,103 | 41.9 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 6,211 | 16.2 | +3.2 | ||
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 | 13.0 | +2.4 | ||
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 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 41,589 | 90.1 | −1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Fort | 20,814 | 49.6 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Harry Randall | 18,359 | 43.8 | -9.8 | |
Liberal | James Willie Wyers | 2,765 | 6.6 | New | |
Majority | 2,455 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,938 | 91.7 | +8.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Randall | 19,443 | 53.65 | ||
Conservative | Richard Fort | 16,796 | 46.35 | ||
Majority | 2,647 | 7.30 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,239 | 83.41 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Brass | 21,163 | 54.86 | ||
Labour | Stan Awbery | 17,411 | 45.14 | ||
Majority | 3,752 | 9.72 | |||
Turnout | 38,574 | 87.68 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Brass | 24,361 | 62.02 | ||
Labour | Stan Awbery | 14,920 | 37.98 | ||
Majority | 9,441 | 24.04 | |||
Turnout | 39,281 | 83.40 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Brass | 16,035 | 40.7 | −13.5 | |
Labour | William Dobbie | 15,592 | 39.5 | −6.3 | |
Liberal | Charles Norman Glidewell | 7,826 | 19.8 | New | |
Majority | 443 | 1.2 | −7.2 | ||
Turnout | 39,453 | 91.5 | +2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 43,113 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Brass | 16,637 | 54.2 | +11.3 | |
Labour | Derwent Hall Caine | 14,041 | 45.8 | +7.9 | |
Majority | 2,596 | 8.4 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 30,678 | 88.6 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 34,617 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Brass | 12,998 | 42.9 | −11.8 | |
Labour | Alfred Davies | 11,469 | 37.9 | −7.4 | |
Liberal | Harold Derbyshire | 5,810 | 19.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,529 | 5.0 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 30,277 | 88.2 | +2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 34,329 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Brass | 15,586 | 54.7 | +15.4 | |
Labour | Alfred Davies | 12,911 | 45.3 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 2,675 | 9.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,497 | 85.3 | +18.8 | ||
Registered electors | 33,393 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +7.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Davies | 9,578 | 44.6 | −23.1 | |
Unionist | Edwin Leach Hartley | 8,419 | 39.3 | +7.0 | |
C | Liberal | James Henley Batty | 3,443 | 16.1 | New |
Majority | 1,159 | 5.3 | −30.1 | ||
Turnout | 21,440 | 66.5 | −13.5 | ||
Registered electors | 32,222 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −15.1 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Albert Smith | 12,107 | 67.7 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | J.J. Blayney | 5,783 | 32.3 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 6,324 | 35.4 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 17,890 | 80.0 | −12.1 | ||
Registered electors | 22,368 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Shackleton | 13,873 | 67.3 | −8.6 | |
Conservative | T. Smith | 6,727 | 32.7 | New | |
Majority | 7,146 | 34.6 | −17.2 | ||
Turnout | 20,600 | 92.1 | +15.1 | ||
Registered electors | 22,368 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Repr. Cmte. | David Shackleton | 12,035 | 75.9 | N/A | |
Ind. Conservative | B.J. Belton | 3,828 | 24.1 | New | |
Majority | 8,207 | 51.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 15,863 | 77.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 20,613 | ||||
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Repr. Cmte. | David Shackleton | Unopposed | |||
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | 7,657 | 58.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Unionist | William Briggs | 5,506 | 41.8 | New | |
Majority | 2,151 | 16.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,163 | 86.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 15,212 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | 6,821 | 60.5 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | John Thursby | 4,462 | 39.5 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 2,359 | 21.0 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,283 | 88.9 | −5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 12,698 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Fort | 1,078 | 55.0 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Ralph Assheton | 882 | 45.0 | −7.7 | |
Majority | 196 | 10.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,960 | 94.8 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,068 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Assheton | 896 | 52.7 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Edward Ebenezer Kay[27] | 804 | 47.3 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 92 | 5.4 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,700 | 95.0 | +3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,790 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Assheton | 760 | 52.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Charles Savile Roundell | 693 | 47.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 67 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,453 | 91.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,595 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Assheton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Fort | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 438 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Turner Hopwood | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 469 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Turner Hopwood | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 457 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | Le Gendre Starkie | 216 | 51.3 | +5.5 | |
Whig | Jonathan Peel[28][12] | 205 | 48.7 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 11 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 421 | 92.3 | +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 456 | ||||
Peelite gain from Whig | Swing | +5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Aspinall | 215 | 50.8 | +5.0 | |
Whig | Richard Fort[31] | 208 | 49.2 | −5.0 | |
Majority | 7 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 423 | 92.8 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 456 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Mathew Wilson | 221 | 54.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Aspinall | 187 | 45.8 | New | |
Majority | 34 | 8.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 408 | 91.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 448 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Mathew Wilson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 504 | ||||
Whig hold |
Wilson's election at the 1841 general election was declared void and Cardwell was declared elected on 21 March 1842.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Mathew Wilson | 175 | 50.7 | -0.6 | |
Conservative | Edward Cardwell | 170 | 49.3 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 5 | 1.4 | -1.4 | ||
Turnout | 345 | 89.1 | +2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 387 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Fort | 164 | 51.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Whalley | 155 | 48.6 | New | |
Majority | 9 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 319 | 86.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 368 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Fort | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 351 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Fort | 157 | 55.9 | New | |
Tory | John Irving | 124 | 44.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 33 | 11.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 281 | 91.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 306 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Peregrine Cust | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Robert Curzon | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 36 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Peregrine Cust | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Robert Curzon | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 36 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |