Clitheroe was a parliamentary constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

 in Lancashire

Lancashire

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.

The town of Clitheroe

Clitheroe

Clitheroe is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley in Lancashire, England. It is 1½ miles from the Forest of Bowland and is often used as a base for tourists in the area. It has a population of 14,697...

 was first enfranchised as a parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

 in 1559, returning two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MPs) to the House of Commons of England

House of Commons of England

The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...

 until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain

House of Commons of Great Britain

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 until 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 until 1832

United Kingdom general election, 1832

-Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....

. The borough's representation was reduced to one MP by the Reform Act 1832

Reform Act 1832

The Representation of the People Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales...

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The parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

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 was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

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, and the name transferred to a new county division with effect from the 1885 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1885

-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...

. The county division returned one MP until it was abolished for the 1983 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1983

The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...

. It was then largely replaced by the new Ribble Valley

Ribble Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

Ribble Valley is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

 constituency.

MPs 1559–1660

Parliament	First member	Second member
1559 (Jan)	Thomas Greenacres	Walter Horton
1563 (Jan)	Thomas Greenacres	John Jsffrey
1571	Richard Greenacres	George Horsey
1572	William Wynter	Thomas Docwray
1584	Michael Purefoy	Alexander Fisher
1586	Edmund Poley	John Walmesley
1588 (Oct)	Robert Pilkington	John White
1593	William Twysden	John Chamberlain
1597 (Oct)	William Holt	George Rotheram
1601 (Oct)	John Osbaldestone	Anthony Dering
1604	Sir John Dormer John Dormer (of Dorton) Sir John Dormer was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1604 and 1622.Dormer was the son of William Dormer of Thame, Oxfordshire and grandson of Sir Michael Dormer who was Lord Mayor of London in 1541. Dormer of built a mansion at Dorton...	Martin Lister
1614	Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1640. He was a Royalist leader during the English Civil War....	Clement Coke
1621-1622	Sir Thomas Walmsley	William Fanshaw
1624	William Fanshaw	Ralph Whitfield
1625	Ralph Assheton Ralph Assheton (general) Ralph Assheton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1649. He was a general in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....	William Fanshaw
1626	Ralph Assheton Ralph Assheton (general) Ralph Assheton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1649. He was a general in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....	William Kirke
1628	Thomas Jermyn Thomas Jermyn (died 1659) Thomas Jermyn was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1625 and 1644. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....	William Newell
1629-1640	No Parliament summoned
1640 (Apr)	Sir Ralph Assheton Ralph Assheton (Parliamentarian) Sir Ralph Assheton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1680.Assheton was the son of Sir Ralph Ashton, 1st Baronet of Lever, Lancashire. He matriculated from Magdalene College, Cambridge at Easter 1623...	Richard Shuttleworth Richard Shuttleworth (younger) Richard Shuttleworth was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1648. He fought in the Parliamentarian army in the English Civil War....
1640 (Nov)	Sir Ralph Assheton Ralph Assheton (Parliamentarian) Sir Ralph Assheton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1680.Assheton was the son of Sir Ralph Ashton, 1st Baronet of Lever, Lancashire. He matriculated from Magdalene College, Cambridge at Easter 1623...	Richard Shuttleworth, jnr Richard Shuttleworth (younger) Richard Shuttleworth was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1648. He fought in the Parliamentarian army in the English Civil War....
1645	Sir Ralph Assheton Ralph Assheton (Parliamentarian) Sir Ralph Assheton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1680.Assheton was the son of Sir Ralph Ashton, 1st Baronet of Lever, Lancashire. He matriculated from Magdalene College, Cambridge at Easter 1623...	Richard Shuttleworth, jnr Richard Shuttleworth (younger) Richard Shuttleworth was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1648. He fought in the Parliamentarian army in the English Civil War....
1648	Richard Shuttleworth Richard Shuttleworth (MP) Richard Shuttleworth was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1659. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War....
1653–1660	Clitheroe not represented in Barebones or Protectorate Parliaments

MPs 1660–1832

Two members returned to Parliament

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
Apr 1660		Sir Ralph Assheton Ralph Assheton (Parliamentarian) Sir Ralph Assheton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1680.Assheton was the son of Sir Ralph Ashton, 1st Baronet of Lever, Lancashire. He matriculated from Magdalene College, Cambridge at Easter 1623...			William White William White (MP) William White was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.White was a colonel in the service of the commonwealth. In April 1660, he was elected Member of Parliament for Clitheroe in the Convention Parliament but was unseated on petition on 16 July 1660 ....
Jul 1660					William Hulton
Apr 1661					John Heath
1662		Ambrose Pudsay
1675		Sir Thomas Stringer
1679					Sir Ralph Assheton Ralph Assheton (Parliamentarian) Sir Ralph Assheton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1680.Assheton was the son of Sir Ralph Ashton, 1st Baronet of Lever, Lancashire. He matriculated from Magdalene College, Cambridge at Easter 1623...
1680					Henry Marsden
1685		Lord Strange James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby PC , styled The Honourable until 1702, was a British peer and politician.Derby was the second son of Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, and Dorothea Helena Kirkhoven...			Edmund Assheton
1689		Anthony Parker			Christopher Wilkinson
1690					Roger Kenyon Roger Kenyon Roger Kenyon played football for Everton between 1967 and 1979. He also played for NASL team Vancouver Whitecaps during his career...
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 Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet was an English Tory politician who represented three constituencies in the 18th century.Curzon was the son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baronet of Kedleston,and his wife Sarah Penn daughter of William Penn of Penn, Buckinghamshire.Curzon was elected as Member of...
1727					The Viscount Galway
1734					William Curzon
1745		Thomas Lister II
1747					Nathaniel Curzon Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 5th Baronet, of Kedleston, created 1st Baron Scarsdale was an English Tory politician and peer....
1754 British general election, 1754 The British general election, 1754 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707....					Assheton Curzon Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon Assheton Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon and 1st Viscount Curzon was a British Tory politician.-Background and education:...	Tory
Dec 1761 by-election		Nathaniel Lister	Tory
1773 by-election		Thomas Lister III	Tory
1780 British general election, 1780 The British general election, 1780 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain to be held after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...					John Parker John Parker (MP) John Parker was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Clitheroe 1780-1782.He was the son of Edward Parker of Browsholme Hall, Yorkshire , and was educated at Eton College and Christ's College, Cambridge. The art patron Thomas Lister Parker was his son.-References:...	Tory
1782 by-election					John Lee John Lee (Attorney-General) John Lee KC was an English lawyer, politician, and law officer of the Crown. He assisted in the early days of Unitarianism in England.-Life:...	Tory
1790 British general election, 1790 The British general election, 1790 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Political Situation:...		Sir John Aubrey, Bt Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet was a British politician. In 1786, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy.Baptised in Boarstall in Buckinghamshire on 2 July 1739, he was the son of Sir Thomas Aubrey, 5th Baronet and Martha Carter. Aubrey was educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church,...	Tory		Penn Curzon	Tory
1792 by-election					Assheton Curzon Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon Assheton Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon and 1st Viscount Curzon was a British Tory politician.-Background and education:...	Tory
1795 by-election					Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor (1762–1819) Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor , was a British politician.Born Richard Grosvenor and a member of the Grosvenor family now headed by the Duke of Westminster, he was the son of Thomas Grosvenor, second son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet...	Tory
1796 British general election, 1796 The British general election, 1796 returned members to serve in the 18th and last House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain to be held before the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...		Lord Edward Bentinck Lord Edward Bentinck Lord Edward Charles Cavendish-Bentinck , known as Lord Edward Bentinck, was a British politician.-Background and education:...	Tory		Hon. Robert Curzon Robert Curzon (MP) The Honourable Robert Curzon , was a British politician and long-standing Member of Parliament.Curzon was the son of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon, by his second wife Dorothy, daughter of Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet. Penn Curzon was his elder half-brother and Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st...	Tory
1802 United Kingdom general election, 1802 The United Kingdom general election, 1802 was the election to the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was the first to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...		Hon. John Cust John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow, GCH was a British Peer and Tory politician.Cust was the eldest son of the 1st Baron Brownlow and his second wife, Frances. In 1802, he was elected as MP for Clitheroe and held the seat until he succeeded to his father's title in 1807. In May, 1805 he was elected a...	Tory
1808 by-election		James Gordon	Tory
Oct 1812 United Kingdom general election, 1812 The election to the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1812 was the fourth general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....		Viscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCH, PC, PC , usually known as Lord CastlereaghThe name Castlereagh derives from the baronies of Castlereagh and Ards, in which the manors of Newtownards and Comber were located...	Tory
Dec 1812 by-election		Edward Wilbraham-Bootle Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale , was a British politician.Bootle-Wilbraham was the son of Richard Bootle-Wilbraham and his wife Mary, daughter of Robert Bootle...	Tory
1818 United Kingdom general election, 1818 The 1818 general election of the United Kingdom saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats...		Hon. William Cust William Cust The Honourable William Cust , was a British barrister and Member of Parliament .Cust was a younger son of Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow, by Frances, daughter of Sir Henry Bankes, of Wimbledon. John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow, Peregrine Cust and Sir Edward Cust, 1st Baronet, were his brothers...	Tory
1822 by-election		Henry Porcher	Tory
1826 United Kingdom general election, 1826 The 1826 United Kingdom general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial and increased majority over the Whigs. In Ireland, Home Rule candidates, working with the Whigs, won large gains from Unionist candidates....		Hon. Peregrine Cust Peregrine Cust (1791–1873) Lieutenant-Colonel The Honourable Peregrine Francis Cust was a British Tory Member of Parliament .Cust was the son of Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow, by Frances, daughter of Sir Henry Bankes, of Wimbledon. He was the brother of John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow, William Cust and Sir Edward Cust, 1st...	Tory
1831 United Kingdom general election, 1831 The 1831 general election in the United Kingdom saw a landslide win by supporters of electoral reform, which was the major election issue. As a result it was the last unreformed election, as the Parliament which resulted ensured the passage of the Reform Act 1832. Polling was held from 28 April to...					Hon. Robert Curzon Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche , styled The Honourable Robert Curzon between 1829 and 1870, was an English traveller, diplomat and author, active in the Near East. He was responsible for acquiring several unimportant and late Biblical manuscripts from Eastern Orthodox monasteries.Curzon was the...	Tory

MPs 1832–1885

Election		Member	Party
1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....		representation reduced to one member
	1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....	John Fort John Fort (MP) John Fort was a Whig politician in England who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1841.He was elected at the 1832 general election as the Member of Parliament for the borough of Clitheroe in Lancashire, and held the seat until he stood down from Parliament at the 1841 general election.-...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1841 United Kingdom general election, 1841 -Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:*Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for Ireland*Sir George Strickland, Bt*Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987...	Mathew Wilson Sir Mathew Wilson, 1st Baronet Sir Mathew Wilson,1st baronet was an English landowner and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1842 and 1886....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1842	Edward Cardwell Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell PC, PC , FRS was a prominent British politician in the Peelite and Liberal parties during the middle of the 19th century...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1847 United Kingdom general election, 1847 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	Mathew Wilson Sir Mathew Wilson, 1st Baronet Sir Mathew Wilson,1st baronet was an English landowner and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1842 and 1886....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	May 1853 by-election	John Thomas Walshman Aspinall John Thomas Walshman Aspinall John Thomas Walshman Aspinall was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons for two months in 1853....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	Aug 1853 by-election	Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie Le Gendre Starkie (1828–1899) Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie was an English landowner and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1853 to 1857....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1857 United Kingdom general election, 1857 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	John Turner Hopwood John Turner Hopwood John Turner Hopwood was an English Liberal Party politician, and barrister.He was the only son of Robert and Elizabeth Hopwood . His paternal grandfather, also named Robert, was the second mayor of Blackburn...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1865 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...	Richard Fort Richard Fort (1822–1868) Richard Fort was a Liberal Party politician in England.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Clitheroe at the 1865 general election, and held the seat until his death in 1868....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1868 by-election	Ralph Assheton Ralph Assheton (1830–1907) Ralph Assheton was a Conservative Party politician in England.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Clitheroe at an unopposed by-election in 1868 following the death of Richard Fort. He held held the seat at the subsequent 1868 general election, and also in 1874, but was defeated at the 1880...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1880 United Kingdom general election, 1880 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	Richard Fort Richard Fort (1856–1918) Richard Fort was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.Fort was the son of Richard Fort MP for Clitheroe and his wife Margaret Ellen Smith, daughter of Major-General John N Smith HEICS. He was educated at Eton College and Brasenose College, Oxford. He...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Parliamentary borough abolished. Name transferred to new county division

MPs 1885–1983

Election		Member	Party
	1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth PC , known as Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt, between 1872 and 1902, was a British landowner and Liberal politician...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1902 by-election	David James Shackleton	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	1910	Albert Smith Albert Smith (MP) Albert Smith was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician from Nelson in Lancashire. He sat in the House of Commons from 1910 to 1920....	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	Alfred Davies	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922 The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...	Sir William Brass William Brass, 1st Baron Chattisham William Brass, 1st Baron Chattisham , known as Sir William Brass between 1929 and 1945, was a British Conservative Party politician.-Early life:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...	Harry Randall	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...	Richard Fort	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1959 United Kingdom general election, 1959 This United Kingdom general election was held on 8 October 1959. It marked a third successive victory for the ruling Conservative Party, led by Harold Macmillan...	Sir Francis Pearson Francis Pearson Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson, 1st Baronet, MBE, JP was a British colonial administrator, farmer and politician.-Colonial service:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1970 United Kingdom general election, 1970 The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on 18 June 1970, and resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, who defeated the Labour Party under Harold Wilson. The election also saw the Liberal Party and its new leader Jeremy Thorpe lose half their...	David Walder David Walder Alan David Walder was a British Conservative Party politician.Born in St Pancras, London, Walder was educated at Latymer School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1948. In 1953 he transferred to the 4th Hussars and was promoted Lieutenant. He was promoted...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1979 by-election Clitheroe by-election, 1979 The Clitheroe by-election, 1979 was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Clitheroe in Lancashire on 1 March 1979. It was won by the Conservative Party candidate David Waddington.- Vacancy :...	David Waddington David Waddington, Baron Waddington David Charles Waddington, Baron Waddington, GCVO, DL, QC, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons from 1968 to 1990, and was then made a life peer...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...		constituency abolished: see Ribble Valley Ribble Valley (UK Parliament constituency) Ribble Valley is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

Election results