Rossendale and Darwen
2010 Results:
Conservative: 19691 (41.78%)
Labour: 15198 (32.25%)
Liberal Democrat: 8541 (18.12%)
UKIP: 1617 (3.43%)
English Democrat: 663 (1.41%)
Independent: 113 (0.24%)
Others: 1305 (2.77%)
Majority: 4493 (9.53%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 18970 (43.1%)
Conservative: 15218 (34.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 6588 (15%)
Other: 3269 (7.4%)
Majority: 3752 (8.5%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 15397 (34.6%)
Labour: 19073 (42.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 6670 (15%)
BNP: 1736 (3.9%)
Green: 821 (1.8%)
UKIP: 740 (1.7%)
Majority: 3676 (8.3%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 15028 (36.3%)
Labour: 20251 (49%)
Liberal Democrat: 6079 (14.7%)
Majority: 5223 (12.6%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 16521 (32.3%)
Labour: 27470 (53.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 5435 (10.6%)
Referendum: 1108 (2.2%)
Other: 674 (1.3%)
Majority: 10949 (21.4%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Jake Berry (Conservative) Educated at University of Sheffield. Property and construction lawyer.
Jake Berry (Conservative) Educated at University of Sheffield. Property and construction lawyer.
Janet Anderson(Labour) Born 1949, Newcastle. Educated at Trowbridge Girls High and Central London Polytechnic. Contested Rossendale and Darwen 1987. MP for Rossendale and Darwen since 1992. Opposition whip 1994-1996, shadow minister for women 1996-1997, government whip 1997-1998, minister for tourism, film and broadcasting 1998-2001 (more information at They work for you)
Bob Sheffield (Liberal Democrat) Retired RAF officer, now self-employed marine engineer.
David Duthie (UKIP)
Michael Johnson (English Democrat) Born 1960. Publican. Blackburn and Darwen councillor since 2006, originally elected for the England First Party. Formed the For Darwen Party 2007. Tony Melia (Impact)Kevin Bryan (National Front)Mike Sivieri (Independent)2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 92094
Male: 48.9%
Female: 51.1%
Under 18: 24.8%
Over 60: 18.6%
Born outside UK: 3.3%
White: 97.2%
Asian: 2%
Mixed: 0.5%
Other: 0.2%
Christian: 77.5%
Muslim: 1.9%
Full time students: 2.4%
Graduates 16-74: 16.3%
No Qualifications 16-74: 30.9%
Owner-Occupied: 74.7%
Social Housing: 15.1% (Council: 11.3%, Housing Ass.: 3.9%)
Privately Rented: 7%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 10.8%
Richard: I think you make an excellent point about the Conservatives in 2010. They did indeed do well in the rural parts of the North West and Yorkshire. As you say, the conurbations were the problem- not the cities themselves for they were never winnable- but fringe seats like Bolton North East, Cheadle etc.
Has anyone tried keeping all the Rossendale wards within a constituency? They amount to 52,692 electors when added up. Clearly the Boundary Commission doesn’t think it feasible/important because they’ve put half the Rossendale wards with Rochdale North and half with Darwen and Hyndburn.
In short, yes, and in short, it’s too restrictive for other parts of the county. East Lancashire is a bit hilly and mountain-y.
The NW Labour and LibDems (the latter of which was part authored by me) proposals are for a “Rossendale and Ramsbottom” constituency.
Labour have tied Darwen with the northern bits of Bolton.
We have tied Darwen with Accrington and Oswaldtwistle.
Thanks for that summary, DoktorB. I tend to agree with your approach. After all, am I not right in thinking that Ramsbottom is historically part of Rossendale anyway? I think the links are still strong by all accounts.
It would be interesting if Mr Whitehead could rebuild
the 1992 and 2010 results on comparable boundaries so we can compare across.
Joe: yes, it would be interesting. This was one of the Conservatives’ best results in the North: a swing of nearly 8% and a clear majority of 4493.
on the 1992 program
both main parties seemed to have a lot of activists
at the count.
A somewhat different era.
Did the Tories still have a million members in 1992
or was that longer ago?