Nelson_and_Colne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Nelson and Colne
Nelson and Colne
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Nelson and Colne in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
1918–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Clitheroe
Replaced by	Pendle

Nelson and Colne (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983

Nelson and Colne was a constituency in Lancashire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

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It was largely succeeded by the Pendle constituency.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Smith	14,075	62.0	N/A
	Liberal	Fred Greenwood	8,623	38.0	N/A
Majority			5,452	24.0	N/A
Turnout			22,698	52.3	N/A
Registered electors			43,381
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robinson Graham	14,134	49.5	−12.5
C	Unionist	Frederick Norman Wainwright	8,577	30.1	N/A
	Liberal	Walter Rea	5,805	20.4	−17.6
Majority			5,557	19.4	−4.6
Turnout			28,516	65.2	+12.9
Registered electors			43,757
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.6
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Greenwood	17,714	48.5	−13.5
	Liberal	James Henry Sutherland Aitken	11,542	31.6	−6.4
	Unionist	Frederick Norman Wainwright	7,286	19.9	N/A
Majority			6,172	16.9	−7.1
Turnout			36,542	83.2	+30.9
Registered electors			43,914
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Greenwood	17,083	46.1	−2.4
	Liberal	James Henry Sutherland Aitken	10,103	27.3	−4.3
	Unionist	Amos Nelson	9,861	26.6	+6.7
Majority			6,980	18.8	+1.9
Turnout			37,047	83.4	+0.2
Registered electors			44,432
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.0

Nelson and Colne (UK Parliament constituency)

Nelson and Colne
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Nelson and Colne in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
1918–1983
Seats	one
Created from	Clitheroe
Replaced by	Pendle^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Greenwood	19,922	51.9	+5.8
	Liberal	James Henry Sutherland Aitken	18,479	48.1	+20.8
Majority			1,443	3.8	−15.0
Turnout			33,348	85.6	+2.2
Registered electors			44,871
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Greenwood	28,533	61.0	+9.1
	Unionist	Linton Thorp	18,236	39.0	−9.1
Majority			10,297	22.0	+18.2
Turnout			46,769	82.8	−2.8
Registered electors			56,465
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Linton Thorp	28,747	57.71
	Labour	Arthur Greenwood	21,063	42.29
Majority			7,684	15.43
Turnout			49,810	75.93
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sydney Silverman	26,011	54.52
	Ind. Conservative	Linton Thorp	21,696	45.48
Majority			4,315	9.04
Turnout			47,707	84.73
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sydney Silverman	25,610	59.4	+11.8
	Conservative	Harmar Nicholls	17,484	40.5	−8.5
Majority			8,126	18.9
Turnout			43,094	76.2	−2.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sydney Silverman	25,358	54.6
	Conservative	Alan Green	21,116	45.4
Majority			4,242	9.13
Turnout				88.28
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sydney Silverman	22,135	52.7	−2.0
	Conservative	Elaine Kellett	19,844	47.3	+2.0
Majority			2,291	5.5
Turnout			41,979	88.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sydney Silverman	20,407	49.3	−3.4
	Conservative	John Crabtree	19,143	46.2	−1.1
	Lancastrian Party	Tom Emmott	1,889	4.6	N/A
Majority			1,287	3.1
Turnout			41,439	85.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1966: Nelson and Colne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sydney Silverman	18,406	49.3	−4.2
	Conservative	Peter Davies	13,829	37.0	−9.5
	Independent	Patrick Downey	5,117	13.7	N/A
Majority			4,577	12.3
Turnout			37,352	81.0	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.3

By-election 1968: Nelson and Colne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Waddington	16,466	48.9	+11.9
	Labour	Betty Boothroyd	12,944	38.4	−10.9
	Liberal	David Chadwick	3,016	9.0	N/A
	English Nationalist	Brian Tattersall	1,255	3.7	N/A
Majority			3,522	10.5
Turnout			33,681		−
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+11.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sydney Silverman	20,205	53.5	+4.2
	Conservative	David Waddington	17,561	46.5	+0.3
Majority			2,644	7.0
Turnout			37,766	80.8	−4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Waddington	19,881	51.5	+14.5
	Labour	Doug Hoyle	18,471	48.5	−0.8
Majority			1,410	3.0
Turnout			38,622	78.3	−2.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+7.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Waddington	15,692	38.9	−12.6
	Labour	Doug Hoyle	15,515	38.4	−10.1
	Liberal	Tony Greaves	9,166	22.7	N/A
Majority			177	0.4
Turnout			40,373	84.2	+5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doug Hoyle	17,506	44.7	+6.3
	Conservative	David Waddington	16,836	43.0	+4.1
	Liberal	Tony Greaves	4,850	12.4	−10.3
Majority			669	1.7
Turnout			39,192	81.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	1.1%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lee	17,522	45.0	+2.0
	Labour	Doug Hoyle	17,086	43.9	−0.8
	Liberal	David Hewitt	4,322	11.1	−1.3
Majority			436	1.1
Turnout			38,930	81.6	+0.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+1.4