Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Clitheroe | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| County | Lancashire |
| 1885–1983 | |
| Number of members | 1 |
| Replaced by | Ribble Valley |
| 1559–1983 | |
| Number of members | 1559–1832: Two 1832–1885: One |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Clitheroe was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire.
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.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] Borough of Clitheroe
[edit] MPs 1559–1660
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1559 (Jan) | Thomas Greenacres | Walter Horton [1] |
| 1563 (Jan) | Thomas Greenacres | John Jsffrey [1] |
| 1571 | Richard Greenacres | George Horsey [1] |
| 1572 | William Wynter | Thomas Docwray [1] |
| 1584 | Michael Purefoy | Alexander Fisher [1] |
| 1586 | Edmund Poley | John Walmesley [1] |
| 1588 (Oct) | Robert Pilkington | John White [1] |
| 1593 | William Twysden | John Chamberlain [1] |
| 1597 (Oct) | William Holt | George Rotheram [1] |
| 1601 (Oct) | John Osbaldestone | Anthony Dering [1] |
| 1604 | Sir John Dormer | Martin Lister |
| 1614 | Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet | Clement Coke |
| 1621-1622 | Sir Thomas Walmsley | William Fanshawe |
| 1624 | William Fanshawe | Ralph Whitfield |
| 1625 | Ralph Assheton | William Fanshawe |
| 1626 | Ralph Assheton | William Kirke |
| 1628 | Thomas Jermyn | William Newell |
| 1629-1640 | No Parliament summoned | |
| 1640 (Apr) | Sir Ralph Assheton | Richard Shuttleworth |
| 1640 (Nov) | Sir Ralph Assheton | Richard Shuttleworth, jnr |
| 1645 | Sir Ralph Assheton | Richard Shuttleworth, jnr |
| 1648 | Richard Shuttleworth | |
| 1653–1660 | Clitheroe not represented in Barebones or Protectorate Parliaments | |
[edit] MPs 1660–1832
Two members returned to Parliament
[edit] MPs 1832–1885
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | representation reduced to one member | ||
| 1832 | John Fort | Liberal | |
| 1841[4] | Mathew Wilson | Liberal | |
| 1842 [4] | Edward Cardwell | Conservative | |
| 1847 | Mathew Wilson | Liberal | |
| May 1853 by-election[5] | John Thomas Walshman Aspinall | Conservative | |
| Aug 1853 by-election[5] | Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie | Liberal | |
| 1857 | John Turner Hopwood | Liberal | |
| 1865 | Richard Fort | Liberal | |
| 1868 by-election | Ralph Assheton | Conservative | |
| 1880 | Richard Fort | Liberal | |
| 1885 | Parliamentary borough abolished. Name transferred to new county division | ||
[edit] Clitheroe division of Lancashire
[edit] MPs 1885–1983
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | Liberal | |
| 1902 by-election | David James 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 | |
| 1979 by-election | David Waddington | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Ribble Valley | ||
[edit] Election results
| 1906 General Election: Clitheroe | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David James Shackleton | 12,035 | 75.9 | ||
| Independent Conservative | B J Belton | 3,828 | 24.1 | ||
| Majority | 8,207 | 51.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1970s
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j {{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/clitheroe%7C title= History of Parliament| accessdate= 2011-09-26))
- ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
- ^ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S.. ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 177–178. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- ^ a b The election of Wilson in 1841 was voided on petition, and Cardwell declared elected in 1842 after scrutiny of the ballots
- ^ a b The result of the 1852 general election in Clitheroe was voided on petition, and a by-election held in May 1853. The by-election result was also voided on petition, and a second by-election held in August 1853
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