Accrington was a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1983
Accrington
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Accrington in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. The original county constituency of North East Lancashire was replaced by a borough constituency for the 1918 general election. The constituency was based on the town of Accrington.
From the 1983 general election, the constituency was abolished. The successor seat was Hyndburn, named after the local government area including the town of Accrington. 85.5% of the new seat came from the former Accrington constituency.
Boundaries
This constituency was part of the historic county of Lancashire in North West England.
Neighbouring constituencies were Blackburn to the south west and Burnley to the north east and Darwen to the north. Accrington also had short boundaries with Clitheroe at both its north and east borders and Rossendale to the south and south east.
1918–1950
The Representation of the People Act 1918 reorganised constituencies throughout Great Britain and Ireland. Constituencies were defined in terms of the districts created by the Local Government Act 1894.
The Parliamentary Borough of Accrington consisted of the Municipal Borough of Accrington and the Urban Districts of Church, Clayton-le-Moors, Oswaldtwistle, and Rishton. The three parishes of Altham, Hapton and Huncoat passed to the Clitheroe constituency.[2]
1950–1983
The Representation of the People Act 1948 replaced the term "parliamentary borough" with "borough constituency". The Accrington Borough Constituency was defined in the same terms as in the 1918 legislation. However, there were boundary changes reflecting local government changes in the 1930s: the Huncoat area rejoined the constituency as the parish had been absorbed by the Borough of Accrington, while an enlargement of the county borough of Blackburn took away part of Rishton.[3] These boundaries were first used in the 1950 general election.
Abolition
In 1974 local government in England and Wales was reorganised. However, parliamentary boundaries were not altered until 1983. The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983 created new constituencies based on the new districts. A new Hyndburn Borough Constituency was formed. The new seat included the whole of the Accrington constituency with the addition of Altham and Great Harwood.[4]
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Labour: James Bell
Liberal: Harold Baker
Unionist: Ernest Gray
1918 general election: Accrington
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
C
Unionist
Ernest Gray
13,808
47.2
+2.9
Liberal
Harold Baker
8,378
28.6
−27.1
Labour
Charles Buxton
6,369
21.7
New
National Democratic
William Hammond
738
2.5
New
Majority
5,430
18.6
N/A
Turnout
28,555
69.5
−20.0
Unionist gain from Liberal
Swing
+15.0
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
Elections in the 1920s
Charles Buxton
1922 general election: Accrington
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Charles Buxton
16,462
44.3
+22.6
Unionist
Ernest Gray
11,408
30.6
−16.6
Liberal
Harold Baker
9,395
25.1
−3.5
Majority
5,054
13.7
N/A
Turnout
37,265
88.7
+19.2
Labour gain from Unionist
Swing
+19.6
1923 general election: Accrington
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Hugh Edwards
19,981
54.3
+29.2
Labour
Charles Buxton
16,793
45.7
+1.4
Majority
3,188
8.6
N/A
Turnout
36,774
86.5
−2.2
Liberal gain from Labour
Swing
+13.9
1924 general election: Accrington
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Constitutionalist
Hugh Edwards
20,391
52.9
N/A
Labour
Charles Buxton
18,148
47.1
+1.4
Majority
2,243
5.8
-2.8
Turnout
38,539
90.1
+3.6
Constitutionalist hold
Swing
1929 general election: Accrington
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Tom Snowden
25,336
52.3
+5.2
Liberal
Hugh Edwards
23,110
47.7
−5.2
Majority
2,226
4.6
N/A
Turnout
48,446
88.7
−1.4
Labour gain from Liberal
Swing
+5.2
Elections in the 1930s
1931 general election: Accrington
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Henry Procter
30,799
62.89
Labour
Tom Snowden
18,177
37.11
Majority
12,622
25.78
N/A
Turnout
48,976
Conservative gain from Labour
Swing
1935 general election: Accrington
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Henry Procter
25,273
54.4
-8.5
Labour
Frederick George Burgess
21,203
45.6
+8.5
Majority
4,070
8.8
-17.0
Turnout
32,696
67.7
Conservative hold
Swing
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
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