County Lancashire Created 1983 Member of parliament Andrew Stephenson | Electorate 66,735 (December 2010) European Parliament constituency North West England Number of members 1 | |
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Created from Nelson and Colne, Skipton and Clitheroe Major settlements Barnoldswick, Colne, Nelson Replaced by Nelson and Colne, Skipton, Clitheroe | ||
Pendle is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Andrew Stephenson, a Conservative. The constituency was newly created for the 1983 general election, being largely formed from the former Nelson and Colne Constituency.
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Boundaries
The major urban centres in Pendle are Nelson and Colne, with smaller towns Barnoldswick and Earby added to existing ones such as Higham and Pendleside and Craven since boundary changes in the 1970s that brought them into Pendle Borough, Lancashire from Yorkshire.
Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies calling for slight changes in the run-up to the 2010 general election since which Pendle has the same electoral wards as the Borough:
Constituency profile
Although in 1992 this was not a bellwether, this is a key marginal with the Conservative lead over Labour being similar to the national lead in the 2010 general election. In terms of the local economy, unemployment is lower than the regional average, artisan creations, tourism, manufacturing, transport, food processing, the public sector and agriculture are large sectors.