1918–1950: The Boroughs of Nelson and Colne, the Urban Districts of Barrowford, Brierfield, and Trawden, and the detached part of the parish of Foulridge which was bordered on the north, west and south by the Borough of Colne.
1950–1983: The Boroughs of Nelson and Colne, and the Urban Districts of Barrowford, Brierfield, and Trawden.
^British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
^British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
^British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
^F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
November 15, 2023
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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 Nelson and ColneFormer Borough constituencyfor the House of CommonsNelson and Colne in Lancashire showing boundaries used from 1974 19831918 1983SeatsoneCreated fromClitheroeReplaced byPendle 1 It was largely succeeded by the Pendle constituency Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 3 1 Elections in the 1910s 3 2 Elections in the 1920s 3 3 Elections in the 1930s 3 4 Elections in the 1940s 3 5 Elections in the 1950s 3 6 Elections in the 1960s 3 7 Elections in the 1970s 4 ReferencesBoundaries edit1918 1950 The Boroughs of Nelson and Colne the Urban Districts of Barrowford Brierfield and Trawden and the detached part of the parish of Foulridge which was bordered on the north west and south by the Borough of Colne 1950 1983 The Boroughs of Nelson and Colne and the Urban Districts of Barrowford Brierfield and Trawden Members of Parliament editElection Member Party1918 Albert Smith Labour1920 by election Robinson Graham Labour1922 Arthur Greenwood Labour1931 Linton Thorp Conservative1935 Sydney Silverman Labour1968 by election David Waddington ConservativeOct 1974 Doug Hoyle Labour1979 John Lee ConservativeElections edit nbsp Nelson and Colne election resultsElections in the 1910s edit General election 1918 Nelson and Colne Party Candidate Votes Labour Albert Smith 14 075 62 0 N ALiberal Fred Greenwood 8 623 38 0 N AMajority 5 452 24 0 N ATurnout 22 698 52 3 N ARegistered electors 43 381Labour win new seat Elections in the 1920s edit By election 1920 Nelson and Colne 2 Party Candidate Votes Labour Robinson Graham 14 134 49 5 12 5C Unionist Frederick Norman Wainwright 8 577 30 1 N ALiberal Walter Rea 5 805 20 4 17 6Majority 5 557 19 4 4 6Turnout 28 516 65 2 12 9Registered electors 43 757Labour hold Swing 2 6C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government General election 1922 Nelson and Colne 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Arthur Greenwood 17 714 48 5 13 5Liberal James Henry Sutherland Aitken 11 542 31 6 6 4Unionist Frederick Norman Wainwright 7 286 19 9 N AMajority 6 172 16 9 7 1Turnout 36 542 83 2 30 9Registered electors 43 914Labour hold Swing 3 6General election 1923 Nelson and Colne Party Candidate Votes Labour Arthur Greenwood 17 083 46 1 2 4Liberal James Henry Sutherland Aitken 10 103 27 3 4 3Unionist Amos Nelson 9 861 26 6 6 7Majority 6 980 18 8 1 9Turnout 37 047 83 4 0 2Registered electors 44 432Labour hold Swing 1 0General election 1924 Nelson and Colne Party Candidate Votes Labour Arthur Greenwood 19 922 51 9 5 8Liberal James Henry Sutherland Aitken 18 479 48 1 20 8Majority 1 443 3 8 15 0Turnout 33 348 85 6 2 2Registered electors 44 871Labour hold Swing 7 5General election 1929 Nelson and Colne Party Candidate Votes Labour Arthur Greenwood 28 533 61 0 9 1Unionist Linton Thorp 18 236 39 0 9 1Majority 10 297 22 0 18 2Turnout 46 769 82 8 2 8Registered electors 56 465Labour hold Swing 9 1Elections in the 1930s edit General election 1931 Nelson and Colne Party Candidate Votes Conservative Linton Thorp 28 747 57 71Labour Arthur Greenwood 21 063 42 29Majority 7 684 15 43Turnout 49 810 75 93Conservative gain from Labour SwingGeneral election 1935 Nelson and Colne Party Candidate Votes Labour Sydney Silverman 26 011 54 52Ind Conservative Linton Thorp 21 696 45 48Majority 4 315 9 04Turnout 47 707 84 73Labour gain from Conservative SwingElections in the 1940s edit General election 1945 Nelson and Colne Party Candidate Votes Labour Sydney Silverman 25 610 59 4 11 8Conservative Harmar Nicholls 17 484 40 5 8 5Majority 8 126 18 9Turnout 43 094 76 2 2 2Labour hold SwingElections in the 1950s edit General election 1950 Nelson and Colne 4 Party Candidate Votes Labour Sydney Silverman 25 358 54 6Conservative Alan Green 21 116 45 4Majority 4 242 9 13Turnout 88 28Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1951 Nelson and Colne 5 Party Candidate Votes Labour Sydney Silverman 25 611 54 7Conservative Alan Green 21 211 45 3Majority 4 400 9 4TurnoutLabour hold SwingGeneral election 1955 Nelson and Colne 6 Party Candidate Votes Labour Sydney Silverman 22 135 52 7 2 0Conservative Elaine Kellett 19 844 47 3 2 0Majority 2 291 5 5Turnout 41 979 88 4Labour hold Swing 2 0General election 1959 Nelson and Colne 7 Party Candidate Votes Labour Sydney Silverman 20 407 49 3 3 4Conservative John Crabtree 19 143 46 2 1 1Lancastrian Party Tom Emmott 1 889 4 6 N AMajority 1 287 3 1Turnout 41 439 85 5Labour hold SwingElections in the 1960s edit General election 1964 Nelson and Colne Party Candidate Votes Labour Sydney Silverman 20 205 53 5 4 2Conservative David Waddington 17 561 46 5 0 3Majority 2 644 7 0Turnout 37 766 80 8 4 7Labour hold Swing 2 0General election 1966 Nelson and Colne Party Candidate Votes Labour Sydney Silverman 18 406 49 3 4 2Conservative Peter Davies 13 829 37 0 9 5Independent Patrick Downey 5 117 13 7 N AMajority 4 577 12 3Turnout 37 352 81 0 0 2Labour hold Swing 2 3By election 1968 Nelson and Colne Party Candidate Votes Conservative David Waddington 16 466 48 9 11 9Labour Betty Boothroyd 12 944 38 4 10 9Liberal David Chadwick 3 016 9 0 N AEnglish Nationalist Brian Tattersall 1 255 3 7 N AMajority 3 522 10 5Turnout 33 681 Conservative gain from Labour Swing 11 4Elections in the 1970s edit General election 1970 Nelson and Colne Party Candidate Votes Conservative David Waddington 19 881 51 5 14 5Labour Doug Hoyle 18 471 48 5 0 8Majority 1 410 3 0Turnout 38 622 78 3 2 7Conservative gain from Labour Swing 7 7General election February 1974 Nelson and Colne Party Candidate Votes Conservative David Waddington 15 692 38 9 12 6Labour Doug Hoyle 15 515 38 4 10 1Liberal Tony Greaves 9 166 22 7 N AMajority 177 0 4Turnout 40 373 84 2 5 9Conservative hold Swing 1 3General election October 1974 Nelson and Colne Party Candidate Votes Labour Doug Hoyle 17 506 44 7 6 3Conservative David Waddington 16 836 43 0 4 1Liberal Tony Greaves 4 850 12 4 10 3Majority 669 1 7Turnout 39 192 81 1Labour gain from Conservative Swing 1 1 General election 1979 Nelson and Colne Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Lee 17 522 45 0 2 0Labour Doug Hoyle 17 086 43 9 0 8Liberal David Hewitt 4 322 11 1 1 3Majority 436 1 1Turnout 38 930 81 6 0 5Conservative gain from Labour Swing 1 4References edit Nelson and Colne Feb 1974 May 1983 ElectionWeb Project Cognitive Computing Limited Archived from the original on 3 April 2016 Retrieved 23 March 2016 Debrett s House of Commons amp Judicial Bench 1922 The Liberal Year Book 1931 British parliamentary election results 1950 1973 by FWS Craig British parliamentary election results 1950 1973 by FWS Craig British parliamentary election results 1950 1973 by FWS Craig F W S Craig British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 1973 Political Reference Publications Glasgow 1973 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies 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