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Data Last Updated: 11 January 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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1 December 1885		8,675/9,881	87.79
Randle Joseph Feilden	Conservative Party	5,867	67.63
Harold Wright	Liberal Party	2,808	32.37
Majority		3,059	35.26

2 July 1886		9,881
Randle Joseph Feilden	Conservative Party	Unopposed

5 July 1892		10,599
Randle Joseph Feilden	Conservative Party	Unopposed

19 May 1895 Death of Randle Feilden.

7 June 1895		12,123
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, Lord Balcarres	Conservative Party	Unopposed

13 July 1895		11,396
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, Lord Balcarres	Conservative Party	Unopposed

2 October 1900
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, Lord Balcarres	Conservative Party	Unopposed

15 October 1903 Resignation of Lord Balcarres on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

4 November 1903		11,024/12,836	85.88
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, Lord Balcarres	Conservative Party	6,226	56.48
James Lawrence	Liberal Party	4,798	43.52
Majority		1,428	12.95

19 January 1906		12,219/13,247	92.24
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, Lord Balcarres	Conservative Party	6,803	55.68
Eliot Crawshay-Williams	Liberal Party	5,416	44.32
Majority		1,387	11.35

19 January 1910		13,258/14,347	92.41
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, Lord Balcarres	Conservative Party	7,735	58.34
Walter Lyon Blease	Liberal Party	5,523	41.66
Majority		2,212	16.68

7 December 1910		12,310/14,347	85.80
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, Lord Balcarres	Conservative Party	7,423	60.30
John Peter Todd Jackson	Liberal Party	4,887	39.70
Majority		2,536	20.60

31 January 1913 Succession of Lord Balcarres to the Peerage - 27th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres.

19 February 1913		13,179/15,135	87.08
Sir Henry Flemming Hibbert	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,573	57.46
John Peter Todd Jackson	Liberal Party	5,606	42.54
Majority		1,967	14.93

14 December 1918		19,281/35,370	54.51
Douglas Hewitt Hacking	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	13,059	67.73
Elijah Sandham	Labour Party	6,222	32.27
Majority		6,837	35.46

15 November 1922		35,835
Douglas Hewitt Hacking	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

6 December 1923		26,894/36,147	74.40
Douglas Hewitt Hacking	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,715	54.71
Zephaniah Hutchinson	Labour Party	12,179	45.29
Majority		2,536	9.43

29 October 1924		30,918/37,369	82.74
Douglas Hewitt Hacking	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,844	57.71
Zephaniah Hutchinson	Labour Party	13,074	42.29
Majority		4,770	15.43

30 May 1929		43,304/50,557	85.65
Douglas Hewitt Hacking	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,728	45.56
William Taylor	Labour Party	18,369	42.42
Hugh Emlyn-Jones	Liberal Party	5,207	12.02
Majority		1,359	3.14

27 October 1931		41,483/51,796	80.09
Rt Hon Douglas Hewitt Hacking	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,749	69.30
John Barrow	Labour Party	12,734	30.70
Majority		16,015	38.61

14 November 1935		41,712/53,222	78.37
Rt Hon Douglas Hewitt Hacking	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,061	55.29
Arthur Whiting	Labour Party	17,286	41.44
Robert J Edwards	Independent Labour Party	1,365	3.27
Majority		5,775	13.84

5 July 1945		46,145/60,598	76.15
Clifford Kenyon	Labour Party	24,550	53.20
Robert Hamilton Brown	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,595	46.80
Majority		2,955	6.40

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		48,811/55,218	88.40
Clifford Kenyon	Labour Party	23,233	47.60
Andrew Fountaine	Independent Conservative	22,872	46.86
Florence Emilie Adams	Liberal Party	2,706	5.54
Majority		361	0.74

Andrew Fountaine was the nominee of the local Conservative Association, but his candidature was not approved by the Conservative Party's Standing Advisory Committee on Candidates.

25 October 1951		48,959/55,603	88.05
Clifford Kenyon	Labour Party	24,771	50.60
Alfred George Fletcher Hall-Davis	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,188	49.40
Majority		583	1.19

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		48,650/57,700	84.32
Clifford Kenyon	Labour Party	24,994	51.38
Alfred George Fletcher Hall-Davis	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,656	48.62
Majority		1,338	2.75

8 October 1959		50,606/59,086	85.65
Clifford Kenyon	Labour Party	25,641	50.67
Frank Henry Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,965	49.33
Majority		676	1.34

15 October 1964		51,038/60,330	84.60
Clifford Kenyon	Labour Party	24,710	48.41
John Harold Vick Sutcliffe	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,997	41.14
Alistair Watson Bell	Liberal Party	5,331	10.45
Majority		3,713	7.27

31 March 1966		49,894/61,551	81.06
Clifford Kenyon	Labour Party	27,319	54.75
Constance Mary Monks	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,575	45.25
Majority		4,744	9.51

18 June 1970		56,239/71,220	78.97
Constance Mary Monks	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,577	47.26
Derek Alan Forwood	Labour Party	24,900	44.28
Gordon Payne	Liberal Party	4,428	7.87
Barry John Alwyn Elder	Independent	334	0.59
Majority		1,677	2.98

28 February 1974		63,127/75,493	83.62
George Rodgers	Labour Party	25,440	40.30
Constance Mary Monks	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,035	39.66
Neva Orrell	Liberal Party	12,652	20.04
Majority		405	0.64

10 October 1974		61,883/76,197	81.21
George Rodgers	Labour Party	27,290	44.10
George Barrington Porter	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,577	39.72
Neva Orrell	Liberal Party	9,831	15.89
Harold Smith	Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain	185	0.30
Majority		2,713	4.38

3 May 1979		66,438/81,016	82.01
Densmore Ronald Dover	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,125	46.85
George Rodgers	Labour Party	28,546	42.97
Neva Orrell	Liberal Party	6,388	9.61
Michael John Dean	National Front	379	0.57
Majority		2,579	3.88

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		57,703/73,776	78.21
Densmore Ronald Dover	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,861	48.28
Ivan John Taylor	Labour Party	17,586	30.48
Peter Damien O'Neill	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	11,691	20.26
Anthony Stephen Holgate	Ecology Party	451	0.78
Eva Rokas	Independent	114	0.20
Majority		10,275	17.81

11 June 1987		60,393/77,083	78.35
Densmore Ronald Dover	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,015	48.04
Anthony John Watmough	Labour Party	20,958	34.70
Ian Eric Simpson	Liberal Party in Alliance	9,706	16.07
Anthony Stephen Holgate	Green Party	714	1.18
Majority		8,057	13.34

9 April 1992		65,038/78,531	82.82
Densmore Ronald Dover	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,715	47.23
Raymond Charles McManus	Labour Party	26,469	40.70
Janet Ross-Mills	Liberal Democrats	7,452	11.46
Peter Douglas Napier Leadbetter	Natural Law Party	402	0.62
Majority		4,246	6.53

1 May 1997		57,706/74,387	77.58
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle	Labour Party	30,607	53.04
Densmore Ronald Dover	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,737	35.94
Simon Nicholas Jones	Liberal Democrats	4,900	8.49
Anthony Colin Heaton	Referendum Party	1,319	2.29
Peter Douglas Napier Leadbetter	Natural Law Party	143	0.25
Majority		9,870	17.10

7 June 2001		47,952/77,036	62.25
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle	Labour Party	25,088	52.32
Peter Charles Booth	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,644	34.71
Stephen John Fenn	Liberal Democrats	5,372	11.20
John Graeme Frost	UK Independence Party	848	1.77
Majority		8,444	17.61

5 May 2005		49,569/78,838	62.87
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle	Labour Party	25,131	50.70
Simon Jeremy Mallett	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,506	35.32
Alexander Charles Edward Wilson-Fletcher	Liberal Democrats	6,932	13.98
Majority		7,625	15.38

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		49,774/71,516	69.60
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle	Labour Party	21,515	43.23
Alan Cullens	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,922	38.02
Stephen John Fenn	Liberal Democrats	6,957	13.98
Nick Hogan	UK Independence Party	2,021	4.06
Chris Curtis	Independent	359	0.72
Majority		2,593	5.21

7 May 2015		51,712/74,679	69.25
Rt Hon Lindsay Harvey Hoyle	Labour Party	23,322	45.10
Robert Loughenbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,792	36.34
Mark Smith	UK Independence Party	6,995	13.53
Stephen John Fenn	Liberal Democrats	1,354	2.62
Alistair James Straw	Green Party	1,111	2.15
Adrian Christopher Maudsley	Independent	138	0.27
Majority		4,530	8.76

8 June 2017		55,634/76,404	72.82
Rt Hon Lindsay Harvey Hoyle	Labour Party	30,745	55.26
Caroline Moon	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,233	41.76
Stephen John Fenn	Liberal Democrats	1,126	2.02
Peter Lageard	Green Party	530	0.95
Majority		7,512	13.50

12 December 2019		39,870/77,072	51.73
Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Harvey Hoyle	Speaker of the House of Commons	26,831	67.30
Mark Brexit-Smith	Independent	9,439	23.67
James Melling	Green Party	3,600	9.03
Majority		17,392	43.62

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		33,964/74,800	45.41
Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Harvey Hoyle	Speaker of the House of Commons	25,238	74.31
Mark Worsley Tebbutt	Green Party	4,663	13.73
Benjamin Luke Richard Holden-Crowther	Democracy for Chorley	2,424	7.14
Graham Harry Moore	English Constitution	1,007	2.96
Thomas Powell-Davies	TUSC	632	1.86
Majority		20,575	60.58