Boundaries
The current constituency is made up as follows:
- The whole of the districts of Bacup and Rawtenstall
- The whole of the district of Darwen
- Part of the district of Haslingden (Grane, Helmshore & Ewood Bridge)
- Part of the district of Ramsbottom (Buckhurst, Deeply Vale, Edenfield, Stubbins & Turn)
- The Belmont, Chapeltown, Edgworth and Entwistle areas of Turton
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire in the run-up to the United Kingdom general election, 2010 including the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen, the Boundary Commission for England have created a re-shaped Rossendale and Darwen constituency.
- From the borough of Rossendale, twelve wards are used to create the new seat - Cribden, Eden, Facit and Shawforth, Goodshaw, Hareholme, Healey and Whitworth, Helmshore, Irwell, Longholme, Stacksteads and Whitewell.
- Eight wards are taken from the Blackburn with Darwen district - Earcroft, East Rural, Fernhurst, Marsh House, North Turton with Tockholes, Sudell, Sunnyhurst and Whitehall.
Read more about this topic: Rossendale And Darwen (UK Parliament Constituency)
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