Boundaries
A mostly Labour-inclined seat, based around the East Lancashire town of Accrington. It also includes Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, Oswaldtwistle, and Rishton.
The seat was created in 1983 from parts of the former seats of Accrington and Clitheroe. There is much terraced, owner-occupied housing here and surrounding villages that turned the constituency Conservative in 1983 (by only 21 votes) and 1987; Labour won it back in 1992 and have held on since.
Following its review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire in the 2000s, the Boundary Commission for England made minor alterations to the existing Hyndburn constituency. Two wards from Rossendale district were added to the constituency. The Commission rejected a proposal to rename the constituency "Hyndburn and Haslingden", following the Assistant Commissioner's view that;
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- It is obviously right that constituency names should as far as possible reflect the geography and character of the constituency but equally they should be as succinct as reasonably possible
Read more about this topic: Hyndburn (UK Parliament Constituency)
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