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Blackburn — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Blackburn was won by Independent at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 132 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Blackburn from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 William Feilden (Conservative); William Turner (Whig) 346 35.6% (top seat) John Bowring (Radical) 12 (1.1 pts) 84.3%
1835 William Turner (Whig); William Feilden (Conservative) 316 41.1% (top seat) John Bowring (Radical) 13 (1.2 pts) 69.1%
1837 William Turner (Whig); William Feilden (Conservative) 416 54.8% (top seat) John Benjamin Smith (Radical) 407 (43.3 pts) 55.8%
1841 William Feilden (Conservative); John Hornby (Conservative) 427 34.1% (top seat) William Turner (Whig) 1 (0.1 pts) 71.4%
1847 John Hornby (Conservative); James Pilkington (Whig) 602 37.6% (top seat) William Hargreaves (Whig) 210 (12.3 pts) 76.0%
1852 James Pilkington (Whig); William Eccles (Radical) 580 43.7% (top seat) John Hornby (Conservative) 71 (3.7 pts) 76.9%
1857 William Henry Hornby (Conservative); James Pilkington (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1859 William Henry Hornby (Conservative); James Pilkington (Liberal) 750 38.7% (top seat) John Patrick Murrough (Liberal) 183 (8.5 pts) 66.5%
1865 William Henry Hornby (Conservative); Randle Joseph Feilden (Conservative) 938 31.8% (top seat) James Pilkington (Liberal) 194 (5.9 pts) 87.4%
1868 William Henry Hornby (Conservative); Randle Joseph Feilden (Conservative) 4,826 26.8% (top seat) John Gerald Potter (Liberal) 427 (2.3 pts) 99.6%
1874 Henry Master Feilden (Conservative); William Edward Briggs (Liberal) 5,338 26.3% (top seat) Daniel Thwaites (Conservative) 15 (0.1 pts) 94.0%
1880 William Edward Briggs (Liberal); William Coddington (Conservative) 6,207 26.0% (top seat) Daniel Thwaites (Conservative) 119 (0.5 pts) 93.4%
1885 William Coddington (Conservative); Robert Peel (Conservative) 8,425 30.9% (top seat) William Edward Briggs (Liberal) 1,685 (5.7 pts) 95.9%
1886 William Coddington (Conservative); William Henry Hornby (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1892 William Henry Hornby (Conservative); William Coddington (Conservative) 9,046 28.7% (top seat) William Taylor (Liberal) 1,774 (5.5 pts) 92.1%
1895 William Henry Hornby (Conservative); William Coddington (Conservative) 9,150 37.4% (top seat) Thomas Purvis Ritzema (Liberal) 2,310 (9.0 pts) 87.6%
1900 William Henry Hornby (Conservative); William Coddington (Conservative) 9,415 40.5% (top seat) Philip Snowden (Labour) 2,319 (8.3 pts) 85.8%
1906 William Henry Hornby (Conservative); Philip Snowden (Labour) 10,282 26.8% (top seat) Geoffrey Drage (Conservative) 1,350 (3.5 pts) 95.4%
Jan 1910 Henry Norman (Liberal); Philip Snowden (Labour) 11,916 28.5% (top seat) Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne Cecil (Conservative) 2,609 (6.2 pts) 96.0%
Dec 1910 Philip Snowden (Labour); Henry Norman (Liberal) 10,754 26.4% (top seat) William Boyd-Carpenter (Conservative) 940 (2.3 pts) 92.4%
1918 Henry Norman (Liberal) 32,078 41.4% Percy Thompson Dean (Unionist) 1,920 (2.5 pts) 62.5%
1922 Sydney Herbert Holcroft Henn (Unionist) 28,280 25.5% Henry Norman (National Liberal) 1,209 (1.1 pts) 85.5%
1923 John Duckworth (Liberal) 31,117 29.1% Sydney Herbert Holcroft Henn (Unionist) 2,612 (2.4 pts) 81.8%
1924 John Duckworth (Liberal) 31,612 28.3% Sydney Herbert Holcroft Henn (Unionist) 265 (0.2 pts) 85.2%
1929 Mary Agnes Hamilton (Labour) 37,256 26.1% Thomas Harry Gill (Labour) 1,533 (1.1 pts) 82.6%
1931 Walter Dorling Smiles (Conservative) 50,105 33.2% George Sampson Elliston (Conservative) 152 (0.1 pts) 86.8%
1935 George Sampson Elliston (Conservative) 37,932 26.2% Walter Dorling Smiles (Conservative) 163 (0.1 pts) 84.3%
1945 Lewis John Edwards (Labour) 35,182 26.0% Barbara Anne Castle (Labour) 37 (0.0 pts) 81.8%
1955 Barbara Anne Castle (Labour) 26,241 50.5% Thomas Marsden (Conservative) 489 (0.9 pts) 83.1%
1959 Barbara Castle (Labour) 27,356 52.8% John Maurice Armstrong Yerburgh (Conservative) 2,866 (5.5 pts) 85.9%
1964 Barbara Castle (Labour) 26,543 57.5% John Maurice Armstrong Yerburgh (Conservative) 6,893 (14.9 pts) 81.0%
1966 Barbara Castle (Labour) 25,381 58.3% Thomas Marsden (Conservative) 7,248 (16.7 pts) 79.2%
1970 Barbara Castle (Labour) 22,473 53.2% Trixie Gardner (Conservative) 2,736 (6.5 pts) 75.6%
Feb 1974 Barbara Castle (Labour) 20,340 48.4% Ian McGaw (Conservative) 6,300 (15.0 pts) 78.2%
Oct 1974 Barbara Castle (Labour) 20,344 51.5% Ian McGaw (Conservative) 7,652 (19.4 pts) 72.9%
1979 Jack Straw (Labour) 19,683 50.7% Ian McGaw (Conservative) 5,490 (14.1 pts) 74.0%
1983 Jack Straw (Labour) 25,400 44.7% Graham Mather (Conservative) 3,055 (5.4 pts) 74.6%
1987 Jack Straw (Labour) 27,965 49.9% Anne Cartner Cheetham (Conservative) 5,497 (9.8 pts) 74.9%
1992 Jack Straw (Labour) 26,633 48.4% Ross Coates (Conservative) 6,027 (11.0 pts) 75.1%
1997 Jack Straw (Labour) 26,141 55.0% Sangheeta Sidhu (Conservative) 14,445 (30.4 pts) 65.0%
2001 Jack Straw (Labour) 21,808 54.1% John Cotton (Conservative) 9,249 (23.0 pts) 55.5%
2005 Jack Straw (Labour) 17,562 42.0% Imtiaz Ameen (Conservative) 8,009 (19.2 pts) 56.9%
2010 Jack Straw (Labour) 21,751 47.8% Michael Law-Riding (Conservative) 9,856 (21.7 pts) 65.3%
2015 Kate Hollern (Labour) 24,762 56.3% Bob Eastwood (Conservative) 12,760 (29.0 pts) 60.5%
2017 Kate Hollern (Labour) 33,148 69.8% Bob Eastwood (Conservative) 20,368 (42.9 pts) 67.5%
2019 Kate Hollern (Labour) 29,040 64.9% Claire Gill (Conservative) 18,304 (40.9 pts) 63.0%
2024 Adnan Hussain (Independent) 10,518 27.0% Kate Hollern (Labour) 132 (0.3 pts) 53.3%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Feilden Conservative 37635.6% Yes
William Turner Whig 34632.8% Yes
John Bowring Radical 33431.6% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Turner Whig 43241.1% Yes
William Feilden Conservative 31630.1% Yes
John Bowring Radical 30328.8% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Turner Whig 51554.8% Yes
William Feilden Conservative 41644.3% Yes
John Benjamin Smith Radical 91.0% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Feilden Conservative 44134.1% Yes
John Hornby Conservative 42733.0% Yes
William Turner Whig 42632.9% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Hornby Conservative 64137.6% Yes
James Pilkington Whig 60235.3% Yes
William Hargreaves Whig 39223.0% No
William Prowting Roberts Chartist 684.0% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Pilkington Whig 84643.7% Yes
William Eccles Radical 58030.0% Yes
John Hornby Conservative 50926.3% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Hornby Conservative Unopposed Yes
James Pilkington Whig Unopposed Yes

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Hornby Conservative 83238.7% Yes
James Pilkington Liberal 75034.9% Yes
John Patrick Murrough Liberal 56726.4% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Hornby Conservative 1,05331.8% Yes
Randle Joseph Feilden Conservative 93828.3% Yes
James Pilkington Liberal 74422.5% No
John Gerald Potter Liberal 57717.4% No

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Hornby Conservative 4,90726.8% Yes
Randle Joseph Feilden Conservative 4,82626.4% Yes
John Gerald Potter Liberal 4,39924.0% No
Montague Joseph Feilden Liberal 4,16422.8% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Master Feilden Conservative 5,53226.3% Yes
William Edward Briggs Liberal 5,33825.4% Yes
Daniel Thwaites Conservative 5,32325.3% No
Richard Shackleton Liberal 4,85123.1% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Edward Briggs Liberal 6,34926.0% Yes
William Coddington Conservative 6,20725.4% Yes
Daniel Thwaites Conservative 6,08824.9% No
George Bagot Gosset Francis Richard Pigot Molesworth Liberal 5,76023.6% No

1885 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Coddington Conservative 9,16830.9% Yes
Robert Peel Conservative 8,42528.4% Yes
William Edward Briggs Liberal 6,74022.7% No
James Nuttall Boothman Liberal 5,34118.0% No

1886 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Coddington Conservative Unopposed Yes
William Henry Hornby Conservative Unopposed Yes

1892 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Hornby Conservative 9,26528.7% Yes
William Coddington Conservative 9,04628.0% Yes
William Taylor Liberal 7,27222.5% No
Eli Heyworth Liberal 6,69420.7% No

1895 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Hornby Conservative 9,55337.4% Yes
William Coddington Conservative 9,15035.8% Yes
Thomas Purvis Ritzema Liberal 6,84026.8% No

1900 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Hornby Conservative 11,24740.5% Yes
William Coddington Conservative 9,41533.9% Yes
Philip Snowden Labour 7,09625.6% No

1906 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Hornby Conservative 10,29126.8% Yes
Philip Snowden Labour 10,28226.8% Yes
Geoffrey Drage Conservative 8,93223.3% No
Edwin Hamer Liberal 8,89223.2% No

Jan 1910 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Norman Liberal 12,06428.5% Yes
Philip Snowden Labour 11,91628.1% Yes
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne Cecil Conservative 9,30722.0% No
George Frederic Stewart Bowles Conservative 9,11221.5% No

Dec 1910 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Snowden Labour 10,76226.4% Yes
Henry Norman Liberal 10,75426.3% Yes
William Boyd-Carpenter Conservative 9,81424.0% No
Henry Lindon Riley Conservative 9,50023.3% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Norman Liberal 32,07841.4% Yes
Percy Thompson Dean Unionist 30,15838.9% No
Philip Snowden Labour 15,27419.7% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sydney Herbert Holcroft Henn Unionist 28,28025.5% Yes
Henry Norman National Liberal 27,07124.4% No
John Percival Davies Labour 24,04921.7% No
Edward Porter Labour 23,40221.1% No
Thomas Cox Meech Liberal 8,1417.3% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Duckworth Liberal 31,11729.1% Yes
Sydney Herbert Holcroft Henn Unionist 28,50526.7% No
John Percival Davies Labour 25,42823.8% No
Edward Porter Labour 21,90320.5% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Duckworth Liberal 31,61228.3% Yes
Sydney Herbert Holcroft Henn Unionist 31,34728.1% No
Mary Agnes Hamilton Labour 24,33021.8% No
Thomas Harry Gill Labour 24,31721.8% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mary Agnes Hamilton Labour 37,25626.1% Yes
Thomas Harry Gill Labour 35,72325.0% No
Sydney Herbert Holcroft Henn Unionist 35,24924.7% No
Gerald Rufus Isaacs Liberal 34,50424.2% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Dorling Smiles Conservative 50,10533.2% Yes
George Sampson Elliston Conservative 49,95333.1% No
Mary Agnes Hamilton Labour 25,64317.0% No
Thomas Harry Gill Labour 25,03016.6% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Sampson Elliston Conservative 37,93226.2% Yes
Walter Dorling Smiles Conservative 37,76926.1% No
James Bell Labour 34,57123.9% No
Harry Walker Labour 34,42323.8% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lewis John Edwards Labour 35,18226.0% Yes
Barbara Anne Castle Labour 35,14526.0% No
Douglas Glover Conservative 26,32519.5% No
Robert Goulborne Parker Conservative 25,80719.1% No
Robert Shackleton Liberal 6,5874.9% No
Marjorie Annie MacInerney Liberal 6,0964.5% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Barbara Anne Castle Labour 26,24150.5% Yes
Thomas Marsden Conservative 25,75249.5% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Barbara Castle Labour 27,35652.8% Yes
John Maurice Armstrong Yerburgh Conservative 24,49047.2% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Barbara Castle Labour 26,54357.5% Yes
John Maurice Armstrong Yerburgh Conservative 19,65042.5% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Barbara Castle Labour 25,38158.3% Yes
Thomas Marsden Conservative 18,13341.7% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Barbara Castle Labour 22,47353.2% Yes
Trixie Gardner Conservative 19,73746.8% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Barbara Castle Labour 20,34048.4% Yes
Ian McGaw Conservative 14,04033.4% No
Frank Beetham Liberal 5,89114.0% No
John Read National Front 1,7784.2% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Barbara Castle Labour 20,34451.5% Yes
Ian McGaw Conservative 12,69232.1% No
Frank Beetham Liberal 4,74112.0% No
John Read National Front 1,7584.4% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jack Straw Labour 19,68350.7% Yes
Ian McGaw Conservative 14,19336.6% No
Frank Beetham Liberal 4,37111.3% No
Edward Adamson National Front 5651.5% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jack Straw Labour 25,40044.7% Yes
Graham Mather Conservative 22,34539.4% No
Eric Fairbrother Social Democratic Party 8,17414.4% No
David Riley National Front 8641.5% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jack Straw Labour 27,96549.9% Yes
Anne Cartner Cheetham Conservative 22,46840.1% No
Mohammed Akbar Ali Social Democratic Party 5,60210.0% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jack Straw Labour 26,63348.4% Yes
Ross Coates Conservative 20,60637.5% No
Derek Mann Liberal Democrat 6,33211.5% No
Robin Field Green 8781.6% No
Margo Carmichael-Grimshaw Lodestar Party 3340.6% No
William Ayliffe Natural Law 1950.4% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jack Straw Labour 26,14155.0% Yes
Sangheeta Sidhu Conservative 11,69624.6% No
Stephen Fenn Liberal Democrat 4,99010.5% No
David Bradshaw Referendum Party 1,8924.0% No
Tina Wingfield National Democrats 6711.4% No
Helen Drummond Socialist Labour 6351.3% No
Robin Field Green 6081.3% No
Margo Carmichael-Grimshaw Keep Britain Free and Independent 5061.1% No
William Batchelor Common Sense Sick of Politicians 3620.8% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jack Straw Labour 21,80854.1% Yes
John Cotton Conservative 12,55931.2% No
Imtiaz Patel Liberal Democrat 3,2648.1% No
Dorothy Baxter UKIP 1,1852.9% No
Terry Cullen Socialist Labour 5591.4% No
Jim Nichol Socialist Alliance 5321.3% No
Paul Morris Independent 3770.9% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jack Straw Labour 17,56242.0% Yes
Imtiaz Ameen Conservative 9,55322.9% No
Tony Melia Liberal Democrat 8,60820.6% No
Nicholas Holt BNP 2,2635.4% No
Craig Murray Independent 2,0825.0% No
Dorothy Baxter UKIP 9542.3% No
Graham Carter Green 7831.9% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jack Straw Labour 21,75147.8% Yes
Michael Law-Riding Conservative 11,89526.1% No
Paul English Liberal Democrat 6,91815.2% No
Robin Evans BNP 2,1584.7% No
Bushra Irfanullah Bushra Irfan of Blackburn 1,4243.1% No
Bobby Anwar UKIP 9422.1% No
Grace Astley Independent 2380.5% No
Janis Sharp Independent 1730.4% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Kate Hollern Labour 24,76256.3% Yes
Bob Eastwood Conservative 12,00227.3% No
Dayle Taylor UKIP 6,28014.3% No
Gordon Lishman Liberal Democrat 9552.2% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Kate Hollern Labour 33,14869.8% Yes
Bob Eastwood Conservative 12,78026.9% No
Duncan Miller Independent 8781.8% No
Irfan Ahmed Liberal Democrat 7091.5% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Kate Hollern Labour 29,04064.9% Yes
Claire Gill Conservative 10,73624.0% No
Rick Moore Brexit Party 2,7706.2% No
Beth Waller-Slack Liberal Democrat 1,1302.5% No
Reza Hossain Green 7411.7% No
Rizwan Ali Shah Independent 3190.7% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Adnan Hussain Independent 10,51827.0% Yes
Kate Hollern Labour 10,38626.7% No
Craig Murray Workers Party of Britain 7,10518.3% No
Tommy Temperley Reform UK 4,84412.5% No
Jamie McGowan Conservative 3,4748.9% No
Denise Morgan Green 1,4163.6% No
Adam Waller-Slack Liberal Democrat 6891.8% No
Tiger Patel Independent 3690.9% No
Natasha Shah Independent 860.2% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Conservative margin 1.1 pts 1835: Whig margin 1.2 pts 1837: Whig margin 43.3 pts 1841: Conservative margin 0.1 pts 1847: Conservative margin 12.3 pts 1852: Whig margin 3.7 pts 1859: Conservative margin 8.5 pts 1865: Conservative margin 5.9 pts 1868: Conservative margin 2.3 pts 1874: Conservative margin 0.1 pts 1880: Liberal margin 0.5 pts 1885: Conservative margin 5.7 pts 1892: Conservative margin 5.5 pts 1895: Conservative margin 9.0 pts 1900: Conservative margin 8.3 pts 1906: Conservative margin 3.5 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 6.2 pts Dec 1910: Labour margin 2.3 pts 1918: Liberal margin 2.5 pts 1922: Unionist margin 1.1 pts 1923: Liberal margin 2.4 pts 1924: Liberal margin 0.2 pts 1929: Labour margin 1.1 pts 1931: Conservative margin 0.1 pts 1935: Conservative margin 0.1 pts 1945: Labour margin 0.0 pts 1955: Labour margin 0.9 pts 1959: Labour margin 5.5 pts 1964: Labour margin 14.9 pts 1966: Labour margin 16.7 pts 1970: Labour margin 6.5 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 15.0 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 19.4 pts 1979: Labour margin 14.1 pts 1983: Labour margin 5.4 pts 1987: Labour margin 9.8 pts 1992: Labour margin 11.0 pts 1997: Labour margin 30.4 pts 2001: Labour margin 23.0 pts 2005: Labour margin 19.2 pts 2010: Labour margin 21.7 pts 2015: Labour margin 29.0 pts 2017: Labour margin 42.9 pts 2019: Labour margin 40.9 pts 2024: Independent margin 0.3 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Blackburn has been contested at 47 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Whig, Radical, Liberal, Labour, Unionist, Independent.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Blackburn in the 2024 general election?

Independent won Blackburn in 2024 with 10,518 votes (27.0%), a majority of 132 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Blackburn since 1832?

Since 1832, Blackburn has been won by: Conservative, Independent, Labour, Liberal, Radical, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Blackburn?

The closest result on record for Blackburn was 1945, when Labour beat Labour by just 37 votes (0.0 percentage points).

Did Blackburn ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Blackburn elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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