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Clitheroe — UK General Election Results

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

Clitheroe was won by Conservative at the 1979 general election, with a majority of 11,579 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Clitheroe from 1832 to 1979.

Full Election History, 1832–1979

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 John Fort (Whig) 157 55.9% John Irving (Conservative) 33 (11.7 pts) 91.8%
1835 John Fort (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1837 John Fort (Whig) 164 51.4% William Whalley (Conservative) 9 (2.8 pts) 86.7%
1841 Mathew Wilson (Whig) 175 50.7% Edward Cardwell (Conservative) 5 (1.5 pts) 89.1%
1847 Mathew Wilson (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1852 Mathew Wilson (Whig) 221 54.2% John Thomas Walshman Aspinall (Conservative) 34 (8.3 pts) 91.1%
1857 John Turner Hopwood (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1859 John Turner Hopwood (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1865 Richard Fort (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1868 Ralph Assheton (Conservative) 760 52.3% Charles Savile Roundell (Liberal) 67 (4.6 pts) 91.1%
1874 Ralph Assheton (Conservative) 896 52.7% Edward Ebenezer Kay (Liberal) 92 (5.4 pts) 95.0%
1880 Richard Fort (Liberal) 1,078 55.0% Ralph Assheton (Conservative) 196 (10.0 pts) 94.8%
1885 Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth (Liberal) 6,821 60.5% John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby (Conservative) 2,359 (20.9 pts) 88.9%
1886 Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1892 Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth (Liberal) 7,657 58.2% William Edward Briggs (Liberal Unionist) 2,151 (16.3 pts) 86.5%
1895 Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1900 Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 David James Shackleton (Labour) 12,035 75.9% Bernard Joseph Belton (Independent Conservative) 8,207 (51.7 pts) 77.0%
Jan 1910 David James Shackleton (Labour) 13,873 67.3% Thomas Smith (Conservative) 7,146 (34.7 pts) 92.1%
Dec 1910 Albert Smith (Labour) 12,107 67.7% Joseph Jarvis Blayney (Conservative) 6,324 (35.4 pts) 80.0%
1918 Alfred Davies (Labour) 9,578 44.7% Edwin Leach Hartley (Unionist) 1,159 (5.4 pts) 66.5%
1922 William Brass (Unionist) 15,586 54.7% Alfred Davies (Labour) 2,675 (9.4 pts) 85.3%
1923 William Brass (Unionist) 12,998 42.9% Alfred Davies (Labour) 1,529 (5.1 pts) 88.2%
1924 William Brass (Unionist) 16,637 54.2% Derwent Hall Caine (Labour) 2,596 (8.5 pts) 88.6%
1929 William Brass (Unionist) 16,035 40.6% William Dobbie (Labour) 443 (1.1 pts) 91.5%
1931 William Brass (Conservative) 24,361 62.0% Stanley Stephen Awbery (Labour) 9,441 (24.0 pts) 89.3%
1935 William Brass (Conservative) 21,163 54.9% Stanley Stephen Awbery (Labour) 3,752 (9.7 pts) 87.7%
1945 Harry Enos Randall (Labour) 19,443 53.7% Richard Fort (Conservative) 2,647 (7.3 pts) 83.2%
1950 Richard Fort (Conservative) 20,814 49.6% Harry Enos Randall (Labour) 2,455 (5.9 pts) 91.7%
1951 Richard Fort (Conservative) 23,007 55.3% Harold Bradley (Labour) 4,425 (10.6 pts) 90.1%
1955 Richard Fort (Conservative) 21,615 56.5% William Rutter (Labour) 4,944 (12.9 pts) 85.3%
1959 Francis Fenwick Pearson (Conservative) 22,314 58.1% William Rutter (Labour) 6,211 (16.2 pts) 86.6%
1964 Francis Fenwick Pearson (Conservative) 18,559 48.8% Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle (Labour) 4,281 (11.2 pts) 85.3%
1966 Sir Francis Pearson (Conservative) 17,244 46.1% Robert Hodge (Labour) 2,230 (6.0 pts) 83.5%
1970 Alan Walder (Conservative) 20,430 51.7% Kenneth Bodfish (Labour) 6,272 (15.9 pts) 79.3%
Feb 1974 Alan Walder (Conservative) 20,613 47.8% Michael Walsh (Labour) 8,528 (19.8 pts) 83.6%
Oct 1974 Alan Walder (Conservative) 19,643 48.0% Barry McColgan (Labour) 6,868 (16.8 pts) 78.6%
1979 David Waddington (Conservative) 25,081 57.1% Lindsay Sutton (Labour) 11,579 (26.4 pts) 80.7%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Fort Whig 15755.9% Yes
John Irving Conservative 12444.1% No

1835

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Fort Whig Unopposed Yes

1837

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Fort Whig 16451.4% Yes
William Whalley Conservative 15548.6% No

1841

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mathew Wilson Whig 17550.7% Yes
Edward Cardwell Conservative 17049.3% No

1847

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mathew Wilson Whig Unopposed Yes

1852

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mathew Wilson Whig 22154.2% Yes
John Thomas Walshman Aspinall Conservative 18745.8% No

1857

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Turner Hopwood Conservative Unopposed Yes

1859

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Turner Hopwood Conservative Unopposed Yes

1865

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Fort Liberal Unopposed Yes

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ralph Assheton Conservative 76052.3% Yes
Charles Savile Roundell Liberal 69347.7% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ralph Assheton Conservative 89652.7% Yes
Edward Ebenezer Kay Liberal 80447.3% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Fort Liberal 1,07855.0% Yes
Ralph Assheton Conservative 88245.0% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth Liberal 6,82160.5% Yes
John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby Conservative 4,46239.5% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth Liberal Unopposed Yes

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth Liberal 7,65758.2% Yes
William Edward Briggs Liberal Unionist 5,50641.8% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth Liberal Unopposed Yes

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth Liberal Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David James Shackleton Labour 12,03575.9% Yes
Bernard Joseph Belton Independent Conservative 3,82824.1% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David James Shackleton Labour 13,87367.3% Yes
Thomas Smith Conservative 6,72732.7% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Albert Smith Labour 12,10767.7% Yes
Joseph Jarvis Blayney Conservative 5,78332.3% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Davies Labour 9,57844.7% Yes
Edwin Leach Hartley Unionist 8,41939.3% No
James Henley Batty Liberal 3,44316.1% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Brass Unionist 15,58654.7% Yes
Alfred Davies Labour 12,91145.3% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Brass Unionist 12,99842.9% Yes
Alfred Davies Labour 11,46937.9% No
Harold Derbyshire Liberal 5,81019.2% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Brass Unionist 16,63754.2% Yes
Derwent Hall Caine Labour 14,04145.8% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Brass Unionist 16,03540.6% Yes
William Dobbie Labour 15,59239.5% No
Charles Norman Glidewell Liberal 7,82619.8% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Brass Conservative 24,36162.0% Yes
Stanley Stephen Awbery Labour 14,92038.0% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Brass Conservative 21,16354.9% Yes
Stanley Stephen Awbery Labour 17,41145.1% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harry Enos Randall Labour 19,44353.7% Yes
Richard Fort Conservative 16,79646.3% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Fort Conservative 20,81449.6% Yes
Harry Enos Randall Labour 18,35943.8% No
James Willie Wyters Liberal 2,7656.6% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Fort Conservative 23,00755.3% Yes
Harold Bradley Labour 18,58244.7% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Fort Conservative 21,61556.5% Yes
William Rutter Labour 16,67143.5% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Fenwick Pearson Conservative 22,31458.1% Yes
William Rutter Labour 16,10341.9% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Fenwick Pearson Conservative 18,55948.8% Yes
Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle Labour 14,27837.5% No
Martin Strange Liberal 5,20913.7% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Francis Pearson Conservative 17,24446.1% Yes
Robert Hodge Labour 15,01440.1% No
Vera Macmillan Liberal 5,16813.8% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Walder Conservative 20,43051.7% Yes
Kenneth Bodfish Labour 14,15835.8% No
Vera Macmillan Liberal 4,96512.6% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Walder Conservative 20,61347.8% Yes
Michael Walsh Labour 12,08528.0% No
C William Roberts Liberal 10,43824.2% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Walder Conservative 19,64348.0% Yes
Barry McColgan Labour 12,77531.2% No
C William Roberts Liberal 8,50320.8% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Waddington Conservative 25,08157.1% Yes
Lindsay Sutton Labour 13,50230.7% No
Frank Wilson Liberal 5,36212.2% No

Margin Over Time

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

1832: Whig margin 11.7 pts 1837: Whig margin 2.8 pts 1841: Whig margin 1.5 pts 1852: Whig margin 8.3 pts 1868: Conservative margin 4.6 pts 1874: Conservative margin 5.4 pts 1880: Liberal margin 10.0 pts 1885: Liberal margin 20.9 pts 1892: Liberal margin 16.3 pts 1906: Labour margin 51.7 pts Jan 1910: Labour margin 34.7 pts Dec 1910: Labour margin 35.4 pts 1918: Labour margin 5.4 pts 1922: Unionist margin 9.4 pts 1923: Unionist margin 5.1 pts 1924: Unionist margin 8.5 pts 1929: Unionist margin 1.1 pts 1931: Conservative margin 24.0 pts 1935: Conservative margin 9.7 pts 1945: Labour margin 7.3 pts 1950: Conservative margin 5.9 pts 1951: Conservative margin 10.6 pts 1955: Conservative margin 12.9 pts 1959: Conservative margin 16.2 pts 1964: Conservative margin 11.2 pts 1966: Conservative margin 6.0 pts 1970: Conservative margin 15.9 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 19.8 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 16.8 pts 1979: Conservative margin 26.4 pts 1832 1837 1841 1852 1868 1874 1880 1885 1892 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979

Trend

Clitheroe has been contested at 38 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Liberal, Labour, Unionist.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Clitheroe in the 1979 general election?

Conservative won Clitheroe in 1979 with 25,081 votes (57.1%), a majority of 11,579 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Clitheroe since 1832?

Since 1832, Clitheroe has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Clitheroe?

The closest result on record for Clitheroe was 1929, when Unionist beat Labour by just 443 votes (1.1 percentage points).

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