Nelson and Colne was a constituency in Lancashire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
It was largely succeeded by the Pendle constituency.
Boundaries 1918–1950: The Boroughs of Nelson and Colne, the Urban Districts of Barrowford, Brierfield, and Trawden, and the detached part of the parish of Foulridge which was bordered on the north, west and south by the Borough of Colne.
1950–1983: The Boroughs of Nelson and Colne, and the Urban Districts of Barrowford, Brierfield, and Trawden.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1918 Albert Smith Labour 1920 by-election Robinson Graham Labour 1922 Arthur Greenwood Labour 1931 Linton Thorp Conservative 1935 Sydney Silverman Labour 1968 by-election David Waddington Conservative Oct 1974 Doug Hoyle Labour 1979 John Lee Conservative
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
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