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Nelson and Colne

Nelson and Colne
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
19181983
Number of members one
Replaced by Pendle
Created from Clitheroe

Nelson and Colne was a constituency in Lancashire which returned one Member of Parliament 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.

1918-1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Nelson and Colne, the Urban Districts of Barrowford, Brierfield, and Trawden, and the detached part of the civil parish of Foulridge which was bordered on the north, west and south by the Municipal Borough of Colne.

1950-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Nelson and Colne, and the Urban Districts of Barrowford, Brierfield, and Trawden.


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