Pendle (UK Parliament constituency)
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Pendle in Lancashire.
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Location of Lancashire within England.
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| County | Lancashire |
| Electorate | 66,735 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Barnoldswick, Colne, Nelson |
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| Created | 1983 |
| Member of parliament | Andrew Stephenson (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Nelson and Colne, Skipton and Clitheroe |
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| European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Coordinates: 53°50′42″N 2°12′14″W / 53.845°N 2.204°W
Pendle is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Andrew Stephenson, a Conservative. The constituency was newly created for the 1983 general election, being largely formed from the former Nelson and Colne Constituency.
The major urban centres in Pendle are Nelson and Colne, with smaller towns Barnoldswick and Earby added to existing ones such as Higham and Pendleside and Craven since boundary changes in the 1970s that brought them into Pendle Borough, Lancashire from Yorkshire.
Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies calling for slight changes in the run-up to the 2010 general election since which Pendle has the same electoral wards as the Borough:
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