| Darwen | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Darwen1974Constituency.svg) Darwen in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983 | |
| 1885–1983 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | North East Lancashire |
| Replaced by | Rossendale & Darwen, Blackburn, Bolton North East and Ribble Valley[1] |
Darwen was a county constituency in Lancashire, centred on the town of Darwen. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
During the 1920s, the constituency was a fiercely contested marginal between the Liberal and Conservative Parties, with the sitting MP defeated at each election. At the 1924 general election, it saw a 92.7% turnout, a record for an English constituency. Following the defeat of Liberal leader Sir Herbert Samuel in 1935, the seat became a safe Conservative seat for the remainder of its existence.
It was largely replaced by the new Rossendale & Darwen constituency.
- ^ "'Darwen', Feb 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.