| Clitheroe | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | 1 |
| Next: | Ribble Valley, Burnley, Hyndburn and Pendle[1] |
| Region: | England |
| County: | Lancashire |
| Year2: | 1559 |
| Abolished2: | 1885 |
| Type2: | Borough |
| Elects Howmany2: | 1559–1832: Two 1832–1885: One |
Clitheroe was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire.
The town of Clitheroe was first enfranchised as a parliamentary borough in 1559, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1832. The borough's representation was reduced to one MP by the Reform Act 1832.
The parliamentary borough was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and the name transferred to a new county division with effect from the 1885 general election. The county division returned one MP until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then largely replaced by the new Ribble Valley constituency.
1885–1918: The Boroughs of Clitheroe and Burnley, the Sessional Division of Colne, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Clitheroe and Burnley.
1918–1950: The Borough of Clitheroe, the Urban Districts of Great Harwood and Padiham, the Rural District of Clitheroe, and part of the Rural District of Burnley.
1950–1983: The Borough of Clitheroe, the Urban Districts of Great Harwood, Longridge, and Padiham, the Rural Districts of Burnley and Clitheroe, and in the Rural District of Preston the parishes of Dutton, Hothersall, and Ribchester.
| Parliament | First member | Second member | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1559 (Jan) | Thomas Greenacres | Walter Horton[2] | |
| 1563 (Jan) | Thomas Greenacres | John Jeffrey | |
| 1571 | Richard Greenacres | George Horsey | |
| 1572 | William Wynter | Thomas Docwray | |
| 1584 | Alexander Fisher | ||
| 1586 | Edmund Poley | John Walmesley | |
| 1588 (Oct) | Robert Pilkington | John White | |
| 1593 | William Twysden | John Chamberlain | |
| 1597 (Oct) | William Holte | George Rotheram | |
| 1601 (Oct) | John Osbaldestone | Anthony Dering | |
| 1604 | Sir John Dormer | Martin Lister | |
| 1614 | Clement Coke | ||
| 1621–1622 | |||
| 1624 | Ralph Whitfield | ||
| 1625 | Ralph Assheton | William Fanshawe | |
| Jan 1626 | Ralph Assheton | George Kirke | |
| Apr 1626 | Ralph Assheton | Christopher Hatton | |
| 1628 | Thomas Jermyn | ||
| 1629–1640 | No Parliament summoned | ||
| 1640 (Apr) | Sir Ralph Assheton | Richard Shuttleworth, jnr | |
| 1640 (Nov) | Sir Ralph Assheton | Richard Shuttleworth, jnr | |
| 1645 | Sir Ralph Assheton | Richard Shuttleworth, jnr | |
| 1648 | Richard Shuttleworth, jnr | ||
| 1653–1660 | Clitheroe not represented in Barebones or Protectorate Parliaments | ||
Two members returned to Parliament
| Year | First member | First party[3] | Second member | Second party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1660 | Sir Ralph Assheton< | -- (to 1662) c 1605 30 Jan 1680 --> | < | -- party --> | ||||
| Jul 1660 | ||||||||
| Apr 1661 | John Heath < | -- 2 May 1614 3 Nov 1691 --> | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1662 | ||||||||
| 1675 | Sir Thomas Stringer< | -- (to 1685) c 1626 2 Oct 1689 --> | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1679 | ||||||||
| 1680 | ||||||||
| 1685 | ||||||||
| 1689 | Anthony Parker< | -- (to 1693) 1 Apr 1657 3 Apr 1693 --> | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1690 | Roger Kenyon< | -- (to 1695) c 1627 1698 --> | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1693 | Fitton Gerard | |||||||
| 1695 | Christopher Lister< | -- (to 1701) c 1656 1 Nov 1701 --> | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1698 | Thomas Stringer< | -- (to 1706) 9 Nov 1660 17 Sep 1706 --> | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1701 | Ambrose Pudsay | |||||||
| 1705 | < | -- party --> | ||||||
| 1707 | Daniel Harvey | |||||||
| 1708 | Christopher Parker | < | -- party --> | |||||
| Apr 1713 | < | -- party --> | ||||||
| Sep 1713 | Charles Zedenno Stanley | |||||||
| 1715 | Edward Harvey | |||||||
| 1722 | Nathaniel Curzon | |||||||
| 1727 | The Viscount Galway | |||||||
| - | 1734 | < | -- party --> | |||||
| 1745 | < | -- party --> | ||||||
| 1747 | Nathaniel Curzon | |||||||
| Tory < | -- to 1780 --> | |||||||
| Dec 1761 by-election | ||||||||
| 1773 by-election | Tory < | -- (to 1790) 22 Mar 1752 22 Sep 1826 --> | ||||||
| 1782 by-election | ||||||||
| 1790 | Tory < | -- (to 1796) 4 Jun 1739 14 Mar 1826 --> | ||||||
| 1792 by-election | ||||||||
| 1795 by-election | ||||||||
| Tory < | -- (to 1832) 13 Feb 1774 14 May 1863 son of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon--> | |||||||
| 1808 by-election | ||||||||
| Dec 1812 by-election | ||||||||
| 1822 by-election | ||||||||
| Tory < | -- 13 Aug 1791 15 Sep 1873 --> | |||||||
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | representation reduced to one member | |||
| 1832 | John Fort | Whig[4] | ||
| 1841[5] | Mathew Wilson | Whig[6] [7] [8] | ||
| 1842 | Edward Cardwell | Conservative | ||
| 1847 | Mathew Wilson | Whig | ||
| May 1853 by-election[9] | John Aspinall | Conservative | ||
| Aug 1853 by-election | Le Gendre Starkie | Peelite[10] [11] [12] | ||
| 1857 | John Turner Hopwood | Conservative[13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] | ||
| 1865 | Richard Fort | Liberal | ||
| 1868 by-election | Ralph Assheton | Conservative | ||
| 1880 | Richard Fort | Liberal | ||
| 1885 | Parliamentary borough abolished. Name transferred to new county division | |||
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | Liberal | ||
| 1902 by-election | David Shackleton | Labour | ||
| 1910 | Albert Smith | Labour | ||
| 1918 | Alfred Davies | Labour | ||
| 1922 | Sir William Brass | Conservative | ||
| 1945 | Harry Randall | Labour | ||
| 1950 | Richard Fort | Conservative | ||
| 1959 | Sir Francis Pearson | Conservative | ||
| 1970 | David Walder | Conservative | Died October 1978 | |
| 1979 by-election | David Waddington | Conservative | ||
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Ribble Valley | |||
Wilson's election at the 1841 general election was declared void and Cardwell was declared elected on 21 March 1842.