Election 97

Burnley

Current MP Peter Pike
Conservative 97 9,148
Labour 97 26,210
LibDem 97 7,877
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 0
Elected party
Burnley

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Burnley
Conservative 92 15,693
Labour 92 27,184
LibDem 92 8,414
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 0
Elected party Labour

Burnley is fairly typical of many of the former Lancashire cotton towns. Working class owner-occupiers, including an inner-city Asian population, plus better-off suburban streets and a certain lingering civic pride, create seats which, despite their industrial heritage, Labour has not always been able to rely on. Burnley was only just held by Labour in 1983, but this is now one of Labour's safer Lancashire seats, and should be held safely in 1997.


Super Profiles

1,111 2.73 9.03 30
286 0.70 11.17 6
5,253 12.90 11.25 115
7,013 17.23 14.70 117
2,990 7.34 10.45 70
0 0.00 2.81 0
2,676 6.57 8.01 82
6,417 15.76 15.25 103
10,810 26.55 7.13 372
4,105 10.08 10.17 99