|
|
|
Blackburn
|
|
gain
from Labour
|
|
Jack Straw
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
11,690 (24.6%)
|
|
26,141 (55.0%)
|
|
4,990 (10.5%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
4,676 ( 9.8%)
|
|
|
|
73,058
|
|
47,497 (65.0%)
|
|
Jack Straw
|
|
Blackburn
|
|
6,027 (11.0%)
|
|
20,606 (37.5%)
|
|
26,633 (48.4%)
|
|
6,332 (11.5%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
1,407 ( 2.6%)
|
|
|
Labour
|
|
73,508
|
|
54,978 (74.8%)
|
|
|
-12.9%
|
|
+6.6%
|
|
-1.0%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+7.3%
|
|
-0.6%
|
|
-9.8%
|
|
|
|
The Lancashire textile town of Blackburn was long associated with Labour Party doyenne Barbara Castle and is now represented by arch Labour reformer Jack Straw. This is a very mixed seat with comfortable suburbs and poor inner-city areas with a substantial Asian electorate. Like many northern textile towns, there is a significant Conservative vote here, but not enough to unseat Labour, even in Labour's 1983 electoral disaster.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,544
|
3.53
|
9.03
|
39
|
|
|
1,345
|
3.08
|
11.17
|
28
|
|
|
3,194
|
7.31
|
11.25
|
65
|
|
|
6,239
|
14.28
|
14.70
|
97
|
|
|
10,238
|
23.43
|
10.45
|
224
|
|
|
422
|
0.97
|
2.81
|
34
|
|
|
2,091
|
4.78
|
8.01
|
60
|
|
|
5,025
|
11.50
|
15.25
|
75
|
|
|
7,365
|
16.85
|
7.13
|
236
|
|
|
5,753
|
13.16
|
10.17
|
129
|
|
|
