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**Ribble Valley**
Ribble Valley; County constituency
	;
	Ribble Valley shown within Lancashire, and Lancashire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Nigel Evans
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Lancashire
EP constituency:	North West England

Coordinates: 53°52′23″N 2°23′28″W / 53.873°N 2.391°W / 53.873; -2.391

Ribble Valley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

It was created in 1983 from the former seat of Clitheroe.

[edit] Boundaries

One of the few truly safe Conservative seats in North West England, this constituency contains pleasing rural areas, and small market towns (of which Clitheroe is the largest). The Conservatives actually lost the seat in the 1990s in a by-election during a period of mid-term unpopularity to the Lib Dems, who have a respectable presence on the local council, but it has since returned safely to the Conservative fold. Labour can usually have only one ward in their favour here: Edisford and Low Moor.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire, the Boundary Commission for England created a new seat of Wyre and Preston North. This creation caused major changes to neighbouring seats, including Ribble Valley.

As the Prestonian wards to the west of the existing Ribble Valley seat are now moved elsewhere, this seat has taken electoral wards from the south of the River Ribble for the first time. This brings a substantial urban character to the largely farming and rural mix of the existing seat.

The entire district of Ribble Valley is attached to ten wards from South Ribble for the creation of this new seat. No name change was suggested.

Bamber Bridge East, Bamber Bridge North, Bamber Bridge West, Coupe Green and Gregson Lane, Farington East, Farington West, Lostock Hall, Samlesbury and Walton, Tardy Gate and Walton-le-Dale

[edit] Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1983	David Waddington	Conservative
1991 by-election	Michael Carr	Liberal Democrat
1992	Nigel Evans	Conservative

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Evans
	Labour	Paul Foster
	Liberal Democrat	Allan Knox

General Election 2005: Ribble Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Evans	25,834	51.9	+0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Young	11,663	23.4	-5.2
	Labour	Jack Davenport	10,924	22.0	+2.1
	UKIP	Kevin Henry	1,345	2.7	N/A
Majority			14,171	28.5
Turnout			49,776	65.7	-0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8

General Election 2001: Ribble Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Evans	25,308	51.5	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Carr	14,070	28.6	-6.4
	Labour	Marcus Johnstone	9,793	19.9	+4.2
Majority			11,238	22.9
Turnout			49,171	66.2	-12.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Ribble Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Evans	26,702	46.7	-5.9
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Carr	20,062	35.1	-3.2
	Labour	Marcus Johnstone	9,013	15.7	+7.0
	Referendum Party	J. Parkinson	1,297	2.3
	Natural Law	N. M. Holmes	147	0.2
Majority			6,640	11.6
Turnout				78.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Ribble Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Evans	29,178	52.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Carr	22,636	40.6
	Labour	R. Pickup	3,649	6.5
	Raving Loony Green Giant Clitheroe Kid	D. Beesley	152	0.3
	Natural Law	N. M. Holmes	112	0.2
Majority			6,542	11.8
Turnout				85.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Ribble Valley by-election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Carr	22,377	48.5	+27.1
	Conservative	Nigel Evans	17,776	38.5	-22.3
	Labour	Josephine Farrington	4,356	9.5	-8.3
	Independent Conservative	David Brass	611	1.3
	Green	Halldora Ingham	466	1.0
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	278	0.6
	Liberal	Simon Taylor	133	0.3
	Independent - Corrective Party	Lindi St Claire	72	0.2
	Raving Loony Green Giant Clitheroe Kid	Stuart Hughes	60	0.1
Majority			4,601	10.0
Turnout			46,129	71.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] References

^ Ribble Valley, UKPollingReport

[edit] External links

Ribble Valley Borough Council official site

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire

[0] Ribble Valley, UKPollingReport

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