Constituency profile

Pendle and Clitheroe

North West · County constituency

Jonathan Hinder MP
Sitting MP

Jonathan Hinder

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
North West
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
60.9% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +9.0pp above mean
Current outlook
Conservative +1.6pp
Vulnerability score 9/10 (Labour projected to lose)
NorthernStrong Leave area

About the Pendle and Clitheroe constituency

Pendle and Clitheroe is a county constituency in the North West. The sitting MP is Jonathan Hinder (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 34.5% to 32.6% for the Conservatives, a majority of 902 votes on a 59.3% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Conservatives on 28.9% and Reform UK on 27.3%, a margin of 1.6 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in Pendle and Clitheroe? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
60.9%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
28.8%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
21.5%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
65.7%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
33.5%
UK average ~36%
Median age
41.3
UK median ~40
Age 65+
23.8%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
28.3%
UK average ~28%

How did Pendle and Clitheroe vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab gain from Con · majority 902 votes (1.9pp) · turnout 59.3%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Pendle and Clitheroe

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Pendle and Clitheroe within Pendle and Ribble Valley

Pendle and Clitheroe crosses council boundaries: Pendle (75%), Ribble Valley (25%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Pendle
48 LSOAs
75%View projection ›
Ribble Valley
16 LSOAs
25%

Recent council by-elections

Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
1 May 2025St Mary's
Ribble Valley
LD GAIN from LabLD 26% Ref 25% Con 21%
19 Jul 2024St Mary's
Ribble Valley
Lab HOLD

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
BarnoldswickLabour 34.0%vs Conservative 33.4%May 2026 Lib Dem 40.0%vs Reform 36.6%
Labour→Lib Dem
+32.4pp
36.8%
Barrowford & PendlesideConservative 34.5%vs Labour 34.1%May 2026 Conservative 36.5%vs Reform 36.0%
Conservative share
+2.0pp
50.1%
Boulsworth & FoulridgeConservative 34.7%vs Labour 33.2%May 2026 Reform 39.3%vs Conservative 35.8%
Conservative→Reform
+9.7pp
45.9%
BradleyLabour 37.3%vs Conservative 28.8%May 2026 Others 50.2%vs Reform 18.5%
Labour→Others
+39.0pp
32.7%
ChatburnConservative 37.2%vs Labour 31.7%2023 Conservative 65.8%vs Labour 21.6%-36.7%
Earby & CoatesConservative 34.8%vs Labour 33.6%May 2026 Reform 38.9%vs Lib Dem 38.6%
Conservative→Reform
+22.6pp
42.4%
East Whalley, Read & SimonstoneConservative 37.8%vs Labour 30.3%2023 Green 51.9%vs Conservative 38.8%-39.0%
Edisford & Low MoorLabour 34.4%vs Conservative 32.4%2023 Lib Dem 53.0%vs Labour 27.3%-29.7%
Fence & HighamConservative 36.7%vs Labour 32.1%2024 Lib Dem 53.9%vs Conservative 46.1%-42.0%
LittlemoorLabour 33.4%vs Conservative 33.2%2023 Lib Dem 44.7%vs Conservative 28.9%-27.6%
Marsden & SouthfieldLabour 36.3%vs Conservative 30.1%May 2026 Others 38.8%vs Reform 30.1%
Labour→Others
+33.5pp
33.2%
PrimroseLabour 34.7%vs Conservative 32.2%2023 Labour 44.0%vs Lib Dem 39.1%-30.8%
SabdenConservative 35.7%vs Labour 32.9%2023 Conservative 48.9%vs Labour 43.5%-33.7%
SalthillConservative 33.2%vs Labour 32.9%2023 Lib Dem 35.1%vs Independent 29.1%-40.8%
St Mary'sConservative 34.1%vs Labour 32.8%2023 Lib Dem 53.2%vs Conservative 30.0%-38.7%
Vivary BridgeLabour 34.6%vs Conservative 31.4%May 2026 Reform 41.4%vs Lib Dem 27.9%
Labour→Reform
+25.7pp
32.4%
Waterside & HorsfieldLabour 35.1%vs Conservative 31.0%May 2026 Reform 39.9%vs Lib Dem 28.5%
Labour→Reform
+25.0pp
35.7%
Whalley & Painter WoodConservative 36.2%vs Labour 31.7%2023 Conservative 44.9%vs Independent 36.0%-42.5%
Whitefield & WalverdenLabour 39.3%vs Conservative 26.5%May 2026 Others 55.4%vs Labour 15.3%
Labour→Others
+39.7pp
29.7%
Wiswell & BarrowConservative 35.9%vs Labour 30.9%2023 Independent 51.3%vs Conservative 32.6%-40.0%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Pendle and Clitheroe at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Pendle and Clitheroe at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorCon gain from LabAndrew Stephenson Pendle MP30.9%38.9%20.2%3.3% UKIP-6.7%3,58567.8%
2015predecessorCon holdAndrew Stephenson Pendle MP34.9%47.2%3.3%12.2% UKIP2.3%-5,45368.8%+1.0
2017predecessorCon holdAndrew Stephenson Pendle MP46.2%49.0%2.1%-1.1%1.6%1,27969.0%+0.2
2019notionalConservative winnerAndrew Stephenson Pendle MP, pre-review boundary33.1%56.9%7.3%-2.1%0.6%11,56863.0%
2024Lab gain from ConJonathan Hinder34.5%32.6%4.4%17.5% Ref3.0%8.1%90259.3%-3.7

Pendle and Clitheroe was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Pendle (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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