Rossendale and Darwen

Rossendale and Darwen is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the North West region of England. The seat was last held by Sir Jake Berry (Conservative) between 6 May 2010 to 30 May 2024.

2010 General Election

The 2010 General Election was held on 6 May 2010. A total of 8 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Gain
Majority
4,493
Electorate
73,229
Turnout
64.4%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Berry, Jake
Conservative
19,691 41.8% 7.1%
Anderson, Janet
Labour
15,198 32.2% -10.7%
Sheffield, Bob
Liberal Democrat
8,541 18.1% 3.2%
Duthie, David
UK Independence Party
1,617 3.4% 1.8%
Bryan, Kevin
National Front
1,062 2.3% 2.3%
Johnson, Michael
English Democrats
663 1.4% 1.4%
Melia, Tony
Impact Party
243 0.5% 0.5%
Sivieri, Mike
Independent
113 0.2% -3.7%