18-590: Harold Daniel Hope Elletson (8 December 1960 – 23 June 2023) was a British politician. Elletson unsuccessfully contested Burnley for the Conservative Party in the 1987 general election , before becoming Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackpool North in 1992 . However, in his 1997 bid for re-election in the new Blackpool North and Fleetwood constituency, he lost to Labour 's Joan Humble by 8,946 votes. On 22 December 1996, The Observer newspaper claimed Elletson moonlighted as an MI6 agent:
36-682: A BA in History in 2016 before obtaining an LLB in Law from the University of Law . Ryan joined the Labour Party in 2010, aged 15. He was elected as the Labour Party councillor for Audenshaw ward in the 2014 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election at the age of 19. He retained his seat in the 2018 and 2022 elections . Ryan stood down ahead of the 2023 election . Ryan
54-495: A Conservative Party candidate, Ian Bruce , who came 787 votes (1.6%) short of taking the seat in 1983 . Burnley saw strong opposition support for the Liberal Democrats in 2005 , moving into second place; meanwhile a local independent pushed Yousuf Miah, a Conservative into fourth position. Following controversy regarding outgoing Labour MP Kitty Ussher 's personal expenses, Gordon Birtwistle , who first contested
72-522: Is a constituency centred on the town of Burnley in Lancashire which has been represented since 2024 by Oliver Ryan , of the Labour Party . The seat was created in 1868. Except for 1931, it was won by Labour candidates from World War I until 2010, generally on safe, large majorities; Ann Widdecombe failed to take the seat from the Labour Party in 1979. The closest second place was to
90-530: Is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Burnley since 2024. He was previously a Tameside Metropolitan Borough Councillor for Audenshaw ward from 2014 to 2023. Oliver David Ryan was born in April 1995 in Ashton-under-Lyne , Greater Manchester to a single mother. He has three siblings. Ryan graduated from the University of Manchester with
108-762: The European Union . The proposed Northumbria would cover the territory that was ruled a thousand years ago by the Norseman Erik Bloodaxe , the last 'king of the North', killed in battle at Stainmore in the Pennines in 954. In 2015, he co-founded the Northern Party to campaign for better representation for Northern England . At the 2015 general election , he contested the constituency of Lancaster and Fleetwood , coming last with 0.4% of
126-1944: The Borough of Pendle wards of: Brierfield East & Clover Hill; Brierfield West & Reedley. 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top A General Election
144-608: The Lib Dems this time. At the 2017 election , Labour held the seat with an increased majority. Birtwistle stood again, but saw his share of the vote halved; this was widely seen to be due to his party's stance on Brexit . This election saw one of the biggest increases in the share of the vote for the Conservatives in the whole country, who more than doubled their share of the vote. UKIP lost two-thirds of their vote from 2015, but did retain their deposit. This meant that Burnley
162-433: The North , he launched an all-party pressure group to re-create the ancient Kingdom of Northumbria as a federal state in a new United Kingdom. The Campaign seeks 'devo-max' power from Westminster to bring the traditional counties of Northumberland , Durham , Yorkshire, Lancashire , Westmorland and Cumberland into a democratic state with powers equal to Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or London, retaining membership of
180-727: The Prime Minister ( John Major ) for Mr Elletson to continue his secret role after his election in 1992. He carried out his unpaid intelligence work in Eastern Europe while representing the electors of Blackpool: he also ran an extensive network of private business interests in the region, while using his public position to mount a controversial defence of the Serb regime. Elletson joined the Liberal Democrats in 2002. On 30 September 2014, as chairman of The Campaign for
198-557: The headline read "Pro-Serb Tory MP was MI6 Agent". The newspaper said he was recruited before he entered the House of Commons , working for the intelligence agency in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia : After visiting Yugoslavia in 1992, Mr Elletson notified his MI6 handlers that donations were reaching the Conservative Party from Serbia. MI6 received special sanction from
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#1732800787379216-542: The mid-1980s. The review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire by the Boundary Commission for England in the 2000s proposed no change to the boundaries of the Burnley seat. The seat remained coterminous with the boundaries of the borough of Burnley (as it has been since 1983; before then, it was coterminous with the county borough of the same name). 2024–present : The Borough of Burnley, and
234-450: The seat in 1992, gained the seat in 2010 with a heavy swing of 9.6%. However, Birtwistle was one of the many casualties faced by the Liberal Democrats in the 2015 election , losing the seat to Julie Cooper , who had also stood as Labour's candidate in 2010, although the 6.2% swing away from Birtwistle was less than half the 15.2% national swing against his party. As in 2005, the Conservatives came fourth, behind UKIP, as well as Labour and
252-510: The seat was regained for Labour by Oliver Ryan . Gordon Birtwistle, standing in his eighth election for the Liberal Democrats (every election since 1992, except 2001), improved his vote share threefold to come second, relegating the Conservatives to third place. 1868–1918 : The townships of Burnley, and Habergham Eaves . 1918–1983 : The County Borough of Burnley. 1983–1997 : The Borough of Burnley. 1997–2024 : As 1983 but with redrawn boundaries, due to local government boundary changes in
270-627: The vote. At the 2019 general election , he endorsed the incumbent Labour MP, Cat Smith . Elletson died from a pulmonary embolism in Germany on 23 June 2023, at the age of 62. This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency and born in the 1960s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Burnley (UK Parliament constituency) Burnley
288-1253: Was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the summer of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place. 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top 2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – Back to Top 53°47′13″N 2°14′42″W / 53.787°N 2.245°W / 53.787; -2.245 Oliver Ryan (politician) Oliver David Ryan (born April 1995)
306-554: Was one of the few constituencies in England where four parties retained their deposits. At the 2019 election , Antony Higginbotham won the seat for the Conservatives, thus becoming the first Conservative to represent Burnley in parliament for over 100 years. The Conservative vote share increased by over 9% compared with the previous election, while the Labour vote share declined by about 10%. In 2024 Higginbotham's vote halved and
324-520: Was then elected as the Labour and Co-operative MP for Burnley in the 2024 general election with a majority of 3,420 votes, defeating the incumbent Antony Higginbotham of the Conservative Party . Ryan has said that his main priority in politics is to break the “generational cycle of worklessness” among some Burnley families. Ryan is openly LGBTQ+ . This article about a Labour Party member of Parliament representing an English constituency
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