Pendle

Lab

Hold

1997 Result:	Prentice, Gordon Lab 25,059 53.30% Midgley, John Con 14,235 30.30% Greaves, Tony LibDem 5,460 11.60% Hockney, Damian Ref 2,281 4.80% Majority 10,824 9.5% swing from Con to Lab
1992 Notional Result:	Lab 23,497 44.23%   Con 21,384 40.26%   LibDem 7,976 15.02%   Others 263 .5% Notional Majority 2,113 3.98%
Description:	Pendle is mainly an urban constituency based on the towns of Nelson and Colne plus the communities of Barnoldswick, Barrowford and Earby. There are also a small number of villages in between the Pennine hills. Unemployment is comparatively low and nearly half the workforce are employed in manufacturing - about double the national average. This acounts for the high number of skilled manuals and partly skilled people amongst the workforce. As with other Lancashire towns there is a large amount of traditional terraced housing which explains why there is a high level of owner-occupation - 79.1%. Pendle's Asian community forms nearly 10% of the population.