Hyndburn (UK Parliament constituency)

Hyndburn
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Hyndburn in Lancashire.
Location of Lancashire within England.
County	Lancashire
Electorate	69,617 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Accrington, Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, Oswaldtwistle, and Rishton in Hyndburn, and Haslingden in Rossendale
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Graham Jones (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Accrington and Clitheroe
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	North West England

Coordinates: 53°46′05″N 2°22′55″W / 53.768°N 2.382°W / 53.768; -2.382

Hyndburn is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Graham Jones of the Labour Party.

The seat was created in 1983, from parts of the former seats of Accrington and Clitheroe. In its ambit is much terraced (freehold) owner occupied housing and surrounding villages, that may have helped to win the constituency for a Conservative in 1983 (by 21 votes) and in 1987; Labour won it in 1992, and chose a new candidate for 2010, Graham Jones, who was elected.

In January 1996, Hyndburn Conservatives deselected Hugh Neil, after a six-week investigation into alleged bogus claims that he made about his background. Neil claimed to have a doctorate from Manchester Business School and Harvard Business School, to have been an adviser to Keith Joseph, and to be a member of the Institute of Directors. He would have been the party's first black MP.