Blackburn
 Blackburn(Constituency)    | |
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| Locations | Lancashire, England |
Blackburn is a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire, England, which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Kate Hollern of the Labour Party.
From 1979 to 2015, Blackburn was represented by Jack Straw who was in the Shadow Cabinets of Labour leaders Neil Kinnock and John Smith and in the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
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2005 general election
Blackburn's then MP, Jack Straw, was primarily challenged in the 2005 general election by the Conservative Party, but the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, also stood for election in the seat as an Independent. Murray said:
- "I've been approached by several people in the Asian community who are under huge pressure from Labour activists [talking up the BNP's chances] to apply for a postal vote rather than a ballot vote and then hand their postal vote over to the Labour Party."
Over 50% more people used postal votes in the 2005 general election in Blackburn than in 2001. The BNP had not stood in the previous two elections, but this time had a candidate, who polled 5.4% of the vote, and beat Murray to come fourth. Both were outperformed by the Liberal Democrats in third place, and the Conservatives, who remained second. Straw held on comfortably, albeit with a reduced majority; his winning share of 42% is the smallest since the seat became a single-member constituency.
2015 general election
In August 2011, Straw announced he had no plans to retire, despite hitting 65 earlier that month.
On 25 October 2013, Straw announced that he would stand down as Blackburn's MP at the next election.[1]
In March 2014, Kate Hollern was selected, via an all women shortlist, as the candidate for Labour for the 2015 general election, and held the seat. She was re-elected in the 2017 and 2019 general elections.[2]
2024 general election
On 16 April 2024, Craig Murray announced that he would again stand for Blackburn at the next general election, this time as the Workers Party of Britain candidate.[3]
In the UK/General election/2024 on July 4th, there are nine candidates standing at the Blackburn constituency:
- Kate Hollern, Labour Party
- Adnan Hussain, Independent
- Jamie McGowan, Conservative and Unionist Party
- Denise Morgan, Green Party of England and Wales
- Craig Murray, Workers Party of Britain
- Tiger Patel, Independent
- Natasha Shah, Independent
- Tommy Temperley, Reform UK
- Adam Waller-Slack, Liberal Democrats[4]
Stepping down
On 24 June 2024, James Giles posted on X:
- BREAKING: @CllrTigerPatel steps down for @CraigMurrayOrg
- Well done, Councillor Tiger Patel. For the cause over ego.
- Now it’s Adnan Hussain’s turn…[5]
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:I Stand in Blackburn | blog post | 16 April 2024 | Craig Murray | I am going to need help – leafleting, canvassing, manning offices and the many myriad tasks of an election campaign. I am buoyed by the solid start we have in support across all communities in Blackburn. We are going to give Starmer a roasting, we are going to take on the zionist monopoly of power, and it is going to be great fun! |
| Document:The Rejection of Starmerism | blog post | 5 July 2024 | Craig Murray | "I don’t think any Prime Minister has ever come to power with less popular enthusiasm than Keir Starmer." |
| Document:What Really Happens in Blackburn | blog post | 24 June 2024 | Craig Murray | "When my candidacy for Blackburn was announced in March, Jack Straw issued an attack on me on 3 April 2024, stating that I had 'no cause' to stand in Blackburn. Then lo and behold, two months later after the election was called Jack Straw’s old fixer turns up with an 'Independent Candidate' to split the pro-Palestine vote." |
References
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