Lancashire Record Office - Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

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__________________________________________________________________________Lancashire Record Office: What’s in it for Blackburn with Darwen?Electoral RegistersElectoral registers, or rolls, list the addresses and names of people who areallowed to vote. They are usually arranged by street within each electoral district orward. The registers cover the period from 1832 to the present day, although in theearly years not many people had the right to vote and the voting qualifications weredifferent for county and parliamentary elections. Since 1969 everyone over the ageof 18 has been eligible to vote. All men over 21 were allowed to vote in 1918 andall women in 1928.The Record Office has a large, though not complete, collection of electoralregisters for the Blackburn with Darwen area. In order to find the relevant register,it is first necessary to identify the electoral division or parliamentary constituency.In terms of parliamentary constituencies, Most of Blackburn with Darwen was partof the Northern Division, 1832-1867, and in Darwen Constituency from 1867.Turton was however in Westhoughton parliamentary constituency.There are Blackburn electoral registers in the Blackburn Borough Council archive(see page 23) and Darwen registers in the Darwen Borough Council archive (seepage 24). Blackburn with Darwen Library and Information Service also has a largecollection (see page 54 for contact details)We have the registers listed below among the countywide series. Dates given areusually the dates for which the register was in force; qualifying dates are earlier.EL1 Registers made under the Representation of the People Act, 1832.The Northern constituency consisted of the Hundreds of Lonsdale, Amounderness,Blackburn and Leyland. The Southern constituency comprised the Hundreds ofSalford and West Derby.OurYearConstituencyReferenceEL 1/1-EL1/12 1832-1843 Northern and Southern constituencies;EL 1/13-EL1/27 1844-1860 NorthernEL 1/31 1866 NorthernEL2: Registers made under the Representation of the People Act, 1867.This area was in the North East DivisionOur Reference Year ConstituencyEL 2/1 1868 NE DivisionEL 2/2 1870 NE DivisionEL 2/3 1875 NE DivisionEL 2/4 1880 NE DivisionEL 2/5 1885 NE Division27
__________________________________________________________________________Lancashire Record Office: What’s in it for Blackburn with Darwen?EL3: Registers made under the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885Our Reference Year ConstituenciesEL 3/1/6; 22 1885-1887 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 3/2/6; 22 1889-1891 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 3/3/6;22 1894-1895 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 3/4/6;22 1900 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 3/5/6;22 1905 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 3/6/6;22 1910 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 5: Registers made under the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise)Act, 1928Our Reference Year ConstituenciesEL 5/1/3;17 1934-1935 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 5/2/3;17 1939-1940 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 6: Registers made under the Representation of the People Act, 1945Our Reference Year ConstituencyEL 6/1/3-6/10/3 1945-1946 DarwenEL 6/1/17-EL 6/10/171945-1946 WesthoughtonEL 7: Registers made under the Representation of the People Act, 1948Our Reference Year ConstituenciesEL 7/1/3– 7/2/3; 1949 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 7/1/15-7/2/15EL 7/3/3; 15 1953 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 7/4/3;15 1955-1956 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 7/5/3;15 1959-1960 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 7/6/3;15 1964-1965 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 7/7/3;15 1965-1966 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 7/8/3;15 1966-1967 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 7/9/3;15 1967-1968 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 7/10/3;15 1968-1969 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 7/11/3;15 1969-1970 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 7/12/3;15 1970-1971 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 7/13/3;12 1971-1972 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 7/14/3;12 1972-1973 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 7/15/3;12 1973-1974 Darwen and WesthoughtonEL 7/16/3;12 1974-1975 Darwen and Westhoughton28
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