Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Nelson. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

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Nelson St Philip EP                  
Nelson St Bede EP                  

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Nelson.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies associated with Nelson.

Constituencies Start Date End Date
Nelson and Colne BCon/PBCon 1918 1982

Additional constituencies that covered Nelson may be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Nelson:

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Whalley Tn/AP/CPtick tick ticktick  tick
Great and Little Marsden CP/Tntick tick  tick   
Nelson CPtick    tick   
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Burnley RegD/PLUticktickticktick tick   
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Lancashire County O41area  tick tick    
Lancashire AdmCtickticktickticktickticktick tick
Lancashire AncCtick tick ticktick  tick
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Lancashire RegCticktickticktick tick   
the North West GovOfticktickticktickticktickticktick 
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Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Nelson.

Constituencies Start Date End Date
Lancashire Northern PDivCon18321867
North Lancashire North East Lancashire PDivCon18681884
North East Lancashire Clitheroe PDivCon18851917
Nelson and Colne BCon/PBCon19181982
Pendle BCon19832009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Nelson. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.