Old Laund Booth is one of the 20

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that form the Parliamentary constituency of Pendle,

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, England.

Old Laund Booth Old Laund Booth is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It has a population of 1,459, and contains the villages of Fence, Lancashire, Fence and Wheatley Lane. Old Laund Boo ...

is also a

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. The ward represents the villages of

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and

Wheatley Lane Wheatley Lane is a village in Pendle, Lancashire, England. It is close to Nelson, Barrowford and Burnley. It lies to the north of the A6068 road, known locally as the Padiham bypass, or "The New Road". Wheatley Lane is an extended village co ...

, as well as part of the Lomeshaye Industrial Estate on the outskirts of nearby

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, and returns one councillor to sit on

Pendle Borough Council Pendle may refer to: * Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England ** Pendle (UK Parliament constituency) Pendle was a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in Lancashire represented in the House of Commons of the Un ...

. As of the May 2011 Council election, Old Laund Booth had an electorate of 1,235.

Demographics

The proportion of older people in the population of Old Laund Booth is considerably higher than the local and national averages; its population has a mean age of 43.6 years, five years older than the England and Wales average. The ward also has a smaller ethnic minority population than many areas of Pendle.

Election results

References

{{Wards of Pendle Wards of Pendle (UK Parliament constituency)