Editing Colne (section)

==Governance==
[[File:Colne Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 666839.jpg|thumb|[[Colne Town Hall]]]]
Colne was once a [[Township (England)|township]] in the ancient parish of Whalley which became a [[civil parish]] in 1866.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10345546 |title=Colne Tn/CP through time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |work=visionofbritain.org.uk |accessdate=6 March 2021}}</ref> A local board was formed in 1875, the district including part of [[Great Marsden]], on the south side of [[Colne Water]] between Fox Clough and Swinden Clough.<ref name=VCH>{{citation |editor-last1=Farrer |editor-first1=William |editor-last2=Brownbill |editor-first2=John |title=The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster Vol 6 |series=Victoria County History |publisher= Constable & Co |year=1911 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol6/pp522-536 |pages=522–536 |oclc=832215477}}</ref><ref name=OS1848/> This area was made an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] in 1894 and designated a [[Municipal Borough]] in 1895. In 1935 the borough absorbed an area to the east around Barnside, historically a detached part of [[Foulridge]].<ref name=VoB>{{cite web|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10153931/cube/TOT_POP |title=Colne UD/MB through time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |work=visionofbritain.org.uk |accessdate=6 March 2021}}</ref> 

In 1974, under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], Colne became part of the [[Borough of Pendle]]. Initially Colne formed part of an [[unparished area]], in 1992 a new civil parish of [[Laneshaw Bridge]] was created from what had been the eastern side of the municipal borough.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/12451/pendle-parishes-order-1991.pdf |title=The Pendle (Parishes) Order 1991 |publisher=Lgbce |date=13 November 1991 |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506120709/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/12451/pendle-parishes-order-1991.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=VoB/> A new Colne civil parish was formed in 2008.<ref>{{cite web| url =https://www.lgbce.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/12666/the-pendle-parishes-order-2008.pdf| title =The Pendle (Parishes) Order 2008| publisher =Lgbce| access-date =17 February 2018| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180217202928/https://www.lgbce.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/12666/the-pendle-parishes-order-2008.pdf| archive-date =17 February 2018| url-status =dead| df =dmy-all}}</ref> A [[Town council#England and Wales|town council]] was re-established at that time; it meets in [[Colne Town Hall]], which was designed by [[Alfred Waterhouse]] and opened in 1894.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Town Hall|num=1073412|access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref>

After boundary changes in 2020 which reduced the number of [[Wards of the United Kingdom|wards]] in the borough to 12, three cover parts of Colne parish – Boulsworth & Foulridge, Waterside & Horsfield, and Vivary Bridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/215/made |title=The Pendle (Electoral Changes) Order 2020 |publisher=Lgbce |access-date=6 March 2021 |df =dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wards and parishes map |website=MARIO |url=http://mario.lancashire.gov.uk/agsmario/default.aspx?categ=boundaries&layeron=Ward%20Boundary&layeron=Parish%20Boundaries&box=384911:440758:392923:440151 |publisher=Lancashire County Council |accessdate=6 March 2021}}</ref> The town is represented on [[Lancashire County Council]] in two [[County constituency|divisions]]: Pendle Central and Pendle Rural.<ref>{{cite web |title=County Councillors by Local Community |url=https://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/council/councillors/councillorsAreas.asp |publisher=Lancashire County Council |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-date=13 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613085638/https://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/council/councillors/councillorsAreas.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Member of Parliament for [[Pendle and Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency)|Pendle and Clitheroe]], the constituency into which the town falls, is [[Jonathan Hinder]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]), who was first elected in [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]].