Coates was one of the 20

electoral wards The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level, represented by one or more councillors. The ''ward (subnational entity), ward'' is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil pa ...

that formed the Parliamentary constituency of Pendle,

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, England. The ward returned three councillors to represent the northern half of

Barnoldswick Barnoldswick (pronounced ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, Lancashire, England. It lies within the boundaries of the Historic counties of England, historic West Riding of Yorkshire, West Ri ...

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. The incumbent councillors were Marjorie Adams, Lindsay Gaskell and Janine Throupe, all Liberal Democrats. As of the May 2011 Council election, Coates had an electorate of 4,166. In 2020 the ward was abolished.

Civil parish

Coates was formerly a

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in the parish of Barnoldswick, in 1866 Coates became a separate

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, on 1 October 1923 the parish was abolished and merged with Barnoldswick. In 1921 the parish had a population of 392. In 1974 it was moved from the

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to Lancashire.

References

{{Wards of Pendle Wards of Pendle (UK Parliament constituency) Populated places in Lancashire Former civil parishes in Lancashire Barnoldswick