List of parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire
The ceremonial county of Lancashire, which includes the unitary authorities of Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool, is divided into sixteen parliamentary constituencies - eight borough constituencies and eight county constituencies.
Constituencies
2010 boundary changes
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to increase Lancashire's representation from 15 to 16 constituencies, with the creation of Wyre and Preston North CC. Lancaster and Wyre was reconfigured and became Lancaster and Fleetwood, and Blackpool North and Fleetwood became Blackpool North and Cleveleys. Other changes were made to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.
Former name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Current name | Boundaries 2010–present |
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Proposed boundary changes
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021.[3]
The commission has proposed that Lancashire be combined with Cumbria as a sub-region of the North West Region, with the creation of the cross-county boundary constituency of Morecambe and South Lakeland, replacing Morecambe and Lunesdale. Wyre and Preston North would be abolished, with its contents being distributed to five neighbouring constituencies. Lancaster and Fleetwood would be renamed Lancaster, and Blackpool North and Cleveleys would revert to Blackpool North and Fleetwood. Other proposed changes include the expansion of Burnley to become Burnley and Bacup, and a re-configured Rossendale and Darwen being renamed West Pennine Moors. Four wards in the borough of West Lancashire would be included in the Merseyside constituency of Southport.[4][5]
The following constituencies are proposed:
Containing electoral wards from Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackburn
- West Pennine Moors (part)
Containing electoral wards from Blackpool
Containing electoral wards from Burnley
- Burnley and Bacup (part)
- Pendle (part)
Containing electoral wards from Chorley
- Chorley
- West Pennine Moors (part)
Containing electoral wards from Fylde
- Fylde (part)
Containing electoral wards from Hyndburn
- Hyndburn (part)
Containing electoral wards from Lancaster
- Lancaster (part)
- Morecambe and South Lakeland (part also in Cumbria District of South Lakeland)
Containing electoral wards from Pendle
- Pendle (part)
Containing electoral wards from Preston
- Preston
- Ribble Valley (part)
Containing electoral wards from Ribble Valley
- Ribble Valley (part)
- Hyndburn (part)
Containing electoral wards from Rossendale
- Burnley and Bacup (part)
- West Pennine Moors (part)
Containing electoral wards from South Ribble
- Ribble Valley (part)
- South Ribble
Containing electoral wards from West Lancashire
- Southport (part also in the Merseyside borough of Sefton)
- West Lancashire
Containing electoral wards from Wyre
- Blackpool North and Fleetwood (part)
- Fylde (part)
- Lancaster (part)
Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Lancashire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Conservative | 331,248 | 46.2% | 1.2% | 11 | 3 |
Labour | 270,733 | 37.8% | 10.4% | 4 | 4 |
Liberal Democrats | 37,268 | 5.2% | 1.5% | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 19,707 | 2.8% | 1.5% | 0 | 0 |
Brexit | 16,188 | 2.3% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others1 | 41,323 | 5.7% | 3.9% | 1 | 1 |
Total | 716,467 | 100.0 | 16 |
1Includes The Speaker, Lyndsay Hoyle, standing in Chorley
Percentage votes
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 48.2 | 46.3 | 45.0 | 34.2 | 36.4 | 35.0 | 38.7 | 39.3 | 45.0 | 46.2 |
Labour | 29.4 | 34.4 | 38.9 | 49.2 | 46.7 | 41.4 | 35.2 | 37.8 | 48.2 | 37.8 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 21.9 | 18.9 | 15.2 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 17.0 | 18.1 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.6 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 2.8 |
UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | .8 | 14.3 | 1.5 | * |
Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.3 |
The Speaker2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.7 |
Other | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
2Standing in Chorley, unopposed by the 3 main parties.
* Included in Other
Seats
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 |
Labour | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Speaker2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Total | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
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Historical representation by party
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1918
Lancashire area
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour Liberal Unionist
Constituency | 1885 | 86 | 1886 | 86 | 87 | 89 | 90 | 92 | 1892 | 93 | 95 | 1895 | 98 | 00 | 1900 | 00 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 1906 | Jan 10 | Dec 10 | 13 | 15 | 17 |
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Accrington | Grafton | Hodge | Leese | Baker | |||||||||||||||||||||
Barrow-in-Furness | D. Duncan | Caine | → | J. Duncan | Cayzer | C. Duncan | |||||||||||||||||||
Blackburn | Peel | Hornby | Barclay | Norman | |||||||||||||||||||||
Coddington | Snowden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blackpool | Stanley | Ridley | Worsley-Taylor | Ashley | |||||||||||||||||||||
Burnley | Rylands | → | Slagg | Balfour | Stanhope | Mitchell | Maddison | Arbuthnot | Morrell | ||||||||||||||||
Chorley | Feilden | Lindsay | Hibbert | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Clitheroe | Kay-Shuttleworth | Shackleton | Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Darwen | Gascoyne-Cecil | Huntington | J. Rutherford | Hindle | Rutherford | ||||||||||||||||||||
Lancaster | Marton | Williamson | Foster | Helme | |||||||||||||||||||||
N Lonsdale | Ainslie | Smith | R. Cavendish | → | Haddock | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ormskirk | Forwood | Stanley | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Preston | Hanbury | Kerr | Macpherson | Stanley | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tomlinson | Cox | Tobin | Broughton | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Rossendale | S. Cavendish | → | Maden | Mather | Harcourt | Maden |
Manchester area
Conservative Independent Labour Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour Liberal Unionist
Merseyside area
Conservative Irish Nationalist Labour Liberal Liberal Unionist
Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 92 | 1892 | 93 | 1895 | 95 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 1900 | 02 | 03 | 05 | 1906 | 07 | Jan 10 | 10 | Dec 10 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
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Bootle | Sandys | Bonar Law | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool Abercromby | Lawrence | Seely | Chaloner | Stanley | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool E Toxteth | de Worms | Warr | Taylor | → | Hall | Rankin | ||||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool Everton | Whitley | Willox | Harmood-Banner | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool Exchange | Baily | Duncan | Neville | Bigham | McArthur | Cherry | Muspratt | Scott | ||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool Kirkdale | Baden-Powell | MacIver | McArthur | Kyffin-Taylor | Pennefather | |||||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool Scotland | O'Connor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool Walton | Gibson | Mattinson | Stock | Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool W Derby | Hamilton | Cross | Long | Higginbottom | W. Rutherford | |||||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool W Toxteth | Royden | Houston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Newton | Cross | Legh | R. Pilkington | Seddon | Palmer | |||||||||||||||||||||
St Helens | Seton-Karr | Glover | Swift | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Southport | G. Pilkington | Curzon | Naylor-Leyland | G. Pilkington | Marshall-Hall | Astbury | Dalrymple-White | |||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | Greenall | Pierpont | Crosfield | Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Widnes | Edwards-Moss | Gilliat | Walker |
1918 to 1950
Lancashire area
Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23) Conservative Constitutionalist Independent Labour Liberal National Labour National Liberal (1931-68)
Manchester area
Coalition Labour Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23) Conservative Constitutionalist Independent Labour Labour Independent Group Liberal National Government National Liberal (1931-68)
Merseyside area
Conservative Irish Nationalist Labour Liberal National Labour
1950 to 1983
Lancashire area
Constituency | 1950 | 51 | 1951 | 53 | 1955 | 58 | 1959 | 62 | 1964 | 1966 | 68 | 1970 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 79 | 1979 |
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Accrington | Hynd | Davidson | ||||||||||||||
Barrow-in-Furness | Monslow | Booth | ||||||||||||||
Blackburn East / Blackburn (1955) | Castle | Straw | ||||||||||||||
Burnley | Burke | Jones | ||||||||||||||
Preston South | Shackleton | Green | Mahon | Green | Thorne | |||||||||||
Ormskirk | Cross | Salter | Glover | Soref | Kilroy-Silk | |||||||||||
Chorley | Kenyon | Monks | Rodgers | Dover | ||||||||||||
Preston North | Amery | R. H. Atkins | Holt | R. H. Atkins | R. J. Atkins | |||||||||||
Rossendale | Greenwood | Bray | Noble | Trippier | ||||||||||||
Nelson and Colne | Silverman | Waddington | Hoyle | Lee | ||||||||||||
Lancaster | Maclean | Berkeley | Henig | Kellett-Bowman | ||||||||||||
Morecambe and Lonsdale | Fraser | de Ferranti | Hall-Davis | Lennox-Boyd | ||||||||||||
Blackpool North | Low | Miscampbell | ||||||||||||||
Blackpool South | Robinson | Blaker | ||||||||||||||
Clitheroe | Fort | Pearson | Walder | Waddington | ||||||||||||
Darwen | Prescott | Fletcher-Cooke | ||||||||||||||
Fylde North | Stanley | Clegg | ||||||||||||||
Fylde South | Lancaster | Gardner | ||||||||||||||
Blackburn West | Assheton |
Manchester area
Conservative Labour Liberal Social Democratic
Merseyside area
Conservative Labour Liberal Social Democratic
Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 1955 | 57 | 58 | 1959 | 61 | 64 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 71 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 79 | 1979 | 81 |
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Liverpool Exchange | Braddock | Parry | ||||||||||||||||||
Bootle | Kinley | Mahon | Roberts | |||||||||||||||||
Huyton | Wilson | |||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool Edge Hill | Irvine | Alton | ||||||||||||||||||
Liv Scotland / L Sc Exchange (74) | Logan | Alldritt | Marsden | Parry | ||||||||||||||||
Newton | Lee | Evans | ||||||||||||||||||
St Helens | Shawcross | Spriggs | ||||||||||||||||||
Warrington | Morgan | Summerskill | T. Williams | Hoyle | ||||||||||||||||
Widnes | MacColl | Oakes | ||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool Kirkdale | Keenan | Pannell | Dunn | → | ||||||||||||||||
Liverpool Toxteth | Bevins | Crawshaw | → | |||||||||||||||||
Liverpool Walton | Thompson | Heffer | ||||||||||||||||||
Liverpool West Derby | Fyfe | Woollam | Ogden | → | ||||||||||||||||
Liverpool Garston | Raikes | Bingham | Fortescue | Loyden | Thornton | |||||||||||||||
Crosby | Bullock | Page | S. Williams | |||||||||||||||||
Liverpool Wavertree | Tilney | Steen | ||||||||||||||||||
Southport | Hudson | Fleetwood-Hesketh | Percival |
1983 to present
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats Speaker
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 91 | 1992 | 1997 | 00 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 23 |
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Burnley | Pike | Ussher | Birtwistle | J. Cooper | Higginbotham | |||||||||||
Blackburn | Straw | → | Hollern | |||||||||||||
Preston | Thorne | Wise | Hendrick | |||||||||||||
West Lancashire | Hind | Pickthall | R. Cooper | TBC | ||||||||||||
Hyndburn | Hargreaves | Pope | Jones | Britcliffe | ||||||||||||
Blackpool South | Blaker | Hawkins | Marsden | Benton | ||||||||||||
Chorley | Dover | Hoyle | → | |||||||||||||
Pendle | Lee | Prentice | Stephenson | |||||||||||||
Rossendale and Darwen | Trippier | Anderson | Berry | |||||||||||||
Blackpool North / & Fleetwood (1997) / & Cleveleys (2010) | Miscampbell | Elletson | Humble | Maynard | ||||||||||||
Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lennox-Boyd | Smith | Morris | |||||||||||||
South Ribble | Atkins | Borrow | Fullbrook | Kennedy | Fletcher | |||||||||||
Lancaster / & Wyre (1997) / Lancaster and Fleetwood (2010) | Kellett-Bowman | Dawson | Wallace | Ollerenshaw | Smith | |||||||||||
Fylde | Gardner | Jack | Menzies | |||||||||||||
Ribble Valley | Waddington | Carr | Evans | → | → | |||||||||||
Wyre / Wyre and Preston North (2010) | Clegg | Mans | Wallace |
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the North West (region)
- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
- 2005 UK general election results in Lancashire
- 2010 United Kingdom general election result in Lancashire
Notes
References
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
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- ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Earnshaw, Tom (9 June 2021). "Lancashire could change with areas chopped, changed, and removed altogether". LancsLive. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ 2023 Review - North West Boundary Commission for England.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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