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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

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat


Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
Blackburn BC 73,251 12,760 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Kate Hollern bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Bob Eastwood
Blackpool North and Cleveleys BC 62,468 3,340 bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Paul Maynard bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Samuel Rushworth
Blackpool South BC 57,411 2,585 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Gordon Marsden bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Peter Anthony
Burnley BC 64,477 3,244 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Julie Cooper bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color|  Gordon Birtwistle
Chorley CC 74,679 4,530 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Lindsay Hoyle bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Rob Loughenbury
Fylde CC 65,679 13,224 bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Mark Menzies bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Jed Sullivan
Hyndburn BC 68,341 4,400 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Graham Jones bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Kevin Horkin
Lancaster and Fleetwood CC 62,616 1,265 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Cat Smith bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Eric Ollerenshaw
Morecambe and Lunesdale CC 67,169 4,590 bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  David Morris bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Amina Lone
Pendle BC 64,573 5,453 bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Andrew Stephenson bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Azhar Ali]
Preston BC 59,981 12,067 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Mark Hendrick bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Richard Holden
Ribble Valley CC 77,379 13,606 bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Nigel Evans bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  David Hinder
Rossendale and Darwen BC 84,011 5,654 bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Jake Berry bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Will Straw
South Ribble CC 76,489 5,945 bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Seema Kennedy bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Veronica Bennett
West Lancashire CC 70,906 8,360 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Rosie Cooper bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Paul Greenall
Wyre and Preston North CC 70,629 14,151 bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Ben Wallace bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Ben Whittingham

2010 Boundary changes

Before the United Kingdom general election, 2010, the Boundary Commission for England recommended that the county be divided into 16 constituencies, with a new constituency of Wyre and Preston North CC and boundaries altered and seats renamed to fit.

Name Boundaries before 2010
  1. Blackburn BC
  2. Blackpool North and Fleetwood BC
  3. Blackpool South BC
  4. Burnley BC
  5. Chorley CC
  6. Fylde CC
  7. Hyndburn BC
  8. Lancaster and Wyre CC
  9. Morecambe and Lunesdale CC
  10. Pendle BC
  11. Preston BC
  12. Ribble Valley CC
  13. Rossendale and Darwen BC
  14. South Ribble CC
  15. West Lancashire CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire
Parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire
Name Boundaries since 2010
  1. Blackburn BC
  2. Blackpool North and Cleveleys BC
  3. Blackpool South BC
  4. Burnley BC
  5. Chorley CC
  6. Fylde CC
  7. Hyndburn BC
  8. Lancaster and Fleetwood CC
  9. Morecambe and Lunesdale CC
  10. Pendle BC
  11. Preston BC
  12. Ribble Valley CC
  13. Rossendale and Darwen BC
  14. South Ribble CC
  15. West Lancashire CC
  16. Wyre and Preston North CC
Proposed Revised constituencies in Lancashire
Proposed Revised constituencies in Lancashire

Results

2005 2010 2015
File:LancashireParliamentaryConstituency2015Results.png

See also

Notes

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

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