Morecambe and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
Morecambe and Lonsdale | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Lancaster and Lonsdale |
Replaced by | Morecambe & Lunesdale, Westmorland & Lonsdale and Barrow & Furness[1] |
Morecambe and Lonsdale was a constituency of the British House of Commons which existed until 1983.
Following the reorganisation of local government in England in the 1970s, a successor constituency called Morecambe and Lunesdale was formed. This followed the formation of Cumbria as a county council.
Before 1950, Morecambe was in the Lancaster constituency.
Boundaries
[edit]In the 1950s, the seat of Morecambe and Lonsdale incorporated Morecambe, Heysham, Carnforth, and the communities with Ulverston Rural District, which included Grange-over-Sands, Ulverston, Pennington, Satterthwaite, Hawkshead and Coniston[2]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member[3] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | constituency created as "Morecambe and Lonsdale" | ||
1950 | Ian Fraser | Conservative | |
1958 by-election | Basil de Ferranti | Conservative | |
1964 | Alfred Hall-Davis | Conservative | |
1979 | Mark Lennox-Boyd | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency renamed as "Morecambe and Lunesdale" after boundary changes |
Results
[edit]Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Fraser | 28,041 | 60.3 | ||
Labour | Albert Gaskell | 12,768 | 27.4 | ||
Liberal | Gerard de Pfyffer Leeming | 5,723 | 12.3 | ||
Majority | 15,273 | 32.9 | |||
Turnout | 46,532 | 84.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Fraser | 31,211 | 69.5 | +9.2 | |
Labour | Ernest Gardner | 13,732 | 30.5 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 17,479 | 39.0 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 44,943 | 80.4 | −4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Fraser | 29,706 | 71.2 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Wilfred Fielding | 12,005 | 28.8 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 17,701 | 42.4 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 41,711 | 74.5 | −5.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Basil de Ferranti | 23,923 | 65.3 | −5.9 | |
Labour | Frank R McManus | 12,692 | 34.7 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 11,231 | 30.6 | −11.8 | ||
Turnout | 36,615 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Basil de Ferranti | 30,228 | 70.0 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Frank R McManus | 14,523 | 32.0 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 15,975 | 36.0 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,751 | 77.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Hall-Davis | 24,756 | 53.86 | ||
Labour | Frank R McManus | 12,392 | 26.96 | ||
Independent Liberal | James Rafton Smallwood | 8,818 | 19.18 | New | |
Majority | 12,364 | 26.90 | |||
Turnout | 45,966 | 77.09 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Hall-Davis | 24,138 | 51.91 | ||
Labour | Ivan Limmer | 13,838 | 29.76 | ||
Liberal | David M Clark | 8,526 | 18.33 | New | |
Majority | 10,300 | 22.15 | |||
Turnout | 37,976 | 76.53 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Hall-Davis | 27,442 | 56.99 | ||
Labour | Eric Garbutt | 13,916 | 28.90 | ||
Liberal | Anthony W Drury | 6,792 | 14.11 | ||
Majority | 13,526 | 28.09 | |||
Turnout | 48,150 | 72.55 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Hall-Davis | 27,704 | 51.85 | ||
Liberal | Bernard North Wates | 12,948 | 24.23 | ||
Labour | Terry Cannon | 12,782 | 23.92 | ||
Majority | 14,756 | 27.62 | |||
Turnout | 53,434 | 78.56 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Hall-Davis | 24,877 | 49.84 | ||
Labour | Eric Garbutt | 12,633 | 25.31 | ||
Liberal | AT Stuttard | 12,404 | 24.85 | ||
Majority | 12,244 | 24.53 | |||
Turnout | 49,914 | 72.90 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Lennox-Boyd | 29,068 | 55.40 | ||
Labour | G Collier | 13,253 | 25.26 | ||
Liberal | HR Tinker | 10,150 | 19.34 | ||
Majority | 15,815 | 30.14 | |||
Turnout | 52,471 | 76.46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "'Morecambe and Lonsdale', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ Vision of Britain - Morecambe and Lonsdale map
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
- ^ "Politicsresources.net - Official Web Site ✔". 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Politicsresources.net - Official Web Site ✔". 12 October 2022.