List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Lancashire

List of parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire

List of parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire

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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

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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.

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.[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission proposed that Lancashire be combined with Cumbria as a sub-region of the North West Region, with the existing seat of Morecambe and Lunesdale extending into southern Cumbria to create a cross-county boundary constituency. Wyre and Preston North would be abolished, with its contents being distributed to five neighbouring constituencies. As a consequence, Lancaster and Fleetwood, and Blackpool North and Cleveleys would revert back to the previous names of Lancaster and Wyre, and Blackpool North and Fleetwood respectively. Other proposed changes include the expansion of Pendle to become Pendle and Clitheroe.[4] Four wards in the borough of West Lancashire would be included in the Merseyside constituency of Southport.[5][6]

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Blackburn with Darwen

Containing electoral wards from Blackpool

Containing electoral wards from Burnley

Containing electoral wards from Chorley

Containing electoral wards from Fylde

Containing electoral wards from Hyndburn

Containing electoral wards from Lancaster

Containing electoral wards from Pendle

  • Burnley (part)

Containing electoral wards from Preston

Containing electoral wards from Ribble Valley

  • Pendle and Clitheroe (part)
  • Ribble Valley (part)

Containing electoral wards from Rossendale

  • Hyndburn (part)
  • Rossendale and Darwen (part)

Containing electoral wards from South Ribble

  • Ribble Valley (part)
  • South Ribble (part)

Containing electoral wards from West Lancashire

Containing electoral wards from Wyre

  • Blackpool North and Fleetwood (part)
  • Fylde (part)
  • Lancaster and Wyre (part)

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[7]

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:

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1Includes The Speaker, Lyndsay Hoyle, standing in Chorley

Percentage votes

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11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

2Standing in Chorley, unopposed by the 3 main parties.

* Included in Other

Seats

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11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

2Lindsay Hoyle

Maps

1885-1910

1918-1945

1950-1979

1983-present

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

Manchester area

  Conservative   Independent Labour   Labour   Liberal   Liberal-Labour   Liberal Unionist

Merseyside area

  Conservative   Irish Nationalist   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Unionist

1918 to 1950

Lancashire area

  Coalition Liberal (1918–1922) / National Liberal (1922–1923)   Conservative   Constitutionalist   Independent   Labour   Liberal   National Labour   National Liberal (1931–1968)

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)

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Merseyside area

  Conservative   Irish Nationalist   Labour   Liberal   National Labour

1950 to 1983

Lancashire area

  Conservative   Labour

Manchester area

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Social Democratic

Merseyside area

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Social Democratic

1983 to present

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats   Speaker

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

  1. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
  2. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  4. "Ribble Valley Councillors call for Parliamentary boundary rethink". Lancashire Telegraph. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  5. "New plans for revised East Lancs Parliamentary map revealed". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  6. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report". Boundary Commission for England. paras 711-762. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  7. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".

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