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
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[1] | Majority[2][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[2] | Nearest opposition[2] | Map | ||
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Blackburn BC | 71,234 | 18,304 | Kate Hollern‡ | Claire Gill† | |||
Blackpool North and Cleveleys BC | 63,692 | 8,596 | Paul Maynard† | Chris Webb‡ | |||
Blackpool South BC | 57,690 | 3,690 | Scott Benton† | Gordon Marsden‡ | |||
Burnley BC | 64,345 | 1,352 | Antony Higginbotham† | Julie Cooper‡ | |||
Chorley CC | 78,177 | 17,392 | Lindsay Hoyle (The Speaker) | Mark Brexit-Smith (Independent) | |||
Fylde CC | 66,847 | 16,611 | Mark Menzies† | Martin Mitchell‡ | |||
Hyndburn BC | 70,842 | 2,961 | Sara Britcliffe† | Graham Jones‡ | |||
Lancaster and Fleetwood CC | 70,059 | 2,380 | Cat Smith‡ | Louise Thistlethwaite† | |||
Morecambe and Lunesdale CC | 67,397 | 6,354 | David Morris† | Lizzi Collinge‡ | |||
Pendle BC | 65,292 | 6,186 | Andrew Stephenson† | Azhar Ali‡ | |||
Preston BC | 59,672 | 12,146 | Mark Hendrick‡ | Michele Scott† | |||
Ribble Valley CC | 79,247 | 18,439 | Nigel Evans† | Giles Bridge‡ | |||
Rossendale and Darwen BC | 72,770 | 9,522 | Jake Berry† | Alyson Barnes‡ | |||
South Ribble CC | 75,351 | 11,199 | Katherine Fletcher† | Kim Snape‡ | |||
West Lancashire CC | 73,347 | 8,336 | Rosie Cooper‡ | Jack Gilmore† | |||
Wyre and Preston North CC | 74,775 | 16,781 | Ben Wallace† | Joanne Ainscough‡ | |||
2010 Boundary changes
Before the 2010 United Kingdom general election, 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 |
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Name | Boundaries since 2010 |
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Proposed boundary changes
The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.
Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.
On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries. They propose to bring forward primary legislation to remove the statutory obligation to implement the 2018 Boundary Review recommendations, as well as set the framework for future boundary reviews in time for the next review which is due to begin in early 2021 and report no later than October 2023. It is proposed that the number of constituencies now remains at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.[3]
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[4]
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% | 11 | ||
Labour | 270,733 | 37.8% | 4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 37,268 | 5.2% | 0 | 0 | |
Greens | 19,707 | 2.8% | 0 | 0 | |
Brexit | 16,188 | 2.3% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others1 | 41,323 | 5.7% | 0 | ||
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
Maps
- 1983
- 1987
- 1992
- 1997
- 2001
- 2005
- 2010
- 2015
- 2017
- 2019
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 |
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Burnley | Pike | Ussher | Birtwistle | J. Cooper | Higginbotham | ||||||||||
Blackburn | Straw | → | Hollern | ||||||||||||
Preston | Thorne | Wise | Hendrick | ||||||||||||
West Lancashire | Hind | Pickthall | R. Cooper | ||||||||||||
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
- BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
- The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
References
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