Morecambe and Lunesdale (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Morecambe and Lunesdale County constituency |
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| Morecambe and Lunesdale shown within Lancashire, and Lancashire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | Geraldine Smith |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Lancashire |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Morecambe and Lunesdale is a constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
This seat brings together the northern rural reaches of Lancashire, including villages such as Carnforth on the Cumbria border, and the seaside resort of Morecambe and the nuclear power station/ferry port town of Heysham.
In planned boundary changes, only minor adjustments are to be made to this seat. Once a safe Tory seat, Morecambe has followed its neighbour and fellow seaside town, Blackpool, by voting Labour since 1997; the results in these three General Elections have had remarkably similar majorities with virtually no swing to the Tories.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire, the Boundary Commission for England has maintained the current seat of Morecambe and Lunesdale, with only minor boundary alterations. The electoral wards used to create the seat are entirely within the boundaries of the City of Lancaster
- Bolton-le-Sands, Carnforth, Halton-with-Aughton, Harbour, Heysham Central, Heysham North, Heysham South, Kellet, Overton, Poulton, Silverdale, Skerton East, Skerton West, Slyne-with-Hest, Torrisholme, Upper Lune Valley, Warton and Westgate.
"Poulton" should not be confused with Poulton-le-Fylde near Blackpool.
"Warton" should not be confused with Warton near Kirkham.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1950 | constituency created as "Morecambe and Lonsdale" | ||
| 1950 | Ian Fraser | Conservative | |
| 1958 | Basil de Ferranti | Conservative | |
| 1964 | Alfred George Fletcher Hall-Davis | Conservative | |
| 1979 | Mark Lennox-Boyd | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency renamed as "Morecambe and Lunesdale" | ||
| 1983 | Mark Lennox-Boyd | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Geraldine Smith | Labour | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Morecambe and Lunesdale | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Geraldine Smith | 20,331 | 48.8 | -0.8 | |
| Conservative | James Airey | 15,563 | 37.4 | +0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Stone | 5,741 | 13.8 | +4.6 | |
| Majority | 4,768 | 11.5 | |||
| Turnout | 41,635 | 61.4 | +0.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -0.4 | |||
| General Election 2001: Morecambe and Lunesdale | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Geraldine Smith | 20,646 | 49.6 | +0.7 | |
| Conservative | David Nuttall | 15,554 | 37.3 | +0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Cotton | 3,817 | 9.2 | -2.2 | |
| UK Independence | Greg Beaman | 935 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Green | Cherith Adams | 703 | 1.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,092 | 12.3 | |||
| Turnout | 41,655 | 61.1 | -11.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
