South Ribble (UK Parliament constituency)
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| South Ribble County constituency |
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| South Ribble shown within Lancashire, and Lancashire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1983 |
| MP: | David Borrow |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Lancashire |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
South Ribble is a constituency in Lancashire, England represented 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
The South Ribble District Council area is currently split into three parts for parliamentary representation. The rural communities to the east, such as Coupe Green and Samlesbury, are in Ribble Valley. From 1997, Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale have been connected to the Preston seat over the River Ribble.
From West Lancashire, areas such as Hesketh Bank and Tarleton were added to South Ribble.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire, the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency of Wyre and Preston North in the central part of the county. As a knock-on consequence of this, Ribble Valley has taken wards from south of the River Ribble for the first time causing alterations to the existing South Ribble constituency.
The new South Ribble constituency has moved further south and south-west, and is formed from wards of three districts - South Ribble, West Lancashire and Chorley.
- From Chorley, Eccleston and Mawdesley, and Lostock.
- From South Ribble, Broad Oak, Charnock, Earnshaw Bridge, Golden Hill, Howick and Priory, Kingsfold, Leyland Central, Leyland St. Ambrose, Leyland St. Marys, Little Hoole and Much Hoole, Longton and Hutton West, Lowerhouse, Middleforth, Moss Side, New Longton and Hutton East, Seven Stars, Whitefield.
- From West Lancashire, Hesketh-with-Becconsall, North Meols, Rufford and Tarleton.
These changes move Bamber Bridge, Walton-le-Dale, Samlesbury, Lostock Hall and Farington into the Ribble Valley seat. From the borough of Chorley move Croston, Bretherton, Eccleston and Mawdesley. Other areas of population are brought from the Lancashire marsh towns near the Southport border, such as Hesketh Bank, Holmeswood and Tarleton.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | Robert Atkins | Conservative | |
| 1997 | David Borrow | Labour | |
- This seat was created in 1983 and has only been represented by two MPs.
[edit] Election results
| Next United Kingdom general election: South Ribble | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Borrow | ||||
| Conservative | Lorraine Fullbrook | ||||
| General Election 2005: South Ribble | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Borrow | 20,428 | 43.0 | -3.4 | |
| Conservative | Lorraine Fullbrook | 18,244 | 38.4 | +0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Alcock | 7,634 | 16.1 | +0.6 | |
| UK Independence | Kenneth Jones | 1,205 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Majority | 2,184 | 4.6 | |||
| Turnout | 47,511 | 63.0 | +0.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.9 | |||
| General Election 2001: South Ribble | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Borrow | 21,386 | 46.4 | ||
| Conservative | Adrian Owens | 17,584 | 38.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Alcock | 7,150 | 15.5 | ||
| Majority | 3,802 | 8.3 | |||
| Turnout | 62.5 | ||||
| General Election 1997: South Ribble | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | David Borrow | 25,856 | 46.8 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Atkins | 20,772 | 37.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Farron | 5,879 | 10.6 | ||
| Referendum Party | M Adams | 1,475 | 2.7 | ||
| Liberal | N Ashton | 1,127 | 2.0 | ||
| Natural Law | J Leadbetter | 122 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 5,084 | 9.2 | |||
| Turnout | 77.06 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 12.10 | |||
