Morecambe and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

Boundaries

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^[1]

General Election 1979: Morecambe and Lonsdale
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				76.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Hall-Davis	24,877	49.84
	Labour	E Garbutt	12,633	25.31
	Liberal	AT Stuttard	12,404	24.85
Majority			12,244	24.53
Turnout				72.90
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Hall-Davis	27,704	51.85
	Liberal	Bernard N. Wates	12,948	24.23
	Labour	Terry Carron	12,782	23.92
Majority			14,756	27.62
Turnout				78.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Hall-Davis	27,442	56.99
	Labour	E Garbutt	13,916	28.90
	Liberal	AW Drury	6,792	14.11
Majority			13,526	28.09
Turnout				72.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Hall-Davis	24,138	51.91
	Labour	I Limmer	13,838	29.76
	Liberal	DM Clark	8,526	18.33
Majority			10,300	22.15
Turnout				76.53
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Hall-Davis	24,756	53.86
	Labour	FR McManus	12,392	26.96
	Independent Liberal	JR Smallwood	8,818	19.18
Majority			12,364	26.90
Turnout				77.09
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Basil de Ferranti	30,228	70.0
	Labour	FR McManus	14,523	32.0
Majority			15,975	35.9
Turnout				77.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-election 6 November 1958: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Basil de Ferranti	23,923
	Labour	FR McManus	12,692
Majority			11,231
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Jocelyn Ian Fraser	29,706	71.2
	Labour	W Fielding	12,005	28.8
Majority			17,701	74.5
Turnout				42.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951:^[2] Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Jocelyn Ian Fraser	31,211	69.5
	Labour	E Gardner	13,732	30.5
Majority			17,479	38.9
Turnout				80.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950:^[3] Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Jocelyn 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	32,8
Turnout				84.5
	Conservative hold		Swing