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
2010 Boundary changes
Before the United Kingdom general election, 2010, 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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Results
2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 |
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2018 proposals
As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for England proposed in 2016 the creation of the following constituencies for Lancashire:[1]
- Accrington
- Blackburn
- Blackpool North and Fleetwood
- Blackpool South
- Burnley
- Chorley
- Clitheroe and Colne
- Fylde
- Lancaster and Morecambe
- North Lancashire
- Preston
- Rossendale and Darwen
- South Ribble
- West Lancashire
Historical representation by party
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
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 91 | 1992 | 1997 | 00 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 2015 | 2017 |
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Blackburn | Straw | --> | Hollern | |||||||||||
Burnley | Pike | Ussher | Birtwistle | Cooper | ||||||||||
Preston | Thorne | Wise | Hendrick | |||||||||||
Hyndburn | Hargreaves | Pope | Jones | |||||||||||
Blackpool South | Blaker | Hawkins | Marsden | |||||||||||
Chorley | Dover | Hoyle | ||||||||||||
West Lancashire | Hind | Pickthall | Cooper | |||||||||||
Pendle | Lee | Prentice | Stephenson | |||||||||||
Rossendale and Darwen | Trippier | Anderson | Berry | |||||||||||
Blackpool North
/ & Fleetwood (1997) / Bl N & Cleveleys (2010) |
Miscampbell | Elletson | Humble | Maynard | ||||||||||
Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lennox-Boyd | Smith | Morris | |||||||||||
South Ribble | Atkins | Borrow | Fullbrook | Kennedy | ||||||||||
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 |
Graphical representation
2.7 | 37.8% | 4.8% | 39.3% | 14.3% | ||
Gn | Labour | Lib D | Conservative | UKIP |
48.2% | 3.7 | 45.0% | ||||
Labour | LD | Conservative |
See also
- 2005 UK general election results in Lancashire
- 2010 United Kingdom general election result in Lancashire
Notes
References
- ↑ Initial Proposals North West Boundary Commission for England