Parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire

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The ceremonial county of Lancashire, which includes the unitary authorities of Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool, is divided into sixteen parliamentary constituencies - four borough constituencies and twelve county constituencies. Two seats cross the county boundary - one is shared with Cumbria and one with Merseyside.

Constituencies

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  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   The Speaker   ±Reform UK   ¤Liberal Democrat   ¥Green   Independent

More information Constituency, Electorate ...
Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Map
Blackburn BC 70,586 132   Adnan Hussain (Independent)   Kate Hollern
Blackpool North and Fleetwood BC 75,396 4,647   Lorraine Beavers   Paul Maynard
Blackpool South BC 76,071 6,868   Chris Webb   Mark Butcher ±
Burnley CC 75,436 3,420   Oliver Ryan   Gordon Birtwistle ¤
Chorley CC 74,568 20,575   Lindsay Hoyle (The Speaker)   Mark Tebbutt ¥
Fylde CC 75,114 561   Andrew Snowden   Tom Calver ‡
Hyndburn CC 80,617 1,687   Sarah Smith   Sara Britcliffe
Lancaster and Wyre CC 74,760 9,253   Cat Smith   Peter Cartridge †
Morecambe and Lunesdale CC[nb 3] 69,254 5,815   Lizzi Collinge   David Morris
Pendle and Clitheroe CC 65,292 902   Jonathan Hinder   Andrew Stephenson
Preston BC 55,937 5,291   Mark Hendrick   Michael Lavalette

(Independent)

Ribble Valley CC 77,437 856   Maya Ellis   Nigel Evans
Rossendale and Darwen CC 73,443 5,628   Andy MacNae   Jake Berry
South Ribble CC 75,116 6,501   Paul Foster   Katherine Fletcher
Southport CC[nb 4] 74,775 5,789   Patrick Hurley   Damien Moore
West Lancashire CC 73,347 8,336   Ashley Dalton   Mike Prendergast †
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Boundary changes

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2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Lancashire with Cumbria as a sub-region of the North West Region, with the existing seat of Morecambe and Lunesdale extending into southern Cumbria to create a cross-county boundary constituency. Wyre and Preston North was abolished, with its contents being distributed to five neighbouring constituencies. As a consequence, Lancaster and Fleetwood, and Blackpool North and Cleveleys reverted back to the previous names of Lancaster and Wyre, and Blackpool North and Fleetwood respectively. Other proposed changes included the expansion of Pendle to become Pendle and Clitheroe.[3] Four wards in the borough of West Lancashire were incorporated into the Merseyside constituency of Southport.[4][5]

The following constituencies were proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Blackburn with Darwen

Containing electoral wards from Blackpool

Containing electoral wards from Burnley

Containing electoral wards from Chorley

Containing electoral wards from Fylde

Containing electoral wards from Hyndburn

Containing electoral wards from Lancaster

Containing electoral wards from Pendle

  • Burnley (part)

Containing electoral wards from Preston

Containing electoral wards from Ribble Valley

  • Pendle and Clitheroe (part)
  • Ribble Valley (part)

Containing electoral wards from Rossendale

  • Hyndburn (part)
  • Rossendale and Darwen (part)

Containing electoral wards from South Ribble

  • Ribble Valley (part)
  • South Ribble (part)

Containing electoral wards from West Lancashire

Containing electoral wards from Wyre

  • Blackpool North and Fleetwood (part)
  • Fylde (part)
  • Lancaster and Wyre (part)

2010

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to increase Lancashire's representation from 15 to 16 constituencies, with the creation of Wyre and Preston North CC. Lancaster and Wyre was reconfigured and became Lancaster and Fleetwood, and Blackpool North and Fleetwood became Blackpool North and Cleveleys. Other changes were made to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.

Results history

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Lancashire in the 2024 general election were as follows:[nb 5]

More information Party, Votes ...
Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Labour 231,808 36.3% Decrease1.5% 13 Increase9
Conservative 151,797 23.7% Decrease22.5% 1 Decrease10
Reform 112,124 17.5% Increase15.2% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 38,345 6.0% Increase0.8% 0 0
Greens 35,957 5.6% Increase2.8 0 0
Speaker 25,238 3.9% Increase0.2 1 0
Others 44,000 6.9% Increase5.1% 1 Increase1
Total 639,269 100.0 16
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Percentage votes

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 29.4 34.4 38.9 49.2 46.7 41.4 35.2 37.8 48.2 37.8 36.3
Conservative 48.2 46.3 45.0 34.2 36.4 35.0 38.7 39.3 45.0 46.2 23.7
Reform - - - - - - - - - 2.3 17.5
Liberal Democrat1 21.9 18.9 15.2 12.7 13.3 17.0 18.1 4.8 3.7 5.2 6.0
Green Party - * * * * * 0.6 2.7 1.3 2.8 5.6
UKIP - - - * * * .8 14.3 1.5 * *
The Speaker2 - - - - - - - - - 3.7 3.9
Other 0.5 0.3 0.9 3.9 3.6 6.5 3.6 1.2 0.3 2.0 6.9
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11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

2Standing in Chorley, unopposed by the 3 main parties.

* Included in Other

Seats

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 3 3 7 13 13 12 6 8 8 4 13
Conservative 13 13 9 2 2 3 9 8 8 11 1
The Speaker2 - - - - - - - - - 1 1
Independent - - - - - - - - - - 1
Liberal Democrat1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
The Speaker2 - - - - - - - - - 1 1
Total 16 16 16 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16
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11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

2Lindsay Hoyle

Maps

1885-1910

1918-1945

1950-1979

1983-present

2024-present (including two cross-county constituencies)

Historical representation by party

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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

Manchester area

  Conservative   Independent Labour   Labour   Liberal   Liberal-Labour   Liberal Unionist

Merseyside area

  Conservative   Irish Nationalist   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Unionist

1918 to 1950

Lancashire area

  Coalition Liberal (1918–1922) / National Liberal (1922–1923)   Conservative   Constitutionalist   Independent   Labour   Liberal   National Labour   National Liberal (1931–1968)

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)

More information Constituency ...
Constituency 1918 19 20 21 22 1922 1923 1924 24 25 28 1929 31 1931 33 1935 37 38 39 40 42 44 1945 45 46 48 49
Ashton-under-Lyne Stanley de Frece Homan Bellamy Broadbent Simpson Jowitt Rhodes
Bolton Tootill Russell Cunliffe Brothers Haslam Cadogan J. Jones
Edge Law Hilton Law Entwistle Lewis
Bury Ainsworth Chorlton Fletcher
Eccles Stevens Buckle Bethel Mort Potter Cary Proctor
Farnworth Bagley Greenall Rowson Stones Rowson Tomlinson
Heywood and Radcliffe Illingworth Halls England Jackson Porritt Wootton-Davies Whittaker Greenwood
Ince Walsh Macdonald Brown
Leigh Raffan Twist Tinker Boardman
Manchester Ardwick Hailwood Lowth J. Henderson Fuller J. Henderson
Manchester Blackley Briggs Oliver Briggs Oliver Lees-Jones Diamond
Manchester Clayton Hopkinson Sutton Flanagan Sutton Flanagan Jagger Thorneycroft
Manchester Exchange Randles Stockton Barclay Fielden Eckersley Hewlett Lever
Manchester Gorton Hodge Compton Bailey Compton Benn Oldfield
Manchester Hulme Nall McElwee Nall Lee
Manchester Moss Side Hurst Ackroyd Hurst W. Duckworth Griffiths
Manchester Platting Clynes Chorlton Clynes Delargy
Manchester Rusholme Stoker Thorpe Masterman Merriman Radford Cundiff Hutchinson
Manchester Withington Carter Watts Simon Watts Simon Fleming
Middleton & Prestwich Adkins Stewart-Sandeman Gates
Mossley Hopkinson Gibson Hopkinson Woods
Oldham Barton Grigg Wiggins Lang Crossley Dodd Fairhurst
Denniss Tout Cooper Wilson Kerr Hale
Rochdale Law Burgess Muir Kelly Jesson Kelly Morgan
Royton Sugden Gorman Davies Sutcliffe
Salford North Tillett Finburgh Tillett Morris McAdam
Salford South Barlow Toole Radford Toole Stourton Hardy
Salford West Astbury Haycock Astbury Haycock Astbury Emery Royle
Stretford T. Robinson Renwick Crossley Etherton Austin
Westhoughton Wilson Davies
Wigan Parkinson Foster Williams
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Merseyside area

  Conservative   Irish Nationalist   Labour   Liberal   National Labour

1950 to 1983

Lancashire area

  Conservative   Labour

Manchester area

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Social Democratic

Merseyside area

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Social Democratic

1983 to 2010

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrats

2010 to present

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats   Speaker

See also

Notes

  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  3. Cross-county constituency with Cumbria
  4. Cross-county constituency with Merseyside
  5. Lancashire has two cross-county constituencies. Morecambe and Lunesdale lies predominantly in Lancashire, hence is included in the vote shares below. Southport lies predominantly in Merseyside, hence is excluded from the shares below

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