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.
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.
| Former name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Current name | Boundaries 2010–present |
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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. [3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
The commission proposed that Lancashire be combined 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 would be abolished, with its contents being distributed to five neighbouring constituencies. As a consequence, Lancaster and Fleetwood, and Blackpool North and Cleveleys would revert back to the previous names of Lancaster and Wyre, and Blackpool North and Fleetwood respectively. Other proposed changes include the expansion of Pendle to become Pendle and Clitheroe. [4] Four wards in the borough of West Lancashire would be included in the Merseyside constituency of Southport. [5] [6]
The following constituencies are 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
Containing electoral wards from Preston
Containing electoral wards from Ribble Valley
Containing electoral wards from Rossendale
Containing electoral wards from South Ribble
Containing electoral wards from West Lancashire
Containing electoral wards from Wyre
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [7]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Lancashire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 331,248 | 46.2% |  1.2% | 11 | 3 |
| Labour | 270,733 | 37.8% |  10.4% | 4 | 4 |
| Liberal Democrats | 37,268 | 5.2% | 1.5% | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 19,707 | 2.8% | 1.5% | 0 | 0 |
| Brexit | 16,188 | 2.3% | new | 0 | 0 |
| Others1 | 41,323 | 5.7% | 3.9% | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 716,467 | 100.0 | 16 |
1Includes The Speaker, Lyndsay Hoyle, standing in Chorley
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 48.2 | 46.3 | 45.0 | 34.2 | 36.4 | 35.0 | 38.7 | 39.3 | 45.0 | 46.2 |
| Labour | 29.4 | 34.4 | 38.9 | 49.2 | 46.7 | 41.4 | 35.2 | 37.8 | 48.2 | 37.8 |
| Liberal Democrat 1 | 21.9 | 18.9 | 15.2 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 17.0 | 18.1 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
| Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.6 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 2.8 |
| UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | .8 | 14.3 | 1.5 | * |
| Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.3 |
| The Speaker 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.7 |
| Other | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
2Standing in Chorley, unopposed by the 3 main parties.
* Included in Other
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 |
| Labour | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Liberal Democrat 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Speaker 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Total | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
Conservative Independent Labour Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour Liberal Unionist
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coalition Liberal (1918–1922) / National Liberal (1922–1923) Conservative Constitutionalist Independent Labour Liberal National Labour National Liberal (1931–1968)
| Constituency | 1918 | 20 | 21 | 1922 | 1923 | 24 | 1924 | 24 | 28 | 1929 | 29 | 31 | 1931 | 1935 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 1945 | 46 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accrington | Gray | Buxton | Edwards | → | → | Snowden | Procter | Scott-Elliot | |||||||||||||||
| Barrow-in-Furness | Chadwick | Somerville | Bromley | Walker-Smith | Monslow | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blackburn | Norman | J. Duckworth | Gill | Elliston | Edwards | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dean | Henn | Hamilton | Smiles | Castle | |||||||||||||||||||
| Blackpool North | Low | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blackpool / South (1945) | Parkinson | Molloy | Meyler | de Frece | Erskine-Bolst | Robinson | |||||||||||||||||
| Burnley | Irving | A. Henderson | Campbell | Burke | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chorley | Hacking | Kenyon | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Clitheroe | Davies | Brass | Randall | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Darwen | Rutherford | Sanderson | Hindle | Sanderson | Samuel | Russell | Prescott | ||||||||||||||||
| Fylde | Ashley | Stanley | Lancaster | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lancaster | Hunter | Singleton | O'Neill | Strickland | Tomlinson | Ramsbotham | Maclean | ||||||||||||||||
| Lonsdale | Lowther | → | → | Kennedy | Maden | Lindsay | Fraser | ||||||||||||||||
| Nelson and Colne | A. Smith | Graham | Greenwood | Thorp | Silverman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ormskirk | Bell | Blundell | Rosbotham | → | King-Hall | → | Wilson | ||||||||||||||||
| Preston | Stanley | Hodge | Kennedy | Jowitt | → | → | Moreing | Churchill | Sunderland | Shackleton | |||||||||||||
| Shaw | Kirkpatrick | Cobb | Segal | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rossendale | Waddington | Halstead | Waddington | Law | Cross | Walker | |||||||||||||||||
Coalition Labour Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23) Conservative Constitutionalist Independent Labour Labour Independent Group Liberal National Government National Liberal (1931-68)
Conservative Irish Nationalist Labour Liberal National Labour
Conservative Labour Liberal Social Democratic
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats Speaker
| Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 91 | 1992 | 1997 | 00 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 23 | 24 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnley | Pike | Ussher | Birtwistle | J. Cooper | Higginbotham | |||||||||||||
| Blackburn | Straw | → | Hollern | |||||||||||||||
| Preston | Thorne | Wise | Hendrick | |||||||||||||||
| West Lancashire | Hind | Pickthall | R. Cooper | Dalton | ||||||||||||||
| Hyndburn | Hargreaves | Pope | Jones | Britcliffe | ||||||||||||||
| Blackpool South | Blaker | Hawkins | Marsden | Benton | → | TBD | ||||||||||||
| Chorley | Dover | Hoyle | → | |||||||||||||||
| Pendle | Lee | Prentice | Stephenson | |||||||||||||||
| Rossendale and Darwen | Trippier | Anderson | Berry | |||||||||||||||
| Blackpool North / & Fleetwood (1997) / & Cleveleys (2010) | Miscampbell | Elletson | Humble | Maynard | ||||||||||||||
| Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lennox-Boyd | Smith | Morris | |||||||||||||||
| South Ribble | Atkins | Borrow | Fullbrook | Kennedy | Fletcher | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
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