Morecambe and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)

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Morecambe and Lonsdale
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
MorecambeLonsdale1974Constituency.svg
Morecambe and Lonsdale in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
1950–1983
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Created from Lancaster and Lonsdale
Replaced by Morecambe & Lunesdale, Westmorland & Lonsdale and Barrow & Furness [1]

Morecambe and Lonsdale was a constituency of the British House of Commons which existed until 1983.

Contents

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.

Before 1950, Morecambe was in the Lancaster constituency.

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 [2]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [3] Party
1950constituency created as "Morecambe and Lonsdale"
1950 Ian Fraser Conservative
1958 by-election Basil de Ferranti Conservative
1964 Alfred Hall-Davis Conservative
1979 Mark Lennox-Boyd Conservative
1983constituency renamed as "Morecambe and Lunesdale" after boundary changes

Results

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Morecambe and Lonsdale [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Fraser 28,041 60.3
Labour Albert Gaskell12,76827.4
Liberal Gerard de Pfyffer Leeming5,72312.3
Majority15,27332.9
Turnout 46,53284.5
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1951: Morecambe and Lonsdale [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Fraser 31,211 69.5 +9.2
Labour Ernest Gardner13,73230.5+3.1
Majority17,47939.0+6.1
Turnout 44,94380.4−4.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Morecambe and Lonsdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Fraser 29,706 71.2 +1.7
Labour Wilfred Fielding12,00528.8−1.7
Majority17,70142.4+3.5
Turnout 41,71174.5−5.9
Conservative hold Swing
1958 Morecambe and Lunesdale by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Basil de Ferranti 23,923 65.3 −5.9
Labour Frank R McManus12,69234.7+5.9
Majority11,23130.6−11.8
Turnout 36,615
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Morecambe and Lonsdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Basil de Ferranti 30,228 70.0 +4.7
Labour Frank R McManus14,52332.0−2.7
Majority15,97536.0+5.4
Turnout 44,75177.2
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Morecambe and Lonsdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Hall-Davis 24,75653.86
Labour Frank R McManus12,39226.96
Independent Liberal James Rafton Smallwood8,81819.18New
Majority12,36426.90
Turnout 45,96677.09
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Morecambe and Lonsdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Hall-Davis 24,13851.91
Labour Ivan Limmer13,83829.76
Liberal David M Clark8,52618.33New
Majority10,30022.15
Turnout 37,97676.53
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Morecambe and Lonsdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Hall-Davis 27,44256.99
Labour Eric Garbutt13,91628.90
Liberal Anthony W Drury6,79214.11
Majority13,52628.09
Turnout 48,15072.55
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Morecambe and Lonsdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Hall-Davis 27,70451.85
Liberal Bernard North Wates12,94824.23
Labour Terry Cannon12,78223.92
Majority14,75627.62
Turnout 53,43478.56
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Morecambe and Lonsdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Hall-Davis 24,87749.84
Labour Eric Garbutt12,63325.31
Liberal AT Stuttard12,40424.85
Majority12,24424.53
Turnout 49,91472.90
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: Morecambe and Lonsdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Lennox-Boyd 29,06855.40
Labour G Collier13,25325.26
Liberal HR Tinker10,15019.34
Majority15,81530.14
Turnout 52,47176.46
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "'Morecambe and Lonsdale', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Vision of Britain - Morecambe and Lonsdale map
  3. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
  4. ↑ "Politicsresources.net - Official Web Site ✔". 12 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Politicsresources.net - Official Web Site ✔". 12 October 2022.
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