Morecambe and Lunesdale (UK Parliament constituency)

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Morecambe and Lunesdale
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Boundary of Morecambe and Lunesdale in North West England
County Lancashire, Cumbria
Electorate 76,040 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Morecambe, Heysham, Carnforth, Sedbergh and Arnside
Current constituency
Created1950 (1950)
Member of Parliament / Assembly member Lizzi Collinge (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Lonsdale

Morecambe and Lunesdale is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2024 general election by Lizzi Collinge for Labour. [n 2]

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Constituency profile

From 1979 to 2019 the constituency was a bellwether constituency. At that time it included the north bank of the City of Lancaster, which is largely Skerton, as well as the seaside town of Morecambe and many villages. This seat brought together northern semi-rural reaches of Lancashire bisected by the M6, including seaside Silverdale and Carnforth near the Cumbria border, the seaside resort of Morecambe and the nuclear power station/ferry port village of Heysham which provides a direct east–west service to Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. Separating Morecambe from Lancaster is a narrow belt of parkland, houses and the White Lund industrial estate. [2]

The changes for the 2024 general election removed Skerton and added areas from Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria to the north of the constituency. [3]

Boundaries

Historic

Morecambe and Lunesdale (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries before 2023 changes

Before 1950, Morecambe was in the Lancaster constituency. This seat was formerly Morecambe and Lonsdale and gained a new name and redrawn boundaries in 1983. For the general election of that year, sections of the constituency were removed to be united with the former county of Westmorland in the Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency. For the 1983 election the electoral wards used in the creation of the new seat were:

In boundary changes which came into effect for the 2010 election, only minor adjustments were made. Parliament approved the recommendations in the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies in respect of this area, enacting only minor boundary alterations. The constituency had City of Lancaster electoral wards:

Current

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the composition of the constituency was defined as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020): [5] [6]

City of Lancaster wards:

Wards of the former South Lakeland district, now in Westmorland and Furness:

The three South Lakeland wards were transferred from Westmorland and Lonsdale, partly offset by the community of Skerton going to the re-established seat of Lancaster and Wyre.

With effect from 1 April 2023, the District of South Lakeland was abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of Westmorland and Furness. [7] Also a local government boundary review was carried out in the City of Lancaster which came into effect in May 2023. [8] [9] Accordingly, the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

The revised constituency is made up of parts of: the previous Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency (35.1% by area and 76.3% by population of the new seat); Westmorland and Lonsdale, which still exists with revised boundaries (46.5% by area and 18.9% by population); and the former Lancaster and Fleetwood (18.4% by area and 4.8% by population). [11]

History

Since its creation in 1983, the Morcambe and Lunesdale can be regarded as a bellwether seat, changing hands with a change of government. Once a safe Conservative area, Morecambe followed its neighbour and fellow seaside town, Blackpool, by voting Labour in the 1997 general election. The results in the general elections of 1997, 2001 and 2005 had remarkably similar majorities with virtually no swing to the Conservatives. The Conservatives gained the seat at the 2010 general election with an above average swing, and held it in 2015, 2017 and 2019. The notional 2019 result for the area, using the 2024 boundaries, was Conservative. [12] In the 2024 general election the seat was won by Labour. [13]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [14] 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
1983 Mark Lennox-Boyd Conservative
1997 Geraldine Smith Labour
2010 David Morris Conservative
2024 Lizzi Collinge Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Morecambe and Lunesdale [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lizzi Collinge 19,603 40.8 +12.7
Conservative David Morris 13,78828.7−24.9
Reform UK Barry Parsons7,81016.3+15.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Jackson4,7699.9−5.7
Green Gina Dowding 2,0894.3+3.0
Majority5,81512.1N/A
Turnout 48,05963.1−4.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +18.8

Changes are from the notional results of the 2019 election on new 2024 boundaries. [17]

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Morecambe and Lunesdale [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Morris 23,925 52.8 +5.1
Labour Lizzi Collinge 17,57138.8−5.8
Liberal Democrats Owen Lambert2,3285.1+1.4
Green Chloe Buckley9382.1+1.1
Independent Darren Clifford5481.2New
Majority6,35414.0+10.9
Turnout 45,31067.2−1.1
Conservative hold Swing +5.5
General election 2017: Morecambe and Lunesdale [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Morris 21,773 47.7 +2.2
Labour Vikki Singleton20,37444.6+9.7
Liberal Democrats Matthew Severn1,6993.7±0.0
UKIP Robert Gillespie1,3332.9−9.5
Green Cait Sinclair4781.0−2.2
Majority1,3993.1−7.5
Turnout 45,65768.3+3.3
Conservative hold Swing −3.8
General election 2015: Morecambe and Lunesdale [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Morris 19,691 45.5 +4.0
Labour Amina Lone15,10134.9−4.6
UKIP Steven Ogden5,35812.4+8.2
Liberal Democrats Matthew Severn1,6123.7−9.6
Green Phil Chandler1,3953.2+1.8
Independent Michael Dawson850.2New
Majority4,59010.6+8.6
Turnout 43,24265.0+2.9
Conservative hold Swing +4.3
General election 2010: Morecambe and Lunesdale [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Morris 18,035 41.5 +4.2
Labour Geraldine Smith 17,16939.5−9.5
Liberal Democrats Les Jones5,79113.3−0.3
UKIP Nigel Brown1,8434.2New
Green Chris Coates5981.4New
Majority8662.0−9.5
Turnout 43,43662.1+0.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing −6.9

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Morecambe and Lunesdale [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geraldine Smith 20,331 48.8 −0.8
Conservative James Airey15,56337.4+0.1
Liberal Democrats Alex Stone5,74113.8+4.6
Majority4,76811.4−0.9
Turnout 41,63561.4+0.3
Labour hold Swing −0.4
General election 2001: Morecambe and Lunesdale [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geraldine Smith 20,646 49.6 +0.7
Conservative David Nuttall 15,55437.3+0.6
Liberal Democrats Christopher Cotton3,8179.2−2.2
UKIP Greg Beaman9352.2New
Green Cherith Adams7031.7New
Majority5,09212.3+0.1
Turnout 41,65561.1−11.2
Labour hold Swing +0.65

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Morecambe and Lunesdale [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geraldine Smith 24,061 48.9
Conservative Mark Lennox-Boyd 18,09636.7
Liberal Democrats June Greenwell5,61411.4
Referendum Ian Ogilvie1,3132.7New
Natural Law David Walne1650.3
Majority5,96512.2N/A
Turnout 49,24972.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg16.2
General election 1992: Morecambe and Lunesdale [26] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Lennox-Boyd 22,507 50.9 −1.8
Labour Jean Yates10,99824.9+2.4
Liberal Democrats Anthony Saville9,58421.7−3.2
MB Independent Mark Turner9162.1New
Natural Law Richard Marriott2050.5New
Majority11,50926.0−1.8
Turnout 44,21078.3+2.2
Conservative hold Swing −2.1

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Morecambe and Lunesdale [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Lennox-Boyd 22,327 52.7 −3.9
SDP June Greenwell10,54224.9−0.3
Labour David Smith9,53522.5+4.8
Majority11,78527.8−3.6
Turnout 42,40476.1+3.2
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Morecambe and Lunesdale [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Lennox-Boyd 21,968 56.6
SDP Tom Clare9,77425.2
Labour Abbott Bryning6,88217.7
Independent Irene Woods2080.5
Majority12,19431.4
Turnout 38,83272.9
Conservative win (new seat)

Morecambe and Lonsdale election results, 1950–79

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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