West Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Lancashire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
North West England - West Lancashire constituency.svg
Boundary of West Lancashire in North West England
County Lancashire
Electorate 73,652 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Ormskirk, Skelmersdale and Burscough
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Ashley Dalton (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Ormskirk and Ince

West Lancashire is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Following the resignation of Labour MP Rosie Cooper on 30 November 2022, the seat was won by the party's candidate Ashley Dalton in the by-election held on 9 February 2023. She retained the seat at the July 2024 general election.

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Constituency profile

The constituency is located in southern Lancashire, and borders Merseyside to the south and west and Greater Manchester to the east. Skelmersdale is the largest town, followed by Ormskirk and Burscough. The constituency shares its boundaries with the southern part of the borough of West Lancashire, while the northern part of the borough is in the South Ribble constituency.

Farming is a significant industry in the constituency, with much of the farmland classed as grade 1 or grade 2. [2] The entirety of the constituency is within the North West Green Belt. [3]

West Lancashire is home to a significant proportion of those working at managerial and professional levels and an above average retired age quotient. [4] Workless claimants who were registered jobseekers were in November 2012 lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 3.5% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian . [5]

Boundaries

West Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

1983–1997: Aughton Park, Aughton Town Green, Bickerstaffe, Birch Green, Burscough, Derby, Digmoor, Downholland, Halsall, Hesketh-with-Becconsall, Knowsley, Lathom, Moorside, Newburgh, North Meols, Rufford, Scarisbrick, Scott, Skelmersdale North, Skelmersdale South, Tanhouse, Tarleton, Upholland North, and Upholland South.

1997–2010: Aughton Park, Aughton Town Green, Bickerstaffe, Birch Green, Burscough, Derby, Digmoor, Downholland, Halsall, Knowsley, Lathom, Moorside, Newburgh, Parbold, Scarisbrick, Scott, Skelmersdale North, Skelmersdale South, Tanhouse, Upholland North, Upholland South, and Wrightington.

2010–2023: Ashurst, Aughton and Downholland, Aughton Park, Bickerstaffe, Birch Green, Burscough East, Burscough West, Derby, Digmoor, Halsall, Knowsley, Moorside, Newburgh, Parbold, Scarisbrick, Scott, Skelmersdale North, Skelmersdale South, Tanhouse, Upholland, and Wrightington.

The constituency boundaries remained unchanged.

2023–present: Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023, [6] [7] the constituency now comprises the following wards or part wards of the Borough of West Lancashire:

The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which was based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged. [9]

History

The seat was established under the third periodic review of Westminster constituencies of 1983.

The new seat took in parts of Ormskirk and Ince, both abolished in the review. Ince had elected Labour MPs since 1906, but Ormskirk had a mixed and longer history as a more marginal seat. Both seats were represented by Labour MPs when they were abolished.

The seat's first member, Ken Hind, held the seat for two terms as a Conservative, winning the first election in the landslide Conservative result of 1983. In 1992 the seat was won by Colin Pickthall of the Labour Party, who was succeeded by Rosie Cooper in 2005. The 2010 result was more marginal, with a 9.0% majority, but was not within the 50 most narrowly won seats for Cooper's party. [10]

In September 2022 Rosie Cooper announced she had accepted a new role as Chair of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust and would therefore resign as MP, triggering a by-election. [11]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [12] Party
1983 Ken Hind Conservative
1992 Colin Pickthall Labour
2005 Rosie Cooper Labour
2023 by-election Ashley Dalton Labour

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: West Lancashire [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ashley Dalton 22,305 50.5 −1.6
Conservative Mike Prendergast8,68019.6−16.7
Reform UK Simon Evans7,90917.9+13.6
Green Charlotte Houltram3,2637.4+5.0
Liberal Democrats Graham Smith2,0434.6−0.3
Majority 13,62530.8+15.2
Turnout 44,20060.3−11.7
Registered electors 74,083
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 7.5
By-election 2023: West Lancashire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ashley Dalton 14,068 62.3 +10.2
Conservative Mike Prendergast5,74225.4−10.9
Reform UK Jonathan Kay9974.4+0.1
Liberal Democrats Jo Barton9184.1−0.8
Green Peter Cranie6462.8+0.5
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 2100.9New
Majority 8,32636.9+21.0
Turnout 22,63931.4−40.7
Labour hold Swing +10.5

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: West Lancashire [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosie Cooper 27,458 52.1 –6.8
Conservative Jack Gilmore19,12236.3–1.1
Liberal Democrats Simon Thomson2,5604.9+2.9
Brexit Party Marc Stanton2,2754.3New
Green John Puddifer1,2482.4+1.1
Majority 8,33615.8–5.7
Turnout 52,66372.0–2.4
Labour hold Swing –2.9
General election 2017: West Lancashire [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosie Cooper 32,030 58.9 +9.6
Conservative Samuel Currie20,34137.4+5.0
Liberal Democrats Jo Barton1,0692.0–0.6
Green Nate Higgins6801.3–1.9
War Veterans Pro-Traditional FamilyDavid Braid2690.5+0.2
Majority 11,68921.5+4.6
Turnout 54,10374.4+4.4
Labour hold Swing +2.3
General election 2015: West Lancashire [16] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosie Cooper 24,474 49.3 +4.2
Conservative Paul Greenall16,11432.4–3.8
UKIP Jack Sen16,05812.2+8.5
Green Ben Basson1,5823.2+2.2
Liberal Democrats Daniel Lewis1,2982.6–11.0
Independent David Braid1500.3–0.1
Majority 8,36016.9+7.9
Turnout 49,67670.0+6.2
Labour hold Swing +3.9

1: After nominations were closed, Sen was suspended from UKIP after sending an allegedly anti-semitic tweet to Liverpool Wavertree Labour candidate Luciana Berger. His name still appeared on ballot papers with the UKIP party name. [18]

General election 2010: West Lancashire [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosie Cooper 21,883 45.1 –2.9
Conservative Adrian Owens17,54036.2+2.2
Liberal Democrats John Gibson6,57313.6–0.5
UKIP Damon Noone1,7753.7+1.6
Green Peter Cranie4851.0New
Clause 28 David Braid2170.4–0.3
Majority 4,3438.9–5.2
Turnout 48,47363.8+6.1
Labour hold Swing –2.6

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: West Lancashire [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosie Cooper 20,746 48.1 –6.4
Conservative Alf Doran14,66234.0+2.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Kemp 6,05914.0+2.4
UKIP Alan Freeman8712.0New
English Democrat Stephen Garrett5251.2New
Clause 28 David Braid2920.70.0
Majority 6,08414.1–8.4
Turnout 43,15557.7–1.1
Labour hold Swing –4.2
General election 2001: West Lancashire [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Pickthall 23,404 54.5 –5.8
Conservative Jeremy Myers13,76132.0+2.9
Liberal Democrats John Thornton4,96611.6+4.4
Independent David Hill5231.2+0.5
Independent David Braid3170.7New
Majority 9,64322.5–8.7
Turnout 42,97158.8–15.8
Labour hold Swing –4.4

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: West Lancashire [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Pickthall 33,022 60.3 +10.9
Conservative Chris Varley15,90329.1–13.3
Liberal Democrats Arthur Wood3,9387.2+0.2
Referendum Michael Carter1,0251.9New
Natural Law John Collins4490.8+0.3
Independent David Hill3920.7New
Majority 17,11931.2+24.4
Turnout 54,72974.6–8.0
Labour hold Swing +12.1
General election 1992: West Lancashire [24] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Pickthall 30,128 47.1 +5.6
Conservative Ken Hind 28,05143.9+0.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Reilly4,8847.6–7.2
Green Philip Pawley5460.9New
Natural Law Bevin Morris3360.5New
Majority 2,0773.2N/A
Turnout 63,94582.6+2.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: West Lancashire [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ken Hind 26,500 43.7 –2.6
Labour Colin Pickthall 25,14741.5+7.7
SDP Robert Jermyn8,97214.8–5.2
Majority 1,3532.2–10.3
Turnout 60,61979.7+5.3
Conservative hold Swing –5.1
General election 1983: West Lancashire [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ken Hind 25,458 46.3
Labour Josie Farrington 18,60033.8
SDP Andrew D. Sackville10,98320.0
Majority 6,85812.5
Turnout 55,04174.4
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
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