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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

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

Constituency	Electorate	Majority	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		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	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	74,775	5,789		Patrick Hurley ‡		Damien Moore †
West Lancashire CC	73,347	8,336		Ashley Dalton ‡		Mike Prendergast †

Boundary changes

2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details

Former name	Boundaries 2010–2024	Current name	Boundaries 2024–present
Blackburn BC Blackpool North and Cleveleys BC Blackpool South BC Burnley BC Chorley CC Fylde CC Hyndburn BC Lancaster and Fleetwood CC Morecambe and Lunesdale CC Pendle BC Preston BC Ribble Valley CC Rossendale and Darwen BC South Ribble CC West Lancashire CC Wyre and Preston North CC		Blackburn BC Blackpool North and Fleetwood BC Blackpool South BC Burnley CC Chorley CC Fylde CC Hyndburn CC Lancaster and Wyre CC Morecambe and Lunesdale CC Pendle and Clitheroe CC Preston BC Ribble Valley CC Rossendale and Darwen CC South Ribble CC Southport CC West Lancashire CC

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. Four wards in the borough of West Lancashire were incorporated into the Merseyside constituency of Southport.

The following constituencies were proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Blackburn with Darwen

• Blackburn
• Rossendale and Darwen (part)

Containing electoral wards from Blackpool

• Blackpool North and Fleetwood (part)
• Blackpool South

Containing electoral wards from Burnley

• Burnley (part)

Containing electoral wards from Chorley

• Chorley
• South Ribble (part)

Containing electoral wards from Fylde

• Fylde (part)

Containing electoral wards from Hyndburn

• Hyndburn (part)

Containing electoral wards from Lancaster

• Lancaster and Wyre (part)
• Morecambe and Lunsdale (part also in District of South Lakeland in Cumbria)

Containing electoral wards from Pendle

• Burnley (part)

• Pendle and Clitheroe (part)

Containing electoral wards from Preston

• Preston
• Ribble Valley (part)

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

• Southport (part also in the Merseyside borough of Sefton)
• 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.

Former name	Boundaries 1997-2010	Current name	Boundaries 2010–2024
Blackburn BC Blackpool North and Fleetwood BC Blackpool South BC Burnley BC Chorley CC Fylde CC Hyndburn BC Lancaster and Wyre CC Morecambe and Lunesdale CC Pendle BC Preston BC Ribble Valley CC Rossendale and Darwen BC South Ribble CC West Lancashire CC		Blackburn BC Blackpool North and Cleveleys BC Blackpool South BC Burnley BC Chorley CC Fylde CC Hyndburn BC Lancaster and Fleetwood CC Morecambe and Lunesdale CC Pendle BC Preston BC Ribble Valley CC Rossendale and Darwen BC South Ribble CC West Lancashire CC Wyre and Preston North CC

Results history

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

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:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Labour	231,808	36.3%	1.5%	13	9
Conservative	151,797	23.7%	22.5%	1	10
Reform	112,124	17.5%	15.2%	0	0
Liberal Democrats	38,345	6.0%	0.8%	0	0
Greens	35,957	5.6%	2.8	0	0
Speaker	25,238	3.9%	0.2	1	0
Others	44,000	6.9%	5.1%	1	1
Total	639,269	100.0		16

Percentage votes

1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Standing in Chorley, unopposed by the 3 main parties.

* Included in Other

Seats

1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Lindsay Hoyle

Maps

1885-1910

• 1885
• 1886
• 1892
• 1895
• 1900
• 1906
• Jan 1910
• Dec 1910

1918-1945

• 1918
• 1922
• 1923
• 1924
• 1929
• 1931
• 1935
• 1945

1950-1979

• 1950
• 1951
• 1955
• 1959
• 1964
• 1966
• 1970
• Feb 1974
• Oct 1974
• 1979

1983-present

• 1983
• 1987
• 1992
• 1997
• 2001
• 2005
• 2010
• 2015
• 2017
• 2019

2024-present (including two cross-county constituencies)

• 2024

Historical representation by party

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)

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

• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Parliamentary constituencies in North West England

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

References

1. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
2. ^ "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
3. "Ribble Valley Councillors call for Parliamentary boundary rethink". Lancashire Telegraph. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
4. "New plans for revised East Lancs Parliamentary map revealed". Lancashire Telegraph. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
5. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report". Boundary Commission for England. paras 711-762. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
6. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".

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