Morecambe and Lonsdale was a constituency of the British House of Commons which existed until 1983.
Morecambe and Lonsdale | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Morecambe and Lonsdale in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983 | |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Lancaster and Lonsdale |
Replaced by | Morecambe & Lunesdale, Westmorland & Lonsdale and Barrow & Furness[1] |
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
editIn 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
editElection | Member[3] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | constituency 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 | |
1983 | constituency renamed as "Morecambe and Lunesdale" after boundary changes |
Results
editElections in the 1950s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Fraser | 28,041 | 60.3 | ||
Labour | Albert Gaskell | 12,768 | 27.4 | ||
Liberal | Gerard de Pfyffer Leeming | 5,723 | 12.3 | ||
Majority | 15,273 | 32.9 | |||
Turnout | 46,532 | 84.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Fraser | 31,211 | 69.5 | +9.2 | |
Labour | Ernest Gardner | 13,732 | 30.5 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 17,479 | 39.0 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 44,943 | 80.4 | −4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Fraser | 29,706 | 71.2 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Wilfred Fielding | 12,005 | 28.8 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 17,701 | 42.4 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 41,711 | 74.5 | −5.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Basil de Ferranti | 23,923 | 65.3 | −5.9 | |
Labour | Frank R McManus | 12,692 | 34.7 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 11,231 | 30.6 | −11.8 | ||
Turnout | 36,615 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Basil de Ferranti | 30,228 | 70.0 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Frank R McManus | 14,523 | 32.0 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 15,975 | 36.0 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,751 | 77.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Hall-Davis | 24,756 | 53.86 | ||
Labour | Frank R McManus | 12,392 | 26.96 | ||
Independent Liberal | James Rafton Smallwood | 8,818 | 19.18 | New | |
Majority | 12,364 | 26.90 | |||
Turnout | 45,966 | 77.09 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Hall-Davis | 24,138 | 51.91 | ||
Labour | Ivan Limmer | 13,838 | 29.76 | ||
Liberal | David M Clark | 8,526 | 18.33 | New | |
Majority | 10,300 | 22.15 | |||
Turnout | 37,976 | 76.53 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Hall-Davis | 27,442 | 56.99 | ||
Labour | Eric Garbutt | 13,916 | 28.90 | ||
Liberal | Anthony W Drury | 6,792 | 14.11 | ||
Majority | 13,526 | 28.09 | |||
Turnout | 48,150 | 72.55 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Hall-Davis | 27,704 | 51.85 | ||
Liberal | Bernard North Wates | 12,948 | 24.23 | ||
Labour | Terry Cannon | 12,782 | 23.92 | ||
Majority | 14,756 | 27.62 | |||
Turnout | 53,434 | 78.56 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Hall-Davis | 24,877 | 49.84 | ||
Labour | Eric Garbutt | 12,633 | 25.31 | ||
Liberal | AT Stuttard | 12,404 | 24.85 | ||
Majority | 12,244 | 24.53 | |||
Turnout | 49,914 | 72.90 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Lennox-Boyd | 29,068 | 55.40 | ||
Labour | G Collier | 13,253 | 25.26 | ||
Liberal | HR Tinker | 10,150 | 19.34 | ||
Majority | 15,815 | 30.14 | |||
Turnout | 52,471 | 76.46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "'Morecambe and Lonsdale', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ Vision of Britain - Morecambe and Lonsdale map
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
- ^ "Politicsresources.net - Official Web Site ✔".
- ^ "Politicsresources.net - Official Web Site ✔".