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
ConstituencyBC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.ElectorateMajorityThe majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.Member of ParliamentNearest oppositionMapBlackburn BC73,263 132 Adnan Hussain (Independent) Kate Hollern ‡Blackpool North and Fleetwood BC73,3394,647 Lorraine Beavers ‡ Paul Maynard †Blackpool South BC77,4606,868 Chris Webb ‡ Mark Butcher ±Burnley CC74,954 3,420 Oliver Ryan ‡ Gordon Birtwistle ¤Chorley CC74,80120,575 Lindsay Hoyle (The Speaker) Mark Tebbutt ¥Fylde CC77,100561 Andrew Snowden † Tom Calver ‡Hyndburn CC67,147 1,687 Sarah Smith ‡ Sara Britcliffe †Lancaster and Wyre CC74,7609,253 Cat Smith ‡ Peter Cartridge †Morecambe and Lunesdale CCCross-county constituency with Cumbria76,4245,815 Lizzi Collinge ‡ David Morris †Pendle and Clitheroe CC78,796902 Jonathan Hinder ‡ Andrew Stephenson †Preston BC77,4005,291 Mark Hendrick ‡ Michael Lavalette (Independent)Ribble Valley CC80,484856 Maya Ellis ‡ Nigel Evans †Rossendale and Darwen CC74,4405,628 Andy MacNae ‡ Jake Berry †South Ribble CC73,4206,501 Paul Foster ‡ Katherine Fletcher †Southport CCCross-county constituency with Merseyside73,6415,789 Patrick Hurley ‡ Damien Moore †West Lancashire CC74,0818,336 Ashley Dalton ‡ Mike Prendergast †
Boundary changes
2024 See 2023 review of Westminster constituencies for further details Former nameBoundaries 2010–2024Current nameBoundaries 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 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 nameBoundaries 1997-2010Current nameBoundaries 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: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 PartyVotes%Change from 2019SeatsChange from 2019Labour231,80836.3%1.5%139Conservative151,79723.7%22.5%110Reform112,12417.5%15.2%00Liberal Democrats38,3456.0%0.8%00Greens35,9575.6%2.800Speaker25,2383.9%0.210Others44,0006.9%5.1%11Total639,269100.016
Percentage votes Election year19831987199219972001200520102015201720192024Labour29.434.438.949.246.741.435.237.848.237.836.3Conservative48.246.345.034.236.435.038.739.345.046.223.7Reform - - - - - - - - -2.317.5Liberal Democrat121.918.915.212.713.317.018.14.83.75.26.0Green Party -*****0.62.71.32.85.6UKIP - - -***.814.31.5**The Speaker2 - - - - - - - - -3.73.9Other0.50.30.93.93.66.53.61.20.32.06.9 11983 & 1987 - SDP–Liberal Alliance
2Standing in Chorley, unopposed by the 3 main parties.
* Included in Other
Seats Election year19831987199219972001200520102015201720192024Labour337131312688413Conservative13139223988111The Speaker2 - - - - - - - - -11Independent - - - - - - - - - -1Liberal Democrat100000010000The Speaker2 - - - - - - - - -11Total1616161515151616161616 11983 & 1987 - SDP–Liberal Alliance
2Lindsay Hoyle
Maps 1885-1910
1918-1945
1950-1979
1983-present
2024-present (including two cross-county constituencies)
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
Constituency1885861886868789909218929395189598001900000203041906Jan 10Dec 10131517AccringtonGraftonHodgeLeeseBakerBarrow-in-FurnessD. DuncanCaine→J. DuncanCayzerC. DuncanBlackburnPeelHornbyBarclayNormanCoddingtonSnowdenBlackpoolStanleyRidleyWorsley-TaylorAshleyBurnleyRylands→SlaggBalfourStanhopeMitchellMaddisonArbuthnotMorrellChorleyFeildenLindsayHibbertClitheroeKay-ShuttleworthShackletonSmithDarwenGascoyne-CecilHuntingtonJ. RutherfordHindleRutherfordLancasterMartonWilliamsonFosterHelmeN Lonsdale AinslieSmithR. Cavendish→HaddockOrmskirkForwoodStanleyPrestonHanburyKerrMacphersonStanleyTomlinsonCoxTobinBroughtonRossendaleS. Cavendish→MadenMatherHarcourtMaden
Manchester area
Constituency1885861886899018921895979900190001020405190608Jan 10Dec 101112141516171818Ashton-under-LyneAddisonWhiteleyScottAitkenStanleyBoltonBridgemanHarwoodTaylorEdgeShepherd-CrossGillTootillBuryJames→KenyonToulminEcclesEgertonRobyLeigh-ClarePollardGorton PeacockMatherHatch→HodgeHeywood HoyleSnapeKemp→HoldenCawleyIllingworthInceBlundell-Hollinshead-BlundellWoodsBlundell-Hollinshead-BlundellWalshLeighWrightScottBrunnerRaffanManchester EBalfourHorridgeSuttonManchester NHuttonSchwannManchester NEFergussonClynesManchester NWHouldsworthChurchillJoynson-HicksKempRandlesManchester SRoscoeCampbellPeelHaworthGlazebrookStokerManchester SWHamiltonBrightGallowayKelleyColefaxNeedhamMiddleton Salis-Schwabe→T. FieldenHopwoodT. FieldenDuckworthE. FieldenAdkinsOldhamHibbertLeesHibbertAscroftEmmottDennissMacleanCheethamOswaldRuncimanChurchill→BrightBartonPrestwich BuckleyMowbrayF. CawleyO. CawleyHopkinsonRadcliffe cum FarnworthLeakeMellorTaylorRochdalePotterRoydsHarveySalford NorthE. HardcastleHollandPlatt-HigginsBylesTillettSalford SouthMatherHoworthGrovesBellocBarlowSalford WestArmitageKnowlesAgnewStretfordAgnewMaclureCrippsNuttallWesthoughtonF. HardcastleStanleyWilsonWiganPowellTwistNeville
Merseyside area
Constituency18851886868788921892931895959798991900020305190607Jan 1010Dec 1011151617BootleSandysBonar LawLiverpool AbercrombyLawrenceSeelyChalonerStanleyLiverpool E Toxtethde WormsWarrTaylor→HallRankinLiverpool EvertonWhitleyWilloxHarmood-BannerLiverpool ExchangeBailyDuncanNevilleBighamMcArthurCherryMusprattScottLiverpool KirkdaleBaden-PowellMacIverMcArthurKyffin-TaylorPennefatherLiverpool ScotlandO'ConnorLiverpool WaltonGibsonMattinsonStockSmithLiverpool W DerbyHamiltonCrossLongHigginbottomW. RutherfordLiverpool W ToxtethRoydenHoustonNewtonCrossLeghR. PilkingtonSeddonPalmerSt HelensSeton-KarrGloverSwiftSouthportG. PilkingtonCurzonNaylor-LeylandG. PilkingtonMarshall-HallAstburyDalrymple-WhiteWarringtonGreenallPierpontCrosfieldSmithWidnesEdwards-MossGilliatWalker
1918 to 1950 Lancashire area
Constituency19182021192219232419242428192929311931193536383940414243194546AccringtonGrayBuxtonEdwards→→SnowdenProcterScott-ElliotBarrow-in-FurnessChadwickSomervilleBromleyWalker-SmithMonslowBlackburnNormanJ. DuckworthGillEllistonEdwardsDeanHennHamiltonSmilesCastleBlackpool NorthLowBlackpool / South (1945)ParkinsonMolloyMeylerde FreceErskine-BolstRobinsonBurnleyIrvingA. HendersonCampbellBurkeChorleyHackingKenyonClitheroeDaviesBrassRandallDarwenRutherfordSandersonHindleSandersonSamuelRussellPrescottFyldeAshleyStanleyLancasterLancasterHunterSingletonO'NeillStricklandTomlinsonRamsbothamMacleanLonsdaleLowther→→KennedyMadenLindsayFraserNelson and ColneA. SmithGrahamGreenwoodThorpSilvermanOrmskirkBellBlundellRosbotham→King-Hall→WilsonPrestonStanleyHodgeKennedyJowitt→→MoreingChurchillSunderlandShackletonShawKirkpatrickCobbSegalRossendaleWaddingtonHalsteadWaddingtonLawCrossWalker
Manchester area