Morecambe_and_Lonsdale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Morecambe and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)
Former UK Parliamentary constituency, 1950–1983
Not to be confused with Morecambe and Lunesdale (UK Parliament constituency).
Morecambe and Lonsdale was a constituency of the British House of Commons which existed until 1983.
Quick Facts 1950–1983, Seats ...
Morecambe and Lonsdale | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Lancaster and Lonsdale |
Replaced by | Morecambe & Lunesdale, Westmorland & Lonsdale and Barrow & Furness[1] |
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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.
In 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]
More information Election, Member ...
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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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 |
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Elections in the 1950s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Elections in the 1960s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Elections in the 1970s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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- "'Morecambe and Lonsdale', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.