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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards}}
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{{Not to be confused with|West Lancashire (borough)}}
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{{Infobox UK constituency main
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = West Lancashire
|name = West Lancashire
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|map_entity = Lancashire
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|year = 1983
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|previous = [[Ormskirk (UK Parliament constituency)|Ormskirk]] and [[Ince (UK Parliament constituency)|Ince]]
|previous = [[Ormskirk (UK Parliament constituency)|Ormskirk]] and [[Ince (UK Parliament constituency)|Ince]]
|next =
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|electorate = 73,652 (2023)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-north-west/#lg_west-lancashire-cc-73652
|electorate = 73,028 (December 2010)<ref>{{cite web|
|title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – North West
url=http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm|title=Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England|date=4 March 2011|work=2011 Electorate Figures|publisher=Boundary Commission for England|accessdate=13 March 2011}}</ref>
|publisher=Boundary Commission for England
|mp = [[Rosie Cooper]]
|access-date=30 July 2024
|party = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
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|mp = [[Ashley Dalton]]
|party =Labour Party (UK)
|towns = [[Ormskirk]], [[Skelmersdale]] and [[Burscough]]
|region = England
|region = England
|county = [[Lancashire]]
|county = [[Lancashire]]
|european = North West England
|european = North West England
|elects_howmany = One
|elects_howmany = One
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}}
'''West Lancashire''' is a [[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|constituency]]{{#tag:ref|A [[county constituency]] (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]] since 2005 by [[Rosie Cooper]], a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].{{#tag:ref|As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] system of election at least every five years.|group= n}}
'''West Lancashire''' is a [[County constituencies|county]] [[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|constituency]] represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]]. Following the resignation of [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP [[Rosie Cooper]] on 30 November 2022, the seat was won by the party's candidate [[Ashley Dalton]] in the [[2023 West Lancashire by-election|by-election]] held on 9 February 2023. She retained the seat at the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|July 2024 general election]].

==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 (UK Parliament constituency)|South Ribble]] constituency.

Farming is a significant industry in the constituency, with much of the farmland classed as grade 1 or grade 2.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Council |first=Lancashire County |title=Environment and conservation maps |url=https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/lancashire-insight/environment/environment-and-conservation-maps/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Lancashire.gov.uk}}</ref> The entirety of the constituency is within the [[North West Green Belt]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Council |first=Lancashire County |title=Green belt land |url=https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/lancashire-insight/environment/green-belt-land/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=Lancashire.gov.uk}}</ref>

West Lancashire is home to a significant proportion of those working at managerial and professional levels and an above average retired age quotient.<ref>{{cite web |title=Local statistics - Office for National Statistics |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ |archive-date=11 February 2003 |access-date=23 April 2018 |website=neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk}}</ref> 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]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Rogers |first1=Simon |last2=Evans |first2=Lisa |date=2010-11-17 |title=Unemployment: the key UK data and benefit claimants for every constituency |url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021080330/https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics |archive-date=21 October 2021 |access-date=2021-12-24 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>


==Boundaries==
==Boundaries==
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'''1983-1997''': The District of West Lancashire wards of 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''': The District of West Lancashire wards of 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.
'''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.


'''2010-present''': The District of West Lancashire wards of 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.
'''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 covers the borough of the same name except for the northern parishes,{{#tag:ref|[[Tarleton]], [[Rufford, Lancashire|Rufford]], [[Hesketh Bank]] and [[North Meols]]|group= n}} which are in the [[South Ribble (UK Parliament constituency)|South Ribble]] constituency. The main towns in the constituency are the historic market town of [[Ormskirk]] and the [[new town]] of [[Skelmersdale]]. The third largest settlement is [[Burscough]] which is also surrounded by rural townships and villages and is close to the resort of [[Southport]], just outside the modern administrative county.


The constituency boundaries remained unchanged.
==History==
The seat was established under the third periodic review of Westminster constituencies of 1983 following the first such review, after the [[Representation of the People Act 1918]], in 1945. The new seat took in parts of the former ones of [[Ormskirk (UK Parliament constituency)|Ormskirk]]{{#tag:ref|Its [[Member of Parliament|MPs]] had included twice Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]] (Lab) (1945–1950) and [[Robert Kilroy-Silk]] (1974–1983) (after 1983 Kilroy-Silk won the western successor to the Ormskirk seat, [[Knowsley North (UK Parliament constituency)|Knowsley North]]). <br>Somewhat [[marginal seat|marginal]], Ormkirk was served by four [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] in the intervening years.|group= n}} and [[Ince (UK Parliament constituency)|Ince]].


'''2023–present''': Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |last=LGBCE |title=West Lancashire {{!}} LGBCE |url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/west-lancashire |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=www.lgbce.org.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The West Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2022 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1179/introduction/made}}</ref> the constituency now comprises the following wards or part wards of the Borough of West Lancashire:
;Political history
Both forerunner seats were last represented by [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MPs, with Ince having been served by only four such members since 1906, however with Ormskirk having a mixed and longer history as a more [[marginal seat]].


* Aughton & Holborn; Burscough Bridge & Rufford (part); Burscough Town; Old Skelmersdale; Ormskirk East; Ormskirk West; Rural North East; Rural South; Rural West; Skelmersdale North; Skelmersdale South; Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre; Up Holland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details - Lancashire West |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Lancashire+West |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}</ref>
The first member, [[Ken Hind]] held the seat for two terms as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|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 (UK)|Labour Party]] who then gained a majority of 17,119 votes in 1997 and was succeeded by [[Rosie Cooper]] in 2005. The 2010 result was more [[marginal seat|marginal]], a 9.0% majority, but not within the 50 most narrowly won seats for Cooper's party.<ref>[http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/results/general_elections General Election Results from the Electoral Commission]</ref>


The [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], which was based on the ward structure in place at 1 December 2020, left the boundaries unchanged.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region}}</ref>
==Constituency profile==
As outlined in geography in the boundaries section above, the seat is primarily green-[[buffer zone|buffered]] settlements. West Lancashire is home to a significant proportion of those working at managerial and professional levels and an above average retired age quotient,<ref>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk 2011 Census]</ref> as such the local economy is allied to the international successes of nearby industrial and world trading sectors, primarily [[Liverpool]] and its trading estates in [[Merseyside]] as well as the economy of [[Greater Manchester]]. The new town of Skelmersdale is strongly Labour, whereas Ormskirk and the surrounding rural and agricultural towns and villages are more inclined to vote Conservative.<ref>http://www.ukipwestlancashire.com</ref> Since 2012, both jurisdictions have seen UKIP making substantial electoral gains. Although UKIP only had paper candidates in Aughton and Ormskirk in the 2010 general election, they finished second behind Labour in two Skelmersdale council elections, as well as second behind only the Conservatives in Aughton.<ref>[http://www.ukipwestlancashire.com UKIP West Lancs Website]</ref>


==History==
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]]''.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics Unemployment claimants by constituency] ''[[The Guardian]]''</ref>
The seat was established under the third periodic review of Westminster constituencies of 1983.


The new seat took in parts of [[Ormskirk (UK Parliament constituency)|Ormskirk]] and [[Ince (UK Parliament constituency)|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.
==Members of Parliament==


The seat's first member, [[Ken Hind]], held the seat for two terms as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|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 (UK)|Labour Party]], who was succeeded by [[Rosie Cooper]] in 2005. The 2010 result was more [[marginal seat|marginal]], with a 9.0% majority, but was not within the 50 most narrowly won seats for Cooper's party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/results/general_elections|title=Electoral Commission - Previous UK general elections|website=The Electoral Commission|access-date=23 April 2018|archive-date=19 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719222826/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/results/general_elections|url-status=live}}</ref>

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 [[2023 West Lancashire by-election|by-election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Campaigning MP to chair foundation trust |url=https://www.hsjjobs.com/article/campaigning-mp-to-chair-foundation-trust |access-date=20 September 2022 |work=HSJJobs.com |date=20 September 2022}}</ref>

==Members of Parliament==
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!colspan=2|Election!!Member<ref>{{rayment-hc|l|1|date=March 2012}}</ref>!!Party
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|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | || [[United Kingdom general election, 1983|1983]] || [[Ken Hind]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | || [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]] || [[Ken Hind]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | || [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992]] || [[Colin Pickthall]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | || [[United Kingdom general election, 1992|1992]] || [[Colin Pickthall]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | || [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]] || [[Rosie Cooper]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color: {{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}" | || [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005]] || [[Rosie Cooper]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[2023 West Lancashire by-election|2023 by-election]]
|[[Ashley Dalton]]
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|-
|}
|}

==Elections==
==Elections==
[[File:West_Lancashire_UK_Parliament_constituency_election_results_(1983-2023).png|upright=1.15|550px|West Lancashire constituency election results from 1983 to 2023]]

===Elections in the 2020s===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: West Lancashire<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.westlancs.gov.uk/media/547768/statement-of-persons-nominated-general-election-2024-west-lancashire.pdf|title=Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations|date=7 June 2024|publisher=[[West Lancashire Council]] |access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref>
}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Ashley Dalton]]
|votes = 22,305
|percentage = 50.5
|change = -1.6
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mike Prendergast
|votes = 8,680
|percentage = 19.6
|change = -16.7
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Simon Evans
|votes = 7,909
|percentage = 17.9
|change = +13.6
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Charlotte Houltram
|votes = 3,263
|percentage = 7.4
|change = +5.0
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Graham Smith
|votes = 2,043
|percentage = 4.6
|change = -0.3
}}

{{Election box majority
|votes = 13,625
|percentage = 30.8
|change = -6.1
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 44,200
|percentage = 60.3
|change = +28.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 74083
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = {{ increase }} 7.5
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=[[2023 West Lancashire by-election|By-election 2023]]: West Lancashire
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Ashley Dalton]]
|votes = 14,068
|percentage = 62.3
|change = +10.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mike Prendergast
|votes = 5,742
|percentage = 25.4
|change = -10.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Reform UK
|candidate = Jonathan Kay
|votes = 997
|percentage = 4.4
|change = +0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jo Barton
|votes = 918
|percentage = 4.1
|change = -0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Peter Cranie
|votes = 646
|percentage = 2.8
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|candidate = [[Howling Laud Hope]]
|votes = 210
|percentage = 0.9
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 8,326
|percentage = 36.9
|change = +21.0
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 22,639
|percentage = 31.4
|change = -40.7}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +10.5
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 2010s===
===Elections in the 2010s===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: West Lancashire<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westlancs.gov.uk/media/545343/statement-of-persons-nominated-notice-of-poll-and-situation-of-polling-stations-ukpge-2019.pdf|title=Statement of persons nominated 2019|access-date=16 November 2019|archive-date=16 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116170111/https://www.westlancs.gov.uk/media/545343/statement-of-persons-nominated-notice-of-poll-and-situation-of-polling-stations-ukpge-2019.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2017|General Election 2017]]: West Lancashire<ref>http://www.westlancs.gov.uk/media/530800/statement-of-persons-nominated.pdf</ref>
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Rosie Cooper]]
|votes = 27,458
|percentage = 52.1
|change = –6.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jack Gilmore
|votes = 19,122
|percentage = 36.3
|change = –1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Simon Thomson
|votes = 2,560
|percentage = 4.9
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Brexit Party
|candidate = Marc Stanton
|votes = 2,275
|percentage = 4.3
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = John Puddifer
|votes = 1,248
|percentage = 2.4
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 8,336
|percentage = 15.8
|change = –5.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 52,663
|percentage = 72.0
|change = –2.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = –2.9
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=[[2017 United Kingdom general election|General election 2017]]: West Lancashire<ref>{{cite web |title=Election of a Member of Parliament for West Lancashire |url=http://www.westlancs.gov.uk/media/530800/statement-of-persons-nominated.pdf |access-date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710180802/https://www.westlancs.gov.uk/media/530800/statement-of-persons-nominated.pdf |archive-date=10 July 2021 |language=English |date=11 May 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Rosie Cooper]]
|candidate = [[Rosie Cooper]]
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|change = +9.6
|change = +9.6
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Currie
|candidate = Samuel Currie
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|change = +5.0
|change = +5.0
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jo Barton
|candidate = Jo Barton
|votes = 1,069
|votes = 1,069
|percentage = 2.0
|percentage = 2.0
|change = -0.6
|change = –0.6
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Nate Higgins
|candidate = Nate Higgins
|votes = 680
|votes = 680
|percentage = 1.3
|percentage = 1.3
|change = -1.9
|change = –1.9
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate|
{{Election box candidate
|party = War Veterans Pro-Traditional Family
|party = War Veterans Pro-Traditional Family
|candidate = David Braid
|candidate = David Braid
|votes = 269
|votes = 269
|percentage = 0.5
|percentage = 0.5
|change = +0.2
|change = +0.2
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
|votes = 11,689
|votes = 11,689
|percentage = 21.5
|percentage = 21.5
|change = +4.7
|change = +4.6
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 54,503
|votes = 54,103
|percentage = 74.41
|percentage = 74.4
|change =
|change = +4.4
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +2.3
|swing = +2.3
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin|title=[[2015 United Kingdom general election|General election 2015]]: West Lancashire<ref name=electoralcalculus2015>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="2015 result">{{cite news| title = Lancashire West| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001033| publisher = BBC News| access-date = 10 May 2015| archive-date = 10 May 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150510202244/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001033| url-status = live}}</ref>
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2015|General Election 2015]]: West Lancashire<ref name=electoralcalculus2015>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|accessdate=17 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archivedate=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="2015 result">{{cite web
| title = Lancashire West
| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001033
| publisher = BBC News
| accessdate = 10 May 2015}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Rosie Cooper]]
|votes = 24,474
|percentage = 49.3
|change = +4.1
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Greenall
|candidate = [[Rosie Cooper]]
|votes = 16,114
|votes = 24,474
|percentage = 32.4
|percentage = 49.3
|change = −3.7
|change = +4.2
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jack Sen<sup>1</sup>
|candidate = Paul Greenall
|votes = 6,058
|votes = 16,114
|percentage = 12.2
|percentage = 32.4
|change = +8.5
|change = –3.8
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Ben Basson
|candidate = Jack Sen<sup>1</sup>
|votes = 1,582
|votes = 6,058
|percentage = 3.2
|percentage = 12.2
|change = +2.2
|change = +8.5
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Daniel Lewis
|candidate = Ben Basson
|votes = 1,298
|votes = 1,582
|percentage = 2.6
|percentage = 3.2
|change = −10.9
|change = +2.2
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Braid
|candidate = Daniel Lewis
|votes = 150
|votes = 1,298
|percentage = 0.3
|percentage = 2.6
|change = −0.1
|change = –11.0
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Braid
|votes = 150
|percentage = 0.3
|change = –0.1
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 8,360
|votes = 8,360
|percentage = 16.8
|percentage = 16.9
|change = +7.8
|change = +7.9
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 49,676
|votes = 49,676
|percentage = 70.0
|percentage = 70.0
|change = +6.2
|change = +6.2
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +3.9
|swing = +3.9
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}
<sup>1</sup>: After nominations were closed, Sen was suspended from UKIP after sending an allegedly anti-semitic [[Tweet (Twitter)|tweet]] to [[Liverpool Wavertree (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Wavertree]] Labour candidate [[Luciana Berger]]. His name still appeared on ballot papers with the UKIP party name.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-32555535 UKIP candidate Jack Sen suspended over Jewish slur tweet] - BBC News, 1 May 2015</ref>
<sup>1</sup>: After nominations were closed, Sen was suspended from UKIP after sending an allegedly anti-semitic [[Tweet (Twitter)|tweet]] to [[Liverpool Wavertree (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Wavertree]] Labour candidate [[Luciana Berger]]. His name still appeared on ballot papers with the UKIP party name.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-05-01|title=UKIP candidate Jack Sen suspended over Jewish slur tweet|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-32555535|access-date=2021-12-24|archive-date=3 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503215234/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-32555535|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2010|General Election 2010]]: West Lancashire<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|accessdate=17 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archivedate=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/f09.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/f09.stm]</ref>}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2010 United Kingdom general election|General election 2010]]: West Lancashire<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/f09.stm|title=BBC News - Election 2010 - Constituency - Lancashire West|website=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=23 April 2018|archive-date=23 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823071520/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/f09.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{Election box candidate with party link|
}}
|party = Labour Party (UK)
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Rosie Cooper]]
|votes = 21,883
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Rosie Cooper]]
|percentage = 45.1
|change = −2.9
|votes = 21,883
|percentage = 45.1
|change = –2.9
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Adrian Owens
|candidate = Adrian Owens
|votes = 17,540
|votes = 17,540
|percentage = 36.2
|percentage = 36.2
|change = +2.2
|change = +2.2
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = John Gibson
|candidate = John Gibson
|votes = 6,573
|votes = 6,573
|percentage = 13.6
|percentage = 13.6
|change = −0.5
|change = –0.5
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Damon Noone
|candidate = Damon Noone
|votes = 1,775
|votes = 1,775
|percentage = 3.7
|percentage = 3.7
|change = +1.6
|change = +1.6
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Peter Cranie
|candidate = Peter Cranie
|votes = 485
|votes = 485
|percentage = 1.0
|percentage = 1.0
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate|
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Clause 28|Section 28]]
|party = [[Section 28|Clause 28]]
|candidate = David Braid
|candidate = David Braid
|votes = 217
|votes = 217
|percentage = 0.4
|percentage = 0.4
|change = −0.3
|change = –0.3
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
|votes = 4,343
|votes = 4,343
|percentage = 9.0
|percentage = 8.9
|change =
|change = –5.2
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 48,473
|votes = 48,473
|percentage = 63.8
|percentage = 63.8
|change = +6.1
|change = +6.1
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −2.6
|swing = –2.6
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


===Elections in the 2000s===
===Elections in the 2000s===
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2005|General Election 2005]]: West Lancashire<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election 2005]]: West Lancashire<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Rosie Cooper]]
|candidate = [[Rosie Cooper]]
|votes = 20,746
|votes = 20,746
|percentage = 48.1
|percentage = 48.1
|change = −6.4
|change = –6.4
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alf Doran
|candidate = Alf Doran
|votes = 14,662
|votes = 14,662
|percentage = 34.0
|percentage = 34.0
|change = +2.0
|change = +2.0
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Richard Kemp
|candidate = [[Richard Kemp (politician)|Richard Kemp]]
|votes = 6,059
|votes = 6,059
|percentage = 14.0
|percentage = 14.0
|change = +2.4
|change = +2.4
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Alan Freeman
|candidate = Alan Freeman
|votes = 871
|votes = 871
|percentage = 2.0
|percentage = 2.0
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = English Democrats
|party = English Democrats
|candidate = Stephen Garrett
|candidate = Stephen Garrett
|votes = 525
|votes = 525
|percentage = 1.2
|percentage = 1.2
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate|
{{Election box candidate
|party = Clause 28
|party = [[Section 28|Clause 28]]
|candidate = David Braid
|candidate = David Braid
|votes = 292
|votes = 292
|percentage = 0.7
|percentage = 0.7
|change = 0.0
|change = 0.0
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
|votes = 6,084
|votes = 6,084
|percentage = 14.1
|percentage = 14.1
|change =
|change = –8.4
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 43,155
|votes = 43,155
|percentage = 57.7
|percentage = 57.7
|change = −1.1
|change = –1.1
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −4.2
|swing = –4.2
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2001|General Election 2001]]: West Lancashire<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: West Lancashire<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>
{{Election box candidate with party link|
}}
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Colin Pickthall]]
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|votes = 23,404
|candidate = [[Colin Pickthall]]
|votes = 23,404
|percentage = 54.5
|percentage = 54.5
|change = −5.8
|change = –5.8
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jeremy Myers
|candidate = Jeremy Myers
|votes = 13,761
|votes = 13,761
|percentage = 32.0
|percentage = 32.0
|change = +2.9
|change = +2.9
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = John Thornton
|candidate = John Thornton
|votes = 4,966
|votes = 4,966
|percentage = 11.6
|percentage = 11.6
|change = +4.4
|change = +4.4
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Hill
|candidate = David Hill
|votes = 523
|votes = 523
|percentage = 1.2
|percentage = 1.2
|change = +0.5
|change = +0.5
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Braid
|candidate = David Braid
|votes = 317
|votes = 317
|percentage = 0.7
|percentage = 0.7
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
|votes = 9,643
|votes = 9,643
|percentage = 22.4
|percentage = 22.5
|change =
|change = –8.7
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 42,971
|votes = 42,971
|percentage = 58.8
|percentage = 58.8
|change = −15.8
|change = –15.8
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −4.4
|swing = –4.4
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1990s===
===Elections in the 1990s===
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1997|General Election 1997]]: West Lancashire<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|General election 1997]]: West Lancashire<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Colin Pickthall]]
|candidate = [[Colin Pickthall]]
|votes = 33,022
|votes = 33,022
|percentage = 60.3
|percentage = 60.3
|change = +13.2
|change = +10.9
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Chris J. Varley
|candidate = Chris Varley
|votes = 15,903
|votes = 15,903
|percentage = 29.1
|percentage = 29.1
|change = −14.8
|change = –13.3
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Arthur R. Wood
|candidate = Arthur Wood
|votes = 3,938
|votes = 3,938
|percentage = 7.2
|percentage = 7.2
|change = −0.4
|change = +0.2
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Referendum Party
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = Michael Carter
|candidate = Michael Carter
|votes = 1,025
|votes = 1,025
|percentage = 1.9
|percentage = 1.9
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Natural Law Party
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate = John D. Collins
|candidate = John Collins
|votes = 449
|votes = 449
|percentage = 0.8
|percentage = 0.8
|change = +0.3
|change = +0.3
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = David Hill
|candidate = David Hill
|votes = 392
|votes = 392
|percentage = 0.7
|percentage = 0.7
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
|votes = 17,119
|votes = 17,119
|percentage = 31.1
|percentage = 31.2
|change =
|change = +24.4
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 54,729
|votes = 54,729
|percentage = 74.6
|percentage = 74.6
|change = −8.0
|change = –8.0
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +12.1
|swing = +12.1
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1992|General Election 1992]]: West Lancashire<ref name=electoralcalculus1992>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|
url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i12.htm|title=UK General Election results April 1992|date=9 April 1992|work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources|publisher=Politics Resources|accessdate=2010-12-06}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1992 United Kingdom general election|General election 1992]]: West Lancashire<ref name=electoralcalculus1992>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i12.htm|title=UK General Election results April 1992|date=9 April 1992|work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2010-12-06|archive-date=8 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508153256/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i12.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Colin Pickthall]]
|candidate = [[Colin Pickthall]]
|votes = 30,128
|votes = 30,128
|percentage = 47.1
|percentage = 47.1
|change = +5.6
|change = +5.6
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Ken Hind]]
|candidate = [[Ken Hind]]
|votes = 28,051
|votes = 28,051
|percentage = 43.9
|percentage = 43.9
|change = +0.2
|change = +0.2
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Peter F. Reilly
|candidate = Peter Reilly
|votes = 4,884
|votes = 4,884
|percentage = 7.6
|percentage = 7.6
|change = −7.2
|change = –7.2
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Philip J. Pawley
|candidate = Philip Pawley
|votes = 546
|votes = 546
|percentage = 0.9
|percentage = 0.9
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Natural Law Party
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate = Bevin H. Morris
|candidate = Bevin Morris
|votes = 336
|votes = 336
|percentage = 0.5
|percentage = 0.5
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,077
|votes = 2,077
|percentage = 3.2
|percentage = 3.2
|change = +1.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 63,945
|votes = 63,945
|percentage = 82.6
|percentage = 82.6
|change = +2.9
|change = +2.9
}}
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.7
|swing = +2.7
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1980s===
===Elections in the 1980s===
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1987|General Election 1987]]: West Lancashire<ref name=electoralcalculus1987>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1987 United Kingdom general election|General election 1987]]: West Lancashire<ref name=electoralcalculus1987>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Ken Hind]]
|candidate = [[Ken Hind]]
|votes = 26,500
|votes = 26,500
|percentage = 43.7
|percentage = 43.7
|change = −2.5
|change = –2.6
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Colin Pickthall]]
|candidate = [[Colin Pickthall]]
|votes = 25,147
|votes = 25,147
|percentage = 41.5
|percentage = 41.5
|change = +7.7
|change = +7.7
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|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Jermyn
|candidate = Robert Jermyn
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|votes = 8,972
|percentage = 14.8
|percentage = 14.8
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{{Election box majority|
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|votes = 1,353
|percentage = 2.2
|percentage = 2.2
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|votes = 60,619
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|percentage = 79.7
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|change = +5.3
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|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Ken Hind]]
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|percentage = 46.3
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|change =
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|party = Labour Party (UK)
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|candidate = [[Josie Farrington, Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton|Josie Farrington]]
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|votes = 18,600
|percentage = 33.8
|percentage = 33.8
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|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew D. Sackville
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|votes = 10,983
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|percentage = 20.0
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Ormskirk (UK Parliament constituency)]]
* [[Ormskirk (UK Parliament constituency)]]
* [[List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire]]
* [[List of parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire]]

==Notes and references==
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==Notes==
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;References
==References==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm Election results, 1983 - 2001]
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm Election results, 1983 - 2001]

==External links==
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13460.html West Lancashire UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK''
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65873.html West Lancashire UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK''
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168626.html West Lancashire UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at ''MapIt UK''

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[[Category:Ormskirk|West Lancs]]

[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in North West England]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983]]
[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire]]
[[Category:Politics of West Lancashire]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983]]
[[Category:Politics of the Borough of West Lancashire]]
[[Category:Ormskirk]]

Latest revision as of 13:17, 18 November 2024

Not to be confused with West Lancashire (borough).

West Lancashire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Map of constituency
Boundary of West Lancashire in North West England
CountyLancashire
Electorate73,652 (2023)[1]
Major settlementsOrmskirk, Skelmersdale and Burscough
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentAshley Dalton (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromOrmskirk 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.

Constituency profile

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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

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Map
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:

  • Aughton & Holborn; Burscough Bridge & Rufford (part); Burscough Town; Old Skelmersdale; Ormskirk East; Ormskirk West; Rural North East; Rural South; Rural West; Skelmersdale North; Skelmersdale South; Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre; Up Holland.[8]

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

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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

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Election Member[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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West Lancashire constituency election results from 1983 to 2023

Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: West Lancashire[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ashley Dalton 22,305 50.5 −1.6
Conservative Mike Prendergast 8,680 19.6 −16.7
Reform UK Simon Evans 7,909 17.9 +13.6
Green Charlotte Houltram 3,263 7.4 +5.0
Liberal Democrats Graham Smith 2,043 4.6 −0.3
Majority 13,625 30.8 −6.1
Turnout 44,200 60.3 +28.9
Registered electors 74,083
Labour hold Swing Increase 7.5
By-election 2023: West Lancashire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ashley Dalton 14,068 62.3 +10.2
Conservative Mike Prendergast 5,742 25.4 −10.9
Reform UK Jonathan Kay 997 4.4 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Jo Barton 918 4.1 −0.8
Green Peter Cranie 646 2.8 +0.5
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 210 0.9 New
Majority 8,326 36.9 +21.0
Turnout 22,639 31.4 −40.7
Labour hold Swing +10.5

Elections in the 2010s

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General election 2019: West Lancashire[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosie Cooper 27,458 52.1 –6.8
Conservative Jack Gilmore 19,122 36.3 –1.1
Liberal Democrats Simon Thomson 2,560 4.9 +2.9
Brexit Party Marc Stanton 2,275 4.3 New
Green John Puddifer 1,248 2.4 +1.1
Majority 8,336 15.8 –5.7
Turnout 52,663 72.0 –2.4
Labour hold Swing –2.9
General election 2017: West Lancashire[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosie Cooper 32,030 58.9 +9.6
Conservative Samuel Currie 20,341 37.4 +5.0
Liberal Democrats Jo Barton 1,069 2.0 –0.6
Green Nate Higgins 680 1.3 –1.9
War Veterans Pro-Traditional Family David Braid 269 0.5 +0.2
Majority 11,689 21.5 +4.6
Turnout 54,103 74.4 +4.4
Labour hold Swing +2.3
General election 2015: West Lancashire[16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosie Cooper 24,474 49.3 +4.2
Conservative Paul Greenall 16,114 32.4 –3.8
UKIP Jack Sen1 6,058 12.2 +8.5
Green Ben Basson 1,582 3.2 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Daniel Lewis 1,298 2.6 –11.0
Independent David Braid 150 0.3 –0.1
Majority 8,360 16.9 +7.9
Turnout 49,676 70.0 +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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosie Cooper 21,883 45.1 –2.9
Conservative Adrian Owens 17,540 36.2 +2.2
Liberal Democrats John Gibson 6,573 13.6 –0.5
UKIP Damon Noone 1,775 3.7 +1.6
Green Peter Cranie 485 1.0 New
Clause 28 David Braid 217 0.4 –0.3
Majority 4,343 8.9 –5.2
Turnout 48,473 63.8 +6.1
Labour hold Swing –2.6

Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: West Lancashire[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosie Cooper 20,746 48.1 –6.4
Conservative Alf Doran 14,662 34.0 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Kemp 6,059 14.0 +2.4
UKIP Alan Freeman 871 2.0 New
English Democrat Stephen Garrett 525 1.2 New
Clause 28 David Braid 292 0.7 0.0
Majority 6,084 14.1 –8.4
Turnout 43,155 57.7 –1.1
Labour hold Swing –4.2
General election 2001: West Lancashire[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Pickthall 23,404 54.5 –5.8
Conservative Jeremy Myers 13,761 32.0 +2.9
Liberal Democrats John Thornton 4,966 11.6 +4.4
Independent David Hill 523 1.2 +0.5
Independent David Braid 317 0.7 New
Majority 9,643 22.5 –8.7
Turnout 42,971 58.8 –15.8
Labour hold Swing –4.4

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: West Lancashire[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Pickthall 33,022 60.3 +10.9
Conservative Chris Varley 15,903 29.1 –13.3
Liberal Democrats Arthur Wood 3,938 7.2 +0.2
Referendum Michael Carter 1,025 1.9 New
Natural Law John Collins 449 0.8 +0.3
Independent David Hill 392 0.7 New
Majority 17,119 31.2 +24.4
Turnout 54,729 74.6 –8.0
Labour hold Swing +12.1
General election 1992: West Lancashire[24][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Pickthall 30,128 47.1 +5.6
Conservative Ken Hind 28,051 43.9 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Reilly 4,884 7.6 –7.2
Green Philip Pawley 546 0.9 New
Natural Law Bevin Morris 336 0.5 New
Majority 2,077 3.2 N/A
Turnout 63,945 82.6 +2.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.7

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: West Lancashire[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ken Hind 26,500 43.7 –2.6
Labour Colin Pickthall 25,147 41.5 +7.7
SDP Robert Jermyn 8,972 14.8 –5.2
Majority 1,353 2.2 –10.3
Turnout 60,619 79.7 +5.3
Conservative hold Swing –5.1
General election 1983: West Lancashire[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ken Hind 25,458 46.3
Labour Josie Farrington 18,600 33.8
SDP Andrew D. Sackville 10,983 20.0
Majority 6,858 12.5
Turnout 55,041 74.4
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

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Notes

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References

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  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.
  2. ^ Council, Lancashire County. "Environment and conservation maps". Lancashire.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. ^ Council, Lancashire County. "Green belt land". Lancashire.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  5. ^ Rogers, Simon; Evans, Lisa (17 November 2010). "Unemployment: the key UK data and benefit claimants for every constituency". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  6. ^ LGBCE. "West Lancashire | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  7. ^ "The West Lancashire (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
  8. ^ "New Seat Details - Lancashire West". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  9. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 5 North West region.
  10. ^ "Electoral Commission - Previous UK general elections". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Campaigning MP to chair foundation trust". HSJJobs.com. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  12. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
  13. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations" (PDF). West Lancashire Council. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Statement of persons nominated 2019" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Election of a Member of Parliament for West Lancashire" (PDF). 11 May 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  17. ^ "Lancashire West". BBC News. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  18. ^ "UKIP candidate Jack Sen suspended over Jewish slur tweet". BBC News. 1 May 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  19. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  20. ^ "BBC News - Election 2010 - Constituency - Lancashire West". news.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  21. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  22. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  23. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  24. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  25. ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  26. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  27. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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