Morecambe and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)

Morecambe and Lonsdale
Morecambe and Lonsdale
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

Morecambe and Lonsdale was a

British House of Commons

which existed until 1983.

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

In the 1950s, the seat of Morecambe and Lonsdale incorporated

Ulverston Rural District, which included Grange-over-Sands, Ulverston, Pennington, Satterthwaite, Hawkshead and Coniston^[2]

	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

General election 1950: Morecambe and Lonsdale ^[4]
Party		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)

General election 1951: Morecambe and Lonsdale ^[5]
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

General election 1955: Morecambe and Lonsdale
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

1958 Morecambe and Lunesdale by-election
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

General election 1959: Morecambe and Lonsdale
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

General election 1964: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		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

General election 1966: Morecambe and Lonsdale
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

General election 1970: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		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

General election February 1974: Morecambe and Lonsdale
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

General election October 1974: Morecambe and Lonsdale
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

General election 1979: Morecambe and Lonsdale
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