Morecambe and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)

Morecambe and Lonsdale
Former constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Morecambe & Lunesdale, Westmorland & Lonsdale and Barrow & Furness[1]
Created from	Lancaster

Morecambe and Lonsdale was a constituency of the 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 Morecambe, Heysham, Carnforth, and the communities with Ulverston Rural District, which included Grange-over-Sands, Ulverston, Pennington, Satterthwaite, Hawkshead and Coniston^[2]

Results

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Morecambe and Lonsdale [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Jocelyn Ian Fraser	28,041	60.3	n/a
	Labour	Albert Gaskell	12,768	27.4	n/a
	Liberal	Gerard de Pfyffer Leeming	5,723	12.3	n/a
Majority			15,273	32,8	n/a
Turnout				84.5	n/a
	Conservative win

General Election 1951: Morecambe and Lonsdale [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Jocelyn Ian Fraser	31,211	69.5
	Labour	Ernest Gardner	13,732	30.5
Majority			17,479	38.9
Turnout				80.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Jocelyn Ian Fraser	29,706	71.2
	Labour	Wilfred Fielding	12,005	28.8
Majority			17,701	74.5
Turnout				42.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Morecambe and Lunesdale by-election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Basil Reginald Vincent Ziani de Ferranti	23,923
	Labour	Frank R McManus	12,692
Majority			11,231
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Basil Reginald Vincent Ziani de Ferranti	30,228	70.0
	Labour	Frank R McManus	14,523	32.0
Majority			15,975	35.9
Turnout				77.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred George Fletcher Hall-Davis	24,756	53.86
	Labour	Frank R McManus	12,392	26.96
	Independent Liberal	James Rafton Smallwood	8,818	19.18
Majority			12,364	26.90
Turnout				77.09
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred George Fletcher Hall-Davis	24,138	51.91
	Labour	Ivan Limmer	13,838	29.76
	Liberal	David M Clark	8,526	18.33
Majority			10,300	22.15
Turnout				76.53
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred George Fletcher 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				72.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred George Fletcher Hall-Davis	27,704	51.85
	Liberal	Bernard North Wates	12,948	24.23
	Labour	Terry Carron	12,782	23.92
Majority			14,756	27.62
Turnout				78.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred George Fletcher 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				72.90
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Morecambe and Lonsdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Alexander 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				76.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "'Morecambe and Lonsdale', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
2. Vision of Britain - Morecambe and Lonsdale map