Morecambe and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Morecambe and Lunesdale (UK Parliament constituency).

Morecambe and Lonsdale was a constituency of the House of Commons which existed until 1983.

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[1]

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]

Members of Parliament

Election		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

Results

Elections in the 1950s

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

Elections in the 1960s

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

Elections in the 1970s

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