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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		51,070/68,827	74.20
Cecil Simon Franks	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,284	43.63
Rt Hon Albert Edward Booth	Labour Party	17,707	34.67
David Keith Cottier	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	11,079	21.69
Majority		4,577	8.96

11 June 1987		54,735/70,175	78.00
Cecil Simon Franks	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,432	46.46
Peter Phizacklea	Labour Party	21,504	39.29
Richard Wintour Phelps	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	7,799	14.25
Majority		3,928	7.18

9 April 1992		55,647/67,764	82.12
John Matthew Patrick Hutton	Labour Party	26,568	47.74
Cecil Simon Franks	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,990	41.31
Clive James Crane	Liberal Democrats	6,089	10.94
Majority		3,578	6.43

1 May 1997		48,230/66,960	72.03
John Matthew Patrick Hutton	Labour Party	27,630	57.29
Richard Hunt	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,133	27.23
Anne Aileen Metcalfe	Liberal Democrats	4,264	8.84
Jim Hamezeian	Independent Labour	1,995	4.14
David Young Mitchell	Referendum Party	1,208	2.50
Majority		14,497	30.06

Jim Hamezeian was the candidate of the People's Labour Party, a breakaway group from the local Labour Party.

7 June 2001		39,020/64,746	60.27
John Matthew Patrick Hutton	Labour Party	21,724	55.67
James Airey	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,835	30.33
Barry Maciek Rabone	Liberal Democrats	4,750	12.17
John Norman Smith	UK Independence Party	711	1.82
Majority		9,889	25.34

5 May 2005		36,493/61,883	58.97
Rt Hon John Matthew Patrick Hutton	Labour Party	17,360	47.57
William Henry Wolsey Dorman	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,323	31.03
Barry Maciek Rabone	Liberal Democrats	6,130	16.80
Alan Stanley Beach	UK Independence Party	758	2.08
Timothy John Bell	Independent	409	1.12
Brian Greaves	Veritas	306	0.84
Helene Young	Independent	207	0.57
Majority		6,037	16.54

Timothy Bell sought election as Build Duddon and Morecambe Bridges.

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		44,124/68,943	64.00
John Zak Woodcock	Labour and Co-operative Party	21,226	48.11
John Gough	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,018	36.30
Barry Maclek Rebone	Liberal Democrats	4,424	10.03
John Norman Smith	UK Independence Party	841	1.91
Mike Ashburner	British National Party	840	1.90
Christopher Loynes	Green Party	530	1.20
Brian Greaves	Independent	245	0.56
Majority		5,208	11.80

7 May 2015		43,275/68,338	63.32
John Zak Woodcock	Labour and Co-operative Party	18,320	42.33
Simon Richard James Fell	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,525	40.50
Nigel Cecil	UK Independence Party	5,070	11.72
Clive Jonathan Peaple	Liberal Democrats	1,169	2.70
Robert O'Hara	Green Party	1,061	2.45
Ian Jackson	Independent	130	0.30
Majority		795	1.84

8 June 2017		47,590/69,474	68.50
John Zak Woodcock	Labour and Co-operative Party	22,592	47.47
Simon Richard James Fell	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,383	47.03
Loraine Birchall	Liberal Democrats	1,278	2.69
Alan Nigel Piper	UK Independence Party	962	2.02
Robert O'Hara	Green Party	375	0.79
Majority		209	0.44

18 July 2018 John Woodcock resigns the Labour whip.

12 December 2019		46,046/70,158	65.63
Simon Richard James Fell	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,876	51.85
Christopher Mark Altree	Labour Party	18,087	39.28
Loraine Birchall	Liberal Democrats	2,025	4.40
Gerard James McGrath	Brexit Party	1,355	2.94
Christopher Loynes	Green Party	703	1.53
Majority		5,789	12.57

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		42,221/74,980	56.31
Michelle Scrogham	Labour Party	18,537	43.90
Simon Richard James Fell	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,213	31.29
Barry John Philip Morgan	Reform UK	7,035	16.66
Adrian Harvey Martin Waite	Liberal Democrats	1,680	3.98
Lorraine Wrennall	Green Party	1,466	3.47
Elizabeth Susan Morgan	Party of Women	290	0.69
Majority		5,324	12.61