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West Lancashire

Every general election and by-election in West Lancashire since 1997. Latest: Ashley Dalton, Labour, majority 13,625.

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Member of Parliament

Ashley Dalton

Labour · elected 4 July 2024 · majority 13,625

2024 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Ashley Dalton Elected sitting MPLabour22,30550.5%
Mike PrendergastConservative8,68019.6%
Simon EvansReform UK7,90917.9%
Charlotte HoultramGreen3,2637.4%
Graham SmithLiberal Democrats2,0434.6%
Valid votes44,200
Majority13,62530.8%

Lab hold Turnout 59.7% of 74,081 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%19972001200520102015201720192024Labour, 1997: 60.3%Labour, 2001: 54.5%Labour, 2005: 48.1%Labour, 2010: 45.1%Labour, 2015: 49.3%Labour, 2017: 58.9%Labour, 2019: 52.1%Labour, 2024: 50.5%Conservative, 1997: 29.1%Conservative, 2001: 32.0%Conservative, 2005: 34.0%Conservative, 2010: 36.2%Conservative, 2015: 32.4%Conservative, 2017: 37.4%Conservative, 2019: 36.3%Conservative, 2024: 19.6%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 7.2%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 11.6%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 14.0%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 13.6%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 2.6%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 2.0%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 4.9%Liberal Democrats, 2024: 4.6%Reform UK, 2024: 17.9%UK Independence Party, 2010: 3.7%UK Independence Party, 2015: 12.2%
Vote share in West Lancashire at each general election Lab Con LD Ref UKIP

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of today’s West Lancashire lived under the old (2010–2019) boundaries:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2024Lab Ashley DaltonCon13,62530.859.7%Lab hold
By-election Feb 2023Lab Ashley DaltonCon8,32636.931.3%Lab hold
2019Lab Rosie CooperCon8,33615.871.8%Lab hold
2017Lab Rosie CooperCon11,68921.574.2%Lab hold
2015Lab Rosie CooperCon8,36016.870.1%Lab hold
2010Lab Rosie CooperCon4,3439.065.7%Lab hold
2005LabCon6,08414.158.2%
2001LabCon9,64322.458.8%Lab hold
1997LabCon17,11931.374.6%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who is the MP for West Lancashire?

Ashley Dalton (Labour) won West Lancashire at the 2024 general election with a majority of 13,625.

Which parties have won West Lancashire?

At the 8 general elections held under this name since 1997: Labour 8.

Which region is West Lancashire in?

West Lancashire is in North West.

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

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