also covers Morecambe, Heysham and surrounding area.
www.lancaster.gov.uk/
Councils offer a number of services online via the DirectGov website offering, called “My Council”:
www.direct.gov.uk/mycouncil
The aim of the site is to bring public services online and make them easy to find and use and of course nothing to do with cutting the numbers of people you can actually talk to face to face, which Tony Blair has decided no one wants to do any more.
My Council brings together the most commonly requested council services in a single place, and connects you directly to the specific information you need. You don’t need to know which authority is responsible for each service – you simply select the service you want, enter your postcode or town, and My Council does the rest.
Issues you can deal with via My Council include:
* School holiday schemes
* Childcare
* Flytipping
* Graffiti
* Garden waste
* Library books
* Parking tickets
* And many more…
My Council also links through to all the online services provided by national government departments, and to a vast range of government information and advice (who don't want to talk to you face to face any more, either)

Lancaster City Council
Lancaster Town Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster LA1 1PW.
Morecambe Town Hall, Marine Rd, Morecambe LA4 5AF.
Lancaster City Council is the recognised local authority for the District, providing a number of important services to a population of 137,000.

Tel:
01524 582000

Fax
01524 582161

LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
County Hall, Preston
Tel: 01772 254868
A list of the last local county council election candidates and results can be found here.

Morecambe Library, Central Drive, Morecambe, LA4 5DL
Tel: 01524 415215
Email: morecambe.library@lcl.lancscc.gov.uk

01524 64637

Lancashire Records Office - Bringing Lancashire's Past to Life
Tel: 01772 533039
Fx 01772 263050
Email: record.office@ed.lancscc.gov.uk
also at
www.archives.lancashire.gov.uk
'We hold the overwhelming majority of surviving records for your area although there are still some in the library and the main Lancaster Museum.'

Morecambe SSD
6/8 Kensington Road, Morecambe LA4 5LX.
Tel: (01524) 418565
Fax: (01524) 831974

Tel: (01524) 418565
Fax: (01524) 831974

01524 63760
Fax: 01524 68988

Ben Wallace
MP for Lancaster & Wyre
Email: lancasterwyre@tory.org.
Conservative with a 4000+ majority won the consituency back from Labour in 2005. While the Tory vote barely changed since the last election, the Labour vote took a hefty 8% cut, mainly cut in favour of LibDem
Wallace, the controversial 'Bush babe' works for part Carlyle-owned 'defence' corp Qinetiq (See Arms & The Man). How Mr Wallace will divide his parliamentary time between taking care of Qinetiq business and taking care of his constituents remains to be seen.

Tel: 01524 32027

Fax: 01524 847518

Geraldine Smith
MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale
E-mail:
Constituency Office: 26 - 28 Victoria St. Morecambe.
Educated at Morecambe High School, Belfast-born Geraldine Smith was a Royal Mail clerical employee and CWU Area Representative before entering Parliament. She has been MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale since 1997 and was a Lancaster City Councillor between 1995 and 1997. She was named Labour Campaigning MP of the Year for her (largely unsuccessful) attempts to have the cockling industry regulated following the 2004 tragedy and subsequent devastation of the Morecambe Bay beds by over-harvesting. She is Vice Chair, North West Group of Labour MPs and Chair of Coastal Protection and Economic Development and Tourism Policy.
Her leisure interests include playing chess and walking.