The Conservative Party has gained the parliamentary seats of Lancaster & Fleetwood and Morecambe & Lunesdale with majorities over Labour of 333 and 866 votes respectively.

With the counts only beginning at 9am the following day the national election result had been called as a ‘hung’ parliament hours before the local results were in.

David Morris MPERic Ollerenshaw MPDavid Morris gained Morecambe & Lunesdale for the Conservatives with 18,035 votes, a 6.9% swing from Labour. Morecambe & Lunesdale had been held by Labour MP Geraldine Smith since 1997 when she took it from Conservative Mark Lennox Boyd in what had been a traditionally safe Tory seat.

Eric Ollerenshaw gained the new constituency Lancaster & Fleetwood for the Conservatives with 15,404 votes, a notional swing from Labour of 4.8%.

There was some consolation for Labour in the Skerton West by-election, which John Harrison held for Labour with a 43.7% majority.

LANCASTER & WYRE
Name Party Votes % +/- %
Eric Ollerenshaw Conservative 15,404 36.1 +2.5
Clive Grunshaw Labour 15,071 35.3 -7.1
Stuart Langhorn Liberal Democrat 8,167 19.1 +3.5
Gina Dowding Green 1,888 4.4 -1.4
Fred McGlade UKIP 1,020 2.4 -0.1
Debra Kent BNP 938 2.2 +2.2
Keith Riley Independent 213 0.5 +0.5
Majority 333 0.8
Turnout 42,701 61.1 +1.6
MORECAMBE & LUNESDALE
David Morris Conservative 18,035 41.5 +4.2
Geraldine Smith Labour 17,169 39.5 -9.5
Leslie Jones Liberal Democrat 5,791 13.3 -0.3
Mark Knight UKIP 1,843 4.2 +4.2
Chris Coates Green 598 1.4 +1.4
Majority 866 2.0
Turnout 43,436 62.1 +0.5
SKERTON WEST BY-ELECTION
John Harrison Labour 1127 43.7%
Richard William Rollins Conservative 731       28.4%
David William Blenkarn Taylor Lib Dem         535          20.8%
Paul Andrews Green 184 7.1%
Turnout

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2 Replies to “Tories Gain Lancaster and Morecambe – eventually.”

  1. Many Congratulations to both the winning Conservative candidates. Good Luck to them both and may they help to bring this country back onto its feet to return to its national roots, pride and world wide respect!

  2. And congratulations to all those who voted Liberal Democrat to let the Tories in in both constituencies! At least you didn't leave it up to Nick Clegg alone to return us to the Tory years. I hope you are all pleased with your decision.

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