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 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 | |||
See full results at
http://www.virtual-lancaster.net/news/features/politics/10elections.htm
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!
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.