This is a proposal to merge the Lancaster & Fleetwood and Morecambe & Lunesdale constituencies into a Lancaster and Morecambe constituency in response to the 1st draft consultation by the Boundary Commission.

This boundary takes in the complete urban areas of Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham and the villages of Middleton and Overton, but excludes Carnforth (see below). The number of electors comes in just below the quota upper limit at 80278. This proposal calls for the bringing together of two very similar urban centres under the control of Lancaster City Council.

Rational

The Boundary Commission proposals will see the Lancaster & Preston North constituency cover a huge area taking in massively disporate communities, with Pressall in the West, to Ribchester in the East and the densely populated Bulk & Hala wards of Lancaster, covering 4 council districts.

My proposals seek to unify and unite these two communities that historically have seen each other as competitors within a small locality, and maintaining two MPs within this space has been counter-productive.

This proposal does require the moving of Carnforth into the same constituency as Milnthorpe which I propose to maintain the Westmorland Constituency.

Electors of Carnforth and Silverdale should ask themselves, which people do they most associate with, those of Morecambe or those of Milnthorpe? And people of Bulk, Castle,Hala & Scotforth, to they more associate themselves with the people of Morecambe & Heysham or those of Ribchester & Goosnargh. And both groups must ask themselves which is the bigger “gap” in terms of values and who they’d want to represent them.

Wards moved North

Slyne with Hest, Bolton-le-Sands, Carnforth, Kellet, Warton, Silverdale.

Ward List

Bare
Bulk
Castle
Duke’s
Harbour
Heysham Central
Heysham North
Heysham South
John O’Gaunt
Overton
Poulton
Scotforth East
Scotforth West
Skerton East
Skerton West
Torrisholme
University
Westgate

Total electors = 80278

Boundaries created with my Boundary Mapping Tool

Map: Crown Copyright Ordnance Survey. Content: Creative Commons BY-ND