Morecambe and Lunesdale | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Morecambe and Lunesdale in Lancashire.
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Location of Lancashire within England.
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County | Lancashire |
Electorate | 69,254 (December 2010) |
Major settlements | Morecambe, Heysham, Carnforth and Skerton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of parliament | David Morris (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Lonsdale |
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European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Coordinates: 54°05′20″N 2°49′26″W / 54.089°N 2.824°W
Morecambe and Lunesdale is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by David Morris, a Conservative.
Since 1979 the constituency has been a bellwether and includes the seaside town and many villages as well as the north bank of the City of Lancaster, which is largely Skerton. This seat brings together northern semi-rural reaches of Lancashire bisected by the M6, including seaside Silverdale and Carnforth south of the Cumbria border, the seaside resort of Morecambe and the nuclear power station/ferry port village of Heysham which provides a direct east-west service to Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. Separating Morecambe from Lancaster is a narrow belt of parkland, houses and the White Lund industrial estate.