West Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of West Lancashire in Lancashire.
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Location of Lancashire within England.
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| County | Lancashire |
| Electorate | 73,028 (December 2010) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of parliament | Rosie Cooper (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Ormskirk and Ince |
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| European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Coordinates: 53°33′36″N 2°49′05″W / 53.560°N 2.818°W
West Lancashire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Rosie Cooper, a member of the Labour Party.
The constituency covers the borough of the same name except for the northern parishes, which are in the South Ribble constituency. The main towns in the constituency are the historic market town of Ormskirk and the new town of Skelmersdale. The third largest settlement is Burscough which is also surrounded by rural townships and villages and is close to the resort of Southport, just outside the modern administrative county.
Since 1997 the seat has electoral wards:
The seat was established under the third periodic review of Westminster constituencies of 1983 following the first such review, after the Representation of the People Act 1918, in 1945. The new seat took in parts of the former ones of Ormskirk and Ince.
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