Blackpool South

(UK Parliament constituency)

Blackpool South Borough constituency

Blackpool South shown within Lancashire, and Lancashire shown within England
Created:	1945
MP:	Gordon Marsden
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Lancashire
EP constituency:	North West England

Blackpool South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The Tower, the Pleasure Beach and the piers all come together in this southern seat, including in the east the suburb of Layton. In the southern end of the seat, near to the Fylde border, Squires Gate is the site of Blackpool Airport.

Boundary review

Following the review of parliamentary representation by the Boundary Commission for England in Lancashire, including the Unitary Authority of Blackpool, the seat of Blackpool South passed with only minor changes to its composition.

The electoral wards used to create Blackpool South are entriely within the boundaries of the district.

Bloomfield, Brunswick, Clifton, Hawes Side, Highfield, Marton, Squire's Gate, Stanley, Talbot, Tyldesley, Victoria, Waterloo

Members of Parliament

1945 — 1964: Roland Robinson, Conservative
1964 — 1992: Sir Peter Blaker, Conservative
1992 — 1997: Nick Hawkins, Conservative
1997 — present: Gordon Marsden, Labour

The last boundary changes occurred in 1997. Gordon Marsden has been the sole MP under the current arrangements.

Election results

General Election 2005: Blackpool South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Marsden	19,375	50.5	-3.8
	Conservative	Michael Winstanley	11,453	29.9	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Doreen Holt	5,552	14.5	+3.9
	British National Party	Roy Goodwin	1,113	2.9	+2.9
	UK Independence	John Porter	849	2.2	+0.1
Majority			7,922	20.7
Turnout			38,342	52.1	-0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.3

General Election 2001: Blackpool South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Marsden	21,060	54.3	-2.7
	Conservative	David Morris	12,798	33.0	-1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Doreen Holt	4,115	10.6	+2.1
	UK Independence	Val Cowell	819	2.1	N/A
Majority			8,262	21.3
Turnout			38,792	52.2	-15.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Blackpool South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Marsden	29,282	57.0
	Conservative	Richard Booth	17,666	34.4
	Liberal Democrat	Doreen Holt	4,392	8.6
Majority			11,616	22.6
Turnout			51,340	67.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Constituencies in North West England
Labour	Ashton-under-Lyne \| Barrow and Furness \| Birkenhead \| Blackburn \| Blackpool North and Fleetwood \| Blackpool South \| Bolton North East \| Bolton South East \| Bolton West \| Bootle \| Burnley \| Bury North \| Bury South \| Carlisle \| Chorley \| City of Chester \| Copeland \| Crewe and Nantwich \| Crosby \| Denton and Reddish \| Eccles \| Ellesmere Port and Neston \| Halton \| Heywood and Middleton \| Hyndburn \| Knowsley North and Sefton East \| Knowsley South \| Leigh \| Liverpool Garston \| Liverpool Riverside \| Liverpool Walton \| Liverpool Wavertree \| Liverpool West Derby \| Makerfield \| Manchester Blackley \| Manchester Central \| Manchester Gorton \| Morecambe and Lunesdale \| Oldham East and Saddleworth \| Oldham West and Royton \| Pendle \| Preston \| Rossendale and Darwen \| Salford \| South Ribble \| St Helens North \| St Helens South \| Stalybridge and Hyde \| Stockport \| Stretford and Urmston \| Wallasey \| Warrington North \| Warrington South \| Weaver Vale \| West Lancashire \| Wigan \| Wirral South \| Wirral West \| Workington \| Worsley \| Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative	Altrincham and Sale West \| Congleton \| Eddisbury \| Fylde \| Lancaster and Wyre \| Macclesfield \| Penrith and The Border \| Ribble Valley \| Tatton
Liberal Democrat	Cheadle \| Hazel Grove \| Manchester Withington \| Rochdale \| Southport \| Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West European constituency: Labour (3) \| Conservative (3) \| Liberal Democrats (2) \| UKIP (1)

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