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|
Lancashire West
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|
gain
from Labour
|
|
Colin Pickthall
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
15,903 (29.1%)
|
|
33,022 (60.3%)
|
|
3,938 ( 7.2%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
1,866 ( 3.4%)
|
|
|
|
73,175
|
|
54,729 (74.8%)
|
|
Colin Pickthall
|
|
Lancashire West
|
|
4,227 ( 7.1%)
|
|
25,243 (42.3%)
|
|
29,470 (49.4%)
|
|
4,147 ( 7.0%)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
792 ( 1.3%)
|
|
|
Labour
|
|
73,013
|
|
59,652 (81.7%)
|
|
|
-13.3%
|
|
+10.9%
|
|
+0.2%
|
|
+0.0%
|
|
+2.1%
|
|
+0.2%
|
|
-6.9%
|
|
|
|
|
West Lancashire is a study in contrasts. On the one hand, it includes the rural and prosperous West Lancashire plain, centred on Ormskirk - some of the best Conservative territory in Britain. But then again, it contains the New Town of Skelmersdale, with one of the highest unemployment rates in Britain and a powerhouse of Labour support. The result is a highly marginal seat. After its formation in 1983 and again in 1987, West Lancashire fell to the Tories but, unsurprisingly, Skelmersdale swung the seat for Labour in 1992. Boundary changes this time have removed some Tory support, and Labour's Colin Pickthall will probably be returning to Westminster.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,886
|
13.03
|
9.03
|
144
|
|
|
3,415
|
9.11
|
11.17
|
82
|
|
|
7,206
|
19.22
|
11.25
|
171
|
|
|
5,985
|
15.96
|
14.70
|
109
|
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
10.45
|
0
|
|
|
889
|
2.37
|
2.81
|
84
|
|
|
2,107
|
5.62
|
8.01
|
70
|
|
|
3,457
|
9.22
|
15.25
|
60
|
|
|
3,893
|
10.38
|
7.13
|
146
|
|
|
5,292
|
14.11
|
10.17
|
139
|
|
|
