# Lancaster and Fleetwood (UK Parliament constituency)

Lancaster and Fleetwood was a constituency created in 2010 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished, with the majority being included in the re-established constituency of Lancaster and Wyre, to be first contested at the 2024 general election. Fleetwood moves to the re-established Blackpool North and Fleetwood seat.

## History
### Creation

Following its review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire, the Boundary Commission created a new Wyre and Preston North constituency, contested first at the 2010 general election, which split the previous linking of Lancaster and Wyre. As a consequence, Lancaster and the coastal town of Fleetwood were attached for parliamentary purposes.

### Summary of results

In 2010 the winning candidate was Eric Ollerenshaw, a Conservative. He lost in the 2015 general election to Labour's Cat Smith. The 2015 result gave the seat the 16th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. Ollerenshaw attempted to regain the seat at the 2017 general election but Smith won again, significantly increasing her majority to over 6,500. At the 2019 general election, Smith's majority declined to 2,380.

## Boundaries

The new seat of Lancaster and Fleetwood was subject to public consultation following the decision to create a new seat in Lancashire in the run-up to the 2010 general election, which caused major consequential changes to the central and southern parts of the county. During the consultation process, the Wyre ward of Cabus was moved from Lancaster and Fleetwood to Wyre and Preston North.
The seat contained the following electoral wards:
* Bulk, Castle, Duke's, Ellel, John O'Gaunt, Lower Lune Valley, Marsh, Scotforth East, Scotforth West and University in the City of Lancaster
* Mount, Park, Pharos, Pilling, Preesall, Rossall, Warren and Wyresdale in the borough of Wyre

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 2010 | Eric Ollerenshaw | Conservative |
| | 2015 | Cat Smith | Labour |

## Elections
### Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Lancaster and Fleetwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Cat Smith | 21,184 | 46.8 | −8.3 |
| | Conservative | Louise Thistlethwaite | 18,804 | 41.6 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Jackson | 2,018 | 4.5 | +2.0 |
| | Brexit Party | Leanne Murray | 1,817 | 4.0 | New |
| | Green | Caroline Jackson | 1,396 | 3.1 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,380 | 5.2 | −9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,219 | 64.5 | −3.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −4.7 | |
General election 2017: Lancaster and Fleetwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Cat Smith | 25,342 | 55.1 | +12.8 |
| | Conservative | Eric Ollerenshaw | 18,681 | 40.6 | +1.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Long | 1,170 | 2.5 | −0.8 |
| | Green | Rebecca Novell | 796 | 1.7 | −3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,661 | 14.5 | +11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,989 | 68.7 | +0.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +5.7 | |
General election 2015: Lancaster and Fleetwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Cat Smith | 17,643 | 42.3 | +7.0 |
| | Conservative | Eric Ollerenshaw | 16,378 | 39.2 | +3.1 |
| | UKIP | Matthew Atkins | 4,060 | 9.7 | +7.3 |
| | Green | Chris Coates | 2,093 | 5.0 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Long | 1,390 | 3.3 | −15.8 |
| | Northern | Harold Elletson | 174 | 0.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,265 | 3.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,738 | 68.6 | +7.5 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.9 | |
General election 2010: Lancaster and Fleetwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eric Ollerenshaw | 15,404 | 36.1 | +2.5 |
| | Labour | Clive Grunshaw | 15,071 | 35.3 | −7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Langhorn | 8,167 | 19.1 | +3.5 |
| | Green | Gina Dowding | 1,888 | 4.4 | −1.4 |
| | UKIP | Fred McGlade | 1,020 | 2.4 | −0.1 |
| | BNP | Debra Kent | 938 | 2.2 | New |
| | Independent | Keith Riley | 213 | 0.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 333 | 0.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,701 | 61.1 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +4.8 | |