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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
North West
76,071 electors
Active Seat

Blackpool South

Current MP
Chris Webb
Chris Webb

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
54.9%
Avg Turnout
2
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Labour Chris Webb Gain from Conservative
Majority 6,848
Turnout 45.4% ↓11.4pp
Total Votes 35,180
Winner Swing ↓1.5pp
✓ Chris Webb
Labour
16,916 48.1%
↑8.0pp
Mark Butcher
Reform UK
10,068 28.6%
↑23.9pp
Zak Khan
Conservative
5,504 15.7%
↓33.2pp
Ben Thomas
Green Party
1,207 3.4%
↑1.5pp
Andrew Cregan
Liberal Democrats
1,041 3.0%
↓0.6pp
Stephen Black
—
261 0.7%
—
Kim Knight
—
183 0.5%
—
Conservative Scott Benton Gain from Labour
Majority 3,690
Turnout 56.8% ↓3.0pp
Total Votes 32,752
Winner Swing ↓0.7pp
✓ Scott Benton
Conservative
16,247 49.6%
↑6.5pp
Gordon Marsden
Labour
12,557 38.3%
↓12.0pp
David Brown
—
2,009 6.1%
—
Bill Greene
Liberal Democrats
1,008 3.1%
↑1.3pp
Rebecca Daniels
Green Party
563 1.7%
↑0.7pp
Gary Coleman
—
368 1.1%
—
Labour Gordon Marsden Hold
Majority 2,523
Turnout 59.8% ↑3.3pp
Total Votes 34,953
Winner Swing ↑8.5pp
✓ Gordon Marsden
Labour
17,581 50.3%
↑8.5pp
Peter Anthony
Conservative
15,058 43.1%
↑9.3pp
Noel Matthews
—
1,339 3.8%
↓13.5pp
Bill Greene
Liberal Democrats
634 1.8%
↓0.5pp
John Warnock
Green Party
341 1.0%
↓1.6pp
Labour Gordon Marsden Hold
Majority 2,585
Turnout 56.5% ↑0.7pp
Total Votes 32,436
Winner Swing ↑0.7pp
✓ Gordon Marsden
Labour
13,548 41.8%
↑0.7pp
Peter Anthony
Conservative
10,963 33.8%
↓2.0pp
Peter Wood
—
5,613 17.3%
↑13.5pp
Duncan Royle
Green Party
841 2.6%
—
Bill Greene
Liberal Democrats
743 2.3%
↓12.2pp
Andy Higgins
—
655 2.0%
—
Lawrence Chard
—
73 0.2%
—
Labour Gordon Marsden Hold
Majority 1,852
Turnout 55.8%
Total Votes 35,192
✓ Gordon Marsden
Labour
14,449 41.1%
↓7.5pp
Ron Bell
Conservative
12,597 35.8%
↑4.9pp
Doreen Holt
Liberal Democrats
5,082 14.4%
↓0.7pp
Roy Goodwin
—
1,482 4.2%
↑0.9pp
Hamish Howitt
—
1,352 3.8%
↑1.7pp
Sithu Tun
—
230 0.7%
—

Turnout Trend

55.8%
'10
56.5%
'15
59.8%
'17
56.8%
'19
45.4%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
50 to 64
20.9%
0 to 17
20.9%
65 and over
18.9% ▲0.8pp
35 to 49
18.6%
25 to 34
13.2%
18 to 24
7.5%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
94.0%
Asian or Asian British
3.0%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.7%
Other
0.7%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.6%
📊 Age
45 to 64
20.9%
Under 18
20.9%
18 to 29
20.7%
65 and over
18.9%
30 to 44
18.6%
⛪ Religion
Christian
49.6%
No religion
41.9%
Not answered
5.3%
Muslim
1.7%
Other religion
0.5%
Hindu
0.4%
Buddhist
0.4%
Jewish
0.2%
Sikh
0.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
96.6%
Asian or Asian British
1.6%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.3%
Other ethnic group
0.3%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.2%
📊 Age
45 to 64
27.3%
Under 18
20.6%
30 to 44
18.9%
65 and over
18.1%
18 to 29
15.2%
⛪ Religion
Christian
67.0%
No religion
24.8%
Religion not stated
6.2%
Muslim
0.8%
Other religion
0.4%
Buddhist
0.3%
Hindu
0.3%
Jewish
0.2%
Sikh
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Scott Benton Independent 2019-12-12 2024-03-25
Gordon Marsden Labour 1997-05-01 2019-11-06
Sir Peter Blaker Conservative 1964-10-15 1992-04-09