South Ribble
County constituency for theHouse of Commons
Boundary of South Ribble in North West England
County	Lancashire
Electorate	72,092 (2023)[1]
Major settlements	Leyland andPenwortham
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Paul Foster (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Preston South,Fylde South andChorley[2]

South Ribble is aconstituency represented in theHouse of Commons of theUK Parliament since 2024 byPaul Foster forLabour.

The seat of South Ribble was created for the1983 general election, following the local government changes in the 1970s which saw the creation of the main constitutive borough of the same name. It has been a classicbellwether seat since its creation, changing hands with the change of government.

FormerPreston North MPRobert Atkins won the South Ribble constituency in 1983 and fought the seat in every election up to the 1997 general election. At that time, in dramatic bellwether fashion, Labour'sDavid Borrow gained the seat on a clear majority, with nearly 26,000 votes, 2,000 less than Atkins' victory in the corresponding "landslide" year of1983. From 1997 until 2010, David Borrow's vote total and majority consistently shrunk with a swing back to the Conservatives at every election. In terms of the other parties,Liberal Democrats have not thus far achieved better than third and 2005 sawUKIP nominating a candidate for the first time, and taking just over 1,200 votes.

Borrow finally lost South Ribble in2010 on a large two-partyswing to ConservativeLorraine Fullbrook. In 2024, the seat was regained by Labour with a swing of over 15%.

Map of 2010-2024 boundaries

1983–1997: TheBorough of South Ribble.

1997–2010: The Borough of South Ribble wards of Charnock, Farington, Howick, Hutton and New Longton, Kingsfold, Leyland Central, Leyland St Ambrose, Leyland St John's, Leyland St Mary's, Little Hoole and Much Hoole, Longton Central and West, Lostock Hall, Manor, Middleforth Green, Moss Side, Priory, and Seven Stars, and the District of West Lancashire wards of Hesketh with Becconsall, North Meols, Rufford, and Tarleton.

For the 1997 general election, the communities ofBamber Bridge andWalton-le-Dale were moved to thePreston constituency. To partly compensate, the four mainly rural wards in the District of West Lancashire were transferred from theWest Lancashire constituency.

2010–2024: The Borough of South Ribble wards of Broad Oak, Charnock, Earnshaw Bridge, Golden Hill, Howick and Priory, Kingsfold, Leyland Central, Leyland St Ambrose, Leyland St Mary's, Little Hoole and Much Hoole, Longton and Hutton West, Lowerhouse, Middleforth, Moss Side, New Longton and Hutton East, Seven Stars, and Whitefield, the District of West Lancashire wards of Hesketh with Becconsall, North Meols, Rufford, and Tarleton, and the Borough of Chorley wards of Eccleston and Mawdesley, and Lostock.

Following the review of parliamentary representation inLancashire prior to the 2010 general election, Walton-le-Dale and Bamber Bridge were subsequently transferred into theRibble Valley seat, along with the villages ofSamlesbury,Higher Walton,Coupe Green,Gregson Lane,Lostock Hall,Farington andFarington Moss. This meant that the borough of South Ribble was now split between the South Ribble and Ribble Valley parliamentary seats.

Further to the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The Borough of Chorley wards of: Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South; Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard.

• The Borough of South Ribble wards of: Broad Oak; Broadfield; Buckshaw & Worden; Charnock; Earnshaw Bridge; Farington East; Farington West; Hoole; Howick & Priory; Leyland Central; Longton & Hutton West; Middleforth; Moss Side; New Longton & Hutton East; St. Ambrose; Seven Stars.^[3]

The four West Lancashire Borough wards were transferred toSouthport. To compensate,Farington was transferred back in fromRibble Valley and there was a small gain fromChorley due to ward boundary changes.

The seat's original boundaries were coterminous with the South Ribble borough.^[4] Due to population changes, the borough of South Ribble and its parliamentary constituency have not shared the same boundaries since, although the towns ofLeyland andPenwortham have always featured at the centre of the constituency.

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire

• South Ribble UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) atMapIt UK
• South Ribble UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) atMapIt UK
• South Ribble UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) atMapIt UK

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• Parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983
• Politics of South Ribble
• Politics of the Borough of West Lancashire

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