A quick reminder of the Lancaster and Morecambe election candidates as voting day dawns

Polling stations in the district are open from 7am-10pm today (Thursday) to vote in the General Election.

The election candidates for Lancaster and Wyre are Nigel Alderson – Reform UK Party, Peter Cartridge – Conservative Party, Jack Lenox – Green Party, Matthew Severn – Liberal Democrat Party and Cat Smith – Labour Party.

The election candidates for Morecambe and Lunesdale are Lizzi Collinge – Labour Party, Gina Dowding – Green Party, Peter Jackson – Liberal Democrat Party, David Morris –Conservative Party, and Barry Parsons – Reform UK Party.

The election count will take place at Lancaster town hall and Lancaster Guardian will be working through the night and announcing the results on the website as soon as possible.

In the last general election in 2019, Cat Smith and David Morris held on to their seats.

David Morris was elected for his fourth term in 2019, which at the time he said had never happened before.

Lancaster and Wyre is a re-formed constituency for the 2024 election, having previously existed between 1997 and 2010.

It will absorb parts of the current Wyre and Preston North and Lancaster and Fleetwood seats, which are both being abolished.

The previous Lancaster and Fleetwood Labour MP Cat Smith is contesting the redrawn constituency. She enjoys a majority of 2,380 in her present seat.

Wyre and Preston North has been Conservative held since it was formed in 2010, while Lancaster and Fleetwood was also taken by the Tories when it was created the same year, but

was snatched by Labour in 2015 and has been retained by them ever since.

The Conservative Party’s David Morris has represented the Morecambe and Lunesdale seat since 2010 and, last time around in 2019, secured a 6,354 majority and a 52.8 percent share of the vote.

For the second election running, his Labour challenger will be Lancashire county councillor Lizzi Collinge, while fellow County Hall member Gina Dowding is on the ballot for the Green Party.

The Skerton East and Skerton West wards previously in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency move into the new Lancaster and Wyre seat.