West Lancashire covers a broad area between Liverpool, Southport, Preston and the Lancashire countryside. It includes towns such as Ormskirk and Skelmersdale together with villages and agricultural communities. Ormskirk is a historic market and university town, while Skelmersdale has a planned post-war new-town character. Between and around them are farmland, low-lying landscapes and smaller settlements. Major road and rail links provide connections with Merseyside and central Lancashire. Overall, the constituency combines two very different town centres with a substantial rural hinterland and a strong commuter dimension.
Election data comes from UK Parliament. Turnout percentage is calculated by Project Open Gov from Parliament's turnout and electorate figures.
People and place
A population and household snapshot for West Lancashire, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.
Estimated population104,126
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationNorth West
Age profile
0 to 1718.9% · 19,633 people
18 to 2411.5% · 12,002 people
25 to 3410.5% · 10,984 people
35 to 4916.6% · 17,241 people
50 to 6420.9% · 21,725 people
65 and over21.6% · 22,541 people
Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗
Home ownership and renting
Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.
41,232 householdsCensus 2021
Home owners68.9% · 28,395 households
Private renters14.4% · 5,922 households
Social renters15.7% · 6,488 households
Other tenure1.0% · 427 households
“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.
Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗
Household composition
A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.
41,231 householdsCensus 2021
One-person households29.3% · 12,087 households
Families with dependent children26.9% · 11,078 households
Other single-family households39.4% · 16,236 households
Other household types4.4% · 1,830 households
Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗
Disability and day-to-day activities
The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
100,437 people in the source baseCensus 2021Source comparison: England & Wales
Day-to-day activities limited a lot9.0% · 9,001 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little10.5% · 10,591 people
Not disabled under the Equality Act80.5% · 80,845 people
Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.
Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗
Petitions
Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.
Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.
Open petitionCloses 16 March 2027
Reduce the state pension age to 65 for all
Signatures in this constituency244
Signatures nationally113,134
Government response published · 100,000-signature debate threshold reached
Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗
Funding and local projects
National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.
The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.
Grants recorded32
Total awarded£1,805,958
Most recent awards
National Lottery grantAwarded 9 June 2026
The Two Alfreds – Finding Black British history during World War II in Lancashire
Artfull: Participatory & Community Arts Group
£17,975
The National Lottery Heritage Fund · Heritage
About this award
Using the story of the Alberts family – a Black and mixed-heritage family, living in Lancashire from1880 and whose grandsons were in World War II and both called Alfred – to raise awareness of the contribution of diverse communities in the war and use the project to open conversations with other families in order to preserve their stories. The project will use art, exhibition and writing to engage participants and explore the role of Britain and the Caribbean in various battles between 1939 and 1945. We will create a Caribbean Red Cross care package comparing food in the Caribbean and Lancashire at this time, explore the two Alfreds and their service, the lives of POWs, and the Home Front in Lancashire. The project will produce exhibition material, a series of blogs and written material to celebrate this part of our heritage, and aims to engage participants for future projects.
National Lottery grantAwarded 27 April 2026
Building Collaborative Communities
Council for Voluntary Service West Lancashire
£375,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Council for Voluntary Service West Lancashire - Community - RC North West Region
National Lottery grantAwarded 13 April 2026
Sporting Challenge Supporting Our Community (2026-7 Project)
Sporting Challenge
£19,640
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Sporting Challenge - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 7 April 2026
Green Social Prescribing at Burscough Community Farm
Burscough Community Farm Community Interest Company
£19,950
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Burscough Community Farm Community Interest Company - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England
National Lottery grantAwarded 30 March 2026
Stable Lives Child and Youth Support - Education in the Community
Stable Lives
£136,504
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Stable Lives - Children & Young People - RC North West Region
27 more awards are available.
Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗
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