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West Lancashire

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Apr 2026

A safe Lab seat, won with 50% of the vote in 2024. Covers Skelmersdale, Ormskirk and Burscough. Population 100,451.

Ashley Dalton's most significant recent development is personal and political in equal measure: in March 2026 she resigned as a Health Minister to focus on her role as West Lancashire's MP while managing an incurable cancer diagnosis. She has continued to engage actively on local issues since stepping back from government, most notably calling for ministerial intervention after A&E services at a Lancashire hospital were axed -- a high-profile act of constituency advocacy that puts her directly at odds with decisions made under a government she recently served.

At Westminster, Dalton is a 99% party-line voter, though assisted dying is the clear exception. She voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Second Reading, Third Reading, and on procedural motions -- a consistent opposition to legalised assisted dying that places her among a minority of Labour MPs on that issue. Her voting participation of 62% is below the Commons average, though her ministerial duties and health situation provide relevant context for that figure. Stance data shows full alignment with the government's fiscal and budget agenda, and she is notably more sympathetic to business flexibility than the average Labour MP -- 67% versus the party's 47%.

291
Commons votes
This parliament
£27k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
74.1k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab held for 6 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Ashley Dalton

Ashley Dalton

Labour Party

Ashley Dalton is the Labour MP for West Lancashire, and has been an MP continually since 9 February 2023.

Notable Votes

MPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dying legislation in its amended form. Passing Third Reading sends the Bill to the House of Lords.

MP voted NoAgainst party majority
Closure motion16 May 2025

A closure motion was voted on to end debate and force an immediate vote on the matter under discussion. Closure motions are a procedural tool used to curtail further debate; passing one (288 Ayes vs 239 Noes) meant the House moved directly to a division on the substantive question.

MP voted NoAgainst party majority

Vote on whether to allow employers who opt out of providing assisted dying to also prohibit their employees from participating in assisted dying while working for them. This amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults Bill would let, for example, a religious hospice or care home prevent its staff from facilitating assisted dying even if the individual healthcare worker personally wished to do so.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

A safe Lab seat, won with 50% of the vote in 2024. Covers Skelmersdale, Ormskirk and Burscough. Population 100,451.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Dalton’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.308 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Dalton has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Economy
71
Taxation
66
Crime & Policing
28
Employment
25
Education
25
Welfare and Benefits
24
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading20 Jun 2025 · free vote
No
Closure motion16 May 2025 · free vote
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 1016 May 2025 · free vote
Aye
§ 08The local picture.13 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
Aughton HolbornKerry Anne Lloyd931Labour P
Burscough Bridge RuffordPaul David Hesketh766Our West
Burscough TownJudy Abbott960Labour P
Old SkelmersdaleDonna West1,102Labour P
Ormskirk EastJanet Ingman957Our West
Ormskirk WestAnne Fennell948Labour P
Rural North EastDavid Whittington1,203Conserva
Rural SouthAdrian Edward Owens708Our West
Rural WestMarilyn May Westley589Conserva
Skelmersdale NorthMelissa Parlour959Labour P
Skelmersdale SouthJulian Finch1,103Labour P
Tanhouse Skelmersdale Town CentreMaureen Nixon925Labour P
Population (2021 Census)
100,451
Electorate 74,081 · 2024 register
Median income
£27,300
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
14.4%
England average 20.0%
Schools
64
47 primary · 5 secondary
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