History
The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Ormskirk and Ince. Past members of Parliament for the Ormskirk seat had included Harold Wilson (1945–1950) and Robert Kilroy-Silk (1974–1983). Both were Labour MPs, although Ormskirk was held by the Conservative Party between 1950 and 1974.
Following the boundary changes of 1983, Kilroy-Silk moved to the new Knowsley North seat, and at the 1983 general election West Lancashire was taken by Ken Hind of the Conservatives. Hind held it until the 1992 election, when it was won by Colin Pickthall of Labour. Labour have held the seat since then, and after Pickthall stood down at the 2005 election he was replaced by Rosie Cooper.
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