Blackpool South (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 53°46′01″N 2°54′50″W / 53.767°N 2.914°W / 53.767; -2.914
| Blackpool South | |
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| Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Blackpool South in Lancashire. |
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Location of Lancashire within England. |
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| County | Lancashire |
| Electorate | 64,081 (December 2010) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1945 (1945) |
| Member of Parliament | Gordon Marsden (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Blackpool |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Blackpool South is a borough constituency in Lancashire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, and was created in 1945.
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