New constituency boundaries and candidates in Preston, Chorley and South Ribble for the 2024 general electionLancaster and Wyre’s new MP will be decided in the early hours of Friday morning.
There was disappointment over a cancelled hustings event at St Thomas’s Church, Lancaster which caused a minor row but ultimately attributed to the Conservative candidate testing positive for Covid.This is a new constituency for the 2024 general election but Cat Smith, previously MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood, is the closest thing to an incumbent. She was MP from 2015.
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