Government City of Lancaster

the higher tier of local government lancashire county council. @ lower level, there many parish councils: see list of civil parishes in district.

the district comprises 2 parliamentary constituencies: lancaster , fleetwood, , morecambe , lunesdale. in 2010 general election both seats won conservatives. in 2015, lancaster , fleetwood gained labour, whilst morecambe , lunesdale retained conservatives.

following defection in 2016, council stood at:

labour party – 30
conservative party – 19
green party – 8
morecambe bay independent – 2
free independent – 1

elections council seats held every 4 years. there elections in 2007, 2011 , 2015.