boundary changes. The sitting MP moved to the new Knowsley North seat. Boundaries 1885–1918 The constituency, officially designated as South-West Lancashire, Ormskirk Division consisted of the town of Ormskirk and a number of surrounding parishes, namely: Aintree, Aughton, Bickerstaffe, Croxteth Park, Dalton, Downholland, Halsall, Kirkby, Knowsley, Lathom, Litherland, Lunt, Lydiate, Maghull, Melling, Netherton, Ormskirk, Orrell and Ford, Prescot, Scarisbrick, Sefton, Simonswood, Skelmersdale & Upholland. 1918–50 The Representation of the People Act 1918 reorganised constituencies throughout the United Kingdom. Boundaries were adjusted and seats were defined in terms of the districts created by the Local Government Act 1894. According to the schedules of the Act, the Lancashire, Ormskirk Division comprised: Formby Urban District Lathom and Burscough Urban District Ormskirk Urban District Rainford Urban District Skelmersdale Urban District Upholland Urban District Sefton Rural District West Lancashire Rural District The civil parish of Dalton from Wigan Rural District 1950–55 The Representation of the People Act 1948 redistributed parliamentary seats, with the constituencies first being used in the general election of 1950. The term "county constituency" was introduced in place of "division". Ormskirk County Constituency was redefined as consisting of the following districts: Formby Urban District Ormskirk Urban District Rainford Urban District West Lancashire Rural District (except the parishes of Aintree and Ford) This reflected local government boundary changes in 1931–32: Lathom & Burscough UD had been absorbed by Ormskirk UD and Sefton RD by West Lancashire RD. 1955–74 Following further council boundary changes in 1954, the remaining parishes from West Lancashire RD, (Aintree and Ford), were included in the constituency from 1955. 1974–83 From 1970 the seat was again redefined, to cover the urban districts of Formby, Kirkby, Ormskirk and Rainford, and West Lancashire Rural District. Abolition The constituency was abolished by the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983, which redrew constituencies based on the new counties and districts created in 1974. The Ormskirk area became part of West Lancashire, Kirkby was included in Knowsley North, Rainford in St Helens North and Formby, Aintree and Melling in Crosby. Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1880s Elections in the 1890s Forwood's death caused a by-election. Elections in the 1900s Elections in the 1910s Elections in the 1920s Elections in the 1930s 1939 Ormskirk by-election In the Ormskirk By-Election of 27 October 1939, Stephen King-Hall, National Labour was elected unopposed. Elections in the 1940s Elections in the 1950s Elections in the 1960s Elections in