of the Conservative Party. Since the general election in 2010 the area has formed part of an extended Ribble Valley constituency. The member of parliament for this constituency is Nigel Evans of the Conservative Party. Boundary changes proposed by the Boundary Commission for England as part of Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies would see Lostock Hall move into a revised South Ribble seat at the next general election. The recommendations were submitted to the Government on 5 September 2018 and it’s now up to Parliament to decide whether the boundary changes will be implemented. Geography Lostock Hall's main road to the north, Leyland Road leads to the district of Penwortham in the north-west, and on to the City of Preston in the north, this boundary being on the junction between B5254 (Leyland Road) and Flag Lane. To the north-east is the residential district of Walton Park which leads onto the rural village of Walton-le-Dale, with this boundary being the old railway bridge on Wateringpool Lane (just after the gas works). The main road to the east, Brownedge Road, links it to Bamber Bridge, the boundary between the two is the 'Old Railway Bridge' situated on the B5257 (Brownedge Lane). The roundabout junction of B5254 (Watkin Lane) and A582 (Lostock Lane - eastbound), in the south-east, is the boundary which separates Lostock Hall and Cuerden. Demography According to the Office for National Statistics, at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Lostock Hall had a population of 3,948, with 1,959 being males, and 1,989 being females. The 2001 population density for inhabitants per square mile (2,065 /km²) was unknown. Lostock Hall's 1,675 households owner occupied statistics, 30.57% owned the house outright, 55.4% owned their houses with a mortgage or loan, 0.9% shared ownership, 0.78% rented from council (local authority), 7.16% rented from housing associations/registered social landlords, 3.7% rented from private landlord or letting agencies, and 1.49% rented from another source. Population change The next census is scheduled to take place during 2021. Economy Industrial mills Lostock Hall Spinning company now closed was replaced by a housing estate. Tardy Gate Mill on Coote Lane was built in 1908 by the Tardy Gate Manufacturing Company it was bought out and greatly expanded by Thomas Moss & Sons in 1920 and produced calico and linen until its demise in the late 1970s. The mill also owned the local cricket pitch and sponsored