Editing Lancashire (section)

===Post-1974===
[[File:Historical and current boundaries of Lancashire.png|thumb|The [[Historic counties of England|historic]] [[county palatine]] boundaries in red and the ceremonial county in green]]

On 1 April 1974, under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], the local government structure of Lancashire was reorganised. The south-east of the county became part of the [[metropolitan county]] of [[Greater Manchester]] and the south-west became part of the metropolitan county of [[Merseyside]];<ref name="politics_uk">Jones, B. et al., ''Politics UK'', (2004)</ref> [[Widnes]] and [[Warrington]] in the south were transferred to [[Cheshire]].<ref name="George_D" />{{Full citation needed|date=October 2022}} In the north, the [[non-metropolitan county]] of [[Cumbria]] incorporated the [[Furness|Furness exclave]].  

The remainder of Lancashire was reconstituted as a non-metropolitan county with thirteen districts. It included some areas formerly in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], namely the [[Urban district council|urban districts]] of [[Barnoldswick]] and [[Earby]], [[Bowland Rural District]], and the parishes of [[Bracewell and Brogden]] and [[Salterforth]] from [[Skipton Rural District]].<ref name="lga1972">Local Government Act 1972. 1972, c. 70</ref> 

In 1994, the parish of [[Simonswood]] was transferred from the borough of [[Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley|Knowsley]] in Merseyside to the district of [[West Lancashire]].<ref>[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1993/Uksi_19930691_en_1.htm OPSI] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165106/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1993/Uksi_19930691_en_1.htm |date=30 September 2007 }} – The Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993</ref> In 1998, Blackpool and [[Blackburn with Darwen]] became [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authorities]], removing them from the [[non-metropolitan county]] but not from the [[Ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial county]].