Wyre and Preston North (UK Parliament constituency)

Wyre and Preston North is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created in the most recent fifth periodic review of constituencies by the Boundary Commission for England, it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

Wyre and Preston North
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Wyre and Preston North in Lancashire
Location of Lancashire within England
CountyLancashire
Electorate71,612 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsThornton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Garstang, St Michael's On Wyre, Catterall, Fulwood
Current constituency
Created2010
Member of ParliamentBen Wallace (Conservative)
Number of membersOne
Created fromRibble Valley,
Lancaster and Wyre

It was formed of parts of the Ribble Valley, Fylde and Lancaster and Wyre constituencies.

The current MP is Ben Wallace of the Conservative Party who is currently Secretary of State for Defence.

Boundaries

It was created as the sixteenth seat of the county of Lancashire by the Boundary Commission for England prior to the 2010 general election. It contains the Fulwood and rural areas of Preston and many small towns and villages of Wyre.

The seat of Wyre and Preston North contains the Wyre towns of Poulton-le-Fylde, Garstang, St Michael's On Wyre, Catterall and parts of Thornton. From Preston are added the suburban Fulwood area and the rural parishes such as Woodplumpton, Barton, Broughton, Goosnargh and Grimsargh. The electoral wards used in the creation are:

Members of Parliament
ElectionMember[2] Party
2010 Ben Wallace Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s
General election 2019: Wyre and Preston North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ben Wallace 31,589 59.7 +1.4
Labour Joanne Ainscough 14,808 28.0 –7.0
Liberal Democrats John Potter 4,463 8.4 +3.6
Green Ruth Norbury 1,729 3.3 +1.5
Independent David Ragozzino 335 0.6 N/A
Majority 16,781 31.7 +8.4
Turnout 52,924 70.4 –2.4
Conservative hold Swing +4.2
General election 2017: Wyre and Preston North[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ben Wallace 30,684 58.3 +5.1
Labour Michelle Heaton-Bentley 18,438 35.0 +10.2
Liberal Democrats John Potter 2,551 4.8 -0.6
Green Ruth Norbury 973 1.8 -1.6
Majority 12,246 23.3 -5.1
Turnout 52,646 72.8 +2.2
Conservative hold Swing
General election 2015: Wyre and Preston North[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ben Wallace 26,528 53.2 +0.8
Labour Ben Whittingham 12,377 24.8 +3.5
UKIP Kate Walsh 6,577 13.2 +8.4
Liberal Democrats John Potter 2,712 5.4 -16.1
Green Anne Power 1,699 3.4 N/A
Majority 14,151 28.4 -2.5
Turnout 49,893 70.6 -1.5
Conservative hold Swing
General election 2010: Wyre and Preston North[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ben Wallace 26,877 52.4 +10.4
Liberal Democrats Danny Gallagher 11,033 21.5 +5.4
Labour Cat Smith 10,932 21.3 -5.9
UKIP Nigel Cecil 2,466 4.8 +2.7
Majority 15,844 30.9
Turnout 51,308 72.1 +8.8
Conservative hold Swing

See also

Notes and references
  1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on November 6, 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
  3. "Statement of persons nominated 2019" (PDF).
  4. UK Parliamentary elections June 2017 Wyre Borough Council
  5. "Wyre & Preston North parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  6. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. "Wyre & Preston North". BBC News Online. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  8. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. "Wyre & Preston North". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-05-07.

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