Wyre and Preston North | |
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Former
County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire |
Electorate | 71,612 (December 2010) [1] |
Major settlements | Thornton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Garstang, St Michael's On Wyre, Catterall, Fulwood |
2010– 2024 | |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Ribble Valley, Lancaster and Wyre |
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.
It was formed from parts of the Ribble Valley, Fylde, and Lancaster and Wyre constituencies.
The seat is due to be abolished for the 2024 general election. [2] [3]
The current MP is Ben Wallace of the Conservative Party, former Secretary of State for Defence. On 15 July 2023, Wallace announced that he intended to step down as Defence Secretary at the next Cabinet reshuffle, and that he would not be seeking re-election as an MP at the next general election. [4]
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:
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be abolished for the 2024 general election, with parts distributed between five neighbouring constituencies: [2]
Election | Member [5] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | Ben Wallace | Conservative |
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 | New | |
Majority | 16,781 | 31.7 | +8.4 | ||
Turnout | 52,924 | 70.4 | ―2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.2 |
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 |
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 | New | |
Majority | 14,151 | 28.4 | ―2.5 | ||
Turnout | 49,893 | 70.6 | ―1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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 win (new seat) |
Wyre and Preston North | |
---|---|
Former
County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire |
Electorate | 71,612 (December 2010) [1] |
Major settlements | Thornton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Garstang, St Michael's On Wyre, Catterall, Fulwood |
2010– 2024 | |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Ribble Valley, Lancaster and Wyre |
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.
It was formed from parts of the Ribble Valley, Fylde, and Lancaster and Wyre constituencies.
The seat is due to be abolished for the 2024 general election. [2] [3]
The current MP is Ben Wallace of the Conservative Party, former Secretary of State for Defence. On 15 July 2023, Wallace announced that he intended to step down as Defence Secretary at the next Cabinet reshuffle, and that he would not be seeking re-election as an MP at the next general election. [4]
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:
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be abolished for the 2024 general election, with parts distributed between five neighbouring constituencies: [2]
Election | Member [5] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | Ben Wallace | Conservative |
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 | New | |
Majority | 16,781 | 31.7 | +8.4 | ||
Turnout | 52,924 | 70.4 | ―2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.2 |
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 |
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 | New | |
Majority | 14,151 | 28.4 | ―2.5 | ||
Turnout | 49,893 | 70.6 | ―1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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 win (new seat) |