Wyre and Preston North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wyre and Preston North is to be a constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. Created in the most recent fifth periodic review of constituencies by the Boundary Commission for England, it will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) to the UK House of Commons by first past the post.

For the historic constituency see Preston North.

Wyre and Preston North
County constituency
Image:Constituency.svg
Wyre and Preston North shown within Lancashire, and Lancashire shown within England
Created: for 2009 or 2010 election
MP: Not Yet Contested
Party: Not Yet Contested
Type: House of Commons
County: Lancashire
EP constituency: North West England

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[edit] Boundaries

It has been created as the sixteenth seat of the county of Lancashire, England by the Boundary Commission for England. 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 Thornton, Poulton-Le-Fylde, Garstang, St Michael's On Wyre and Catterall. From Preston are added the suburban Fulwood areas and the rural parishes such as Woodplumpton, Barton and Broughton. The electoral wards used in the creation are:

[edit] Election results

The Conservative candidate is currently the Member of Parliament for Lancaster and Wyre.

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UK Independence Greg Beaman
Conservative Ben Wallace


[edit] References

  1. ^ Wyre and Preston North, UKPollingReport

[edit] See also

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