Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards
Wyre and Preston North was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . Created in 2010, it elected 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.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , the seat was abolished. Subject to moderate boundary changes, with its area being split between five other constituencies, to be first contested at the 2024 general election .[ 2] [ 3]
The seat's only MP was Ben Wallace of the Conservative Party , former Secretary of State for Defence . He announced in 2023 that he would not seek re-election at the 2024 general election.[ 4]
Boundaries
Map of boundaries 2010-2024
Wyre and Preston North was created as the sixteenth seat of the county of Lancashire by the Boundary Commission for England prior to the 2010 general election . It contained the Fulwood and rural areas of Preston and many small towns and villages of Wyre .
The seat contained 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:
From Preston: Cadley , College, Garrison, Greyfriars , Preston Rural East , Preston Rural North , Sharoe Green
From Wyre: Breck, Brock, Cabus, Calder, Carleton , Catterall, Garstang , Great Eccleston , Hambleton and Stalmine-with-Staynall, Hardhorn, High Cross, Norcross, Staina, Tithebarn.
Abolition
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , the seat was abolished prior to the 2024 general election , with parts distributed between five neighbouring constituencies:[ 2]
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Elections
Elections in the 2010s
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