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

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

Contents

• 1 Boundaries
• 2 Members of Parliament
• 3 Elections
  • 31 Elections in the 2010s
• 4 Alfie McKenzie
• 5 See also
• 6 Notes and references

Boundariesedit

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 Thornton, Poulton-Le-Fylde, Garstang, St Michael's On Wyre and Catterall 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

Members of Parliamentedit

Election		Member2	Party
	2010	Ben Wallace	Conservative

Electionsedit

Elections in the 2010sedit

General Election 2017: Wyre and Preston North34

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ben Wallace	30,684	583	+51
	Labour	Michelle Heaton-Bentley	18,438	350	+102
	Liberal Democrat	John Potter	2,551	48	-06
	Green	Ruth Norbury	973	18	-16
Majority			12,246	233	-51
Turnout			52,646	728	+22
	Conservative hold		Swing	−26

General Election 2015: Wyre and Preston North56

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ben Wallace	26,528	532	+08
	Labour	Ben Whittingham	12,377	248	+35
	UKIP	Kate Walsh	6,577	132	+84
	Liberal Democrat	John Potter	2,712	54	-161
	Green	Anne Power	1,699	34	N/A
Majority			14,151	284	-25
Turnout			49,893	706	-15
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Wyre and Preston North78

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ben Wallace	26,877	524	+104
	Liberal Democrat	Danny Gallagher	11,033	215	+54
	Labour	Cat Smith	10,932	213	-59
	UKIP	Nigel Cecil	2,466	48	+27
Majority			15,844	309
Turnout			51,308	721	+88
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alfie McKenzieedit

The constituency hit the headlines after the May 2010 general election when it emerged that 14-year-old Alfie McKenzie had cast a vote there by dressing "as much like a Tory as he could manage: a trench coat, reading glasses, sharp shoes" He voted Liberal Democrat9

See alsoedit

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire

Notes and referencesedit

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. ^ UK Parliamentary elections June 2017 Wyre Borough Council
4. ^ "Wyre & Preston North parliamentary constituency" BBC News 
5. ^ "Election Data 2015" Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 17 October 2015 Retrieved 17 October 2015 
6. ^ "Wyre & Preston North" BBC News Online Retrieved 8 May 2015 
7. ^ "Election Data 2010" Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 17 October 2015 Retrieved 17 October 2015 
8. ^ "Wyre & Preston North" BBC News Online Retrieved 2010-05-07 
9. ^ "Alfie McKenzie: It might have been illegal, but I voted with my conscience" The Guardian London 2010-05-09 

Coordinates: 53°54′11″N 2°46′19″W / 53903°N 2772°W / 53903; -2772

v e Constituencies in North West England 75
Labour 54	Ashton-under-Lyne Barrow and Furness Birkenhead Blackburn Blackley and Broughton Blackpool South Bolton North East Bolton South East Bootle Burnley Bury North Bury South Chorley City of Chester Crewe and Nantwich Denton and Reddish Ellesmere Port and Neston Garston and Halewood Halton Heywood and Middleton Hyndburn Knowsley Lancaster and Fleetwood Leigh Liverpool Riverside Liverpool Walton Liverpool Wavertree Liverpool West Derby Makerfield Manchester Central Manchester Gorton Manchester Withington Oldham East and Saddleworth Oldham West and Royton Preston Rochdale St Helens North St Helens South and Whiston Salford and Eccles Sefton Central Stalybridge and Hyde Stockport Stretford and Urmston Wallasey Warrington North Warrington South Weaver Vale West Lancashire Wigan Wirral South Wirral West Workington Worsley and Eccles South Wythenshawe and Sale East
Conservative 20	Altrincham and Sale West Blackpool North and Cleveleys Bolton West Carlisle Cheadle Congleton Copeland Eddisbury Fylde Hazel Grove Macclesfield Morecambe and Lunesdale Pendle Penrith and The Border Ribble Valley Rossendale and Darwen South Ribble Southport Tatton Wyre and Preston North
Liberal Democrats 1	Westmorland and Lonsdale
North West England European constituency: Conservative 2 Labour 3 UKIP 3

v e Culture and infrastructure of the City of Preston
Transport	Bus station Bypass Dick, Kerr & Co Fishwicks Guild Wheel Longridge Railway Preston Corporation Tramways Park & ride Preston Bus Ribble Bus Ribble Link Ribble Link Trust Ribble Steam Stagecoach Tramroad Transport in Preston United Electric Car Company Whittingham Hospital Railway Railway stations: Preston Disused stations: Deepdale Deepdale Street Fishergate Hill Grimsargh Lea Road Maudland Bridge Maudlands Ribbleton
Education	University of Central Lancashire Schools: Archbishop Temple Ashton Broughton Cardinal Newman Christ the King Corpus Christi Fulwood Academy Moor Park Our Lady's Preston's College Preston Muslim Girls Closed: Catholic College Larkhill Winckley Square
Sport	Deepdale Dick, Kerr's Ladies FC Preston speedway Preston City Wrestling Preston Grasshoppers RFC Preston Mountaineering Club Preston North End FC Preston North End WFC West Cliff
History	Battles of Preston 1648 1715 County Borough of Preston Fulwood Urban District Preston Castle Preston Pals Preston Passion Preston Rural District Preston Strike of 1842 Preston Tithebarn redevelopment
Media	The Bee 1065 Central Radio Farmers Guardian Lancashire Evening Post Preston FM Preston is My Paris Red Rose Radio Rock FM Rock FM 2
Companies	Action Records BAE Systems Military Air & Information Booths Edugeek Horrockses, Crewdson & Co Recycling Lives Skiddle
Politics	Council elections 1945 46 47 49 50 95 96 98 99 2000 02 03 04 06 07 08 10 11 12 14 15 Wards: Ashton Brookfield Cadley College Deepdale Greyfriars Ingol Larches Lea Moor Park Preston Rural East Preston Rural North Ribbleton Riversway St George's St Matthew's Sharoe Green Town Centre Tulketh Constituencies: Preston By-elections: 1929 36 40 46 2000 Preston North Preston South Wyre and Preston North

v e Culture and infrastructure of the Borough of Wyre
Transport	Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad Blackpool Tramway Fleetwood Branch Line Garstang & Knot-End Railway North Lancs Steam Navigation Preston & Wyre Railway Railway stations Poulton-le-Fylde Disused stations Burn Naze Halt Carr Lane Cockerham Cross Halt Fleetwood Garstang and Catterall Garstang Town Knott End-on-Sea Nateby Pilling Poulton Curve Halt Preesall Thornton–Cleveleys Wyre Dock
Education	Baines School Blackpool and The Fylde College Cardinal Allen Catholic High School Fleetwood High School Garstang Community Academy Hodgson Academy Millfield High School Myerscough College Paul Nicholas School of Acting & Performing Arts Rossall School Saint Aidan's Technology College Stanah Community Primary School
Sport	Fleetwood Flyers Fleetwood Town FC Fylde Flyers Highbury Stadium
Media	Fleetwood Weekly News
Politics	Council elections 2003 07 11 15 Constituencies Fylde North Lancaster and Fleetwood Lancaster and Wyre Wyre and Preston North

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