Wyre and Preston North (UK Parliament constituency)

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".

UK constituency infobox
Name = Wyre and Preston North
Map1 = WyrePrestonNorth2007
Map2 = Lancashire
Entity = Lancashire
Type = County
County = Lancashire
Year = for 2009 or 2010 election
MP = Not Yet Contested
Party = Not Yet Contested
EP = North West England

Boundaries

It has been created as the sixteenth seat of the county of Lancashire 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:

*From Preston - Cadley, College, Garrison, Greyfriars Preston Rural East, Preston Rural North and Sharoe Green
*From Wyre - Breck, Brock, Cabus, Calder, Carleton, Catterall, Garstang, Great Eccleston, Hambleton and Stalmine-with-Staynall, Hardhorn, High Cross, Norcross, Staina, Tithebarn.

Election results

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

Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Greg Beaman
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party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jack Davenport
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party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ben Wallace
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References

ee also

*Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election
*List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire