County Lancashire Created 1983 European Parliament constituency North West England Number of members 1 | Electorate 66,504 (December 2010) Type of constituency County constituency Member of parliament Mark Menzies Replaced by Fylde North, Fylde South | |
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Created from Fylde North and Fylde South Major settlements Kirkham, Medlar with Wesham, Lytham St Annes, Freckleton | ||
Fylde is a Lancashire constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Mark Menzies, a Conservative.
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History
The Fylde constituency was originally formed for the 1918 general election, but was abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was split into Fylde North and Fylde South. For the 1983 General Election those two constituencies were merged to form a new Fylde constituency.
The seat was reduced in the boundary review leading to the United Kingdom general election, 2010, losing most of its elements from the Borough of Wyre and the City of Preston to the new seat of Wyre and Preston North.
Boundaries
1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Fleetwood, Kirkham, Longridge, Poulton-le-Fylde, Thornton, and Walton-le-Dale, the Rural District of Preston, and part of the Rural District of Fylde.
1983-1997: The Borough of Fylde, and the Borough of Preston ward of Preston Rural West.
1997-2010: The Borough of Fylde, the Borough of Preston wards of Ingol and Preston Rural West, and the Borough of Wyre ward of Great Eccleston.
2010-present: The Borough of Fylde, and the City of Preston ward of Lea.
The constituency has three main population centres, namely Kirkham/Wesham, Lytham St Annes and Freckleton. Kirkham, Wesham and Freckleton are small towns with some light industrial development and have a considerable Labour vote, but Lytham and St Annes are comfortable seaside resorts, favoured by families and retired couples, and along with the more rural parts of the seat, are safely Conservative.