County Lancashire Created 2010 Member of parliament Cat Smith | Electorate 67,305 (December 2010) European Parliament constituency North West England Number of members 1 | |
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Created from Blackpool North and Fleetwood
Lancaster and Wyre Replaced by Blackpool North and Fleetwood, Lancaster and Wyre | ||
Lancaster and Fleetwood is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. 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.
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Since the 2015 general election the seat has been held by Cat Smith of the Labour Party. Previously it was represented by Eric Ollerenshaw, a Conservative.
History
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire, the Boundary Commission created a new constituency involving Wyre and Preston North, for the 2010 general election, which split the previous linking of Lancaster and Wyre. As a consequence, Lancaster and the coastal town of Fleetwood have been attached for parliamentary purposes. Both the 2010 and 2015 elections were closely fought between the Conservative and Labour candidates, with Labour-inclined areas in both Lancaster and Fleetwood battling with the more Conservative parts of the constituency's large rural hinterland, indicating it to be a marginal seat.
Boundaries
The new seat of Lancaster and Fleetwood was subject to public consultation following the decision to create a new seat in Lancashire in the run-up to the United Kingdom general election, 2010, which caused major consequential changes to the central and southern parts of the county. During the consultation process, the Wyre ward of Cabus was moved from Lancaster and Fleetwood to Wyre and Preston North.
The seat has electoral wards: