County Lancashire Member of parliament Ben Wallace European Parliament constituency North West England Created from Ribble Valley, Wyre | Electorate 71,612 (December 2010) Number of members 1 Replaced by Ribble Valley, Wyre | |
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Major settlements Thornton-Cleveleys, Poulton-le-Fylde, Garstang, St Michael's on Wyre, Catterall, Fulwood | ||
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.
Contents
It was formed of parts of the Ribble Valley, Fylde and Lancaster and Wyre constituencies.
Boundaries
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:
Alfie McKenzie
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 Democrat.