Lancaster and Fleetwood (UK Parliament constituency)
| Lancaster and Fleetwood | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Lancaster and Fleetwood in Lancashire for the 2010 general election. |
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 Location of Lancashire within England. |
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| County | Lancashire |
| Electorate | 67,305 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Eric Ollerenshaw (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Blackpool North and Fleetwood, Lancaster and Wyre |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | North West England |
Lancaster and Fleetwood is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire, the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency in 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.
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[edit] 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 electoral wards which are used to create the new seat come from the City of Lancaster and the borough of Wyre.
- From Lancaster, the wards of Bulk, Castle, Duke's, Ellel, John O'Gaunt, Lower Lune Valley, Scotforth East, Scotforth West and University.
- From Wyre, Mount Part, Pharos, Pilling, Preesall, Rossall, Warren and Wyresdale.
[edit] Proposed abolition
As part of the nation-wide Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which commenced in 2011, the Boundary Commission for England has proposed abolishing the Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
A redrawn seat called 'Lancaster' would incorporate the city of Lancaster to the south of the River Lune, Garstang, Great Eccleston, Pilling, and Chipping.
Fleetwood would be returned to a redrawn 'Blackpool North and Fleetwood' constituency[2][3].
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member [4] | Party | |
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| 2010 | Eric Ollerenshaw | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Lancaster and Fleetwood [5] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Eric Ollerenshaw | 15,404 | 36.1 | +2.5 | |
| Labour | Clive Grunshaw | 15,071 | 35.3 | -7.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Stuart Langhorn | 8,167 | 19.1 | +3.5 | |
| Green | Gina Dowding | 1,888 | 4.4 | -1.4 | |
| UKIP | Fred McGlade | 1,020 | 2.4 | -0.1 | |
| BNP | Debra Kent | 938 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
| Independent | Keith Riley | 213 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 333 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 42,701 | 61.1 | +1.6 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -4.8 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Lancashire provisional recommendations Boundary Commission for England
- ^ Keep Longridge in Valley campaign launched Longridge & Ribble Valley news
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
- ^ Lancaster and Fleetwood, UKPollingReport
