Fylde (UK Parliament constituency)
Fylde | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Fylde in Lancashire for the 2010 general election | |
![]() Location of Lancashire within England | |
County | Lancashire |
Electorate | 66,504 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Kirkham, Wesham, Lytham St Annes, Freckleton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Mark Menzies (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Fylde North and Fylde South |
1918–1950 | |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Replaced by | Fylde North and Fylde South |
Fylde is a Lancashire constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Mark Menzies, a Conservative.[n 2]
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.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1918–1950
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1918 | Wilfrid William Ashley | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1922 | Lord Stanley | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1938 by-election | Claude Lancaster | Conservative |
1950 | constituency split into Fylde North and Fylde South |
MPs since 1983
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Sir Edward Gardner | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1987 | Michael Jack | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Mark Menzies | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Menzies | 21,406 | 49.1 | −3.1 | |
Labour | Jed Sullivan | 8,182 | 18.8 | −1.0 | |
UKIP | Paul White | 5,569 | 12.8 | +8.3 | |
Independent | Mike Hill | 5,166 | 11.9 | +11.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Freddie van Mierlo | 1,623 | 3.7 | −18.3 | |
Green | Bob Dennett | 1,381 | 3.2 | +1.7 | |
Northern | Elizabeth Clarkson | 230 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 13,224 | 30.4 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,557 | 66.3 | +0.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Menzies | 22,826 | 52.2 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bill Winlow | 9,641 | 22.1 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Liam Robinson | 8,624 | 19.7 | −5.9 | |
UKIP | Martin Bleeker | 1,945 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Green | Phillip Mitchell | 654 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 13,185 | 30.2 | |||
Turnout | 43,690 | 66.3 | +7.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Michael Jack | 24,287 | 53.4 | +1.1 | |
Labour | William Parbury | 11,828 | 26.0 | −4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bill Winlow | 7,748 | 17.0 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Tim Akeroyd | 1,647 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,459 | 27.4 | |||
Turnout | 45,510 | 60.1 | −0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Michael Jack | 23,383 | 52.3 | +3.4 | |
Labour | John Robert Stockton | 13,773 | 30.8 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Lovet Begg | 6,599 | 14.8 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | Mrs. Lesley Frances Brown | 982 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,610 | 21.5 | |||
Turnout | 44,737 | 60.9 | −12.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Michael Jack | 25,443 | 48.87 | −11.3 | |
Labour | John L. Garrett | 16,480 | 31.65 | +13.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | William L. Greene | 7,609 | 14.61 | −6.1 | |
Referendum | David J. Britton | 2,372 | 4.56 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Terry B. Kerwin | 163 | 0.31 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,963 | 17.2 | |||
Turnout | 52,069 | 72.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Michael Jack | 30,639 | 61.4 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Cryer | 9,648 | 19.3 | −4.9 | |
Labour | Ms. Carol Hughes | 9,382 | 18.8 | +4.5 | |
Natural Law | Peter Douglas Napier Leadbetter | 239 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 20,991 | 42.1 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | 49,908 | 78.5 | +1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Michael Jack | 29,559 | 60.7 | −2.2 | |
Liberal | Mrs. Elizabeth Anne Smith | 11,787 | 24.2 | −0.1 | |
Labour | Dr. Geoffrey Wilfred Tracey Smith | 6,955 | 14.3 | +3.4 | |
Restore Capital Punishment | Harold Fowler | 405 | 0.8 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 17,772 | 36.5 | |||
Turnout | 48,706 | 77.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Edward Gardner | 27,879 | 62.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Mrs. Elizabeth Anne Smith | 10,777 | 24.3 | N/A | |
Labour | David John King | 4,821 | 10.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Harold Fowler | 863 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,102 | 38.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,340 | 71.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claude Granville Lancaster | 37,930 | 61.36 | ||
Labour | E Hewitt | 22,102 | 35.75 | ||
Common Wealth | K Heath | 1,784 | 2.89 | n/a | |
Majority | 15,828 | 25.61 | |||
Turnout | 70.60 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claude Granville Lancaster | 38,263 | |||
Labour | Mabel Tylecote | 17,648 | |||
Majority | 20,615 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord Stanley | 39,731 | 70.81 | n/a | |
Labour | T. McNamee | 16,379 | 29.19 | n/a | |
Majority | 23,352 | 41.62 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 71.99 | n/a | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord Stanley | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Lord Stanley | 29,894 | 64.7 | ||
Labour | Joseph Williamson | 16,318 | 35.3 | ||
Majority | 13,576 | 29.4 | |||
Turnout | 46,212 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Lord Stanley | 16,510 | 55.5 | n/a | |
Liberal | Robert Parkinson Tomlinson | 13,230 | 44.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,280 | 11.0 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 29,740 | n/a | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
See also
References
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Fylde". BBC News Online. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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