Blackpool North and Fleetwood was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1997 to 2010, it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The Borough of Blackpool wards of Anchorsholme, Bispham, Claremont, Greenlands, Ingthorpe, Norbreck, and Warbreck, and the Borough of Wyre wards of Bailey, Bourne, Cleveleys Park, Jubilee, Mount, Park, Pharos, Rossall, Victoria, and Warren. The so-called "Golden Mile" of

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and the fishing port of Fleetwood were paired in this seat. Those against the move at the time tried to argue that Fleetwood was a genteel place that had little, if anything, in common with its noisy neighbour to the south; then, as now, the Boundary Commission disagreed with the idea that Blackpool was a "den of vice", as one local Fleetwood newspaper claimed. This seat was abolished for the 2010 general election, when Fleetwood was linked with Lancaster to create a new seat of

Lancaster and Fleetwood Lancaster and Fleetwood is a constituency created in 2010 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Cat Smith of the Labour Party. History ;Creation Following their review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire, the B ...

. Meanwhile, the town of Thornton Cleveleys was split to create

Blackpool North and Cleveleys Blackpool North and Cleveleys is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Paul Maynard, a Conservative. Constituency profile The seat covers residential suburbs of the seaside town of Blackpool, and ...

. Blackpool is a Unitary Authority but does not have enough electors to create two valid constituencies on its own without using electoral

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from Lancashire.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Notes and references