Blackpool North and Fleetwood was a
parliamentary constituency
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represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. From 1997 to 2010, it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the
first past the post
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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
Blackpool
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and the fishing port of
Fleetwood
Fleetwood is a coastal town in the Borough of Wyre in Lancashire, England, at the northwest corner of the Fylde. It had a population of 25,939 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census.
Fleetwood acquired its modern character in the 1830 ...
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
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Notable boundary commissions have included:
* Afghan Boundary Commission, an Anglo-Russian Boundary Commission, of 1885 and 1893, delineated the no ...
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
Fleetwood is a coastal town in the Borough of Wyre in Lancashire, England, at the northwest corner of the Fylde. It had a population of 25,939 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census.
Fleetwood acquired its modern character in the 1830 ...
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 is a
Unitary Authority
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but does not have enough electors to create two valid constituencies on its own without using
electoral
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operat ...
wards
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Division or unit
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from
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
.
Members of Parliament
Elections
![Blackpool North election results](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Blackpool_North_election_results.png)
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
See also
*
List of parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire
The ceremonial county of Lancashire, which includes the unitary authorities of
Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool,
is divided into sixteen parliamentary constituencies
- eight borough constituencies
and eight county constituencies.
Constituenc ...
Notes and references
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Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2010
Politics of Blackpool