Fylde (') is a
constituency
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...
in
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
which is represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
UK Parliament
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since 2010 by
Mark Menzies
Mark Andrew Menzies (born 18 May 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Fylde in Lancashire since 2010. He was formerly PPS to Charles Hendry MP, Minister of State for Energy and Cl ...
, a
Conservative
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.
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
2010 United Kingdom general election
The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 May 2010, with 45,597,461 registered voters entitled to vote to elect members to the House of Commons. The election took place in 650 constituencies across the United Kingdom unde ...
, losing most of its elements from the
Borough of Wyre
Wyre is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The population of the non-metropolitan district at the 2011 census was 107,749. The district borders the unitary authority area of Blackpool as well as the distr ...
and the
City of Preston to the new seat of
Wyre and Preston North
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 ...
.
Boundaries
1918–1945: 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.
1945–1950: Part of the County Borough of Preston; the Municipal Borough of Fleetwood; the Urban Districts of Kirkham, Longridge, Poulton-le-Fylde, Thornton Cleveleys, Walton-le-Dale, and part of Fulwood; and, the Rural District of Fylde, and parts of Blackburn, and Preston.
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
Lytham St Annes () is a seaside town in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England. It is on the The Fylde, Fylde coast, directly south of Blackpool on the Ribble Estuary. The population at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 42,954 ...
and
Freckleton
Freckleton is a village and civil parish on the Fylde coast in Lancashire, England, to the south of Kirkham and east of the seaside resort of Lytham St. Annes. In 2001 the parish had a population of 6,045, reducing to 6,019 at the 2011 Census. ...
. Kirkham, Wesham and Freckleton are small towns with some light industrial development and have a considerable
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
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** Organized labour and the 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
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.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1918–1950
MPs since 1983
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections 1918–1945
Election in the 1940s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1910s
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
References
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Parliamentary constituencies in North West England
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983
Borough of Fylde