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| Wyre | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Lancashire |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Fylde North |
| Replaced by | Lancaster and Wyre |
Wyre was a parliamentary constituency in the Wyre district of Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election. It was then partially replaced by the new constituency of Lancaster and Wyre.
Boundaries edit
The Borough of Wyre wards of Bailey, Bourne, Breck, Carleton, Cleveleys Park, Hambleton, Hardhorn, High Cross, Jubilee, Mount, Norcross, Park, Pharos, Preesall, Rossall, Staina, Tithebarn, Victoria, and Warren.
Members of Parliament edit
| Election | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Sir Walter Clegg | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Keith Mans | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections edit
Elections in the 1980s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Walter Clegg | 26,559 | 56.4 | ||
| SDP | Iain Murdoch | 11,748 | 25.0 | ||
| Labour | William Goldsmith | 8,743 | 18.6 | ||
| Majority | 14,811 | 31.4 | |||
| Turnout | 47,050 | 71.4 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Keith Mans | 26,800 | 53.1 | −3.3 | |
| SDP | Iain Murdoch | 12,139 | 24.0 | −1.0 | |
| Labour | Paul Ainscough | 10,725 | 21.2 | +2.6 | |
| Green | Arthur Brown | 874 | 1.7 | New | |
| Majority | 14,661 | 29.1 | -2.3 | ||
| Turnout | 50,538 | 75.4 | +4.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −1.2 | |||
Elections in the 1990s edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Keith Mans | 29,449 | 54.6 | +1.5 | |
| Labour | David Borrow | 17,785 | 33.0 | +11.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Ault | 6,420 | 11.9 | −12.1 | |
| Natural Law | Roger Perry | 260 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 11,664 | 21.6 | −7.5 | ||
| Turnout | 53,914 | 79.5 | +4.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −5.1 | |||
See also edit
Notes and references edit
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.