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| Blackpool North and Fleetwood | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Blackpool North and Fleetwood in North West England | |
| County | Lancashire |
| Electorate | 75,396 (2023)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Lorraine Beavers (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Blackpool North and Cleveleys, Lancaster and Fleetwood |
| 1997–2010 | |
| Created from | Wyre, Blackpool North |
| Replaced by | Blackpool North and Cleveleys, Lancaster and Fleetwood |
Blackpool North and Fleetwood is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was recreated in 2024 following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and elects one member of parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Its boundaries are similar to those of the 1997–2010 constituency and largely replace Blackpool North and Cleveleys.[2]
Boundaries
The so-called "Golden Mile" of Blackpool 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.
1997-2010
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.This seat was abolished for the 2010 general election, when Fleetwood was linked with Lancaster to create a new seat of Lancaster and Fleetwood. Meanwhile, the town of Thornton Cleveleys was split to create Blackpool North and Cleveleys.
2024-present
Blackpool is a unitary authority area but does not have enough electors to create two valid constituencies on its own without using electoral wards from other districts of Lancashire.
Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 general election, the re-established constituency is composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The Borough of Blackpool wards of: Anchorsholme; Bispham; Greenlands; Ingthorpe; Norbreck.
- The District of Wyre wards of: Bourne; Carleton; Cleveleys Park; Jubilee; Marsh Mill; Mount; Park; Pharos; Pheasant's Wood; Rossall; Stanah; Victoria & Norcross; Warren.[3]
The constituency comprises the majority of, and replaces, the abolished constituency of Blackpool North and Cleveleys, extending northwards to include the town of Fleetwood from Lancaster and Fleetwood (also abolished). It was also expanded to include the whole of the Thornton-Cleveleys conurbation, together with the village of Carleton, formerly part of Wyre and Preston North (also abolished).
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Joan Humble | Labour | |
| 2010 | constituency abolished | ||
| 2024 | Lorraine Beavers | Labour | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lorraine Beavers | 16,744 | 40.0 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Maynard | 12,097 | 28.9 | ||
| Reform UK | Dan Barker | 9,913 | 23.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Bill Greene | 1,318 | 3.2 | ||
| Green | Tina Rothery | 1,269 | 3.0 | ||
| Monster Raving Loony | James Rust | 174 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent | Gita Gordon | 148 | 0.4 | ||
| SDP | Jeannine Cresswell | 147 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 4,647 | 11.1 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joan Humble | 20,620 | 47.6 | –3.2 | |
| Conservative | Gavin Williamson | 15,558 | 35.9 | –1.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Steven Bate | 5,533 | 12.8 | +3.1 | |
| UKIP | Roy Hopwood | 1,579 | 3.6 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 5,062 | 11.7 | –1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 43,290 | 57.7 | +0.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | –0.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joan Humble | 21,610 | 50.8 | –1.3 | |
| Conservative | Alan Vincent | 15,889 | 37.3 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Steven Bate | 4,132 | 9.7 | +1.1 | |
| UKIP | Colin Porter | 950 | 2.2 | New | |
| Majority | 5,721 | 13.5 | –3.1 | ||
| Turnout | 42,581 | 57.2 | –14.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | –1.6 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joan Humble | 28,051 | 52.1 | ||
| Conservative | Harold Elletson | 19,105 | 35.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Beverley Hill | 4,600 | 8.6 | ||
| Referendum | Roy Hopwood | 1,704 | 3.2 | ||
| BNP | Jon Ellis | 288 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 8,946 | 16.6 | |||
| Turnout | 53,748 | 71.7 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
See also
References
External links
- Blackpool North and Fleetwood UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK