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| Lancaster and Wyre | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
 Boundary within North West England | |
| County | Lancashire |
| Electorate | 74,992 (2023)[1] |
| Major settlements | Lancaster,Garstang andCatterall |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Cat Smith (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Lancaster and Fleetwood,Wyre and Preston North |
| 1997–2010 | |
| Created from | Lancaster andWyre |
| Replaced by | Lancaster and Fleetwood,Wyre and Preston North |
Lancaster and Wyre is aparliamentary constituency represented in theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom since its recreation in 2024 byCat Smith ofLabour Party. The seat was originally established in 1997 but was replaced byLancaster and Fleetwood from 2010 to 2024.
This seat was originally created for the1997 general election and was abolished at the2010 general election. It was a marginal seat between the Labour and Conservative parties throughout its existence, and was the only seat gained by the Conservatives in the North West in the2005 general election.
Further to the completion of the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the2024 general election.[2] Its boundaries are similar to those of the 1997–2010 version. The seat was won in 2024 for Labour byCat Smith, who had been MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood from 2015 to 2024.
The City of Lancaster wards of Bulk, Castle, Caton, Ellel, John O'Gaunt, Scotforth East, and Scotforth West, and the Borough of Wyre wards of Breck, Brock, Calder, Carleton, Catterall, Duchy, Garstang, Hambleton, Hardhorn, High Cross, Norcross, Pilling, Preesall, Staina, Tithebarn, and Wyresdale.
TheBoundary Commission for England's proposals for parliamentary constituencies inLancashire were completed in 2006. They proposed to split this seat into two.[3] As a result, Lancaster was attached to another part of Wyre borough, over theRiver Wyre to thefishingport ofFleetwood. The new seat ofLancaster and Fleetwood represents the first time the two places have been linked for parliamentary reasons for many years.
The other seat was the newWyre and Preston North.[3] This seat had never been created before, and the bringing together ofGarstang,Thornton,Poulton-le-Fylde and the Fulwood and northern rural areas ofPreston was unprecedented.
Following to the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the re-established constituency was composed of the following electoral wards:
The constituency replacesLancaster and Fleetwood – excluding the town ofFleetwood. It has been expanded to include the community ofSkerton, transferred fromMorecambe and Lunesdale, together withGarstang and surrounding rural areas, previously part of theWyre and Preston North constituency (now abolished).
| Election | Member[5] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Hilton Dawson | Labour | |
| 2005 | Ben Wallace | Conservative | |
| 2010 | constituency abolished: seeLancaster and Fleetwood andWyre and Preston North | ||
| 2024 | Cat Smith | Labour | |
Ben Wallace was selected to represent the Conservatives at the 2010 election in the successor seat ofWyre and Preston North.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Cat Smith | 19,315 | 44.9 | +3.0 | |
| Conservative | Peter Cartridge | 10,062 | 23.4 | −24.6 | |
| Reform | Nigel Alderson | 6,866 | 16.0 | +14.2 | |
| Green | Jack Lenox | 5,236 | 12.2 | +7.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matt Severn | 1,529 | 3.6 | −0.3 | |
| Majority | 9,253 | 21.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 43,008 | 58.0 | −8.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 74,760 | ||||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ben Wallace | 22,266 | 42.8 | +0.6 | |
| Labour | Anne Sacks | 18,095 | 34.8 | −8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Langhorn | 8,453 | 16.2 | +5.9 | |
| Green | Jon Barry | 2,278 | 4.4 | +1.4 | |
| UKIP | John Mander | 969 | 1.9 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 4,171 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 52,061 | 64.5 | −1.4 | ||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hilton Dawson | 22,556 | 43.1 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | Steve Barclay | 22,075 | 42.2 | +1.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Scott | 5,383 | 10.3 | −1.2 | |
| Green | John Whitelegg | 1,595 | 3.0 | +1.7 | |
| UKIP | John Whittaker | 741 | 1.4 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 481 | 0.9 | −1.3 | ||
| Turnout | 52,350 | 65.9 | −8.9 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hilton Dawson | 25,173 | 42.8 | +9.7 | |
| Conservative | Keith Mans | 23,878 | 40.6 | −11.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Humberstone | 6,802 | 11.5 | −2.4 | |
| Referendum | Vivien Ivell | 1,516 | 2.6 | New | |
| Green | Jon Barry | 795 | 1.3 | New | |
| UKIP | John Whittaker | 698 | 1.2 | New | |
| Majority | 1,295 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 58,862 | 74.8 | |||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||
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