Lancaster and Wyre is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

This seat was created in 1997 and is set to be abolished in time for the next election. Currently, Lancaster & Wyre contains the City of Lancaster and most of the Wyre borough.

The proposals for Lancashire are now (2006) complete, they propose that this seat is split into two. Lancaster will be attached to another part of Wyre borough, over the River Wyre to the fishing port of Fleetwood. The new seat of Lancaster and Fleetwood would then be the first time the two places have been linked for parliamentary reasons for many years.

If the proposals are implmented the other seat would be the new Wyre and Preston North. This seat has never been created before, and the bringing together of Garstang, Thornton, Poulton-le-Fylde and the Fulwood and northern rural areas of Preston is unprecedented. This was the only seat gained by the Conservatives in the North West in the 2005 General Election.

Members of Parliament

• 1997 — 2005: Hilton Dawson, Labour
• 2005 — present: Ben Wallace, Conservative

The seat of Lancaster and Wyre was created in time for the 1997 election. There have only been two Members of Parliament for this seat.

Election results

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire

Parliamentary constituencies in the North West