| Wyre and Preston North | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Map1: | WyrePrestonNorth2007 |
| Map2: | EnglandLancashire |
| Map Entity: | Lancashire |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Abolished: | 2024 |
| Type: | County |
| Previous: | Ribble Valley, Lancaster and Wyre |
| Next: | Blackpool North and Fleetwood, Lancaster and Wyre |
| Electorate: | 71,612 (December 2010)[1] |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Region: | England |
| County: | Lancashire |
| European: | North West England |
| Towns: | Thornton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Garstang, St Michael's On Wyre, Catterall, Fulwood |
Wyre and Preston North was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created in 2010, it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system.
It was formed from parts of the Ribble Valley, Fylde, and Lancaster and Wyre constituencies.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subject to moderate boundary changes, with its area being split between five other constituencies, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.[2] [3]
The seat's only MP was Ben Wallace of the Conservative Party, former Secretary of State for Defence. He announced in 2023 that he would not seek re-election at the 2024 general election.[4]
Wyre and Preston North was created as the sixteenth seat of the county of Lancashire by the Boundary Commission for England prior to the 2010 general election. It contained the Fulwood and rural areas of Preston and many small towns and villages of Wyre.
The seat contained the Wyre towns of Poulton-le-Fylde, Garstang, St Michael's On Wyre, Catterall and parts of Thornton. From Preston are added the suburban Fulwood area and the rural parishes such as Woodplumpton, Barton, Broughton, Goosnargh and Grimsargh. The electoral wards used in the creation are:
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished prior to the 2024 general election, with parts distributed between five neighbouring constituencies: