Wyre (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–1997

Wyre

Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
County| Lancashire
1983–1997
Seats| One
Created from| Fylde North
Replaced by| Lancaster and Wyre

53°59′06″N 2°45′47″W﻿ / ﻿53.985°N 2.763°W﻿ / 53.985; -2.763

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

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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

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Election | Member[1] | Party

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| 1983 | Sir Walter Clegg | Conservative
| 1987 | Keith Mans | Conservative
| 1997 | constituency abolished

## Elections

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### Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1983: Wyre[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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)
General election 1987: Wyre[3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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General election 1992: Wyre[4][5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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* List of parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire

## Notes and references

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1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
2. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
3. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
4. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
5. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.