Fylde North (UK Parliament constituency)

Fylde North
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Fylde North in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983
County	Lancashire
Major settlements	Fleetwood, Poulton-le-Fylde, Preesall, Thornton Cleveleys and the Garstang Rural District
1950–1983
Created from	Fylde and Lancaster
Replaced by	Fylde and Lancaster

Fylde North was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950, until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency was established in 1950, with the split of the Fylde constituency. It covered the borough of Fleetwood, the urban districts of Poulton-le-Fylde, Preesall and Thornton Cleveleys and the Garstang Rural District. It was largely replaced by the new Fylde constituency, although Garstang was added to Lancaster instead.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Richard Stanley	Conservative
	1966	Sir Walter Clegg	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished: see Fylde

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Fylde North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Stanley	23,538	60.85
	Labour	Philip Henry Couldry	10,515	27.18
	Liberal	John Wilcock Robinson	4,631	11.97
Majority			13,023	33.67
Turnout			38,684	82.76
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1951: Fylde North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Stanley	25,419	69.26
	Labour	John B Morris	11,284	30.74
Majority			14,135	38.52
Turnout			36,703	77.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Fylde North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Stanley	23,812	72.24
	Labour	Leslie Spriggs	9,152	27.76
Majority			14,660	44.48
Turnout			32,964	68.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1959: Fylde North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Stanley	27,045	70.52
	Labour	John Myerscough	11,307	29.48
Majority			15,738	41.04
Turnout			38,352	71.20
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Fylde North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Stanley	27,801	65.29
	Labour	Ronald G Truman	14,777	34.71
Majority			13,024	30.58
Turnout			42,578	72.16
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1966: Fylde North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Clegg	24,217	53.64
	Labour	Keith Bell	14,045	31.11
	Liberal	James Rafton Smallwood	6,058	13.42	New
	Coalition Unity	Peter Lowe	826	1.83	New
Majority			10,172	22.53
Turnout			45,146	73.38
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Fylde North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Clegg	33,667	68.9	+15.3
	Labour	Raymond W. Hill	15,235	31.2	+0.1
Majority			18,432	37.7	+15.2
Turnout			48,902	68.3	−5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.6

General election February 1974: Fylde North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Clegg	36,577	68.4	−0.5
	Labour	David Hunter Sparks	16,919	31.6	+0.4
Majority			19,658	36.8	−0.9
Turnout			53,496	72.1	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.4

General election October 1974: Fylde North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Clegg	29,661	55.5	−12.9
	Labour	Humphry Berkeley	12,522	23.4	−10.2
	Liberal	Antony Perry	11,254	21.1	New
Majority			17,139	32.1	−4.7
Turnout			53,437	71.4	−0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.4

General election 1979: Fylde North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Clegg	35,366	60.1	+4.6
	Labour	Roland Fox	14,376	24.4	+1.0
	Liberal	Peter Herbert	8,630	14.7	−6.4
	National Front	Kenneth Hugh Warbarton	481	0.8	New
Majority			20,990	35.7	+3.6
Turnout			58,853	75.3	+3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.8

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
• UK General Election results May 1979, Political Science Resources