Blackpool North and Cleveleys was a

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represented in the

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of the

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since

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Paul Maynard Paul Maynard (born 16 December 1975) is a British politician who served from 2010 until 2024 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackpool North and Cleveleys. A member of the Conservative Party, he served Parliamentary Under-Secretary of ...

, a

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. Further to the completion of the

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, the seat will be subject to major boundary changes, with four

Borough of Blackpool The Borough of Blackpool is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, North West England. It is named after the seaside town of Blackpool but covers a wider area which includes Anchorsholme, Bispham, ...

wards being transferred to an expanded Blackpool South. To compensate, the constituency will take in the rest of the

Thornton-Cleveleys Thornton-Cleveleys is a conurbation consisting of the village of Thornton and the town of Cleveleys. The two settlements formed a joint urban district from 1927 until 1974, before becoming part of Wyre. Political geography The civil parish ...

conurbation, as well as the town of

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to the north. As a consequence, the constituency reverted to Blackpool North and Fleetwood for the

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Constituency profile

The seat covers residential suburbs of the seaside town of Blackpool, and the

conurbation further north. Residents are slightly less wealthy than the UK average.Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Blackpool+North+and+Cleveleys

History

The seat was created by the

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following its review of parliamentary representation in

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Boundaries

The Borough of Blackpool wards of Anchorsholme, Bispham, Claremont, Greenlands, Ingthorpe, Layton, Norbreck, Park, and Warbreck, and the Borough of Wyre wards of Bourne, Cleveleys Park, Jubilee, and Victoria. Following the 2010 review of parliamentary boundaries, the previous seat of Blackpool North and Fleetwood was abolished. The new seat connects

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's northern half with

Cleveleys Cleveleys is a town on the Fylde Coast of Lancashire, England, about north of Blackpool and south of Fleetwood. It is part of the Borough of Wyre. With its neighbouring settlement of Thornton, Cleveleys was part of the former urban distric ...

in Wyre. From the

the seat will return to a modified version of Blackpool North and Fleetwood, covering the following electoral wards: *From Blackpool: Anchorsholme, Bispham, Greenlands, Ingthorpe, Norbreck *From Wyre: Bourne, Carleton, Cleveleys Park, Jubilee, Marsh Mill, Mount Park, Pharos, Pheasant's Wood, Rossall, Stanah, Victoria & Norcross, Warren

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Notes

References

External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Blackpool North and Cleveleys, presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics
(boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at ''MapIt UK'' {{coord, 53.863, -2.914, display=title, region:GB_scale:100000 Parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2010 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2024 Politics of Blackpool