Borough of Wyre
Borough of Wyre
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Coordinates: 53°54′00″N 2°48′32″W / 53.900°N 2.809°W / 53.900; -2.809
| Borough of Wyre | |
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Borough | |
 Wyre shown within Lancashire and England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | North West England |
| Ceremonial county | Lancashire |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Admin. HQ | Poulton-le-Fylde |
| Government | |
| • Type | Wyre Borough Council |
| • Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| • Executive: | Conservative |
| • MPs: | Paul Maynard, Cat Smith, Ben Wallace |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 108.9 sq mi (282.1 km2) |
| Area rank | 145th |
| Population (mid-2017 est.)[2] | |
| • Total | 110,400 |
| • Rank | 215th |
| • Density | 1,000/sq mi (390/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
| ONS code | 30UQ (ONS) E07000128 (GSS) |
| Ethnicity | 96.6% White 1.9% S.Asian[3] |
| Website | wyre.gov.uk |
Wyre is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The population of the non-metropolitan district at the 2011 census was 107,749.[4] The district borders the unitary authority of Blackpool as well as the districts of Lancaster, Ribble Valley, Fylde and Preston. The council is based in Poulton-le-Fylde.
The district is named after the River Wyre, which runs through the district. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 and was a merger of the municipal borough of Fleetwood, along with Poulton-le-Fylde, Preesall, Garstang and Thornton-Cleveleys urban districts and various rural districts.
Fleetwood
Poulton-le-Fylde
Thornton
Cleveleys
Garstang
Bilsborrow
Bleasdale
Bonds
Bowgreave
Calder Vale
Carleton
Catterall
Churchtown
Claughton
Dolphinholme
Eagland Hill
Forton
Great Eccleston
Hambleton
Inskip
Knott End
Nateby
Oakenclough
Out Rawcliffe
Pilling
Preesall
St Michael's-on-Wyre
Scorton
Stalmine
Winmarleigh
Fair Snape Fell
Hawthornthwaite Fell
Parlick
Towns, villages and hills in the Borough of Wyre Forest of Bowland AONB
Contents
1 Town and Parish Councils
1.1 Urban areas
1.2 Civil parishes
2 Local elections
3 Parliament
4 External links
5 References
Town and Parish Councils[edit]
Urban areas[edit]
- Fleetwood
- Garstang
- Poulton-le-Fylde
- Thornton-Cleveleys
- Carleton
Civil parishes[edit]
- Barnacre with Bonds
- Bleasdale
- Cabus
- Catterall
- Claughton
Fleetwood (town council)- Forton
Garstang (town council)- Great Eccleston
- Hambleton
- Inskip-with-Sowerby
- Kirkland
- Myerscough and Bilsborrow
- Nateby
- Nether Wyresdale
- Out Rawcliffe
- Pilling
Preesall (town council)- Stalmine-with-Staynall
- Upper Rawcliffe with Tarnacre
- Winmarleigh
Local elections[edit]
Elections to Wyre Borough Council take place every four years on the first Thursday in May. All 55 councillors are elected from 26 wards. Since the formation of the council in 1973 it has been under the control of the Conservative Party with the exception of one term from 1995 to 1999 when the Labour Party held control of the council.
Following the most recent election held on 5 May 2015 the composition of the council is as follows:
| Party | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 37 | -3 | |
| Labour | 12 | -3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 0 | –1 | |
| Independent | 0 | –1 | |
[5]
Parliament[edit]
Wyre is split into three Parliamentary Constituencies - Wyre and Preston North, Lancaster and Fleetwood and Blackpool North and Cleveleys. This was recently changed as part of the Boundary changes for the United Kingdom general election, 2010. Before this change it had been split into three Lancaster and Wyre, Blackpool North and Fleetwood and Fylde.
External links[edit]
- Wyre Council website
References[edit]
^ "Standard Area Measurements (2016) for Administrative Areas in the United Kingdom". Office for National Statistics. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2017". Office for National Statistics. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "Resident Population Estimates by Ethnic Group (Percentages)". Office for National Statistics. 30 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
^ "Non-Metropolitan District population 2011". Retrieved 23 January 2016.
^ Hughes, Frankie. "Councillors". www.wyre.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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- Non-metropolitan districts of Lancashire
- Local government districts of North West England
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