Fylde
2010 Results:
Conservative: 22826 (52.25%)
Labour: 8624 (19.74%)
Liberal Democrat: 9641 (22.07%)
UKIP: 1945 (4.45%)
Green: 654 (1.5%)
Majority: 13185 (30.18%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Conservative: 20351 (52.4%)
Labour: 10343 (26.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 6701 (17.3%)
Other: 1411 (3.6%)
Majority: 10008 (25.8%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 24287 (53.4%)
Labour: 11828 (26%)
Liberal Democrat: 7748 (17%)
Other: 1647 (3.6%)
Majority: 12459 (27.4%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 23383 (52.3%)
Labour: 13773 (30.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 6599 (14.8%)
UKIP: 982 (2.2%)
Majority: 9610 (21.5%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 25443 (48.9%)
Labour: 16480 (31.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 7609 (14.6%)
Referendum: 2372 (4.6%)
Other: 163 (0.3%)
Majority: 8963 (17.2%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Mark Menzies (Conservative) born 1971, Ayrshire. Educated at Keil School and Glasgow University. Contested Glasgow Govan 2001, Selby 2005.
Mark Menzies (Conservative) born 1971, Ayrshire. Educated at Keil School and Glasgow University. Contested Glasgow Govan 2001, Selby 2005.
Liam Robinson (Labour) Railway station manager.
Bill Winlow (Liberal Democrat) born 1945. Educated at Newcastle University and St Andrews University. Medical writer and retired professor. Leeds councillor 1986-1999, former leader of the Lib Dem group on Leeds council. Contested Fylde 2005.
Philip Mitchell (Green)Martin Bleeker (UKIP) 2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 79179
Male: 48.1%
Female: 51.9%
Under 18: 20.3%
Over 60: 27.6%
Born outside UK: 4.2%
White: 98.4%
Asian: 0.6%
Mixed: 0.6%
Other: 0.4%
Christian: 82.5%
Full time students: 2.3%
Graduates 16-74: 22.3%
No Qualifications 16-74: 24.8%
Owner-Occupied: 79.7%
Social Housing: 7.3% (Council: 2.1%, Housing Ass.: 5.3%)
Privately Rented: 9.9%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 7.5%
CON HOLD
A new Tory candidate….a new Tory MP….not much of a change here, ‘cept the LibDems finishing second for the first time (as they did in neighbouring Preston, and WaPN).
I have, in my attempt to reduce Lancashire’s constituencies down one or two seats, got Fylde losing the Preston bits in the west and claiming the whole of Poulton-le-Fylde…While Lea/Cottam from Preston is moved into a redrawn Ribble Valley….