Wyre
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| Borough of Wyre | |
 Shown within non-metropolitan Lancashire |
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| Geography | |
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| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Admin. County: | Lancashire |
| Area: Total: |
Ranked 162nd 282.55 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Poulton-le-Fylde |
| ONS code: | 30UQ |
| Demographics | |
| Population: Total (2006 est.): Density: |
Ranked 196th 110,400 391 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 97.0% White 1.7% S.Asian[1] |
| Politics | |
| Wyre Borough Council http://www.wyrebc.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Joan Humble, Michael Jack, Ben Wallace |
Wyre is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Poulton-le-Fylde.
The district is named after the River Wyre, which runs through the district. It was formed on April 1, 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the municipal borough of Fleetwood, along with Poulton-le-Fylde, Preesall and Thornton-Cleveleys urban districts and Garstang Rural District.
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[edit] Town and Parish Councils
[edit] Urban areas
[edit] Parish Councils
- Barnacre with Bonds
- Bleasdale
- Cabus
- Catterall
- Claughton on Brock
- Forton
- Garstang
- Great Eccleston
- Hambleton
- Inskip-with-Sowerby
- Kirkland, Lancashire
- Myerscough and Bilsborrow
- Nateby
- Nether Wyresdale
- Out Rawcliffe
- Pilling
- Preesall (Town Council)
- Stalmine-with-Staynall
- Upper Rawcliffe with Tarnacre
- Winmarleigh
[edit] Parliament
Wyre is currently divided into three Parliamentary Constituencies - Lancaster and Wyre, Blackpool North and Fleetwood and Fylde. Following forthcoming boundary changes, Wyre will be split into just two - Wyre and Preston North and Lancaster and Fleetwood.
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