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Wyre |
| 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 (2007 est.): Density: |
Ranked 197th 110,900 392 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 96.6% White 1.9% S.Asian1 |
| 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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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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