Borough of Wyre (Redirected from Wyre Borough)

Coordinates: 53°54′00″N 2°48′32″W / 53.900°N 2.809°W / 53.900; -2.809

Borough of Wyre
Fleetwood from across the Wyre estuary
Fleetwood from across the Wyre estuary
Wyre shown within Lancashire and England
Wyre shown within Lancashire and England
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionNorth West England
Ceremonial countyLancashire
Founded1974
Admin. HQPoulton-le-Fylde
Government
 • TypeWyre Borough Council
 • Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
 • Executive:Conservative
 • MPs:Paul Maynard, Cat Smith, Ben Wallace
Area
 • Total108.9 sq mi (282.1 km2)
 • Rank139th
Population
(mid-2019 est.)
 • Total112,091
 • Rank214th
 • Density1,000/sq mi (400/km2)
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code30UQ (ONS)
E07000128 (GSS)
Ethnicity98.2% White
0.9% S.Asian
Websitewyre.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. The district borders the unitary authority area 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.

The district is a rare contemporary example of a non-contiguous local government area. There are no road or rail connections between the parts of the borough divided by the River Wyre, and it is necessary to travel through the Fylde district in order to travel between the two divided parts of Wyre, or else use the passenger ferry between Fleetwood and Knott End. The borough also includes parts of Blackpool built-up area.

Subdivisions

Civil parishes

Civil parishes in the Borough of Wyre
Towns, villages and hills in the Borough of Wyre         Forest of Bowland AONB

Unparished area

Local elections

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 2 May 2019 the composition of the council is as follows:

Party Seats   ±  
Conservative 37
Labour 8
Independent 5

Parliament

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 2010 United Kingdom general election. Before this change it had been split into three Lancaster and Wyre, Blackpool North and Fleetwood and Fylde.

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Wyre.

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