The placeConstituency · North West · Electorate 73,339 · 2023 boundaries

Blackpool North and Fleetwood.

Labour Party MP Lorraine Beavers holds the seat on 40.0% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentLorraine Beavers · Labour Party
CouncilsWyre · Blackpool
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001104
Electorate · 2024
73.3k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
40.0%
Labour Party · +11.1pp over Con
Settlements
6
Largest: Blackpool
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
21.2
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

Beavers has built a clear rebel record on welfare. She voted against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill at second reading, committee stage, and third reading in July 2025 -- one of a minority of Labour MPs to oppose the government's welfare reforms at every stage. She also backed an amendment that would have protected disabled people with fluctuating conditions during the government's PIP review. Her voting profile deviates sharply from the Labour average on disability benefits (67% versus the party's 8%) and benefit cuts. In January 2026 she broke with Labour again, voting against regulations expanding the Public Order Act to criminalise infrastructure interference -- placing her on the civil liberties side of that argument.

Beyond those rebel votes, she is a highly engaged MP. At 90% participation she votes above the Commons average, and at 98.3% party alignment she is otherwise a reliable Labour voice. Her speeches concentrate on economy and jobs, social care, environment, and local government -- 79 contributions across 51 debates since July 2024. In the Commons she has raised a constituent's campaign over the 28-day limit for unduly lenient sentence reviews, challenged a £700m government contract decision affecting Blackpool workers, and championed a local jobs fair.

Local news coverage across 117 articles in the past 90 days is broadly neutral in tone, with economy and jobs the dominant issue. She sits on no select committees. Her rebel pattern on welfare is the clearest signal in her record: she has consistently prioritised disability protection over party loyalty on that specific issue, while largely voting with the government on everything else.

40.0%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
17
Wards · 32 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.17 wards · 32 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Anchorsholme(2 seats)Cooper · Galley2,069Blackpool LabMay 2023
Bispham Joel McKevitt436Blackpool LabNov 2024
Bourne(3 seats)Swatton · Higginson · Wells1,767Wyre ConMay 2023
Carleton(2 seats)Walker · Fielding1,421Wyre ConMay 2023
Cleveleys Park(2 seats)Amos · Rendell1,404Wyre ConMay 2023
Ingthorpe(2 seats)Farrell · Bamborough1,440Blackpool LabMay 2023
Jubilee(2 seats)Fail · Martin1,142Wyre ConMay 2023
Marsh Mill James Crawford567Wyre ConNov 2024
Mount(2 seats)Stephenson · Stirzaker1,043Wyre ConMay 2023
Norbreck(2 seats)Ellison · Sloman1,366Blackpool LabMay 2023
Park Alice Jones534Wyre ConMay 2025
Pharos(2 seats)Moliner · Duffy820Wyre ConMay 2023
Pheasants Wood Andrea Dawn Kay437Wyre ConMay 2023
Rossall(3 seats)Meekins · Raynor · Thewlis1,497Wyre ConMay 2023
Stanah(2 seats)Minto · Livesey1,445Wyre ConMay 2023
Victoria Norcross(2 seats)Baxter · Vincent1,327Wyre ConMay 2023
Warren(2 seats)Stephenson · Blair1,055Wyre ConJun 2023

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.6 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Blackpool (33,227), with Fleetwood (24,373) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 94,496.

city 33,227town 55,493village 5,776

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Blackpool33,227city
Fleetwood24,373town
Thornton (Wyre)18,666town
Cleveleys12,454town
Carleton3,922village
Rural & dispersed1,854village
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate49.7%57.1%-13%
Owner-occupied69.5%63.1%+10%
Private rented21.2%20.0%+6%
Social rented9.3%16.8%-45%

Ethnicity.

White97.3%
Asian1.0%
Black0.3%
Mixed1.1%
Other0.3%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.5% Female 51.5% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£25,200
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£29,400
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
2,135
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
33
24 primary · 4 secondary
GCSE pass
46.8%
Attainment 8: 37.0

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£161m
Taxpayers47,000
Median per taxpayer£2,200
Mean per taxpayer£3,450

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Wyre and Blackpool. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
21.2
+2% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
7.1
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
45% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences9.5
Anti-social behaviour4.0
Criminal damage & arson1.7
Other theft1.2
Shoplifting1.0
Public order0.9
Vehicle crime0.8

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Lorraine BeaversWONLab16,74440.0
Paul MaynardCon12,09728.9
Dan BarkerRef9,91323.7
Bill GreeneLD1,3183.1
Tina RotheryGrn1,2693.0
James RustInd1740.4
Gita GordonInd1480.3
Jan CresswellInd1470.3

Turnout 41,810

Prior contests.

Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission