19-474: North East Fife may mean or refer to: North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency) North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency) North East Fife (district) for the local authority which existed 1975–1996 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title North East Fife . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
38-521: Is Labour's strongest area in the seat, with the rural hinterland and smaller towns and villages more inclined to vote Conservative. Chorley's expansion is assured with the building of Buckshaw Village , an urban development sprawling over the former Royal Ordnance Site east of Leyland in the seat. 1885–1918 : The Sessional Division of Leyland Hundred, and part of the Sessional Division of Leyland. 1918–1950 : The Municipal Borough of Chorley,
57-754: Is a constituency in Lancashire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Lindsay Hoyle . Hoyle was originally elected for the Labour Party , but in 2019 became the Speaker , making him unaffiliated. Chorley constituency consists of the majority of the borough of Chorley . As well as the central market town of Chorley itself, the seat extends into southern Lancashire rural hinterland with three major villages and minor villages. The town of Chorley
76-649: Is a county constituency in Fife , Scotland, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Wendy Chamberlain of the Liberal Democrats since the 2019 general election . The seat was created in 1983, and was held by the Conservative Party for four years, before being represented by Menzies Campbell from 1987 to 2015. Campbell was elected as a member of the Liberal Party , which later merged with
95-524: The 1945 general election , Chorley was held by Conservative Party members. In 1945, it was won by Clifford Kenyon of the Labour Party who held it, sometimes with very small majorities, until his retirement in 1970. It then proved to be a bellwether for the next 40 years, changing hands between Labour and the Conservatives; however, this pattern was broken in 2010 when Labour MP Lindsay Hoyle retained
114-482: The 2010 general election , the Boundary Commission for England created a new seat of Wyre and Preston North in the central part of the county, which caused "knock-on" effects elsewhere. Chorley constituency was one of the largest in electorate at the start of the review, which was a factor in the alterations to both its own composition and the changes to surrounding constituencies. These changes took away from
133-590: The 2019 general election : it was the SNP's only loss of the election, had the largest decrease in vote share for the Conservative Party (after the special case of Chorley , where the party did not stand) and also had the smallest Labour share of the vote in the United Kingdom , at 3.7% (again excluding Chorley, where the party did not stand). The seat went from the most marginal seat at the 2017 general election to
152-532: The Firth of Forth to the south. The famous golf and university town of St Andrews is the major settlement in the seat. Others include Cupar , Newport-on-Tay , Newburgh , Auchtermuchty , and Anstruther . On the notional boundaries of the 2019 general election the seat is an SNP hold; the Liberal Democrats therefore gain the seat despite previously holding it. North East Fife was notable in several respects in
171-695: The Liberal Democrat candidate, Elizabeth Riches. An alike result in Winchester at the 1997 general election was adjudicated and declared void and resulted in a legislative change in party naming rules (the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 ). In 2005 the ward of Leven East was incorporated into this constituency from what was Central Fife . 56°18′57″N 2°57′55″W / 56.31583°N 2.96528°W / 56.31583; -2.96528 Chorley (UK Parliament constituency) Chorley
190-609: The Social Democratic Party to form the Liberal Democrats. At the 2015 general election , the seat was gained by Stephen Gethins of the Scottish National Party (SNP). Gethins held his seat at the 2017 general election by just two votes over Elizabeth Riches of the Liberal Democrats, making the seat the most marginal in the United Kingdom. At the 2019 general election , Chamberlain defeated Gethins to regain
209-462: The Conservatives, and Labour traditionally do not stand against the sitting Speaker of the House of Commons , and consequently did not oppose Lindsay Hoyle's re-election bid. The Brexit Party did not stand an official candidate, however their former candidate stood as an independent, having changed his ballot name to Mark Brexit -Smith. The Green Party does not follow the convention of standing aside for
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#1732845073314228-790: The Rural District of Chorley. 1983–1997 : The Borough of Chorley, and the District of West Lancashire wards of Parbold and Wrightington. 1997–2010 : The Borough of Chorley. 2010–2024 : The Borough of Chorley wards of Adlington and Anderton, Astley and Buckshaw, Brindle and Hoghton, Chisnall, Chorley East, Chorley North East, Chorley North West, Chorley South East, Chorley South West, Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods, Clayton-le-Woods North, Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden, Coppull, Euxton North, Euxton South, Heath Charnock and Rivington, Pennine, and Wheelton and Withnell. Following its review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire leading up to
247-497: The Urban Districts of Adlington, Croston, Leyland, and Withnell, the Rural District of Chorley, and in the Rural District of Wigan the civil parishes of Haigh, Parbold, Worthington, and Wrightington. 1950–1955 : The Municipal Borough of Chorley, the Urban Districts of Adlington and Leyland, and the Rural District of Chorley. 1955–1983 : The Municipal Borough of Chorley, the Urban Districts of Adlington, Leyland and Withnell, and
266-448: The fortieth most marginal in 2019 (measured by percentage majority). When measured by absolute majority, North East Fife was the second most marginal Lib Dem-held seat at the election (after Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross ). North East Fife was the most marginal result in the country at the 2017 general election , with incumbent SNP MP Stephen Gethins seeing his majority cut from 4,344 votes (9.6%) to 2 votes (0.004%) ahead of
285-418: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North_East_Fife&oldid=1151307260 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency) North East Fife
304-630: The previously announced Liberal Democrat candidate for the 2019 UK general election , Paul Valentine, subsequently withdrew from the general election once Sir Lindsay was appointed Speaker. However the Green Party candidate, James Melling, stood against the incumbent Speaker. The Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives, and Labour traditionally do not stand against the sitting Speaker of the House of Commons . Reform UK originally listed Simon Evans as their candidate before instead listing him as their candidate for West Lancashire . The Liberal Democrats,
323-491: The seat against the national trend. Hoyle has been MP for Chorley since 1997 . In November 2019, he was elected as Speaker of the House of Commons following the resignation of John Bercow ; Sir Lindsay had been Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons under Bercow since 2010. There is an inconsistently followed convention, which is mostly kept by the major parties, not to oppose the Speaker at elections. In keeping with this,
342-552: The seat all the areas to the west of the M6 motorway , namely Croston , Eccleston , Bretherton and Mawdesley ; these moved to South Ribble . 2024–present : The Borough of Chorley wards of Adlington & Anderton, Buckshaw & Whittle, Chorley East, Chorley North & Astley, Chorley North East, Chorley North West, Chorley South East & Heath Charnock, Chorley South West, Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton, Clayton West & Cuerden, Coppull, Euxton. From its creation in 1885 until
361-572: The seat for the Liberal Democrats; this was the SNP's only loss at the general election. 1983–2005 : North East Fife District. 2005–present : The area of the Fife Council other than those parts in the constituencies of Dunfermline and West Fife, Glenrothes, and Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. North East Fife constituency is in the region of Fife in Scotland. Fife has the River Tay on its northern coast, and
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