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| Preston North | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:PrestonNorth1974Constituency.svg) Preston North in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974-1983 | |
| County | Lancashire |
| Major settlements | Preston |
| 1950–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Preston |
| Replaced by | Preston and Ribble Valley[1] |
Preston North was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 for the 1950 general election by division of the former two-seat Preston constituency, and abolished for the 1983 general election. Some of the constituency's former territory was then incorporated within a new single-seat Preston constituency, and parts of Preston North became elements within Fylde and Ribble Valley.
The modern Preston is a safe seat for Labour, but historically Preston North was one of the most marginal constituencies in the country.
- ^ "'Preston North', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.