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Constituency Plan

This beautiful print is Item 9 of 16. It depicts what was once ‘The Parliamentary Constituency of the North Fylde in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’. The original work was by W. David Peirse in September 1968. It illustrates the main towns and villages of what is now Wyre, and includes Bispham. The work is beautifully detailed and includes the heraldic crest of Sir Walter Clegg and the Arms of the City of Westminster.

This item comes from the collection of Sir Walter Clegg, who bequeathed his parliamentary collection of items to Wyre Council in 1994 and forms part of its heritage archives and collections.

Sir Walter Clegg was elected Member of Parliament for North Fylde in 1966. He became Lord of the Treasury in 1970 and was successively Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in 1972 and Comptroller of the Household from 1973 to 1974. He was MP for Wyre from 1983 until his retirement in 1987.

In 1984, the Irish Republican Army bombed Brighton’s  Grand Hotel. Along with several other people, Clegg, whose bedroom was directly above the explosion, was badly hurt but thankfully survived.