Beverley and Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Beverley and Holderness
Map1 = BeverleyHolderness
Type = County
Map2 = Humberside
Entity = Humberside
County = East Riding of Yorkshire
Year = 1997
MP = Graham Stuart
Party = Conservative
EP = Yorkshire and the Humber

Beverley and Holderness is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the south-east area of the East Riding of Yorkshire and borders with the East Yorkshire, Haltemprice and Howden, Kingston upon Hull North & Kingston upon Hull East constituencies. It also borders a stretch of the North Sea coast from Skipsea to Spurn Point, and the Humber estuary to Hedon.

History

The constituency first sent members to Parliament regularly from 1563 as "Beverley", but was disenfranchised in 1869. It was re-created for a short time between 1950 and 1955 and then again in 1983. In 1997 the constituency was renamed to the current form, "Beverley and Holderness". Following the elections in 2005, a ballot box was stolen.

Members of Parliament

"Before 1997, see Beverley"

Elections

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Stuart
votes = 20,434
percentage = 40.7
change = -0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George McManus
votes = 17,854
percentage = 35.6
change = -4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stewart Willie
votes = 9,578
percentage = 19.1
change = +3.2Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Oliver Marriott
votes = 2,336
percentage = 4.7
change = +1.5

Election box majority
votes = 2,580
percentage = 5.1
change = +3.4Election box turnout
votes = 50,202
percentage = 64.8
change = +2.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +1.7

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Cran
votes = 19,168
percentage = 41.3
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Pippa Langford
votes = 18,387
percentage = 39.6
change = +0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stewart Willie
votes = 7,356
percentage = 15.9
change = -2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Stephen Wallis
votes = 1,464
percentage = 3.2
change = +1.8Election box majority
votes = 781
percentage = 1.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 46,375
percentage = 62.0
change = -10.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James Cran
votes = 21,629
percentage = 41.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Norman O'Neill
votes = 20,418
percentage = 38.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Melling
votes = 9,689
percentage = 18.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = D. Barley
votes = 695
percentage = 1.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = S. Withers
votes = 111
percentage = 0.2
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 1,211
percentage =
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 73.1
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

References

* http://www.election.demon.co.uk/prereform.html
* http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/bcommons3.htm