Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Haltemprice and Howden
Map1 = HaltempriceHowden
Type = County
Map2 = Humberside
Entity = Humberside
County = East Riding of Yorkshire
Year = 1997
MP = David Davis
Party = Conservative
EP = Yorkshire and the Humber

Haltemprice and Howden is a 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 a wide area stretching from the border of Hull in the east to the outskirts of Goole in the west and northwards to Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. The bulk of the population is centred in the villages of Willerby, Kirk Ella, Anlaby and Cottingham. Rural Howdenshire forms the bulk of the geographical area of the constituency but provides only a small part of the total electorate.

The constituency includes many towns and villages along the A63 corridor including, Brough, Elloughton, South Cave, North Ferriby, Swanland, Gilberdyke, Newport, Welton and Melton.

There are currently Conservative Councillors in Howden, Howdenshire, Dale, South Hunsley, Cottingham North and Willerby and Kirk Ella Wards. The Liberal Democrats enjoy their strongest support in Anlaby, Anlaby Common and parts of Cottingham. The Lib Dems only hold Councillors in Tranby Ward (Anlaby & Anlaby Common) and the Cottingham South Ward. There are no Labour Councillors in the constituency. The local East Riding Council is strongly Conservative and the Tories currently hold 47 of the 64 seats on the Council.

This constituency will see only small boundary changes before the next election. These minor adjustments will bring the constituencies of the East Riding into line with local government boundaries. Haltemprice and Howden will lose the village of North Newbald to Beverley and Holderness and gain the village of Dunswell from Beverley and Holderness. The electoral impact of these changes is insignificant.

History

The constituency was created for the 1997 general election, covering an area previously part of the Boothferry constituency. In 1997, it returned the Conservative David Davis, who had previously been the member for Boothferry; he was re-elected in the 2001 and 2005 general elections.

In 2005, the Liberal Democrats made this one of their top targets for unseating Conservative MPs. That campaign failed with the Conservatives increasing their majority three-fold and the Lib Dem share of the vote falling. Since then the Lib Dems have continued to collapse locally, losing a number of Councillors, including the previously safe Lib Dem Howden Ward in a by-election in December 2005. The Lib Dems lost 5 seats here in the local elections of 2007 and there are now 14 Conservative Councillors compared to four Lib Dem Councillors in the constituency.

The area was placed as 10th most affluent in the country in the 2003 Barclays Private Clients survey. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3025321.stm|title=North tops 'real' rich league|date=2003-05-14|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2008-06-19]

2008 by-election

On 12 June 2008, a day after a vote on the extension of detention of terror suspects without charge, in a surprise and controversial move, David Davis resigned as the constituency's long term MP. He stated this was in order to force a by-election, in which he intended to provoke a wider public debate on the single issue of the perceived erosion of civil liberties. Over the course of the following week, the campaign was launched on the theme of David Davis for Freedom.

Davis formally resigned as MP on 18 June 2008, and the by-election took place on 10 July 2008. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7460345.stm|title=Labour did not stand against Davis |date=2008-06-18|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2008-06-19]

Members of Parliament

*"Constituency created (1997)"

Elections

1990s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Davis
votes = 21,809
percentage = 44.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Diana Wallis
votes = 14,295
percentage = 28.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = George McManus
votes = 11,701
percentage = 23.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = T. Pearson
votes = 1,370
percentage = 2.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = G. Bloom
votes = 301
percentage = 0.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = B. Stevens
votes = 74
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 7,514
percentage = 15.2
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 49,550
percentage = 75.5
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

2000s

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Davis
votes = 18,994
percentage = 43.2
change = –0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jon Neal
votes = 17,091
percentage = 38.9
change = +10.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Leslie Howell
votes = 6,898
percentage = 15.7
change = –7.9Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Joanne Robinson
votes = 945
percentage = 2.2
change = +1.5Election box majority
votes = 1,903
percentage = 4.3
change = -10.9Election box turnout
votes = 43,928
percentage = 65.8
change = –9.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Davis
votes = 22,792
percentage = 47.5
change = +4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jon Neal
votes = 17,676
percentage = 36.8
change = –2.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Edward Hart
votes = 6,104
percentage = 12.7
change = –3.0Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = John Mainprize
votes = 798
percentage = 1.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Philip Lane
votes = 659
percentage = 1.4
change = –0.8Election box majority
votes = 5,116
percentage = 10.7
change = +6.4Election box turnout
votes = 48,029
percentage = 70.1
change = +4.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +3.2

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Davis
votes = 17,113
percentage = 71.6
change = +24.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Shan Oakes
votes = 1,758
percentage = 7.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = English Democrats Party
candidate = Joanne Robinson
votes = 1,714
percentage = 7.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Front
candidate = Tess Culnane
votes = 544
percentage = 2.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Miss Great Britain Party
candidate = Gemma Garrett
votes = 521
percentage = 2.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jill Saward
votes = 492
percentage = 2.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
candidate = Mad Cow-Girl
votes = 412
percentage = 1.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Walter Sweeney
votes = 238
percentage = 1.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Nicholson
votes = 162
percentage = 0.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Craig
votes = 135
percentage = 0.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = The New Party (UK)
candidate = David Pinder
votes = 135
percentage = 0.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = "no label"
candidate = David Icke
votes = 110
percentage = 0.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Freedom 4 Choice
candidate = Hamish Howitt
votes = 91
percentage = 0.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Equality Party (UK)
candidate = Chris Talbot
votes = 84
percentage = 0.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Grace Astley
votes = 77
percentage = 0.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Christian Party (UK)
candidate = George Hargreaves
votes = 76
percentage = 0.3
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Church of the Militant Elvis Party
candidate = David Bishop
votes = 44
percentage = 0.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = John Upex
votes = 38
percentage = 0.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Greg Wood
votes = 32
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Eamonn Fitzpatrick
votes = 31
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Make Politicians History
candidate = Ronnie Carroll
votes = 29
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Thomas Darwood
votes = 25
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Christopher Foren
votes = 23
percentage = 0.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Herbert Crossman
votes = 11
percentage = 0.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Tony Farnon
votes = 8
percentage = 0.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Norman Scarth
votes = 8
percentage = 0.0
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 15,355
percentage = 64.2
change = +53.5Election box turnout
votes = 23,911
percentage = 34.5 [ [http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/byelection/Haltemprice-Howden-election-34-5-cent-turnout/article-215988-detail/article.html This is Hull and East Riding] ]
change = -35.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

References

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside