Beverley and Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)

Beverley and Holderness
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Beverley and Holderness in Humberside.
Location of Humberside within England.
County	East Riding of Yorkshire
Population	99,748 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	79,775 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlements	Beverley, Hornsea, Hedon, Withernsea
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Graham Stuart (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Beverley, Boothferry and Bridlington
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Beverley and Holderness is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Graham Stuart of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1997-2010: The East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley wards of Cherry Holme, Leconfield, Leven, Minster North, Minster South, Molescroft, St Mary’s East, St Mary’s West, Tickton, Walkington, and Woodmansey, and the Borough of Holderness.

2010–present: The District of East Riding of Yorkshire wards of Beverley Rural, Mid Holderness, Minster and Woodmansey, North Holderness, St Mary’s, South East Holderness, and South West Holderness.

The constituency covers the south-east of the East Riding of Yorkshire and borders with the East Yorkshire, Haltemprice and Howden, Kingston upon Hull North and 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.

For the 2010 general election minor boundary changes affect the constituency. The civil parish of Brandesburton was transferred to the East Yorkshire constituency and Woodmansey to the Haltemprice and Howden constituency. Middleton on the Wolds was gained from the East Yorkshire constituency and Newbald from the Haltemprice and Howden constituency.^[3]

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

Election		Member[4]	Party
	1997	James Cran	Conservative
	2005	Graham Stuart	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Beverley and Holderness[5][6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Stuart	25,363	48.1	+1.0
	Labour	Margaret Pinder	13,160	25.0	+3.9
	UKIP	Gary Shores	8,794	16.7	+13.2
	Liberal Democrat	Denis Healy	2,900	5.5	-17.2
	Green	Richard Howarth	1,802	3.4	+2.1
	Yorkshire First	Lee Walton	658	1.2	+1.2
Majority			12,203	23.2
Turnout			52,677	65.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Beverley and Holderness[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Stuart	25,063	47.1	+6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Craig Dobson	12,076	22.7	+3.0
	Labour	Ian Saunders	11,224	21.1	-13.6
	BNP	Neil Whitelam	2,080	3.9	+3.9
	UKIP	Andy Horsfield	1,845	3.5	-1.2
	Green	Bill Rigby	686	1.3	+1.3
	Independent	Ron Hughes	225	0.4	+0.4
Majority			12,987	24.4
Turnout			53,199	66.8	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Beverley and Holderness[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Stuart	20,435	40.7	-0.6
	Labour	George McManus	17,854	35.6	-4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Stewart Willie	9,578	19.1	+3.2
	UKIP	Oliver Marriott	2,336	4.7	+1.5
Majority			2,580	5.1	+3.4
Turnout			50,203	64.8	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.7

General Election 2001: Beverley and Holderness[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Cran	19,168	41.3	+0.2
	Labour	Pippa Langford	18,387	39.6	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Stewart Willie	7,356	15.9	-2.6
	UKIP	Stephen Wallis	1,464	3.2	+1.8
Majority			781	1.7
Turnout			46,375	62.0	-10.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Beverley and Holderness[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Cran	21,629	41.2	N/A
	Labour	Norman O'Neill	20,418	38.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	John Melling	9,689	18.4	N/A
	UKIP	David Barley	695	1.3	N/A
	Natural Law	Stewart Withers	111	0.2	N/A
Majority			1,211	2.3	N/A
Turnout			52,542	72.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

Notes and references

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

1. "Beverley and Holderness: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
2. "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
3. "Are you ready to vote in the next election?". East Riding News (East Riding of Yorkshire Council): p. 3. April 2010.
4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
5. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
6. "Beverley & Holderness". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
7. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
8. "Beverley & Holderness". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
9. Archived 14 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
10. Beverley and Holderness | Aristotle, guardian.co.uk

Sources

• http://www.election.demon.co.uk/prereform.html

Coordinates: 53°48′00″N 0°09′22″W / 53.800°N 0.156°W