Beverley and Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)

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Beverley and Holderness
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Beverley and Holderness in Humberside
EnglandHumberside.svg
Location of Humberside within England
County East Riding of Yorkshire
Population99,748 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate 78,645 (December 2019) [2]
Major settlements Beverley, Hedon, Hornsea, Withernsea
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Graham Stuart (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Beverley, Boothferry and Bridlington (parts of)

Beverley and Holderness is a county constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire for the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by the first-past-the-post electoral system. The constituency has been represented by Graham Stuart of the Conservative Party since the 2005 general election.

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History

The seat has been won by the Conservative candidate since its creation in 1997, on a majority ranging between 1.7% of the votes cast in the 2001 general election and 38.2% in the 2019 general election. The party of the runner-up candidate has been Labour six times and Liberal Democrat once, as of the 2019 general election.

Boundaries

Beverley and Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current 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. [3]

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. [4]

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The District of East Riding of Yorkshire wards of: Beverley Rural, Mid Holderness, Minster and Woodmansey, St. Mary’s, South East Holderness, and South West Holderness. [5]

In order to bring the electorate within the permitted change, the North Holderness ward will be transferred to the new constituency of Bridlington and The Wolds.

Constituency profile

The constituency covers the southeastern portion of the East Riding of Yorkshire and borders East Yorkshire, Haltemprice and Howden, Kingston upon Hull North and Kingston upon Hull East seats. It also borders a stretch of the North Sea coast from Skipsea to Spurn Point, and the north bank of the Humber Estuary inland to Hedon.[ citation needed ]

From and including the 2010 general election the composition of the seat has changed; the civil parishes Brandesburton and Woodmansey were transferred to other seats (East Yorkshire and Haltemprice and Howden respectively). Middleton on the Wolds and Newbald were gained from the same respective seats. [6]

At the next United Kingdom general election, the ward of North Holderness will be lost to the new constituency of Bridlington and The Wolds.

Besides Beverley, the seat incorporates the market town of Hedon, which was itself a parliamentary borough until that seat was abolished at the Reform Act 1832.[ citation needed ]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1997 James Cran Conservative
2005 Graham Stuart Conservative

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Beverley and Holderness
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SDP Chris Collin [7]
Liberal Democrats Denis Healy [8]
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom John Ottoway [9]
Green Jonathan Stephenson [10]
Majority
Turnout

Reform UK removed Roger Hoe as its candidate in March 2024 after it emerged he had "tweeted material including praise for the far-right activist Tommy Robinson". [11]

Elections in the 2010s

2019 general election: Beverley and Holderness [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Stuart 33,250 62.1 +3.7
Labour Chloe Hopkins12,80223.9−9.3
Liberal Democrats Denis Healy4,6718.7+3.7
Yorkshire Andy Shead1,4412.7+0.6
Green Isabel Pires1,3782.6+1.3
Majority20,44838.2+13.0
Turnout 53,54267.2−1.8
Registered electors 79,683
Conservative hold Swing +6.5
2017 general election: Beverley and Holderness [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Stuart 32,499 58.4 +10.3
Labour Johanna Boal18,45733.2+8.2
Liberal Democrats Denis Healy2,8085.0−0.5
Yorkshire Lee Walton1,1582.1+0.9
Green Richard Howarth7161.3−2.1
Majority14,04225.2+2.1
Turnout 55,63869.0+3.8
Registered electors 80,657
Conservative hold Swing +1.1
2015 general election: Beverley and Holderness [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Stuart 25,363 48.1 +1.0
Labour Margaret Pinder13,16025.0+3.9
UKIP Gary Shores8,79416.7+13.2
Liberal Democrats Denis Healy2,9005.5−17.2
Green Richard Howarth1,8023.4+2.1
Yorkshire First Lee Walton6581.2New
Majority12,20323.1−1.3
Turnout 52,67765.2−1.9
Registered electors 80,805
Conservative hold Swing −1.5
2010 general election: Beverley and Holderness [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Stuart 25,063 47.1 +6.4
Liberal Democrats Craig Dobson12,07622.7+3.6
Labour Ian Saunders11,22421.1−14.5
BNP Neil Whitelam2,0803.9New
UKIP Andy Horsfield1,8453.5−1.2
Green Bill Rigby6861.3New
Independent Ron Hughes2250.4New
Majority12,98724.4+19.3
Turnout 53,19967.1+1.8
Registered electors 79,318
Conservative hold Swing +1.4

Elections in the 2000s

2005 general election: Beverley and Holderness [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Stuart 20,435 40.7 −0.6
Labour George McManus17,85435.6−4.0
Liberal Democrats Stewart Willie9,57819.1+3.2
UKIP Oliver Marriott2,3364.7+1.5
Majority2,5815.1+3.4
Turnout 50,20365.3+3.3
Registered electors 76,868
Conservative hold Swing +2.3
2001 general election: Beverley and Holderness [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Cran 19,168 41.3 +0.1
Labour Pippa Langford18,38739.6+0.7
Liberal Democrats Stewart Willie7,35615.9−2.5
UKIP Stephen Wallis1,4643.2+1.9
Majority7811.7−0.6
Turnout 46,37562.0−10.9
Registered electors 74,741
Conservative hold Swing −0.3

Elections in the 1990s

1997 general election: Beverley and Holderness [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Cran 21,629 41.2
Labour Norman O'Neill20,41838.9
Liberal Democrats John Melling9,68918.4
UKIP David Barley6951.3
Natural Law Stewart Withers1110.2
Majority1,2112.3
Turnout 52,54272.9
Registered electors 72,049
Conservative win (new seat)

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