Bridlington and The Wolds (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bridlington and The Wolds
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Bridlington and The Wolds (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
Yorkshire and the Humber - Bridlington and The Wolds constituency.svg
Boundary of Bridlington and The Wolds in Yorkshire and the Humber
County East Riding of Yorkshire
Electorate 72,681 (2024) [1]
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative)
SeatsOne
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Bridlington and The Wolds is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [2] Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. [3]

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

It comprises the following: [5]

Members of Parliament

East Yorkshire prior to 2024

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Charlie Dewhirst Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Bridlington and The Wolds [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charlie Dewhirst 14,846 34.6 −32.0
Labour Sarah Carter11,72127.3+7.4
Reform UK Maria Bowtell10,35024.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Jayne Phoenix3,0977.2−0.3
Green Gill Leek1,5953.7+0.9
Yorkshire Tim Norman9152.1−1.1
Independent Tom Cone3090.7N/A
SDP Carlo Verda1040.2N/A
Majority3,1257.3−39.4
Turnout 42,93758.9−5.2
Registered electors 72,931
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg19.7

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [8]
PartyVote %
Conservative 30,91666.6
Labour 9,23119.9
Liberal Democrats 3,4797.5
Green 1,3232.8
Others1,4913.2
Turnout46,44064.1
Electorate72,501

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References

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  2. "Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. Perrin, Louise (29 June 2023). "New parliamentary boundary proposal for Bridlington as East Yorkshire MP Sir Greg Knight announces he will step down at the next election". Scarborough News. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  4. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
  5. "New Seat Details – Bridlington and the Wolds". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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  7. "Parliamentary election results Bridlington and The Wolds". East Riding of Yorkshire Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  8. "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

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