Charlie Dewhirst | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Bridlington and The Wolds | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Majority | 3,125 (7.3%) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Conservative |
Charles Alistair Geoffrey Dewhirst [1] is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridlington and The Wolds since 2024. [2]
Dewhirst comes from a pig farming family near Driffield in the East Riding of Yorkshire. [3] Dewhirst attended the University of Edinburgh before moving to London to begin a career in sports broadcasting. Dewhirst then worked as a parliamentary aide before working for a global communications agency,where he was involved in the introduction of the Groceries Code Adjudicator. [3]
In 2010 Dewhirst was elected to a councillor role for the Conservatives in Hammersmith,and in 2012 he joined UK Sport shortly before the 2012 Olympic Games. [4]
Dewhirst was the Conservative candidate for the constituency of Hammersmith in the 2015 general election [5] [4] and the 2017 general election. [6] [7]
He was the deputy leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council. [8] Immediately prior to beginning his parliamentary campaign,he was the chief policy adviser for the National Pig Association, [9] who Dewhirst started working for in 2020. [3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charlie Dewhirst | 14,846 | 34.6 | −32.0 | |
| Labour | Sarah Carter | 11,721 | 27.3 | +7.4 | |
| Reform UK | Maria Bowtell | 10,350 | 24.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jayne Phoenix | 3,097 | 7.2 | −0.3 | |
| Green | Gill Leek | 1,595 | 3.7 | +0.9 | |
| Yorkshire | Tim Norman | 915 | 2.1 | −1.1 | |
| Independent | Tom Cone | 309 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| SDP | Carlo Verda | 104 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,125 | 7.3 | −39.4 | ||
| Turnout | 42,937 | 58.9 | −5.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 72,931 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −19.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andy Slaughter | 33,375 | 63.9 | +13.9 | |
| Conservative | Charlie Dewhirst | 14,724 | 28.2 | −8.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Joyce Onstad | 2,802 | 5.4 | +0.8 | |
| Green | Alex Horn | 800 | 1.5 | −2.9 | |
| UKIP | Jack Bovill | 507 | 1.0 | −3.4 | |
| Majority | 18,651 | 35.7 | +22.1 | ||
| Turnout | 52,252 | 71.8 | +5.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 72,803 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +11.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andy Slaughter | 23,981 | 50.0 | +6.1 | |
| Conservative | Charlie Dewhirst | 17,463 | 36.4 | 0.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Millicent Scott | 2,224 | 4.6 | −11.3 | |
| Green | David Akan | 2,105 | 4.4 | +2.9 | |
| UKIP | Richard Wood | 2,105 | 4.4 | +3.2 | |
| Majority | 6,518 | 13.6 | +6.1 | ||
| Turnout | 47,960 | 66.4 | +0.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 72,254 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
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