Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)

Cleethorpes
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
2010–2024 boundary of Cleethorpes in the former county of Humberside
Location of the former county of Humberside within England
County	Lincolnshire
Electorate	72,187 (December 2019) [1]
Major settlements	Cleethorpes, Barton-upon-Humber, Immingham, Humberston and Waltham
1997–2024
Seats	One
Created from	Brigg & Cleethorpes
Replaced by	Brigg and Immingham Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (part)

Cleethorpes was a constituency created in 1997, ^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Martin Vickers of the Conservative Party. ^{[n 2]}

Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes which will entail the loss of the centre of Cleethorpes to the new constituency of Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes, offset by the addition of the town of Brigg from the disappearing seat of Brigg and Goole. As a consequence, it will be renamed Brigg and Immingham , to be first contested at the 2024 general election. ^[2]

Political history

Cleethorpes is historically considered as a bellwether seat, having been won by the party that went on to become the largest in the House of Commons at the seven elections contested from and including 1997 (Labour-won in 1997, 2001 and 2005 and Conservative-won in 2010, 2015, 2017 and 2019). However, this status may be under threat in the future, as the Conservatives won by a margin of over 20,000 votes in 2019 – what is considered a safe seat. The seat also swung heavily out of step with the nation as a whole from 2010 onwards, including swinging towards the Conservatives moderately in 2017, an election where Labour made significant gains.

Constituency profile

The seat as it stands since the 2010-implemented boundary reforms forms a broad c-shape as it follows the estuarine south coast of the Humber estuary, ranging from silt to sand along its shore. It is a large part-rural, part-urban seat predominantly on flat alluvial clay in northern Lincolnshire. As well as the eponymous town itself, the constituency includes similarly commercial Barton-upon-Humber and industrial, container ship docks-hosting Immingham, as well as many smaller settlements. It surrounds on three sides the seat of Great Grimsby which covers the town of Grimsby and its short shoreline on the Humber; its other present neighbours are Brigg & Goole, Gainsborough and Louth & Horncastle seats.

The Labour vote tends to be stronger around Cleethorpes town itself, in the wards of Croft Baker and Sidney Sussex as well as in Immingham, while the Conservative vote is much stronger across Humberston, Waltham, the rural villages and in parts of Barton.

Boundaries

Map of boundaries 2010–2024

1997–2010: The Borough of North East Lincolnshire wards of Cleethorpes Park, Croft Baker, Haverstoe, Humberston, Immingham, and Wold Parishes, and the Borough of North Lincolnshire wards of Ferry and Wold.

2010–2024: The Borough of North East Lincolnshire wards of Croft Baker, Haverstoe, Humberston and New Waltham, Immingham, Sidney Sussex, Waltham, and Wolds, and the Borough of North Lincolnshire wards of Barton and Ferry.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [3]	Party
	1997	Shona McIsaac	Labour
	2010	Martin Vickers	Conservative
	2024	Constituency abolished

Election results 1997–2024

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Cleethorpes ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shona McIsaac	26,058	51.6
	Conservative	Michael Brown	16,882	33.4
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Melton	5,746	11.4
	Referendum	John Berry	894	3.5
Majority			9,176	18.2	+4.9
Turnout			49,580	73.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Cleethorpes ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shona McIsaac	21,032	49.6	−2.0
	Conservative	Stephen Howd	15,412	36.3	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Smith	5,080	12.0	+0.6
	UKIP	Janet Hatton	894	2.1	New
Majority			5,620	13.3	−4.9
Turnout			42,418	62.0	−11.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 2005: Cleethorpes ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shona McIsaac	18,889	43.3	−6.3
	Conservative	Martin Vickers	16,247	37.3	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Lowis	6,437	14.8	+2.8
	UKIP	William Hardie	2,016	4.6	+2.5
Majority			2,642	6.0	−7.3
Turnout			43,589	61.6	−0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.6

Elections in the 2010s

See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Cleethorpes

General election 2010: Cleethorpes ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Vickers	18,939	42.1	+4.8
	Labour	Shona McIsaac	14,641	32.6	−10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Morland	8,192	18.2	+3.5
	UKIP	Stephen Harness	3,194	7.1	+2.5
Majority			4,298	9.5	N/A
Turnout			44,966	64.0	+2.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+7.8

General election 2015: Cleethorpes ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Vickers	21,026	46.6	+4.5
	Labour	Peter Keith	13,133	29.1	−3.5
	UKIP	Stephen Harness	8,356	18.5	+11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Horobin	1,346	3.0	−15.2
	Green	Carol Thornton	1,013	2.2	New
	TUSC	Malcolm Morland	215	0.5	New
Majority			7,893	17.5	+8.0
Turnout			45,089	63.9	−0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.0

General election 2017: Cleethorpes ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Vickers	27,321	57.1	+10.5
	Labour	Peter Keith	16,921	35.4	+6.3
	UKIP	Tony Blake	2,022	4.2	−14.3
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Horobin	1,110	2.3	−0.7
	Green	Loyd Emmerson	470	1.0	−1.2
Majority			10,400	21.7	+4.2
Turnout			47,844	65.5	+1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1

General election 2019: Cleethorpes ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Vickers	31,969	69.0	+11.9
	Labour	Ros James	10,551	22.8	−12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Horobin	2,535	5.5	+3.2
	Green	Jodi Shanahan	1,284	2.8	+1.8
Majority			21,418	46.2	+24.5
Turnout			46,339	62.9	−2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+12.25

See also

• parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all existing 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. "Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library". Parliament UK. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
2. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
4. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
5. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
6. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
7. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
8. "Cleethorpes". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
9. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
10. "Cleethorpes". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
11. "Cleethorpes parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
12. "Election of a Member of Parliament for the CLEETHORPES Constituency STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED" (PDF). North East Lincolnshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

External links

• Cleethorpes UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• Cleethorpes UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK