Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)

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Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
County Lincolnshire
Major settlements Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament Melanie Onn (Labour)
SeatsOne
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Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election and has been represented in Parliament by Melanie Onn of the Labour Party since then. [2]

Contents

The constituency name refers to the Lincolnshire towns of Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes. [3]

Boundaries

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

It will comprise the following: [5]

Members of Parliament

Great Grimsby prior to 2024

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Melanie Onn Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Melanie Onn 15,336 41.9 +9.7
Reform UK Oliver Freeston10,53328.8+23.9
Conservative Lia Nici 8,26922.6−33.0
Green Ed Fraser1,1153.0+1.0
Liberal Democrats John Craig Lawson1,0362.8−2.1
TUSC Mark Gee2220.6N/A
SDP Christopher Stephenson1080.3N/A
Majority4,80313.1N/A
Turnout 36,61946.4−7.7
Registered electors 78,875
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [8]
PartyVote %
Conservative 23,17855.6
Labour 13,41932.2
Liberal Democrats 2,0524.9
Brexit Party 2,0494.9
Green 8212.0
Others1560.4
Turnout41,67554.1
Electorate77,050

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References

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