Beverley and Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)

Beverley and Holderness
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Beverley and Holderness in Humberside.
Location of Humberside within England.
County	East Riding of Yorkshire
Electorate	79,775 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Beverley, Hornsea, Hedon, Withernsea
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Graham Stuart (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Beverley and Holderness is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the south-east area of the East Riding of Yorkshire and borders with the East Yorkshire, Haltemprice and Howden, Kingston upon Hull North & Kingston upon Hull East constituencies. It also borders a stretch of the North Sea coast from Skipsea to Spurn Point, and the Humber estuary to Hedon.

For the 2010 general election minor boundary changes affect the constituency. The civil parish of Brandesburton was transferred to the East Yorkshire constituency and Woodmansey to the Haltemprice and Howden constituency. Middleton on the Wolds was gained from the East Yorkshire constituency and Newbald from the Haltemprice and Howden constituency.

History

The constituency first sent members to Parliament regularly from 1563 as Beverley, but was disenfranchised in 1869. It was re-created for a short time between 1950 and 1955 and then again in 1983. In 1997 the constituency was renamed to the current form, Beverley and Holderness. Following the elections in 2005, a ballot box was stolen.

Members of Parliament

Before 1997, see Beverley

Election		Member	Party
	1997	James Cran	Conservative
	2005	Graham Stuart	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Beverley and Holderness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Stuart	25,063	47.1	+6.2
	Liberal Democrat	Craig Dobson	12,076	22.7	+3.0
	Labour	Ian Saunders	11,224	21.1	-13.6
	BNP	Neil Whitelam	2,080	3.9	+3.9
	UKIP	Andy Horsfield	1,845	3.5	-1.2
	Green	Bill Rigby	686	1.3	+1.3
	Independent	Ron Hughes	225	0.4	+0.4
Majority			12,987	24.4
Turnout			53,199	66.8	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Beverley and Holderness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Stuart	20,435	40.7	-0.6
	Labour	George McManus	17,854	35.6	-4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Stewart Willie	9,578	19.1	+3.2
	UKIP	Oliver Marriott	2,336	4.7	+1.5
Majority			2,580	5.1	+3.4
Turnout			50,203	64.8	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.7

General Election 2001: Beverley and Holderness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Cran	19,168	41.3	+0.2
	Labour	Pippa Langford	18,387	39.6	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Stewart Willie	7,356	15.9	-2.6
	UKIP	Stephen Wallis	1,464	3.2	+1.8
Majority			781	1.7
Turnout			46,375	62.0	-10.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Beverley and Holderness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Cran	21,629	41.2	N/A
	Labour	Norman O'Neill	20,418	38.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	John Melling	9,689	18.4	N/A
	UKIP	D. Barley	695	1.3	N/A
	Natural Law	S. Withers	111	0.2	N/A
Majority			1,211		N/A
Turnout				73.1	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

Sources

• http://www.election.demon.co.uk/prereform.html