Brigg and Goole (UK Parliament constituency)

Brigg and Goole
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Brigg and Goole in Humberside.
Location of Humberside within England.
County	North Lincolnshire, East Riding of Yorkshire
Electorate	66,734 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Andrew Percy (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Boothferry, Glanford & Scunthorpe and Brigg & Cleethorpes
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Brigg and Goole is a county 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

Brigg and Goole constituency was created for the 1997 general election from parts of the seats of Boothferry, Glanford & Scunthorpe and Brigg & Cleethorpes. As its name suggests, it covers the towns of Brigg and Goole. It is one of the few constituencies which span a ceremonial county boundary, in this case that between Lincolnshire and East Riding of Yorkshire.

At the 2007 local elections the Conservatives won 12 of the Council seats in the constituency compared to 6 for Labour, 2 for the Liberal Democrats and 1 Independent. The Conservatives also received over 2000 votes more than Labour in the popular vote. The Conservatives gained the Burringham and Gunness and the Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe and The Marshlands Wards in the 2007 elections.

The Conservatives won the Brigg and Goole constituency for the first time at the 2010 General Election, ending 13 years of representation by the Labour Party.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Ian Cawsey	Labour
	2010	Andrew Percy	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Brigg and Goole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Percy	19,680	44.9	+6.9
	Labour	Ian Cawsey	14,533	33.1	-12.7
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Nixon	6,414	14.6	+1.4
	UKIP	Nigel Wright	1,749	4.0	+1.0
	BNP	Steve Ward	1,498	3.4	N/A
Majority			5,147	11.7
Turnout			43,875	65.1	+2.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	9.8%

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Brigg and Goole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Cawsey	19,257	45.2	-3.7
	Conservative	Matthew Bean	16,363	38.4	-0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Johnson	5,690	13.4	+4.2
	UKIP	Stephen Martin	1,268	3.0	+1.3
Majority			2,894	6.8
Turnout			42,578	63.2	-0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.5

General Election 2001: Brigg and Goole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Cawsey	20,066	48.9	-1.3
	Conservative	Donald Stewart	16,105	39.2	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	David Nolan	3,796	9.2	-0.8
	UKIP	Godfrey Bloom	688	1.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Michael Kenny	399	1.0	N/A
Majority			3,961	9.7
Turnout			41,054	63.5	-9.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Brigg and Goole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Cawsey	23,493	50.2	N/A
	Conservative	Donald Stewart	17,104	36.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Mary-Rose Hardy	4,692	10.0	N/A
	Referendum Party	D. Rigby	1,513	3.2	N/A
Majority			6,389
Turnout				73.5	N/A

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside