Holly Mumby-Croft
Holly Mumby-Croft | |
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| Member of Parliament for Scunthorpe | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Nic Dakin |
| Majority | 6,451 (17.1%) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Conservative |
Holly Mumby-Croft is a British politician, who has been the Conservative member of Parliament for Scunthorpe since 2019.
Personal life
Mumby-Croft's father was a steelworker at the Scunthorpe Steelworks.
Political career
Prior to her election as an MP, Mumby-Croft was elected as a councillor for the Broughton and Appleby ward on North Lincolnshire Council in 2015, and was re-elected in May 2019.[1]
Mumby-Croft stood in Scunthorpe at the 2017 general election, and came second.
She stood again in Scunthorpe at the 2019 general election. Mumby-Croft defeated the incumbent Labour MP Nic Dakin with a 17.1% majority, representing a 12.8% swing from Labour to Conservative.
In February 2020, Mumby-Croft praised plans to build a multi-million pound national flood training centre in Scunthorpe [2]
Mumby-Croft made her maiden speech on 6 March 2020, and talked about the town's steel industry and made a commitment to increased school funding and the upgrading of Scunthorpe General Hospital.[3]
Electoral history
2019 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Holly Mumby-Croft | 20,306 | 53.8 | +10.3 | |
| Labour | Nic Dakin | 13,855 | 36.7 | −15.3 | |
| Brexit Party | Jerry Gorman | 2,044 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ryk Downes | 875 | 2.3 | +0.9 | |
| Green | Peter Dennington | 670 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 6,451 | 17.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 37,750 | 60.9 | −4.4 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +12.8 | |||
2017 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nic Dakin | 20,916 | 52.0 | +10.3 | |
| Conservative | Holly Mumby-Croft | 17,485 | 43.5 | +10.3 | |
| UKIP | Andy Talliss | 1,247 | 3.1 | −14.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ryk Downes | 554 | 1.4 | −0.7 | |
| Majority | 3,431 | 8.5 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 40,202 | 65.3 | +7.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.0 | |||
References
- ^ "Scunthorpe parliamentary constituency". BBC News. 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Plans revealed for national flood training centre in Scunthorpe". grimsbytelegraph. 13 February 2020. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "Scunthorpe MP puts steel industry at centre of speech in Parliament". grimsbytelegraph. 6 March 2020. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "North Lincolnshire Council | General Election 2019 candidates for Scunthorpe". Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "Scunthorpe parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
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