Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°38′N 0°18′W / 53.63°N 0.30°W / 53.63; -0.30
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Cleethorpes
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Cleethorpes in the former county of Humberside
Outline map
Location of the former county of Humberside within England
CountyLincolnshire
Electorate70,895 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created1997
Member of ParliamentMartin Vickers (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromBrigg & Cleethorpes

Cleethorpes is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Martin Vickers of the Conservative Party.[n 2]

Constituency profile

In its current form, Cleethorpes is a bellwether seat having been won by the party that went on to become the largest in the House of Commons at each of the five elections contested so far (Labour in 1997, 2001 and 2005 and the Conservatives in 2010 and 2015). It is a large part-rural, part-urban seat on the coast in northern Lincolnshire. As well as the eponymous town itself, the constituency includes Barton-upon-Humber and Immingham, as well as many smaller settlements. It entirely surrounds the town of Grimsby, with the exception of the Grimsby shoreline on the River Humber.

In addition to the Great Grimsby constituency, Cleethorpes also borders the Brigg & Goole, Gainsborough and Louth & Horncastle constituencies.

Boundaries

Since the 2010 general election when new boundaries came into force, the constituency has included the following local government wards:[2]

Seven wards of North East Lincolnshire:

  • Croft Baker
  • Haverstoe
  • Humberston & New Waltham
  • Immingham
  • Sidney Sussex
  • Waltham
  • Wolds

And two wards of North Lincolnshire:

  • Barton-upon-Humber
  • Ferry

Members of Parliament

Election Member[3] Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1997 Shona McIsaac Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 2010 Martin Vickers Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Cleethorpes
General Election 2015: Cleethorpes[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin Vickers 21,026 46.6 +4.5
Labour Peter Keith 13,133 29.1 -3.4
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 +2.2
TUSC Malcolm Morland 215 0.5 +0.5
Majority 7,893 17.5
Turnout 45,089 63.9
Conservative hold Swing +4.0
General Election 2010: Cleethorpes[6][7]
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 9.6
Turnout 44,966 64.0 +2.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +7.8

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Cleethorpes[8]
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 6.1
Turnout 43,589 61.6 -0.4
Labour hold Swing -3.6
General Election 2001: Cleethorpes[9]
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 N/A
Majority 5,620 13.3
Turnout 42,418 62.0 -11.4
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Cleethorpes[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shona McIsaac 26,058 51.6 N/A
Conservative Michael Brown 16,882 33.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats K. Melton 5,746 11.4 N/A
Referendum J. Berry 894 3.5 N/A
Majority 9,176 N/A
Turnout 49,580 73.4 N/A
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ As with all 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. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ^ http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm70/7032/7032_i.pdf
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
  4. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Cleethorpes". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)
  7. ^ "Cleethorpes". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  8. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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