List of parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

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Humberside was abolished in 1996 both as a county council and a ceremonial county, but the name Humberside continues to be used unofficially in subsequent boundary reviews as presented by the Boundary Commission for England to describe the area covered by the former county for the purpose of the rules which strongly deter cross-council constituencies (spanning more than one local authority within its area). The area covers the four unitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire The constituency boundaries used up to the 2005 United Kingdom general election were drawn up when it was a county. The area is divided into 10 parliamentary constituencies – 4 borough constituencies and 6 county constituencies.

Constituencies[edit]

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Map
Beverley and Holderness CC 79,696 20,448   Graham Stuart   Chloe Hopkins‡
Brigg and Goole CC 65,939 21,951   Andrew Percy   Majid Khan‡
Cleethorpes CC 73,689 21,418   Martin Vickers   Ros James‡
East Yorkshire CC 80,923 22,786   Greg Knight   Catherine Minnis‡
Great Grimsby BC 61,409 7,331   Lia Nici   Melanie Onn
Haltemprice and Howden CC 71,083 20,329   David Davis   George Ayre‡
Kingston upon Hull East BC[nb 3] 65,745 1,239   Karl Turner   Rachel Storer†
Kingston upon Hull North BC[nb 3] 64,515 7,593   Diana Johnson   Holly Whitbread†
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle BC[nb 3] 60,192 2,856   Emma Hardy   Scott Bell†
Scunthorpe CC 61,955 6,451   Holly Mumby-Croft   Nic Dakin

2010 boundary changes[edit]

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain the 10 constituencies covering the former county of Humberside for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards.

Name Boundaries 1997-2010 Boundaries 2010–present
  1. Beverley and Holderness CC
  2. Brigg and Goole CC
  3. Cleethorpes CC
  4. East Yorkshire CC
  5. Great Grimsby BC
  6. Haltemprice and Howden CC
  7. Kingston upon Hull East BC
  8. Kingston upon Hull North BC
  9. Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle BC
  10. Scunthorpe CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside
Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside
Proposed Revision
Proposed Revision

Proposed boundary changes[edit]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that Humberside be combined with South Yorkshire as a sub-region of the Yorkshire and the Humber Region, resulting in the creation of a new cross-county boundary constituency named Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme. Five current constituencies would be abolished (Brigg and Goole, Cleethorpes, East Yorkshire, Great Grimsby, and Haltemprice and Howden) and replaced by four new seats wholly within the area (Bridlington and The Wolds, Brigg and Immingham, Goole and Pocklington, and Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes). In addition, as a result of boundary changes, Kingston upon Hull North, and Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle would be renamed Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham, and Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice respectively.[4][5][6]

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from East Riding of Yorkshire

Containing electoral wards from Kingston upon Hull

  • Kingston upon Hull East
  • Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham (part)
  • Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice (part)

Containing electoral wards from North East Lincolnshire

Containing electoral wards from North Lincolnshire

  • Brigg and Immingham (part)

Results history[edit]

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[7]

2019[edit]

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Humberside in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 231,091 55.7% Increase7.1% 7 Increase2
Labour 122,074 29.4% Decrease12.7% 3 Decrease2
Liberal Democrats 26,312 6.3% Increase2.6% 0 0
Brexit 20,595 5.0% new 0 0
Greens 10,275 2.5% Increase1.4% 0 0
Others 4,322 1.1% Decrease3.4% 0 0
Total 414,669 100.0 10

Percentage votes[edit]

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 43.8 41.9 41.7 30.4 32.8 33.0 36.8 38.4 48.6 55.7
Labour 29.2 34.8 40.3 50.4 46.7 41.0 30.8 33.9 42.1 29.4
Liberal Democrat1 26.8 23.1 17.4 15.8 17.1 20.8 22.5 5.4 3.7 6.3
Green Party - * * * * * 0.7 3.1 1.1 2.5
UKIP - - - * * * 4.5 18.0 3.2 *
Brexit Party - - - - - - - - - 5.0
Other 0.2 0.2 0.6 3.3 3.4 5.2 4.7 1.2 1.3 1.1

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats[edit]

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 5 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 7
Labour 4 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 3
Total 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps[edit]

1885-1910 - East Riding of Yorkshire[edit]

1918-1945[edit]

1950-1979[edit]

1983-present - Humberside[edit]

Historical representation by party[edit]

Data given here is for the East Riding of Yorkshire before 1983. A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918[edit]

  Conservative   Liberal

Constituency 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 07 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 11 15
Buckrose C. Sykes Holden White
Holderness Bethell A. Wilson
Howdenshire Duncombe Wilson-Todd Harrison-Broadley Jackson
Kingston upon Hull Central King M. Sykes
Kingston upon Hull East Saunders Grotrian Smith Firbank Ferens
Kingston upon Hull West C. H. Wilson C. H. W. Wilson G. Wilson

1918 to 1950[edit]

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Conservative   Labour   Liberal

Constituency 1918 19 1922 1923 1924 26 1929 1931 1935 39 1945 47
Buckrose Moreing Gaunt A. Braithwaite Wadsworth
Holderness Wilson Bowdler Savery G. Braithwaite
Howdenshire Jackson Carver Glossop Odey
Kingston upon Hull Central Sykes Kenworthy Barton Windsor Hewitson
Kingston upon Hull East Murchison Lumley Muff Nation Muff Pursey
Kingston upon Hull North West Ward Mackay
Kingston upon Hull South West Entwistle Grotrian Arnott Law Smith

1950 to 1983[edit]

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1950 1951 54 1955 1959 1964 66 1966 1970 71 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979
Beverley / Howden (1955) Odey Bryan
Bridlington Wood Townend
Goole Jeger Marshall
Haltemprice Law Wall
Kingston upon Hull Central / Kingston upon Hull West (1955) Hewitson Johnson
Kingston upon Hull East Pursey Prescott
Kingston upon Hull North / Kingston upon Hull Central (1974) Hudson Coulson Solomons McNamara

1983 to present[edit]

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Beverley / Beverley and Holderness (1997) Wall Cran Stuart
Boothferry / Haltemprice and Howden (1997) Bryan Davis
Bridlington / East Yorkshire (1997) Townend Knight
Brigg and Cleethorpes / Cleethorpes (1997) Brown McIsaac Vickers
Glanford and Scunthorpe / Scunthorpe (1997) Hickmet Morley Dakin Mumby-Croft
Great Grimsby Mitchell Onn Nici
Kingston upon Hull East Prescott Turner
Kingston upon Hull North McNamara D. Johnson
Kingston upon Hull West / & Hessle (1997) Randall A. Johnson Hardy
Brigg and Goole Cawsey Percy

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  3. ^ a b c Many sources list the Kingston upon Hull constituencies as Hull, following the city council's own practice. However, the official names have not adopted the short form.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Commons Library.
  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. ^ Young, Angus (8 November 2022). "Big changes set for MPs' constituencies in Hull and East Riding". HullLive. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. ^ "'Boundary changes are back to bad old days of Humberside'". GrimsbyLive. 9 June 2021. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  6. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1345-1393. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  7. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".