List of parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

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

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  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat   # Reform UK

Constituency Electorate Majority[nb 1] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
Beverley and Holderness CC 70,559 124   Graham Stuart   Margaret Pinder‡
Bridlington and The Wolds CC 74,438 3,125   Charlie Dewhirst   Sarah Carter‡
Brigg and Immingham CC 74,297 3,243   Martin Vickers   Najmul Hussain‡
Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme CC (Part) 70,133 2,311   Lee Pitcher   Nick Fletcher
Goole and Pocklington CC 78,287 3,572   David Davis   Liam Draycott‡
Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes CC 76,157 4,803   Melanie Onn   Oliver Freeston#
Kingston upon Hull East BC[nb 2] 70,560 3,920   Karl Turner   Neil Hunter#
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham BC[nb 2] 75,280 10,769   Diana Johnson   Martin Baker#
Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice BC[nb 2] 73,252 8,979   Emma Hardy   Julie Peck#
Scunthorpe CC 74,263 3,542   Nic Dakin   Holly Mumby-Croft

Boundary changes

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2024

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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name Boundaries 2010–2024 Current name Boundaries 2024–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
Boundaries 2010–2024
Boundaries 2010–2024
  1. Beverley and Holderness CC
  2. Bridlington and The Wolds CC
  3. Brigg and Immingham CC
  4. Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme CC (Part)
  5. Goole and Pocklington CC
  6. Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes CC
  7. Kingston upon Hull East BC
  8. Kingston upon Hull North BC
  9. Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle BC
  10. Scunthorpe CC
Boundaries 2024–present
Boundaries 2024–present

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.[1] 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, and adopted by parliament, resulting in the new constituencies first being contested at the 2024 general election.

The commission opted to combine Humberside 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, which encompassed part of the former Brigg and Goole constituency. Seven existing constituencies would be abolished (Brigg and Goole, Cleethorpes, East Yorkshire, Great Grimsby, Haltemprice and Howden, Kingston upon Hull North and Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) and replaced by six new seats wholly within the area (Bridlington and The Wolds, Brigg and Immingham, Goole and Pocklington, and Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes, Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham and Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice).[2][3][4]

The following constituencies were created:

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)

2010

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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 2010–2024
  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

Results history

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]

2024

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Humberside in the 2024 general election were as follows:[nb 3]

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Labour 135,391 37.4% Increase8.0% 6 Increase3
Conservative 99,980 27.6% Decrease28.1% 4 Decrease3
Reform 82,716 22.9% Increase17.9% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 22,406 6.2% Decrease0.1% 0 0
Greens 15,676 4.3% Increase1.8% 0 0
Others 5,807 1.6% Increase0.5% 0 0
Total 361,976 100.0 10

Percentage votes

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 29.2 34.8 40.3 50.4 46.7 41.0 30.8 33.9 42.1 29.4 37.4
Conservative 43.8 41.9 41.7 30.4 32.8 33.0 36.8 38.4 48.6 55.7 27.6
Reform1 5.0 22.9
Liberal Democrat2 26.8 23.1 17.4 15.8 17.1 20.8 22.5 5.4 3.7 6.3 6.2
Green Party * * * * * 0.7 3.1 1.1 2.5 4.3
UKIP * * * 4.5 18.0 3.2 *
Other 0.2 0.2 0.6 3.3 3.4 5.2 4.7 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.6

1As the Brexit Party in 2019 21983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 4 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 6
Conservative 5 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 4
Total 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

11983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

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1918–1945

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1950–1979

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1983–2019 – Humberside

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2024–present – Humberside including a cross-county constituency partly in South Yorkshire

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Historical representation by party

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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

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  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

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  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

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  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 / K.u.H. West ('55) Hewitson Johnson
Kingston upon Hull East Pursey Prescott
Kingston upon Hull N / K.u.H. Central (1974) Hudson Coulson Solomons McNamara

1983 to 2010

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  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005
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
Glanford and Scunthorpe / Scunthorpe (1997) Hickmet Morley
Great Grimsby Mitchell
Kingston upon Hull East Prescott
Kingston upon Hull North McNamara D. Johnson
Kingston upon Hull West / & Hessle (1997) Randall A. Johnson
Brigg and Goole Cawsey

2010 to present

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  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Beverley and Holderness Stuart
Haltemprice and Howden / Goole & Pocklington (2024) Davis
East Yorkshire / Bridlington & The Wolds (2024) Knight Dewhirst
Cleethorpes / Brigg & Immingham (2024) Vickers
Scunthorpe Dakin Mumby-Croft Dakin
Great Grimsby / Great Grimsby & Cleethorpes (2024) Mitchell Onn Nici Onn
Kingston upon Hull East Turner
Kingston upon Hull North / K.u.H. North & Cottingham (2024) D. Johnson
Kingston upon Hull West & Hessle / K.u.H. W & Haltemprice ('24) A. Johnson Hardy
Brigg and Goole Percy N/A

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Doncaster East and The Isle of Axholme is a cross-county constituency. As the results of UK general elections are not disclosed on a sub-constituency level, the constituency's vote shares have been omitted

References

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  1. ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. ^ Young, Angus (8 November 2022). "Big changes set for MPs' constituencies in Hull and East Riding". HullLive. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. ^ "'Boundary changes are back to bad old days of Humberside'". GrimsbyLive. 9 June 2021. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".