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Beverley and Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Beverley and Holderness is a county constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire for the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by the first-past-the-post electoral system. The constituency has been represented by Graham Stuart of the Conservative Party since the 2005 general election.
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Constituency profile
The constituency covers the southeastern portion of the East Riding of Yorkshire and borders Bridlington and The Wolds, Goole and Pocklington, Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham and Kingston upon Hull East seats. It also borders a stretch of the North Sea coast from Aldbrough to Spurn Point, and the north bank of the Humber Estuary inland to Hedon.[citation needed]
Besides Beverley, the seat incorporates the market town of Hedon, which was itself a parliamentary borough until that seat was abolished at the Reform Act 1832.[citation needed]
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History
The seat has been won by the Conservative candidate at every general election since its creation in 1997, on a majority ranging between 38.2% in the 2019 general election to 0.3% in the 2024 general election. The party of the runner-up candidate has been Labour seven times and Liberal Democrat once.[citation needed]
Boundaries
1997–2010: The East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley wards of Cherry Holme, Leconfield, Leven, Minster North, Minster South, Molescroft, St Mary's East, St Mary's West, Tickton, Walkington, and Woodmansey, and the Borough of Holderness.[3]
2010–2024: The District of East Riding of Yorkshire wards of Beverley Rural, Mid Holderness, Minster and Woodmansey, North Holderness, St Mary's, South East Holderness, and South West Holderness.[4]
From and including the 2010 general election the composition of the seat changed: the civil parishes Brandesburton and Woodmansey were transferred to other seats (East Yorkshire and Haltemprice and Howden respectively); and Middleton on the Wolds and Newbald were gained from the same respective seats.[5]
2024–present: The District of East Riding of Yorkshire wards of: Beverley Rural, Mid Holderness, Minster and Woodmansey, St Mary’s, South East Holderness, and South West Holderness.[6]
The North Holderness ward was transferred to the new constituency of Bridlington and the Wolds.
Members of Parliament
Beverley and Boothferry prior to 1997
Elections

Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
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Notes
See also
References
External links
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