Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament constituency)

Haltemprice and Howden was a constituency^{[n 1]} in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1997 to 2024.^{[n 2]}

Haltemprice and Howden
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
2010–2024 boundary of Haltemprice and Howden in former county of Humberside
Location of former county of Humberside within England
County	East Riding of Yorkshire
Electorate	70,252 (December 2019)[1]
1997–2024
Seats	One
Created from	Beverley Boothferry
Replaced by	Goole and Pocklington Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice (part) Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham (part)

The seat was abolished for the 2024 general election.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[3]	Party
	1997	David Davis	Conservative
	2024	Constituency abolished

Constituency profile

The Electoral Reform Society considers it to be historically the safest seat in the country, after North Shropshire was lost to the Liberal Democrats in 2021. Taking into account the previous seats roughly covering its boundaries, the Society considers that the seat has been held continuously by the Conservative Party since the 1837 general election.^[4]

Boundaries

Map of 2010–2024 boundaries

The constituency was named after the region of Haltemprice and covered a large, wide area stretching from the border of Hull in the east to Howden in the west and northwards to Holme-on-Spalding-Moor towards York in the Yorkshire Wolds. The bulk of the population is centred in the urban villages of Willerby, Kirk Ella, Anlaby and Cottingham, which were part of the former district of Haltemprice, which was abolished in 1974. Rural Howdenshire formed the bulk of the geographical area of the constituency but provides only a small part of the total electorate.

The constituency included many towns and villages along the A63 corridor including, Brough, Elloughton, South Cave, North Ferriby, Swanland, Gilberdyke, Newport, Welton and Melton.

1997–2010: The Borough of Boothferry wards of East Derwent, East Howdenshire, Gilberdyke, Holme upon Spalding Moor, Howden, Mid Howdenshire, and North Cave, and the East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley wards of Anlaby, Brough, Castle, Kirk Ella, Mill Beck and Croxby, Priory, Skidby and Rowley, South Cave, Springfield, Swanland, and Willerby.

2010–2024: The District of East Riding of Yorkshire wards of Cottingham North, Cottingham South, Dale, Howden, Howdenshire, South Hunsley, Tranby, and Willerby and Kirk Ella.

History

The constituency was created for the 1997 general election, covering an area previously part of the Beverley and Boothferry constituencies. In 1997, it returned the Conservative David Davis, who had previously been the member for Boothferry; he was re-elected in the 2001, 2005 and 2010 general elections.

The area was placed as 10th most affluent in the country in the 2003 Barclays Private Clients survey.^[5] Election results but one to date suggest a Safe seat, with the 2001 result being an exception when the Conservative majority was cut to less than 2,000 votes. However, no party has come as near since then.

2008 by-election

Main article: Haltemprice and Howden by-election, 2008

On 12 June 2008, a day after a vote on the extension of detention of terror suspects without charge, in an unexpected move, Davis took the Chiltern Hundreds, effectively resigning his seat as the constituency's MP. He stated this was to force a by-election, in which he intended to provoke a wider public debate on the single issue of the perceived erosion of civil liberties. Over the course of the following week, the campaign was launched on the theme of David Davis for Freedom.

Davis formally resigned as an MP on 18 June 2008, and the by-election took place on 10 July 2008, which Davis won.^[6]

Abolition in 2024

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat contents proposed to be distributed three ways:^[2]

• Howden and North Ferriby, with rural areas in between, to the successor constituency of Goole and Pocklington
• Cottingham to Kingston upon Hull North (to be renamed Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham)
• Anlaby, Willerby and Kirk Ella to Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (to be renamed Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice)

The constituency was abolished for the 2024 general election.

Election results 1997–2024

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Haltemprice and Howden^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Davis	21,809	44.0
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Wallis	14,295	28.8
	Labour	George McManus	11,701	23.6
	Referendum	Trevor Pearson	1,370	2.8
	UKIP	Godfrey Bloom	301	0.6
	Natural Law	Barry Stevens	74	0.1
Majority			7,514	15.2
Turnout			49,550	75.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Haltemprice and Howden^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Davis	18,994	43.2	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Neal	17,091	38.9	+10.1
	Labour	Leslie Howell	6,898	15.7	−7.9
	UKIP	Joanne Robinson	945	2.2	+1.6
Majority			1,903	4.3	−10.9
Turnout			43,928	65.8	−9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.4

General election 2005: Haltemprice and Howden^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Davis	22,792	47.5	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Neal	17,676	36.8	−2.1
	Labour	Edward Hart	6,104	12.7	−3.0
	BNP	John Mainprize	798	1.7	New
	UKIP	Philip Lane	659	1.4	−0.8
Majority			5,116	10.7	+6.4
Turnout			48,029	70.1	+4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.2

By-election 2008: Haltemprice and Howden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Davis	17,113	71.6	+24.1
	Green	Shan Oakes	1,758	7.4	New
	English Democrat	Joanne Robinson	1,714	7.2	New
	National Front	Tess Culnane	544	2.3	New
	Miss Great Britain Party	Gemma Garrett	521	2.2	New
	Independent	Jill Saward	492	2.1	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Mad Cow-Girl	412	1.7	New
	Independent	Walter Sweeney	238	1.0	New
	Independent	John Nicholson	162	0.7	New
	Independent	David Craig	135	0.6	New
	New Party	David Pinder	135	0.6	New
	no label	David Icke	110	0.5	New
	Freedom 4 Choice	Hamish Howitt	91	0.4	New
	Socialist Equality	Chris Talbot	84	0.4	New
	Independent	Grace Astley	77	0.3	New
	Christian	George Hargreaves	76	0.3	New
	Church of the Militant Elvis	David Bishop	44	0.2	New
	Independent	John Upex	38	0.2	New
	Independent	Greg Wood	32	0.1	New
	Independent	Eamonn Fitzpatrick	31	0.1	New
	Make Politicians History	Ronnie Carroll	29	0.1	New
	Independent	Thomas Darwood	25	0.1	New
	Independent	Christopher Foren	23	0.1	New
	Independent	Herbert Crossman	11	0.0	New
	Independent	Tony Farnon	8	0.0	New
	Independent	Norman Scarth	8	0.0	New
Majority			15,355	64.2	+53.5
Turnout			23,911	34.5[10]	−35.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2010: Haltemprice and Howden^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Davis	24,486	50.2	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Neal	12,884	26.4	−10.0
	Labour	Danny Marten	7,630	15.7	+2.2
	BNP	James Cornell	1,583	3.2	+1.6
	English Democrat	Joanne Robinson	1,485	3.0	New
	Green	Shan Oakes	669	1.4	New
Majority			11,602	23.8	+13.1
Turnout			48,737	69.2	−0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 2015: Haltemprice and Howden^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Davis	26,414	54.2	+4.0
	Labour	Edward Hart	10,219	21.0	+5.3
	UKIP	John Kitchener	6,781	13.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Minns	3,055	6.3	−20.1
	Green	Tim Greene	1,809	3.7	+2.3
	Yorkshire First	Diana Wallis	479	1.0	New
Majority			16,195	33.2	+9.4
Turnout			48,757	68.5	−0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.7

General election 2017: Haltemprice and Howden^[15][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Davis	31,355	61.0	+6.8
	Labour	Hollie Devanney	15,950	31.0	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Nolan	2,482	4.8	−1.5
	Yorkshire	Diana Wallis	942	1.8	+0.8
	Green	Angela Needham	711	1.4	−2.3
Majority			15,405	30.0	−3.2
Turnout			51,440	72.4	+3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.6

General election 2019: Haltemprice and Howden^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Davis	31,045	62.4	+1.4
	Labour	George Ayre	10,716	21.5	−9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Johnson	5,215	10.5	+5.7
	Green	Angela Stone	1,764	3.5	+2.1
	Yorkshire	Richard Honnoraty	1,039	2.1	+0.3
Majority			20,329	40.9	+11.9
Turnout			49,779	70.1	−2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.5

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

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.