Beverley and Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)

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Beverley and Holderness County constituency
Beverley and Holderness shown within Humberside, and Humberside shown within England
Created:	1563, 1950, 1983
MP:	Graham Stuart
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	East Riding of Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Beverley and Holderness is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is located in the Beverley area of East Riding of Yorkshire, stretching to the North Sea coast.

[edit] History

The constituency first sent members to Parliament regularly from 1563 as Beverley, but was disenfranchised in 1869. It was re-created for a short time between 1950 and 1955 and then again in 1983. In 1997 the constituency was renamed to the current form, Beverley and Holderness. Following the elections in 2005, a ballot box was stolen.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 2005 – present: Graham Stuart, Conservative
• 1987 – 2005: James Cran, Conservative
• 1983 – 1987: Sir Patrick Wall, Conservative

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Beverley and Holderness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Stuart	20,434	40.7	-0.6
	Labour	George McManus	17,854	35.6	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Willie	9,578	19.1	3.2
	UK Independence	Oliver Marriott	2,336	4.7	+1.5
Majority			2,580	5.1
Turnout			50,202	64.8	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.7

General Election 2001: Beverley and Holderness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Cran	19,168	41.3	+0.2
	Labour	Pippa Langford	18,387	39.6	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Willie	7,356	15.9	-2.6
	UK Independence	Stephen Wallis	1,464	3.2	+1.8
Majority			781	1.7
Turnout			46,375	62.0	-10.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

[edit] References

• http://www.election.demon.co.uk/prereform.html
• http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/bcommons3.htm

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
Labour	Barnsley Central | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Barnsley West and Penistone | Batley and Spen | Bradford North | Bradford South | Bradford West | Brigg and Goole | Calder Valley | City of York | Cleethorpes | Colne Valley | Dewsbury | Don Valley | Doncaster Central | Doncaster North | Elmet | Great Grimsby | Halifax | Hemsworth | Huddersfield | Keighley | Hull East | Hull North | Hull West and Hessle | Leeds Central | Leeds East | Leeds North East | Leeds West | Morley and Rothwell | Normanton | Pontefract and Castleford | Pudsey | Rother Valley | Rotherham | Scunthorpe | Selby | Sheffield Attercliffe | Sheffield Brightside | Sheffield Central | Sheffield Heeley | Sheffield Hillsborough | Wakefield | Wentworth
Conservative	Beverley and Holderness | East Yorkshire | Haltemprice and Howden | Richmond (Yorks) | Ryedale | Scarborough and Whitby | Shipley | Skipton and Ripon | Vale of York
Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough | Leeds North West | Sheffield Hallam
Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) | Conservative (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1)