Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament constituency)

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Haltemprice and Howden County constituency

Haltemprice and Howden shown within Humberside, and Humberside shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	David Davis
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	East Riding of Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Haltemprice and Howden 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.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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The constituency covers a wide area stretching from Hull in the east to the outskirts of Goole in the west and northwards to Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. The bulk of the population is centred in the Hull suburbs of Willerby, Kirk Ella, Anlaby and Cottingham. Rural Howdenshire forms the bulk of the geographical area of the constituency but provides only a small part of the total electorate.

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

There are presently Conservative Councillors in Howden, Howdenshire, Dale, South Hunsley and Cottingham North Wards. The Liberal Democrats enjoy their strongest support in Anlaby, Anlaby Common and parts of Cottingham. Willerby, Kirk Ella and West Ella are strongly Conservative in General Elections but returns Liberal Democrats to the East Riding Council by the tiniest of margins. This can be explained by historically poor Conservative campaigns in local election campaigns.

This constituency will see only small boundary changes before the next election. These minor adjustments will bring the constituencies of the East Riding into line with local government boundaries. Haltemprice and Howden will lose the village of North Newbald to Beverley and Holderness and gain the village of Dunswell from Beverley and Holderness. The electoral impact of these changes is insignificant.

[edit] History

The area covered by the constituency was previously part of the Boothferry constituency.

In the 2005 General Election, the Liberal Democrats made this one of their top targets for unseating Tory MPs. That campaign failed with the Conservatives increasing their majority three-fold and the Lib Dem share of the vote falling. Since then the Lib Dems have continued to collapse locally, losing a number of Councillors, including the previously safe Lib Dem Howden Ward in a by-election in December 2005. The Lib Dems look set to lose more seats in the local elections scheduled for May 2007. Likely losses include the Willerby and Kirk Ella Ward and the Cottingham South Ward.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1997 – present: David Davis, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Haltemprice and Howden
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
	British National	John Mainprize	798	1.7	+1.7
	UK Independence	Philip Lane	659	1.4	-0.8
Majority			5,116	10.7
Turnout			48,029	70.1	+4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.2

General Election 2001: Haltemprice and Howden
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
	UK Independence	Joanne Robinson	945	2.2	+1.5
Majority			1,903	4.3
Turnout			43,928	65.8	-9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Haltemprice and Howden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Davis	21,809	44.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Wallis	14,295	28.8	N/A
	Labour	George McManus	11,701	23.6	N/A
	Referendum Party	T. Pearson	1,370	2.8	N/A
	UK Independence	G. Bloom	301	0.6	N/A
	Natural Law	B. Stevens	74	0.1	N/A
Majority			7,514		N/A
Turnout				75.5	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

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)