Beverley and Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Beverley and Holderness County constituency |
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| Beverley and Holderness shown within Humberside, and Humberside shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| 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 parliamentary 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the south-east area of the East Riding of Yorkshire and borders with the East Yorkshire, Haltemprice and Howden, Kingston upon Hull North & Kingston upon Hull East constituencies. It also borders a stretch of the North Sea coast from Skipsea to Spurn Point, and the Humber estuary to Hedon.
[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
Before 1997, see Beverley
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1997 | James Cran | Conservative | |
| 2001 | |||
| 2005 | Graham Stuart | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Beverley and Holderness | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Graham Stuart | 20,434 | 40.7 | -0.6 | |
| Labour | George McManus | 17,854 | 35.6 | -4.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Stewart Willie | 9,578 | 19.1 | +3.2 | |
| UK Independence | Oliver Marriott | 2,336 | 4.7 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 2,580 | 5.1 | +3.4 | ||
| Turnout | 50,202 | 64.8 | +2.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
| General Election 2001: Beverley and Holderness | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | James Cran | 19,168 | 41.3 | +0.2 | |
| Labour | Pippa Langford | 18,387 | 39.6 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | ||||
