Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cleethorpes
County constituency

Cleethorpes shown within Humberside, and Humberside shown within England
Created: 1997
MP: Shona McIsaac
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: North East Lincolnshire
EP constituency: Yorkshire and the Humber

Cleethorpes 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. It is a marginal seat between Labour and the Conservatives.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency includes the towns of Cleethorpes, Immingham, and Barton-upon-Humber.

It is made up of 7 wards of North East Lincolnshire: -Immingham (suburban / council estate mix, heavy industry) -Wolds (rural / suburban mix) -Waltham (suburban) -Humberston & New Waltham (suburban) -Haverstoe (suburban) -Croft Baker (terrace / suburban mix) -Sidney Sussex (terraced houses)

And 2 wards of North Lincolnshire: -Ferry (rural / suburban mix) -Barton-upon-Humber (suburban / council estate mix)

[edit] Members of Parliament

Previously the Cleethorpes constituency was wholly within the Brigg and Cleethorpes constituency.

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Cleethorpes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shona McIsaac 18,889 43.3 -6.3
Conservative Martin Vickers 16,247 37.3 +1.0
Liberal Democrat Geoff Lowis 6,437 14.8 +2.8
UK Independence William Hardie 2,016 4.6 +2.5
Majority 2,642 6.1
Turnout 43,589 61.6 -0.4
Labour hold Swing -3.6
General Election 2001: Cleethorpes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shona McIsaac 21,032 49.6 -2.0
Conservative Stephen Howd 15,412 36.3 +2.9
Liberal Democrat Gordon Smith 5,080 12.0 +0.6
UK Independence Janet Hatton 894 2.1 N/A
Majority 5,620 13.3
Turnout 42,418 62.0 -11.4
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1997: Cleethorpes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shona McIsaac 26,058 51.6 N/A
Conservative Michael Brown 16,882 33.4 N/A
Liberal Democrat K. Melton 5,746 11.4 N/A
Referendum Party J. Berry 894 3.5 N/A
Majority 9,176 N/A
Turnout 73.4 N/A
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

[edit] Developments

According to the UK Polling Report website, Cleethorpes will be Conservative target number 56 at the next General Election.

The Conservative Party selected its parliamentary candidate in an 'open primray' on Wednesday 8th November. Applications were open to any member of the Conservative Party's priority list of approved candidates and to members of the standard list of approved candidates who claimed a local connection.

The two candidates in the final were Martin Vickers and Alan Lockwood Martin Vickers won the selection in front of 100-130 people at Cleethorpes Constitutional Club.


Vickers is a councillor in Grimsby and fought the seat at the last General Elections. He works as constituency agent to Edward Leigh MP and was not on the priority list.

[edit] See also


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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 • Hull East • Hull North • Hull West and Hessle • Keighley • 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
Liberal Democrat
Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) • Conservative (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • UKIP (1)
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