Boothferry (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°44′10″N 0°52′59″W / 53.736°N 0.883°W

Boothferry
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County 1983-1996 Humberside
1996-1997 East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire
Major settlements Goole, Epworth and Howden
1983–1997
Number of members One
Replaced by Brigg and Goole, East Yorkshire, Haltemprice and Howden, Beverley and Holderness
Created from Goole, Howden, Gainsborough, Haltemprice

Boothferry was a constituency in Humberside which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

History

This was a safe Conservative seat for the fourteen years of its existence. It was held by David Davis, who would go on to be shadow Home Secretary, from 1987 general election until its abolition.

Boundaries

The Borough of Boothferry; the Borough of East Yorkshire wards of Battleburn, Garrowby, Market Weighton, Pocklington, Stamford Bridge, Vale, Wilberfoss, Wold, and Woodland; and the East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley wards of Cherry Holme, Skidby and Rowley, South Cave, and Walkington.

Named after the Humberside district of Boothferry, this constituency included areas which before local government reorganisation in 1974 had been in the West Riding of Yorkshire (Goole), the East Riding of Yorkshire (Howden) and Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey (Epworth and the Isle of Axholme). Apart from Goole itself, the constituency was largely rural.

As Humberside was awarded an extra seat in the boundary review implemented in 1997, the constituency was split into four, Brigg and Goole, East Yorkshire, Haltemprice and Howden and Beverley and Holderness being the destinations of the constituents in descending order.[1]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[2]Party
1983 Paul Bryan Conservative
1987 David Davis Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Brigg and Goole, East Yorkshire,
Haltemprice and Howden and Beverley and Holderness

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Boothferry[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Davis 35,266 54.8 −0.9
Labour Ms. Louise M. Coubrough 17,731 27.5 +5.6
Liberal Democrat John M. Goss 11,388 17.7 −4.7
Majority 17,535 27.2 −6.1
Turnout 64,385 79.9 +4.2
Conservative hold Swing −3.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Boothferry[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Davis 31,716 55.7
Liberal J. D. Davies 12,746 22.4
Labour R. Donson 12,498 21.9
Majority 18,970 33.3
Turnout 75.8
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: Boothferry[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Bryan 30,536 57.7
Liberal A. Ellis 13,116 24.8
Labour Terry Geraghty 9,271 17.5
Majority 17,420 32.9
Turnout 73.1
Conservative hold Swing

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, pp.12,196 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
  3. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
  4. ↑ UK General Election results: June 1987
  5. ↑ UK General Election results: June 1983