Goole (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 53°42′14″N 0°52′16″W / 53.704°N 0.871°W
Goole | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County |
1950-1974 West Riding of Yorkshire 1974-1983 Humberside, South Yorkshire |
1950–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Boothferry and Don Valley |
Created from | Pontefract |
Goole was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Goole in the West Riding of Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
It was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | George Jeger | Labour | |
1971 by-election | Edmund Marshall | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished | ||
Election Results
General Election 1950: Goole | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Jeger | 25,635 | 60.33 | ||
Conservative | Frederick William Farey-Jones | 16,853 | 39.67 | ||
Majority | 8,782 | 20.67 | |||
Turnout | 85.46 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1951: Goole | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Jeger | 26,088 | 60.44 | ||
National Liberal | Anthony Freire Marreco | 17,073 | 39.56 | ||
Majority | 9,015 | 20.89 | |||
Turnout | 84.17 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1955: Goole | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Jeger | 25,420 | 62.19 | ||
National Liberal | Gavin Welby | 15,456 | 37.81 | ||
Majority | 9,964 | 24.38 | |||
Turnout | 78.32 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1959: Goole | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Jeger | 26,352 | 61.38 | ||
National Liberal | Douglas Sisson | 16,581 | 38.62 | ||
Majority | 9,771 | 22.76 | |||
Turnout | 80.71 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1964: Goole | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Jeger | 25,256 | 60.34 | ||
National Liberal | Donald Chapman | 15,435 | 36.88 | ||
Communist | William Carr | 1,165 | 2.78 | ||
Majority | 9,821 | 23.46 | |||
Turnout | 77.44 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1966: Goole | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Jeger | 26,117 | 63.64 | ||
Conservative | Richard M. Whitfield | 13,969 | 34.04 | ||
Communist | William Carr | 952 | 2.32 | ||
Majority | 12,148 | 29.60 | |||
Turnout | 73.14 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1970: Goole | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | George Jeger | 26,424 | 60.22 | ||
Conservative | Ian Bloomer | 17,457 | 39.78 | ||
Majority | 8,967 | 20.43 | |||
Turnout | 43,881 | 69.47 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
By Election 1971: Goole | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Edmund Marshall | 24,323 | 68.88 | +8.66 | |
Conservative | Ian Bloomer | 10,990 | 31.12 | -8.66 | |
Majority | 13,333 | ||||
Turnout | 35,313 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election February 1974: Goole | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Edmund Marshall | 30,245 | 61.21 | ||
Conservative | NP Kemp | 17,020 | 34.44 | ||
Independent | JT Clarkson | 2,150 | 4.35 | ||
Majority | 13,225 | 26.76 | |||
Turnout | 77.18 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election October 1974: Goole | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Edmund Marshall | 26,804 | 59.84 | ||
Conservative | NP Kemp | 12,707 | 28.37 | ||
Liberal | JT Clarkson | 5,285 | 11.80 | ||
Majority | 14,097 | 31.47 | |||
Turnout | 69.31 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1979: Goole | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Edmund Marshall | 27,690 | 57.56 | ||
Conservative | F Higgins | 16,439 | 34.17 | ||
Liberal | A Davidson | 3,976 | 8.27 | ||
Majority | 11,251 | 23.39 | |||
Turnout | 72.84 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||