Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

Humberside was abolished in 1996 both as a county council and a non-metropolitan county, being succeeded by the four unitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The constituency boundaries used up to the 2005 United Kingdom general election were drawn up when the county still existed. For the review which came into effect for the 2010 general election, the four unitary authorities were considered together,^[1] and for the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, coming into effect for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England considered the area comprising the former county of Humberside with the county of South Yorkshire as a sub-region of Yorkshire and the Humber.^[2]

The area is divided into 10 parliamentary constituencies – 4 borough constituencies and 6 county constituencies, one of which includes parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster.

Constituencies

† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat # Reform UK

Constituency	Electorate	Majority^{[nb 1]}
Beverley and Holderness CC	70,559	124	Graham Stuart†	Margaret Pinder‡
Bridlington and The Wolds CC	74,438	3,125	Charlie Dewhirst†	Sarah Carter‡
Brigg and Immingham CC	74,297	3,243	Martin Vickers†	Najmul Hussain‡
Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme CC (Part)	70,133	2,311	Lee Pitcher‡	Nick Fletcher†
Goole and Pocklington CC	78,287	3,572	David Davis†	Liam Draycott‡
Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes CC	76,157	4,803	Melanie Onn‡	Oliver Freeston#
Kingston upon Hull East BC^{[nb 2]}	70,560	3,920	Karl Turner‡	Neil Hunter#
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham BC^{[nb 2]}	75,280	10,769	Diana Johnson‡	Martin Baker#
Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice BC^{[nb 2]}	73,252	8,979	Emma Hardy‡	Julie Peck#
Scunthorpe CC	74,263	3,542	Nic Dakin‡	Holly Mumby-Croft†

Boundary changes

2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name	Boundaries 2010–2024	Current name	Boundaries 2024–present
Beverley and Holderness CC Brigg and Goole CC Cleethorpes CC East Yorkshire CC Great Grimsby BC Haltemprice and Howden CC Kingston upon Hull East BC Kingston upon Hull North BC Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle BC Scunthorpe CC	Boundaries 2010–2024	Beverley and Holderness CC Bridlington and The Wolds CC Brigg and Immingham CC Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme CC (Part) Goole and Pocklington CC Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes BC Kingston upon Hull East BC Kingston upon Hull North BC Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice BC Scunthorpe CC	Boundaries 2024–present

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine the four unitary authorities which make up the former county of Humberside with South Yorkshire as a sub-region of the Yorkshire and the Humber Region, resulting in the creation of a new cross-county boundary constituency named Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme, which encompassed part of the former Brigg and Goole constituency. Seven existing constituencies were abolished (Brigg and Goole, Cleethorpes, East Yorkshire, Great Grimsby, Haltemprice and Howden, Kingston upon Hull North and Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) and replaced by six new seats wholly within the area (Bridlington and The Wolds, Brigg and Immingham, Goole and Pocklington, Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes, Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham and Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice).^[3]^[4]^[5]

The following constituencies were created:

Containing electoral wards from East Riding of Yorkshire

Containing electoral wards from Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull East
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham (part)
Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice (part)

Containing electoral wards from North East Lincolnshire

Brigg and Immingham (part)

Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

Containing electoral wards from North Lincolnshire

Brigg and Immingham (part)

Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme CC (part also in the South Yorkshire metropolitan borough of Doncaster)
Scunthorpe CC

2010

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to retain the 10 constituencies covering the former county of Humberside for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards.

Name	Boundaries 1997–2010	Boundaries 2010–2024
Beverley and Holderness CC Brigg and Goole CC Cleethorpes CC East Yorkshire CC Great Grimsby BC Haltemprice and Howden CC Kingston upon Hull East BC Kingston upon Hull North BC Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle BC Scunthorpe CC	Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside	Proposed Revision

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019^[6]

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Humberside in the 2024 general election were as follows:^{[nb 3]}

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Labour	135,391	37.4%	8.0%	6	3
Conservative	99,980	27.6%	28.1%	4	3
Reform	82,716	22.9%	17.9%	0	0
Liberal Democrats	22,406	6.2%	0.1%	0	0
Greens	15,676	4.3%	1.8%	0	0
Others	5,807	1.6%	0.5%	0	0
Total	361,976	100.0		10

Percentage votes

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Labour	29.2	34.8	40.3	50.4	46.7	41.0	30.8	33.9	42.1	29.4	37.4
Conservative	43.8	41.9	41.7	30.4	32.8	33.0	36.8	38.4	48.6	55.7	27.6
Reform¹	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5.0	22.9
Liberal Democrat²	26.8	23.1	17.4	15.8	17.1	20.8	22.5	5.4	3.7	6.3	6.2
Green Party	–	*	*	*	*	*	0.7	3.1	1.1	2.5	4.3
UKIP	–	–	–	*	*	*	4.5	18.0	3.2	*
Other	0.2	0.2	0.6	3.3	3.4	5.2	4.7	1.2	1.3	1.1	1.6

¹As the Brexit Party in 2019 ²1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Labour	4	5	5	7	7	7	5	5	5	3	6
Conservative	5	4	4	3	3	3	5	5	5	7	4
Total	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

¹1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885–1910 – East Riding of Yorkshire

1885
1886
1892
1895
1900
1906
Jan 1910
Dec 1910

1918–1945

1918
1922
1923
1924
1929
1931
1935
1945

1950–1979

1950
1951
1955
1959
1964
1966
1970
Feb 1974
Oct 1974
1979

1983–2019 – Humberside

1983
1987
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017
2019

2024–present – Humberside including a cross-county constituency partly in South Yorkshire

2024

Historical representation by party

Data given here is for the East Riding of Yorkshire before 1983. A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

Conservative Liberal

Constituency	1885	1886	1892	1895	1900	1906	07	11	15
Buckrose	C. Sykes		Holden		White
Holderness	Bethell				A. Wilson
Howdenshire	Duncombe		Wilson-Todd			Harrison-Broadley			Jackson
Kingston upon Hull Central	King							M. Sykes
Kingston upon Hull East	Saunders	Grotrian	Smith	Firbank		Ferens
Kingston upon Hull West	C. H. Wilson					C. H. W. Wilson	G. Wilson

1918 to 1950

Coalition Liberal (1918–22) / National Liberal (1922–23) Conservative Labour Liberal

Constituency	1918	19	1922	1923	1924	26	1929	1931	1935	39	1945	47
Buckrose	Moreing		Gaunt			A. Braithwaite					Wadsworth
Holderness	Wilson		Bowdler	Savery						G. Braithwaite
Howdenshire	Jackson					Carver					Glossop	Odey
Kingston upon Hull Central	Sykes	Kenworthy				→		Barton	Windsor		Hewitson
Kingston upon Hull East	Murchison		Lumley				Muff	Nation	Muff		Pursey
Kingston upon Hull North West	Ward										Mackay
Kingston upon Hull South West	Entwistle				Grotrian		Arnott	Law			Smith

1950 to 1983

Conservative Labour

Constituency	1950	54	1955	1959	1964	66	1970	71	1979
Beverley / Howden (1955)	Odey		Bryan
Bridlington	Wood								Townend
Goole	Jeger							Marshall
Haltemprice	Law	Wall
Kingston upon Hull Central / K.u.H. West ('55)	Hewitson				Johnson
Kingston upon Hull East	Pursey						Prescott
Kingston upon Hull N / K.u.H. Central (1974)	Hudson			Coulson	Solomons	McNamara

1983 to 2010

Conservative Labour

Constituency	1983	1987	1997	2001	2005
Beverley / Beverley and Holderness (1997)	Wall	Cran			Stuart
Boothferry / Haltemprice and Howden (1997)	Bryan	Davis
Bridlington / East Yorkshire (1997)	Townend			Knight
Brigg and Cleethorpes / Cleethorpes (1997)	Brown		McIsaac
Glanford and Scunthorpe / Scunthorpe (1997)	Hickmet	Morley
Great Grimsby	Mitchell
Kingston upon Hull East	Prescott
Kingston upon Hull North	McNamara				D. Johnson
Kingston upon Hull West / & Hessle (1997)	Randall		A. Johnson
Brigg and Goole			Cawsey

2010 to present

Conservative Labour

Constituency	2010	2015	2017	2019	2024
Beverley and Holderness	Stuart
Haltemprice and Howden / Goole & Pocklington (2024)	Davis
East Yorkshire / Bridlington & The Wolds (2024)	Knight				Dewhirst
Cleethorpes / Brigg & Immingham (2024)	Vickers
Scunthorpe	Dakin			Mumby-Croft	Dakin
Great Grimsby / Great Grimsby & Cleethorpes (2024)	Mitchell	Onn		Nici	Onn
Kingston upon Hull East	Turner
Kingston upon Hull North / K.u.H. North & Cottingham (2024)	D. Johnson
Kingston upon Hull West & Hessle / K.u.H. W & Haltemprice ('24)	A. Johnson		Hardy
Brigg and Goole	Percy				N/A

Notes

^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
^ ^a ^b ^c Many sources list the Kingston upon Hull constituencies as Hull, following the city council's own practice. However, the official names have not adopted the short form.
^ Doncaster East and The Isle of Axholme is a cross-county constituency. As the results of UK general elections are not disclosed on a sub-constituency level, the constituency's vote shares have been omitted

References

^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order (England) 2007".
^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ Young, Angus (8 November 2022). "Big changes set for MPs' constituencies in Hull and East Riding". HullLive. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ "'Boundary changes are back to bad old days of Humberside'". GrimsbyLive. 9 June 2021. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1345–1393. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".

[3] The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

[hull-4] Many sources list the Kingston upon Hull constituencies as Hull, following the city council's own practice. However, the official names have not adopted the short form.

[9] Doncaster East and The Isle of Axholme is a cross-county constituency. As the results of UK general elections are not disclosed on a sub-constituency level, the constituency's vote shares have been omitted

[1] "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order (England) 2007".

[:0-2] "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[5] Young, Angus (8 November 2022). "Big changes set for MPs' constituencies in Hull and East Riding". HullLive. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[6] "'Boundary changes are back to bad old days of Humberside'". GrimsbyLive. 9 June 2021. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

[7] "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1345–1393. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

[8] Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".

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Results history

2024

Percentage votes

Seats

Maps

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See also

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