| Beverley and Holderness | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Boundaries since 2024 | |
 Boundary of Beverley and Holderness in Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| County | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Population | 99,748 (2011 census)[1] |
| Electorate | 78,645 (December 2019)[2] |
| Major settlements | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | Graham Stuart (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from |
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Beverley and Holderness is acounty constituency in theEast Riding of Yorkshire for theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom. It elects oneMember of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by thefirst-past-the-post electoral system. The constituency has been represented byGraham Stuart of theConservative Party since the2005 general election.
The constituency covers the southeastern portion of theEast Riding of Yorkshire and bordersBridlington and The Wolds,Goole and Pocklington,Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham andKingston upon Hull East seats. It also borders a stretch of theNorth Sea coast fromAldbrough toSpurn Point, and the north bank of theHumber Estuary inland toHedon.[citation needed]
Besides Beverley, the seat incorporates the market town ofHedon, which was itself a parliamentary borough untilthat seat was abolished at theReform Act 1832.[citation needed]
The seat has been won by theConservative candidate at every general election since its creation in 1997, on a majority ranging between 38.2% in the2019 general election to 0.3% in the2024 general election. The party of the runner-up candidate has beenLabour seven times andLiberal Democrat once.[citation needed]
1997–2010: The East Yorkshire Borough of Beverleywards of Cherry Holme, Leconfield, Leven, Minster North, Minster South, Molescroft, St Mary's East, St Mary's West, Tickton, Walkington, and Woodmansey, and the Borough of Holderness.[3]
2010–2024: The District of East Riding of Yorkshire wards of Beverley Rural, Mid Holderness, Minster and Woodmansey, North Holderness, St Mary's, South East Holderness, and South West Holderness.[4]
From and including the2010 general election the composition of the seat changed: the civil parishesBrandesburton andWoodmansey were transferred to other seats (East Yorkshire andHaltemprice and Howden respectively); andMiddleton on the Wolds andNewbald were gained from the same respective seats.[5]
2024–present: The District of East Riding of Yorkshire wards of: Beverley Rural, Mid Holderness, Minster and Woodmansey, St Mary’s, South East Holderness, and South West Holderness.[6]
The North Holderness ward was transferred to the new constituency ofBridlington and the Wolds.
Beverley andBoothferry prior to 1997
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | James Cran | Conservative | |
| 2005 | Graham Stuart | Conservative | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Stuart | 15,501 | 34.5 | −26.5 | |
| Labour | Margaret Pinder | 15,377 | 34.2 | +9.5 | |
| Reform UK | Andrew Smith | 8,198 | 18.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Denis Healy | 3,386 | 7.5 | −1.8 | |
| Green | Jonathan Stephenson | 1,647 | 3.7 | +1.2 | |
| Yorkshire | George McManus | 625 | 1.4 | −1.2 | |
| SDP | Chris Collin | 89 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | John Ottaway | 74 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 124 | 0.3 | −36.0 | ||
| Turnout | 44,897 | 62.4 | −4.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 71,994 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −18.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Stuart | 33,250 | 62.1 | +3.7 | |
| Labour | Chloe Hopkins | 12,802 | 23.9 | −9.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Denis Healy | 4,671 | 8.7 | +3.7 | |
| Yorkshire | Andy Shead | 1,441 | 2.7 | +0.6 | |
| Green | Isabel Pires | 1,378 | 2.6 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 20,448 | 38.2 | +13.0 | ||
| Turnout | 53,542 | 67.2 | −1.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 79,696 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +6.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Stuart | 32,499 | 58.4 | +10.3 | |
| Labour | Johanna Boal | 18,457 | 33.2 | +8.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Denis Healy | 2,808 | 5.0 | −0.5 | |
| Yorkshire | Lee Walton | 1,158 | 2.1 | +0.9 | |
| Green | Richard Howarth | 716 | 1.3 | −2.1 | |
| Majority | 14,042 | 25.2 | +2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 55,638 | 69.0 | +3.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 80,657 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Stuart | 25,363 | 48.1 | +1.0 | |
| Labour | Margaret Pinder | 13,160 | 25.0 | +3.9 | |
| UKIP | Gary Shores | 8,794 | 16.7 | +13.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Denis Healy | 2,900 | 5.5 | −17.2 | |
| Green | Richard Howarth | 1,802 | 3.4 | +2.1 | |
| Yorkshire First | Lee Walton | 658 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,203 | 23.1 | −1.3 | ||
| Turnout | 52,677 | 65.2 | −1.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 80,805 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −1.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Stuart | 25,063 | 47.1 | +6.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Craig Dobson | 12,076 | 22.7 | +3.0 | |
| Labour | Ian Saunders | 11,224 | 21.1 | −13.6 | |
| BNP | Neil Whitelam | 2,080 | 3.9 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Andy Horsfield | 1,845 | 3.5 | −1.2 | |
| Green | Bill Rigby | 686 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Ron Hughes | 225 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,987 | 24.4 | +18.2 | ||
| Turnout | 53,199 | 67.1 | +2.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 79,318 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Stuart | 20,435 | 40.7 | −0.6 | |
| Labour | George McManus | 17,854 | 35.6 | −4.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stewart Willie | 9,578 | 19.1 | +3.2 | |
| UKIP | Oliver Marriott | 2,336 | 4.7 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 2,581 | 5.1 | +3.4 | ||
| Turnout | 50,203 | 65.3 | +3.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 76,868 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Cran | 19,168 | 41.3 | +0.1 | |
| Labour | Pippa Langford | 18,387 | 39.6 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stewart Willie | 7,356 | 15.9 | −2.5 | |
| UKIP | Stephen Wallis | 1,464 | 3.2 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 781 | 1.7 | −0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 46,375 | 62.0 | −10.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 74,741 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −0.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Cran | 21,629 | 41.2 | ||
| Labour | Norman O'Neill | 20,418 | 38.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Melling | 9,689 | 18.4 | ||
| UKIP | David Barley | 695 | 1.3 | ||
| Natural Law | Stewart Withers | 111 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 1,211 | 2.3 | |||
| Turnout | 52,542 | 72.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 72,049 | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
