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| Boothferry | |
|---|---|
| Formercounty constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Boothferry in Humberside, showing boundaries used from 1983–1997 | |
| County | 1983–1996Humberside 1996–1997East Riding of Yorkshire,North Lincolnshire |
| Major settlements | Goole,Epworth andHowden |
| 1983–1997 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Goole,Howden,Gainsborough,Haltemprice |
| Replaced by | Brigg and Goole,East Yorkshire,Haltemprice and Howden,Beverley and Holderness |
Boothferry was aconstituency inHumberside which returned oneMember of Parliament (MP) to theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the1983 general election, and abolished for the1997 general election.
This was a safeConservative seat for the fourteen years of its existence.
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 ofBoothferry, this constituency included areas which before local government reorganisation in 1974 had been in theWest Riding of Yorkshire (Goole), theEast Riding of Yorkshire (Howden) and Lincolnshire,Parts of Lindsey (Epworth and theIsle 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 andBeverley and Holderness being the destinations of the constituents in descending order.[1]
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Paul Bryan | Conservative | |
| 1987 | David Davis | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: seeBrigg and Goole,East Yorkshire, Haltemprice and Howden &Beverley and Holderness | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Bryan | 30,536 | 57.7 | ||
| Liberal | Andrew Ellis | 13,116 | 24.8 | ||
| Labour | Terry Geraghty | 9,271 | 17.5 | ||
| Majority | 17,420 | 32.9 | |||
| Turnout | 52,923 | 73.1 | |||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Davis | 31,716 | 55.7 | −2.0 | |
| Liberal | Joan Davies | 12,746 | 22.4 | −2.4 | |
| Labour | Roy Donson | 12,498 | 21.9 | +4.4 | |
| Majority | 18,970 | 33.3 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 56,960 | 75.8 | +2.7 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Davis | 35,266 | 54.8 | −0.9 | |
| Labour | Louise M. Coubrough | 17,731 | 27.5 | +5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John M. Goss | 11,388 | 17.7 | −4.7 | |
| Majority | 17,535 | 27.3 | −6.0 | ||
| Turnout | 64,385 | 79.9 | +4.1 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −3.3 | |||