Beverley and Holderness

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Beverley and Holderness
County constituency

Beverley and Holderness shown within Humberside, and Humberside shown within England
Created: 1563, 1950, 1983
MP: Graham Stuart
Party: Conservative
Type: House of Commons
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
EP constituency: Yorkshire and the Humber
Beverley and Holderness is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Elections
5 See also
6 References

Boundaries

The constituency is located in the Beverley area of East Riding of Yorkshire, stretching to the North Sea coast.

History

The constituency first sent members to Parliament regularly from 1563 as Beverley, but was disenfranchised in 1869. It was re-created for a short time between 1950 and 1955 and then again in 1983. In 1997 the constituency was renamed to the current form, Beverley and Holderness. Tragedy struck in 2005 however, when following the elections a ballot box was stolen.

Members of Parliament

2005 – present: Graham Stuart, Conservative
1987 – 2005: James Cran, Conservative
1983 – 1987: Sir Patrick Wall, Conservative

Elections

References

http://www.election.demon.co.uk/prereform.html
http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/bcommons3.htm

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
Labour	Barnsley Central \| Barnsley East and Mexborough \| Barnsley West and Penistone \| Batley and Spen \| Bradford North \| Bradford South \| Bradford West \| Brigg and Goole \| Calder Valley \| City of York \| Cleethorpes \| Colne Valley \| Dewsbury \| Don Valley \| Doncaster Central \| Doncaster North \| Elmet \| Great Grimsby \| Halifax \| Hemsworth \| Huddersfield \| Keighley \| Hull East \| Hull North \| Hull West and Hessle \| Leeds Central \| Leeds East \| Leeds North East \| Leeds West \| Morley and Rothwell \| Normanton \| Pontefract and Castleford \| Pudsey \| Rother Valley \| Rotherham \| Scunthorpe \| Selby \| Sheffield, Attercliffe \| Sheffield, Brightside \| Sheffield Central \| Sheffield, Heeley \| Sheffield, Hillsborough \| Wakefield \| Wentworth
Conservative	Beverley and Holderness \| East Yorkshire \| Haltemprice and Howden \| Richmond (Yorks) \| Ryedale \| Scarborough and Whitby \| Shipley \| Skipton and Ripon \| Vale of York
Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough \| Leeds North West \| Sheffield, Hallam
Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) \| Conservative (2) \| Liberal Democrats (1) \| UKIP (1)

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