Beverley and Holderness is a county constituency in the

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire t ...

for the House of Commons of the

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. It elects one

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(MP) at least once every five years by the

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electoral system. The constituency has been represented by Graham Stuart of the

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since the 2005 general election.

History

The seat has been won by the Conservative candidate since its creation in 1997, on a majority ranging between 1.7% of the votes cast in the 2001 general election and 38.2% in the 2019 general election. The party of the runner-up candidate has been Labour six times and Liberal Democrat once, as of the 2019 general election.

Boundaries

1997–2010: The East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley wards 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. 2010–present: 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.

Constituency profile

The constituency covers the southeastern portion of the

and borders

East Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire t ...

Haltemprice and Howden Haltemprice and Howden is a constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by David Davis, a Conservative who was also Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union until hi ...

, Kingston upon Hull North and Kingston upon Hull East seats. It also borders a stretch of the

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coast from

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to Spurn Point, and the north bank of the

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Estuary inland to Hedon. From and including the 2010 general election the composition of the seat has changed; the civil parishes

Brandesburton Brandesburton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately west of Hornsea and north-east of the market town of Beverley. The civil parish is formed by the village of Brandesburton and ...

and Woodmansey were transferred to other seats (East Yorkshire and Haltemprice and Howden respectively).

Middleton on the Wolds Middleton on the Wolds is a village and civil parish on the Yorkshire Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the A614 road midway between Driffield and Market Weighton. According to the 2011 UK census, Middleton on ...

and Newbald were gained from the same respective seats. Besides Beverley, the seat incorporates the market town of Hedon, which was itself a parliamentary borough until that seat was abolished at the

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Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beverley And Holderness (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997 Politics of the East Riding of Yorkshire Holderness