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

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Constituency Electorate Majority[nb 1] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map
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
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Boundary changes

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2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

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

Containing electoral wards from North Lincolnshire

  • Brigg and Immingham (part)

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.

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Results history

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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]

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Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Labour 135,391 37.4% Increase8.0% 6 Increase3
Conservative 99,980 27.6% Decrease28.1% 4 Decrease3
Reform 82,716 22.9% Increase17.9% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 22,406 6.2% Decrease0.1% 0 0
Greens 15,676 4.3% Increase1.8% 0 0
Others 5,807 1.6% Increase0.5% 0 0
Total 361,976 100.0 10
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Percentage votes

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

* Included in Other

Seats

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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
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11983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885–1910 – East Riding of Yorkshire

1918–1945

1950–1979

1983–2019 – Humberside

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

Historical representation by party

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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

1918 to 1950

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

1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Labour

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1983 to 2010

  Conservative   Labour

2010 to present

  Conservative   Labour

See also

Notes

  1. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  2. 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.
  3. 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

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