Bridlington and The Wolds is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.[3]
Bridlington and The Wolds | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | East Riding of Yorkshire |
Electorate | 72,681 (2024)[1] |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Boundaries
editThe constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The District of East Riding of Yorkshire wards of: Bridlington Central and Old Town; Bridlington North; Bridlington South; Driffield and Rural; East Wolds and Coastal; North Holderness; Wolds Weighton (majority).[4]
It comprises the following:[5]
- A majority of the abolished East Yorkshire constituency – excluding the Pocklington Provincial ward and a small part of the Wolds Weighton ward
- The North Holderness ward from the retained Beverley and Holderness constituency
Members of Parliament
editEast Yorkshire prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | TBC | TBC |
Elections
editElections in the 2020s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Reform UK | Maria Bowtell | ||||
Labour | Sarah Carter | ||||
Independent | Tom Cone | ||||
Conservative | Charlie Dewhirst | ||||
Green | Gill Leek | ||||
Yorkshire | Tim Norman | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Jayne Phoenix | ||||
SDP | Carlo Verda | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "New Seat Details – Bridlington and the Wolds". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ Perrin, Louise (29 June 2023). "New parliamentary boundary proposal for Bridlington as East Yorkshire MP Sir Greg Knight announces he will step down at the next election". Scarborough News. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
- ^ "New Seat Details – Bridlington and the Wolds". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Bridlington and the Wolds – UK General election 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 11 June 2024.