| Bridlington and The Wolds | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundaries since 2024 | |
 Boundary of Bridlington and The Wolds in Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| County | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Electorate | 72,681 (2024)[1] |
| Major settlements | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | |
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 was first contested at the 2024 general election,[3] when it was won by Charlie Dewhirst of the Conservative Party.
Boundaries
[edit]The 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
[edit]East Yorkshire prior to 2024
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Charlie Dewhirst | Conservative | |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charlie Dewhirst | 14,846 | 34.6 | −32.0 | |
| Labour | Sarah Carter | 11,721 | 27.3 | +7.4 | |
| Reform UK | Maria Bowtell | 10,350 | 24.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jayne Phoenix | 3,097 | 7.2 | −0.3 | |
| Green | Gill Leek | 1,595 | 3.7 | +0.9 | |
| Yorkshire | Tim Norman | 915 | 2.1 | −1.1 | |
| Independent | Tom Cone | 309 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| SDP | Carlo Verda | 104 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,125 | 7.3 | −39.4 | ||
| Turnout | 42,937 | 58.9 | −5.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 72,931 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −19.7 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]| 2019 notional result[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 30,916 | 66.6 | |
| Labour | 9,231 | 19.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3,479 | 7.5 | |
| Green | 1,323 | 2.8 | |
| Others | 1,491 | 3.2 | |
| Turnout | 46,440 | 64.1 | |
| Electorate | 72,501 | ||
See also
[edit]- List of parliamentary constituencies in Humberside
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the Yorkshire and the Humber (region)
References
[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.
- ^ "Parliamentary election results Bridlington and The Wolds". East Riding of Yorkshire Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Bridlington and The Wolds UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK