Bridlington and The Wolds (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bridlington and The Wolds
County constituency
for the House of Commons
County East Riding of Yorkshire
Current constituency
Created 2024
Member of Parliament None
SeatsOne
Created from East Yorkshire & Beverley and Holderness (part)

Bridlington and The Wolds is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election. [2]

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Boundaries

Bridlington and The Wolds (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

1.Area marked “7” on the map of the Bridlington and The Wolds constituency produced by the Boundary Commission for England [4]

It will comprise the following: [5]

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Bridlington and The Wolds
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Maria Bowtell [6]
Conservative Charlie Dewhirst [7]
Green Gill Leek [8]
Yorkshire Tim Norman [9]
Liberal Democrats Jayne Phoenix [10]
Majority
Turnout

See also

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References

  1. "Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  2. 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.
  3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
  4. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume three: Maps | Boundary Commission for England | Page 10". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Map 496. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  5. "New Seat Details - Bridlington and the Wolds". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  6. "Bridlington and the Wolds Constituency". Reform UK . Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  7. "Dewhirst chosen for Bridlington and the Wolds. Is there a trend against associations selecting sitting MPs?". ConservativeHome . Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  8. "Candidates General Election 2024". Hull & East Riding Green Party. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  9. https://x.com/Yorkshire_Party/status/1793668077256941928
  10. "Liberal Democrats select Jayne Phoenix as the Parliamentary candidate to contest new Bridlington and the Wolds seat". The Scarborough News . Retrieved 10 April 2024.