| Brigg and Goole County constituency |
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| Brigg and Goole shown within Humberside, and Humberside shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Ian Cawsey |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Lincolnshire |
| EP constituency: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Brigg and Goole is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is a marginal seat between Labour and the Conservatives.
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Boundaries
Brigg and Goole constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Boothferry, Glanford and Scunthorpe & Brigg and Cleethorpes. As its name suggests, it covers the towns of Brigg and Goole. It is one of the few constituencies which span a ceremonial county boundary, in this case that between Lincolnshire and East Riding of Yorkshire.
At the 2007 local elections the Conservatives won 12 of the Council seats in the constituency compared to 6 for Labour, 2 for the Lib Dems and 1 Independent. The Conservatives also received over 2000 votes more than Labour in the popular vote. The Conservatives gained the Burringham and Gunness and the Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe and The Marshlands Wards in the 2007 elections.
With the Lib Dems in a very distant third and the Conservatives established as the clear challengers to Labour, this constituency will be a key battleground of the next election.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1997 | Ian Cawsey | Labour | |
Election results
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ian Cawsey | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew Percy | ||||
| General Election 2005: Brigg and Goole | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ian Cawsey | 19,257 | 45.2 | -3.7 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Bean | 16,363 | 38.4 | -0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Gary Johnson | 5,690 | 13.4 | +4.2 | |
| UKIP | Stephen Martin | 1,268 | 3.0 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 2,894 | 6.8 | |||
| Turnout | 42,578 | 63.2 | -0.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 | |||
| General Election 2001: Brigg and Goole | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ian Cawsey | 20,066 | 48.9 | -1.3 | |
| Conservative | Donald Stewart | 16,105 | 39.2 | +2.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Nolan | 3,796 | 9.2 | -0.8 | |
| UKIP | Godfrey Bloom | 688 | 1.7 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Michael Kenny | 399 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,961 | 9.7 | |||
| Turnout | 41,054 | 63.5 | -9.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Brigg and Goole | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ian Cawsey | 23,493 | 50.2 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Donald Stewart | 17,104 | 36.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mary-Rose Hardy | 4,692 | 10.0 | N/A | |
| Referendum Party | D. Rigby | 1,513 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,389 | ||||
| Turnout | 73.5 | N/A | |||
References
See also
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Coordinates: 53°33′N 0°48′W / 53.55°N 0.80°W
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