List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

Humberside

Humberside was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber Estuary, created from portions of the East and West ridings of Yorkshire and parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire...

is no longer a county council

County council

A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries.-United Kingdom:...

area, nor is it a ceremonial county, but the constituency boundaries used up to the United Kingdom general election, 2005

United Kingdom general election, 2005

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but with a majority of 66, reduced from 160....

were drawn up when it was both.
The Boundary Commission for England continues to treat the four unitary authorities

Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...

of East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...

, Hull

Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...

, North Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. For ceremonial purposes it is part of Lincolnshire....

and North East Lincolnshire

North East Lincolnshire

North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, bordering the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire and the administrative county of Lincolnshire...

as a single review area in its periodic reviews of constituency arrangements.
The area is divided into
10 Parliamentary constituencies

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

- 4 Borough constituencies
and 6 County constituencies.

Constituencies

ConstituencyBC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.	Electorate	MajorityThe majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
Beverley and Holderness CC	74,488	12,987	Graham Stuart	Craig Dobson
Brigg and Goole CC	62,246	5,147	Andrew Percy Andrew Percy Andrew Percy is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for Brigg and Goole in 2010.-Early life:...	Ian Cawsey Ian Cawsey Ian Arthur Cawsey is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Brigg and Goole from 1997 until his defeat at the 2010 general election.-Early life:...
Cleethorpes CC Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency) Cleethorpes is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It is a marginal seat between Labour and the Conservatives...	68,938	4,298	Martin Vickers Martin Vickers Martin John Vickers is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Cleethorpes at the 2010 general election.-Early life:...	Shona McIsaac Shona McIsaac Shona McIsaac is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Cleethorpes from 1997 to 2010...
East Yorkshire CC East Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency) East Yorkshire is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...	72,018	13,486	Greg Knight Greg Knight Gregory Knight is a British politician and author. He is Conservative Member of Parliament for East Yorkshire.-Education and professional life:...	Robert Adamson
Great Grimsby BC Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency) Great Grimsby is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, consisting of the town of Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...	64,594	714	Austin Mitchell Austin Mitchell Austin Vernon Mitchell is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby since a 1977 by-election.-Education and early life:...	Victoria Ayling
Haltemprice and Howden CC	66,268	11,602	David Davis David Davis (British politician) David Michael Davis is a British Conservative Party politician who is the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Haltemprice and Howden...	Jon Neal
Kingston upon Hull East BC Kingston upon Hull East (UK Parliament constituency) Kingston upon Hull East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...	70,638	8,597	Karl Turner Karl Turner (politician) Karl Turner is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull East since 2010.-Early life:...	Jeremy Wilcock
Kingston upon Hull North BC Kingston upon Hull North (UK Parliament constituency) Kingston upon Hull North is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...	62,286	641	Diana Johnson Diana Johnson Diana Ruth Johnson is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Hull North since 2005; she was the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State with responsibility for Schools in the Department for Children, Schools and Families until the resignation of Gordon Brown as...	Denis Healy
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle BC	64,369	5,742	Alan Johnson Alan Johnson Alan Arthur Johnson is a British Labour Party politician who served as Home Secretary from June 2009 to May 2010. Before that, he filled a wide variety of cabinet positions in both the Blair and Brown governments, including Health Secretary and Education Secretary. Until 20 January 2011 he was...	Mike Ross
Scunthorpe CC Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency) Scunthorpe is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Centred on the town of Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire, it elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...	62,032	2,549	Nic Dakin Nic Dakin Nicholas Dakin is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Scunthorpe since 2010.-Early life:...	Caroline Johnson

Boundary changes

Name	\|Current boundaries
Beverley and Holderness CC Brigg and Goole CC Cleethorpes CC Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency) Cleethorpes is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It is a marginal seat between Labour and the Conservatives... East Yorkshire CC East Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency) East Yorkshire is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :... Great Grimsby BC Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency) Great Grimsby is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, consisting of the town of Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election... Haltemprice and Howden CC Kingston upon Hull East BC Kingston upon Hull East (UK Parliament constituency) Kingston upon Hull East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :... Kingston upon Hull North BC Kingston upon Hull North (UK Parliament constituency) Kingston upon Hull North is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:... Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle BC Scunthorpe CC Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency) Scunthorpe is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Centred on the town of Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire, it elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

The Boundary Commission proposed retaining these
10 constituencies, with changes to realign constituency boundaries
with the boundaries of current local government wards,
and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies.
These changes were implemented at the United Kingdom general election, 2010.

Results

2005	2010

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