Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)
| Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
 Boundary of Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes in Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| County | Lincolnshire |
| Major settlements | Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Melanie Onn (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from |
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Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election and has been represented in Parliament by Melanie Onn of the Labour Party since then.[2] Onn was previously MP for the predecessor constituency of Great Grimsby from 2015 to 2019.
The constituency name refers to the Lincolnshire towns of Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes.[3]
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency is composed of the following electoral wards of the Borough of North East Lincolnshire:
- Croft Baker, East Marsh, Freshney, Haverstoe, Heneage, Park, Sidney Sussex, South, West Marsh, and Yarborough.[4]
The seat covers:[5]
- The previous Great Grimsby constituency, excluding the Scartho ward
- The town of Cleethorpes from the Cleethorpes constituency (abolished, with remaining parts forming the basis of the new constituency of Brigg and Immingham)
Members of Parliament
[edit]Great Grimsby prior to 2024
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Melanie Onn | Labour | |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Melanie Onn | 15,336 | 41.9 | +9.7 | |
| Reform UK | Oliver Freeston | 10,533 | 28.8 | +23.9 | |
| Conservative | Lia Nici | 8,269 | 22.6 | −33.0 | |
| Green | Ed Fraser | 1,115 | 3.0 | +1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Craig Lawson | 1,036 | 2.8 | −2.1 | |
| TUSC | Mark Gee | 222 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| SDP | Christopher Stephenson | 108 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,803 | 13.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 36,619 | 46.4 | −7.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 78,875 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]| 2019 notional result[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 23,178 | 55.6 | |
| Labour | 13,419 | 32.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2,052 | 4.9 | |
| Brexit Party | 2,049 | 4.9 | |
| Green | 821 | 2.0 | |
| Others | 156 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | 41,675 | 54.1 | |
| Electorate | 77,050 | ||
See also
[edit]- List of parliamentary constituencies in Humberside
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the Yorkshire and the Humber (region)
References
[edit]- ^ "Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Latest boundary plans stick to Grimsby and Cleethorpes merger". Grimsby Live. 8 November 2022. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes MP constituency to go ahead". Grimsby Live. 28 June 2023. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
- ^ "New Seat Details – Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Parliamentary election results". North East Lincolnshire Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes results". BBC News. 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]- Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK