Bridlington And The Wolds (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bridlington and The Wolds is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Created as a result of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.
Boundaries
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).
It comprises the following:
- 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
East Yorkshire prior to 2024
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Charlie Dewhirst | Conservative | |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
| 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 | New | |
| 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 | New | |
| SDP | Carlo Verda | 104 | 0.2 | New | |
| Majority | 3,125 | ||||
| Turnout | 43,077 | 57.9 | −5.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 74,438 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Humberside
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the Yorkshire and the Humber (region)