Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
|parliament = uk
|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-align=center|plain=yes|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame-height=200|frame-width=250}}
|caption = Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
|image2 = File:Yorkshire and the Humber - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes constituency.svg
|caption2 = Boundary of Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes in Yorkshire and the Humber
|year = 2024
|abolished =
|type = County
|previous = {{ubl|Great Grimsby|Cleethorpes (part)}}
|next =
|electorate =
|mp = Melanie Onn
|party =Labour
|region = England
|county = Lincolnshire
|elects_howmany = One
|towns = Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
}}
Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.{{cite web |title=Yorkshire and the Humber {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/yorkshire-and-the-humber/ |access-date=20 June 2023 |website=Boundary Commission for England}} Further to the completion of the 2023 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.{{Cite news |date=2022-11-08 |title=Latest boundary plans stick to Grimsby and Cleethorpes merger |url=https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/latest-boundary-plans-stick-controversial-7796961 |access-date=2024-03-07 |work=Grimsby Live |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}} 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.{{Cite news |date=2023-06-28 |title=Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes MP constituency to go ahead |url=https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/great-grimsby-cleethorpes-mp-constituency-8557849 |access-date=2024-05-17 |work=Grimsby Live |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}
Boundaries
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.{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region}}
- 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
Great Grimsby prior to 2024
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!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party |
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| 2024 | Labour |
Elections
= Elections in the 2020s =
{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes{{cite web |title=Parliamentary election results |url=https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/your-council/elections-and-voting/election-dates-and-results/parliamentary-elections/#parliamentary-election-results-4-july-24 |website=North East Lincolnshire Council |access-date=5 July 2024}}{{cite news |title=Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes results |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001255 |access-date=5 July 2024}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Melanie Onn |votes=15,336|percentage=41.9|change=+9.7|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Oliver Freeston|votes=10,533|percentage=28.8|change=+23.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Lia Nici|votes=8,269|percentage=22.6|change=−33.0|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Ed Fraser|votes=1,115|percentage=3.0|change=+1.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=John Craig Lawson|votes=1,036|percentage=2.8|change=−2.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=TUSC|candidate=Mark Gee|votes=222|percentage=0.6|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)|candidate=Christopher Stephenson|votes=108|percentage=0.3|change=N/A|}}
{{Election box majority|votes=4,803|percentage=13.1|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=36,619|percentage=46.4|change=−7.7}}
{{Election box registered electors| reg. electors = 78,875}}
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Labour Party (UK)|loser=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 2010s=
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colspan="4" | 2019 notional result{{Cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/general-elections/5 |title=Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019 |date= |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News |publisher=UK Parliament}} | ||
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bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % | ||
{{party color cell|Conservative Party (UK)}} | align=right| 23,178 | align=right| 55.6 |
{{party color cell|Labour Party (UK)}}
| Labour | align=right| 13,419 | align=right| 32.2 |
{{party color cell|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} | align=right| 2,052 | align=right| 4.9 |
{{party color cell|Brexit Party}} | align=right| 2,049 | align=right| 4.9 |
{{party color cell|Green Party of England and Wales}}
| Green | align=right| 821 | align=right| 2.0 |
{{party color cell|Independent politician}}
| Others | align=right| 156 | align=right| 0.4 |
colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"| | ||
colspan="2"|Turnout
|align=right|41,675 |align=right|54.1 | ||
colspan="2"|Electorate
|align=right|77,050 |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168906.html Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
{{Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber}}
Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside
Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024