Goole (UK Parliament constituency)
53°42′14″N 0°52′16″W / 53.704°N 0.871°W
Goole | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | 1950-1974 West Riding of Yorkshire 1974-1983 Humberside, South Yorkshire |
1950–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Pontefract and Don Valley[1] |
Replaced by | Doncaster North, Boothferry, Pontefract & Castleford and Selby[2] |
Goole was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Goole in the West Riding of Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
It was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
[edit]The Municipal Borough of Goole, the Urban District of Knottingley, and the Rural Districts of Goole, Osgoldcross, and Thorne.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | George Jeger | Labour | Died January 1971 | |
1971 by-election | Edmund Marshall | Labour | ||
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Jeger | 25,635 | 60.33 | ||
Conservative | Frederick Farey-Jones | 16,853 | 39.67 | ||
Majority | 8,782 | 20.66 | |||
Turnout | 42,488 | 85.46 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Jeger | 26,088 | 60.44 | ||
National Liberal | Anthony Marreco | 17,073 | 39.56 | ||
Majority | 9,015 | 20.88 | |||
Turnout | 43,161 | 84.17 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Jeger | 25,420 | 62.19 | ||
National Liberal | Gavin Welby | 15,456 | 37.81 | ||
Majority | 9,964 | 24.38 | |||
Turnout | 40,876 | 78.32 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Jeger | 26,352 | 61.38 | ||
National Liberal | Douglas Sisson | 16,581 | 38.62 | ||
Majority | 9,771 | 22.76 | |||
Turnout | 42,933 | 80.71 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Jeger | 25,256 | 60.34 | ||
National Liberal | Cyril Donald Chapman | 15,435 | 36.88 | ||
Communist | William Carr | 1,165 | 2.78 | New | |
Majority | 9,821 | 23.46 | |||
Turnout | 41,856 | 77.44 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Jeger | 26,117 | 63.64 | ||
National Liberal | Richard M. Whitfield | 13,969 | 34.04 | ||
Communist | William Carr | 952 | 2.32 | ||
Majority | 12,148 | 29.60 | |||
Turnout | 41,038 | 73.14 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Jeger | 26,424 | 60.22 | ||
Conservative | Ian R. Bloomer | 17,457 | 39.78 | ||
Majority | 8,967 | 20.44 | |||
Turnout | 43,881 | 69.47 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edmund Marshall | 24,323 | 68.88 | +8.66 | |
Conservative | Ian R. Bloomer | 10,990 | 31.12 | −8.66 | |
Majority | 13,333 | 37.76 | +17.33 | ||
Turnout | 35,313 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edmund Marshall | 30,245 | 61.21 | ||
Conservative | NP Kemp | 17,020 | 34.44 | ||
Independent | JT Clarkson | 2,150 | 4.35 | New | |
Majority | 13,225 | 26.77 | |||
Turnout | 49,415 | 77.18 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edmund Marshall | 26,804 | 59.84 | ||
Conservative | NP Kemp | 12,707 | 28.37 | ||
Liberal | JT Clarkson | 5,285 | 11.80 | New | |
Majority | 14,097 | 31.47 | |||
Turnout | 44,796 | 69.31 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edmund Marshall | 27,690 | 57.56 | ||
Conservative | F Higgins | 16,439 | 34.17 | ||
Liberal | A Davidson | 3,976 | 8.27 | ||
Majority | 11,251 | 23.39 | |||
Turnout | 48,105 | 72.84 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
- ^ "'Goole', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.[permanent dead link]