Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)

Cleethorpes
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Cleethorpes in the former county of Humberside.
120px Location of the former county of Humberside within England.
County	Lincolnshire
Electorate	70,895 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Martin Vickers (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Brigg & Cleethorpes
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Cleethorpes is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Martin Vickers of the Conservative Party.

Constituency profile

In its current form, Cleethorpes is a bellwether seat having been won by the party that went on to become the largest in the House of Commons at each of the five elections contested so far (Labour in 1997, 2001 and 2005 and the Conservatives in 2010 and 2015). It is a large part-rural, part-urban seat on the coast in northern Lincolnshire. As well as the eponymous town itself, the constituency includes Barton-upon-Humber and Immingham, as well as many smaller settlements. It entirely surrounds the town of Grimsby, with the exception of the Grimsby shoreline on the River Humber.

In addition to the Great Grimsby constituency, Cleethorpes also borders the Brigg & Goole, Gainsborough and Louth & Horncastle constituencies.

Boundaries

Since the 2010 general election when new boundaries came into force, the constituency has included the following local government wards:

Seven wards of North East Lincolnshire:

• Croft Baker
• Haverstoe
• Humberston & New Waltham
• Immingham
• Sidney Sussex
• Waltham
• Wolds

And two wards of North Lincolnshire:

• Barton-upon-Humber
• Ferry

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	Shona McIsaac	Labour
	2010	Martin Vickers	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Cleethorpes

General Election 2015: Cleethorpes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Vickers	21,026	46.6	+4.5
	Labour	Peter Keith	13,133	29.1	-3.4
	UKIP	Stephen Harness	8,356	18.5	+11.4
	Liberal Democrat	Roy Horobin	1,346	3.0	-15.2
	Green	Carol Thornton	1,013	2.2	+2.2
	TUSC	Malcolm Morland	215	0.5	+0.5
Majority			7,893	17.5
Turnout			45,089	63.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.0

General Election 2010: Cleethorpes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Vickers	18,939	42.1	+4.8
	Labour	Shona McIsaac	14,641	32.6	-10.8
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Morland	8,192	18.2	+3.5
	UKIP	Stephen Harness	3,194	7.1	+2.5
Majority			4,298	9.6
Turnout			44,966	64.0	+2.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+7.8

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Cleethorpes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shona McIsaac	18,889	43.3	-6.3
	Conservative	Martin Vickers	16,247	37.3	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Geoff Lowis	6,437	14.8	+2.8
	UKIP	William Hardie	2,016	4.6	+2.5
Majority			2,642	6.1
Turnout			43,589	61.6	-0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.6

General Election 2001: Cleethorpes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shona McIsaac	21,032	49.6	-2.0
	Conservative	Stephen Howd	15,412	36.3	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Smith	5,080	12.0	+0.6
	UKIP	Janet Hatton	894	2.1	N/A
Majority			5,620	13.3
Turnout			42,418	62.0	-11.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Cleethorpes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shona McIsaac	26,058	51.6	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Brown	16,882	33.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	K. Melton	5,746	11.4	N/A
	Referendum	J. Berry	894	3.5	N/A
Majority			9,176		N/A
Turnout			49,580	73.4	N/A
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

Notes and references

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