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Post by greenhert on Aug 18, 2023 16:47:44 GMT
Goole & Pocklington is set to be created for the next election, and will consist of the port town of Goole, the market town of Pocklington in the northwestern part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the large Howden area in between, from the constituencies of Brigg & Goole, East Yorkshire, and Haltemprice & Howden respectively.
Whilst this is a new seat it is mostly a recreation of the 1983-97 constituency of Boothferry except for the fact it will not contain the Isle of Axholme or indeed any part of Lincolnshire. Boothferry was very safely Conservative throughout its short existence, being represented by Sir Paul Bryan who moved from the Howden seat in 1983, retiring in 1987. He was succeeded by the much more prominent David Davis, notable for his "right libertarian" stance which led to him resigning to restand in Haltemprice & Howden (to which he moved in 1997 upon the abolition of Boothferry) in 2008 to protest the Labour government's decision to extend the period for which terrorist suspects could be held without charge from 28 to 42 days. This by-election was notable for having 26 candidates, a record which still stands, Labour and the Liberal Democrats not contesting the by-election, and criticism over Mr Davis' other stances on civil liberties e.g. his opposition to abortion and LGBTIQA+ rights. Three years earlier he stood in the Conservative Party leadership election to succeed Michael Howard but lost to David Cameron; his highest-ranking political position was serving as Secretary of State for Exiting the EU from 2016 to 2018 in Theresa May's government. Whether or not he will stand in this seat is as of yet unclear. Goole, meanwhile, was a seat in its own right from 1950-83 and being in the West Riding of Yorkshire at the time despite its closeness to the East Riding also consisted of mining settlements that are now in the Metropolitan Boroughs of Doncaster and Wakefield respectively, with some villages now being in North Yorkshire (formerly Selby BC). It was reliably Labour throughout its existence and its last MP, Edmund Marshall, was notable for his statistical expertise; he failed to be selected elsewhere after boundary changes and subsequently stood for the SDP in Bridlington in 1987. Howden, meanwhile, existed from 1955-83 and was a typical safe Conservative rural seat, albeit with a notable Liberal challenge in the 1970s, and was represented by the aforementioned Sir Paul for the entirety of its existence.
This seat is expected to be safely Conservative, with a notional Conservative majority as high as 25,000, even though considering Boothferry's electoral history and excluding the Isle of Axholme it would likely have been a narrow Labour gain in 1997 had it existed then. However, a Labour gain of this seat is very unlikely due to demographic shifts, especially in Goole itself.
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Post by batman on Aug 18, 2023 18:13:07 GMT
I had thought that Goole was a port with strong links with the coalfield, rather than an actual mining town.
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 18, 2023 18:17:19 GMT
I had thought that Goole was a port with strong links with the coalfield, rather than an actual mining town. A quick mention here of Inspector Goole from Priestley's "An Inspector Calls".  |
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Post by carlton43 on Aug 18, 2023 20:30:13 GMT
Goole & Pocklington is set to be created for the next election, and will consist of the former mining town of Goole, the market town of Pocklington in the northwestern part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the large Howden area in between, from the constituencies of Brigg & Goole, East Yorkshire, and Haltemprice & Howden respectively. Whilst this is a new seat it is mostly a recreation of the 1983-97 constituency of Boothferry except for the fact it will not contain the Isle of Axholme or indeed any part of Lincolnshire. Boothferry was very safely Conservative throughout its short existence, being represented by Sir Paul Bryan who moved from the Howden seat in 1983, retiring in 1987. He was succeeded by the much more prominent David Davis, notable for his "right libertarian" stance which led to him resigning to restand in Haltemprice & Howden (to which he moved in 1997 upon the abolition of Boothferry) in 2008 to protest the Labour government's decision to extend the period for which terrorist suspects could be held without charge from 28 to 42 days. This by-election was notable for having 26 candidates, a record which still stands, Labour and the Liberal Democrats not contesting the by-election, and criticism over Mr Davis' other stances on civil liberties e.g. his opposition to abortion and LGBTIQA+ rights. Three years earlier he stood in the Conservative Party leadership election to succeed Michael Howard but lost to David Cameron; his highest-ranking political position was serving as Secretary of State for Exiting the EU from 2016 to 2018 in Theresa May's government. Whether or not he will stand in this seat is as of yet unclear. Goole, meanwhile, was a seat in its own right from 1950-83 and being in the West Riding of Yorkshire at the time despite its closeness to the East Riding also consisted of mining settlements that are now in the Metropolitan Boroughs of Doncaster and Wakefield respectively, with some villages now being in North Yorkshire (formerly Selby BC); its last MP, Edmund Marshall, was notable for his statistical expertise; he lost out in boundary changes and subsequently stood for the SDP in Bridlington in 1987. This seat is expected to be safely Conservative even though considering Boothferry's electoral history and excluding the Isle of Axholme it would likely have been a narrow Labour gain in 1997 had it existed then. However, a Labour gain of this seat is very unlikely due to demographic shifts, especially in Goole itself. You don't know this area very well do you? In fact have you ever been to either of them? Goole is nearly unique in being a major port many miles inland in a very flat area where the water table is so high it can be above ground level. I know it to have been important in terms of a port and railways, glassmaking, cloth, clothing, warehousing and distribution. I think the only safe mining prospects there would be for water! |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Aug 18, 2023 20:37:41 GMT
Goole & Pocklington is set to be created for the next election, and will consist of the former mining town of Goole, the market town of Pocklington in the northwestern part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the large Howden area in between, from the constituencies of Brigg & Goole, East Yorkshire, and Haltemprice & Howden respectively. Whilst this is a new seat it is mostly a recreation of the 1983-97 constituency of Boothferry except for the fact it will not contain the Isle of Axholme or indeed any part of Lincolnshire. Boothferry was very safely Conservative throughout its short existence, being represented by Sir Paul Bryan who moved from the Howden seat in 1983, retiring in 1987. He was succeeded by the much more prominent David Davis, notable for his "right libertarian" stance which led to him resigning to restand in Haltemprice & Howden (to which he moved in 1997 upon the abolition of Boothferry) in 2008 to protest the Labour government's decision to extend the period for which terrorist suspects could be held without charge from 28 to 42 days. This by-election was notable for having 26 candidates, a record which still stands, Labour and the Liberal Democrats not contesting the by-election, and criticism over Mr Davis' other stances on civil liberties e.g. his opposition to abortion and LGBTIQA+ rights. Three years earlier he stood in the Conservative Party leadership election to succeed Michael Howard but lost to David Cameron; his highest-ranking political position was serving as Secretary of State for Exiting the EU from 2016 to 2018 in Theresa May's government. Whether or not he will stand in this seat is as of yet unclear. Goole, meanwhile, was a seat in its own right from 1950-83 and being in the West Riding of Yorkshire at the time despite its closeness to the East Riding also consisted of mining settlements that are now in the Metropolitan Boroughs of Doncaster and Wakefield respectively, with some villages now being in North Yorkshire (formerly Selby BC); its last MP, Edmund Marshall, was notable for his statistical expertise; he lost out in boundary changes and subsequently stood for the SDP in Bridlington in 1987. This seat is expected to be safely Conservative even though considering Boothferry's electoral history and excluding the Isle of Axholme it would likely have been a narrow Labour gain in 1997 had it existed then. However, a Labour gain of this seat is very unlikely due to demographic shifts, especially in Goole itself. You don't know this area very well do you? In fact have you ever been to either of them? Goole is nearly unique in being a major port many miles inland in a very flat area where the water table is so high it can be above ground level. I know it to have been important in terms of a port and railways, glassmaking, cloth, clothing, warehousing and distribution. I think the only safe mining prospects there would be for water! I thought it was a good profile.. of David Davis |
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Post by Robert Waller on Aug 18, 2023 22:34:16 GMT
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Post by The Bishop on Aug 19, 2023 9:49:00 GMT
I wonder how the old Boothferry would have voted were it still around in 1997 - probably staying Tory but maybe not that much in it?
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Post by greenhert on Aug 19, 2023 11:25:04 GMT
I wonder how the old Boothferry would have voted were it still around in 1997 - probably staying Tory but maybe not that much in it? I estimate it would have been Conservative by around 1000 votes. |
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Post by Robert Waller on Mar 9, 2024 23:48:38 GMT
2021 Census, new boundariesAge 65+ 23.0% 130/575 Owner occupied 74.9% 58/575 Private rented 16.2% 375/575 Social rented 8.9% 547/575 White 97.1% 62/575 Black 0.3% 527/575 Asian 1.2% 485/575 Managerial & professional 35.0% 224/575 Routine & Semi-routine 25.1% 239/575 Degree level 32.2% 286/575 No qualifications 17.0% 331/575 Students 4.5% 488/575 General Election 2019: Haltemprice and HowdenParty Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative David Davis 31,045 62.4 +1.4Labour George Ayre 10,716 21.5 -9.5 Liberal Democrats Linda Johnson 5,215 10.5 +5.7 Green Angela Stone 1,764 3.5 +2.1 Yorkshire Richard Honnoraty 1,039 2.1 +0.3 C Majority 20,329 40.9 +11.9Turnout 49,779 70.1 -2.3 Conservative hold Swing 5.5 Lab to C Boundary ChangesGoole and Pocklington consists of 53.9% of Haltemprice and Howden 32.6% of Brigg and Goole 20.7% of Yorkshire East Mapboundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/review2023/9bc0b2ea-7915-4997-9d4a-3e313c0ceb51/yorkshire-and-the-humber/Yorkshire%20and%20the%20Humber%20Region_504_Goole%20and%20Pocklington_Landscape.pdf2019 Notional Results on New Boundaries (Rallings and Thrasher) | Con | 32492 | 65.1% | | Lab | 10190 | 20.4% | | LD | 3882 | 7.8% | | Green | 1950 | 3.9% | | YP | 1387 | 2.8% | | | | | | Con Majority | 22302 | 44.7% |
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Post by mattbewilson on Mar 10, 2024 0:04:26 GMT
Goole & Pocklington is set to be created for the next election, and will consist of the former mining town of Goole, the market town of Pocklington in the northwestern part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the large Howden area in between, from the constituencies of Brigg & Goole, East Yorkshire, and Haltemprice & Howden respectively. Whilst this is a new seat it is mostly a recreation of the 1983-97 constituency of Boothferry except for the fact it will not contain the Isle of Axholme or indeed any part of Lincolnshire. Boothferry was very safely Conservative throughout its short existence, being represented by Sir Paul Bryan who moved from the Howden seat in 1983, retiring in 1987. He was succeeded by the much more prominent David Davis, notable for his "right libertarian" stance which led to him resigning to restand in Haltemprice & Howden (to which he moved in 1997 upon the abolition of Boothferry) in 2008 to protest the Labour government's decision to extend the period for which terrorist suspects could be held without charge from 28 to 42 days. This by-election was notable for having 26 candidates, a record which still stands, Labour and the Liberal Democrats not contesting the by-election, and criticism over Mr Davis' other stances on civil liberties e.g. his opposition to abortion and LGBTIQA+ rights. Three years earlier he stood in the Conservative Party leadership election to succeed Michael Howard but lost to David Cameron; his highest-ranking political position was serving as Secretary of State for Exiting the EU from 2016 to 2018 in Theresa May's government. Whether or not he will stand in this seat is as of yet unclear. Goole, meanwhile, was a seat in its own right from 1950-83 and being in the West Riding of Yorkshire at the time despite its closeness to the East Riding also consisted of mining settlements that are now in the Metropolitan Boroughs of Doncaster and Wakefield respectively, with some villages now being in North Yorkshire (formerly Selby BC); its last MP, Edmund Marshall, was notable for his statistical expertise; he lost out in boundary changes and subsequently stood for the SDP in Bridlington in 1987. This seat is expected to be safely Conservative even though considering Boothferry's electoral history and excluding the Isle of Axholme it would likely have been a narrow Labour gain in 1997 had it existed then. However, a Labour gain of this seat is very unlikely due to demographic shifts, especially in Goole itself. You don't know this area very well do you? In fact have you ever been to either of them? Goole is nearly unique in being a major port many miles inland in a very flat area where the water table is so high it can be above ground level. I know it to have been important in terms of a port and railways, glassmaking, cloth, clothing, warehousing and distribution. I think the only safe mining prospects there would be for water! tbf given the constant work being done on the bridge its not a place you'd visit. If you're going to pocklington you'd probably intentionally avoid going through Goole to get there due to the bridge. You're more likely to go through Goole going to hull than you are pocklington |
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