Goole and Pocklington (UK Parliament constituency)

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Goole and Pocklington
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Goole and Pocklington in Yorkshire and the Humber
County	East Riding of Yorkshire
Major settlements	Goole, Pocklington, Howden, Snaith
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	David Davis (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Haltemprice and Howden Brigg and Goole (part) East Yorkshire (part)

Goole and Pocklington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.^[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.^[2] Its Member of Parliament (MP) is David Davis of the Conservative Party, the former Brexit Secretary.

Boundaries

The constituency composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The District of East Riding of Yorkshire wards of: Dale; Goole North; Goole South; Howden; Howdenshire; Pocklington Provincial; Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe and Marshland; South Hunsley; Wolds Weighton (small part¹).^[3]

^1.Areas marked “9” on the map of the Goole and Pocklington constituency produced by the Boundary Commission for England^[4]

It comprise the following areas:^[5]

Goole and Snaith from the disappearing seat of Brigg and Goole
Pocklington from the East Yorkshire constituency (to be renamed Bridlington and the Wolds)

Howden and North Ferriby with rural areas to the north of the Humber in between, from the abolished constituency of Haltemprice and Howden (comprising half of the new seat's electorate)

Election		Member	Party
	2024	David Davis	Conservative

General election 2024: Goole and Pocklington ^[6] ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Davis	18,981	38.2	−26.9
	Labour	Liam Draycott	15,409	31.0	+10.6
	Reform UK	Rich Kelly	9,054	18.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Dale Richard Needham	3,380	6.8	−1.0
	Green	Angela Stone	2,451	4.9	+1.0
	Independent	Shona Wade	467	0.9	N/A
Majority			3,572	7.2	−37.5
Turnout			49,742	63.5	−1.9
Registered electors			78,287
	Conservative hold		Swing	−18.8

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Labour (41)	Barnsley North Barnsley South Bradford South Bradford West Calder Valley Colne Valley Doncaster Central Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme Doncaster North Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes Halifax Huddersfield Kingston upon Hull East Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice Leeds Central and Headingley Leeds North East Leeds North West Leeds South Leeds South West and Morley Leeds West and Pudsey Normanton and Hemsworth Ossett and Denby Dale Penistone and Stocksbridge Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley Rawmarsh and Conisbrough Rother Valley Rotherham Scarborough and Whitby Scunthorpe Selby Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Sheffield Central Sheffield Hallam Sheffield Heeley Sheffield South East Shipley Spen Valley Wakefield and Rothwell York Central York Outer
Conservative (9)	Beverley and Holderness Bridlington and The Wolds Brigg and Immingham Goole and Pocklington Keighley and Ilkley Richmond and Northallerton Skipton and Ripon Thirsk and Malton Wetherby and Easingwold
Independent (3)	Bradford East Dewsbury and Batley Leeds East
Liberal Democrats (1)	Harrogate and Knaresborough