Beverley and Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)

Beverley and Holderness
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Beverley and Holderness in Humberside.
Location of Humberside within England.
County	East Riding of Yorkshire
Population	99,748 (2011 census)
Electorate	79,775 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Beverley, Hornsea, Hedon, Withernsea
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Graham Stuart (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Beverley, Boothferry and Bridlington
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Beverley and Holderness is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Graham Stuart of the Conservative Party.

1997-2010: The East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley wards of Cherry Holme, Leconfield, Leven, Minster North, Minster South, Molescroft, St Mary’s East, St Mary’s West, Tickton, Walkington, and Woodmansey, and the Borough of Holderness.

2010–present: The District of East Riding of Yorkshire wards of Beverley Rural, Mid Holderness, Minster and Woodmansey, North Holderness, St Mary’s, South East Holderness, and South West Holderness.

The constituency covers the south-east of the East Riding of Yorkshire and borders with the East Yorkshire, Haltemprice and Howden, Kingston upon Hull North and Kingston upon Hull East constituencies. It also borders a stretch of the North Sea coast from Skipsea to Spurn Point, and the Humber estuary to Hedon.

For the 2010 general election minor boundary changes affect the constituency. The civil parish of Brandesburton was transferred to the East Yorkshire constituency and Woodmansey to the Haltemprice and Howden constituency.Middleton on the Wolds was gained from the East Yorkshire constituency and Newbald from the Haltemprice and Howden constituency.