Brigg and Goole

Brigg and Goole
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Brigg and Goole in the vicinity of the Humber.
County	North Lincolnshire, East Riding of Yorkshire
Population	86,706 (2011 census)
Electorate	66,734 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Brigg, Broughton and Goole
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Andrew Percy (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Boothferry, Glanford & Scunthorpe and Brigg & Cleethorpes
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Brigg and Goole is a constituency in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Andrew Percy of the Conservative Party.

The constituency is among a small minority of constituencies that span two ceremonial counties, in this case Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire.

The industrial port of Goole is the biggest settlement in the constituency. There are over 70 towns and villages in the constituency, including the Lodge Moor and Skippingdale areas of Scunthorpe. The constituency also includes part of the Scunthorpe Steel Works and the Scunthorpe United football ground, as well as the Isle of Axholme.

The constituency is split across North Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire and borders South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

After the announcement by Theresa May that there will be a general election on 8 June 2017, the MP for Brigg and Goole, Andrew Percy, announced that he would be standing in the election for his constituency of Brigg and Goole.

Brigg and Goole constituency was created for the 1997 general election from parts of the seats of Boothferry, Glanford & Scunthorpe and Brigg & Cleethorpes.

In the 2007 local elections the Conservatives won 12 of the Council seats in the constituency compared to 6 for Labour, 2 for the Liberal Democrats and 1 Independent.