Election 97

Brigg and Goole


Result 97 gain
from Conservative
Current MP 97 David Davis
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 17,104 (36.5%)
Labour 97 23,493 (50.2%)
LibDem 97 4,692 (10.0%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 1,513 ( 3.2%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 63,648
Turnout 97 46,802 (73.5%)



1992 MP David Davis
Old constituency name Boothferry
Majority 92 7,241 (14.2%)
Conservative 92 25,499 (49.8%)
Labour 92 18,258 (35.7%)
LibDem 92 7,406 (14.5%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Elected party 92 Conservative
Electorate 92 63,013
Turnout 92 51,163 (81.2%)
Brigg and Goole



Tory change -13.3%
Labour change +14.5%
Lib Dem change -4.5%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +3.2%
Electorate change +1.0%
Turnout Change -7.7%
Robert Waller wrote

Extensive redrawing of boundaries in the area which used to be called south Humberside has produced the rather illogical pairing of Brigg and Goole.

Brigg is a Conservative market town, while Goole is a strongly Labour inland port not far from the edge of the Yorkshire coalfield. Who will win in the new seat of Brigg and Goole? At first it might be thought that Goole (population 18,000) will outvote Brigg (just 5,000). However, there are other parts to the seat as well, such as the very Tory villages and farming communities of the low-lying Isle of Axholme. Overall Goole looks like the untypical minority in the constituency, and it has been calculated that the Conservatives would have won here by about 7,500 votes in 1992.


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