Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament Constituency) - Boundaries & Local Government

Boundaries & Local Government

The constituency covers a wide area stretching from the border of Hull in the east to the outskirts of Goole in the west and northwards to Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. The bulk of the population is centred in the villages of Willerby, Kirk Ella, Anlaby and Cottingham. Rural Howdenshire forms the bulk of the geographical area of the constituency but provides only a small part of the total electorate.

The constituency includes many towns and villages along the A63 corridor including, Brough, Elloughton, South Cave, North Ferriby, Swanland, Gilberdyke, Newport, Welton and Melton.

There are currently Conservative councillors in Howden, Howdenshire, Dale, South Hunsley, Cottingham North, Cottingham South, and Willerby and Kirk Ella Wards. The Liberal Democrats, who previously enjoyed relatively strong support in the constituency, suffered heavy losses in the 2011 local elections, losing their seats to the Conservatives in the Cottingham South and Willerby & Kirk Ella wards. As a result of the 2011 local elections, the Liberal Democrats now only hold one seat in Tranby ward (Anlaby & Anlaby Common), after losing their other seat there to Labour candidate Josh Newlove, who was 19 years of age at the time of the election. This was the first time a Labour councillor had ever been elected in the constituency, in which the party recorded a 27% swing in its favour just four years after it came fourth in the same ward.

The constituency saw only small boundary changes for the 2010 general election. The minor adjustments brought the constituencies of the East Riding into line with local government boundaries. Haltemprice and Howden lost the civil parish of Newbald to Beverley and Holderness and gained the civil parish of Woodmansey from Beverley and Holderness. The electoral impact of these changes is insignificant.