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Goole
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County1950-1974 West Riding of Yorkshire
1974-1983 Humberside, South Yorkshire
1950–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromPontefract and Don Valley[1]
Replaced byDoncaster North, Boothferry, Pontefract & Castleford and Selby[2]

Goole was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Goole in the West Riding of Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.

It was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The Municipal Borough of Goole, the Urban District of Knottingley, and the Rural Districts of Goole, Osgoldcross, and Thorne.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1950George JegerLabourDied January 1971
1971 by-electionEdmund MarshallLabour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Goole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Jeger 25,635 60.33
Conservative Frederick Farey-Jones 16,853 39.67
Majority 8,782 20.66
Turnout 42,488 85.46
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Goole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Jeger 26,088 60.44
National Liberal Anthony Marreco 17,073 39.56
Majority 9,015 20.88
Turnout 43,161 84.17
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Goole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Jeger 25,420 62.19
National Liberal Gavin Welby 15,456 37.81
Majority 9,964 24.38
Turnout 40,876 78.32
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Goole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Jeger 26,352 61.38
National Liberal Douglas Sisson 16,581 38.62
Majority 9,771 22.76
Turnout 42,933 80.71
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Goole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Jeger 25,256 60.34
National Liberal Cyril Donald Chapman 15,435 36.88
Communist William Carr 1,165 2.78 New
Majority 9,821 23.46
Turnout 41,856 77.44
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Goole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Jeger 26,117 63.64
National Liberal Richard M. Whitfield 13,969 34.04
Communist William Carr 952 2.32
Majority 12,148 29.60
Turnout 41,038 73.14
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Goole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Jeger 26,424 60.22
Conservative Ian R. Bloomer 17,457 39.78
Majority 8,967 20.44
Turnout 43,881 69.47
Labour hold Swing
1971 Goole by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edmund Marshall 24,323 68.88 +8.66
Conservative Ian R. Bloomer 10,990 31.12 -8.66
Majority 13,333 37.76
Turnout 35,313
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Goole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edmund Marshall 30,245 61.21
Conservative NP Kemp 17,020 34.44
Independent JT Clarkson 2,150 4.35 New
Majority 13,225 26.77
Turnout 49,415 77.18
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Goole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edmund Marshall 26,804 59.84
Conservative NP Kemp 12,707 28.37
Liberal JT Clarkson 5,285 11.80 New
Majority 14,097 31.47
Turnout 44,796 69.31
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Goole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edmund Marshall 27,690 57.56
Conservative F Higgins 16,439 34.17
Liberal A Davidson 3,976 8.27
Majority 11,251 23.39
Turnout 48,105 72.84
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
  2. ↑ "'Goole', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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