Brigg and Goole (UK Parliament constituency)

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Brigg and Goole is a UK parliamentary constituency in northern England that elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons, covering parts of North Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency
borderingConstituency Beverley and Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)
Doncaster Central
surface form: Doncaster Central (UK Parliament constituency)

Doncaster North
surface form: Doncaster North (UK Parliament constituency)

Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)
Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)
surface form: Scunthorpe County (UK Parliament constituency)
boundaryReview created for the 1997 general election
containsArea Isle of Axholme
containsPort Port of Goole
containsTown Brigg
Broughton
Crowle
Epworth
Goole
Snaith
Thorne
country United Kingdom
county East Riding of Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
created 1997
districtCovered East Riding of Yorkshire
North Lincolnshire
electoralType county constituency
electorateSize approximately 70,000–75,000 voters
elects one Member of Parliament
firstElectionContested 1997 United Kingdom general election
hasCharacteristic largely rural with small industrial and port areas
mixed political history with Labour and Conservative representation
hasElections UK general elections
locatedIn England
MP Andrew Percy
Ian Cawsey
MPEnd 2010
MPParty Conservative Party (UK)
surface form: Conservative Party

Labour Party (UK)
surface form: Labour Party
MPStart 1997
2010
parliament British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
predecessor Beverley (UK Parliament constituency)
Boothferry (UK Parliament constituency)
Brigg and Goole (UK Parliament constituency) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Brigg and Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)

Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)
surface form: Glanford and Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency)
region Yorkshire and the Humber
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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North Lincolnshire hasParliamentaryConstituency Brigg and Goole (UK Parliament constituency)
Brigg and Goole (UK Parliament constituency) predecessor Brigg and Goole (UK Parliament constituency) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Brigg and Cleethorpes (UK Parliament constituency)