Goole (UK Parliament constituency)

Goole
Goole
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
County	1950-1974 West Riding of Yorkshire; 1974-1983 Humberside, South Yorkshire
1950–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Pontefract and Don Valley
Replaced by	Doncaster North, Boothferry, Pontefract & Castleford and Selby

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[edit]

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

	Member	Party	Notes
1950	George Jeger	Labour	Died January 1971
1971 by-election	Edmund Marshall	Labour
1983	constituency abolished

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

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

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	+17.33
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

^ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
^ "'Goole', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}