Created from Buckrose | Number of members 1 | |
County 1950-1974 East Riding of Yorkshire
1974-1996 Humberside
1996-1997 East Riding of Yorkshire Replaced by Buckrose, Beverley and Holderness | ||
Bridlington was a constituency in East Yorkshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.
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It returned one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.
History
The constituency was created in 1950 from the former seat of Buckrose. It was abolished in 1997 and most of its territory transferred to the East Yorkshire seat.
Boundaries
1950-1955: The Municipal Boroughs of Bridlington and Hedon, the Urban Districts of Filey, Hornsea, and Withernsea, and the Rural Districts of Bridlington and Holderness.
1955-1983:
1983-1997: The Borough of East Yorkshire wards of Bridlington Bessingby, Bridlington Hilderthorpe, Bridlington Old Town East, Bridlington Old Town West, Bridlington Quay North, Bridlington Quay South, Coastal, Driffield North, Driffield South, Hutton Cranswick, Lowland, Nafferton, Roman, St John, and Viking, and the Borough of Holderness.