Goole (UK Parliament constituency)
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53°42′14″N 0°52′16″W / 53.704°N 0.871°W
County1950–1974 West Riding of Yorkshire
1974–1983 Humberside, South Yorkshire
1974–1983 Humberside, South Yorkshire
SeatsOne
Created fromPontefract and Don Valley[1]
Replaced byDoncaster North, Boothferry, Pontefract & Castleford and Selby[2]
| 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[1] |
| Replaced by | Doncaster 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.
The Municipal Borough of Goole, the Urban District of Knottingley, and the Rural Districts of Goole, Osgoldcross, and Thorne.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | George Jeger | Labour | Died January 1971 | |
| 1971 by-election | Edmund Marshall | Labour | ||
| 1983 | constituency abolished | |||