Goole and Pocklington
Yorkshire and The Humber · County constituency · East Riding of Yorkshire borough
About the Goole and Pocklington constituency
Goole and Pocklington is a county constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. The sitting MP is David Davis (Conservative), first elected in July 2008. At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won with 38.2% to 31.0% for Labour, a majority of 3,572 votes on a 62.2% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Conservatives on 36.6% and Reform UK on 28.1%, a margin of 8.5 points.
Who lives in Goole and Pocklington? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Goole and Pocklington vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Goole and Pocklington
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Goole and Pocklington within East Riding of Yorkshire
Goole and Pocklington sits entirely within East Riding of Yorkshire Council. East Riding of Yorkshire was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 100% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale | Conservative 39.2%vs Labour 28.2% | 2023 Conservative 41.6%vs Independent 35.3% | - | 41.1% |
| Goole North | Labour 34.8%vs Conservative 31.1% | 2023 Conservative 54.8%vs Labour 27.2% | - | 19.8% |
| Goole South | Labour 35.3%vs Conservative 27.7% | 2023 Independent 62.5%vs Labour 33.4% | - | 14.2% |
| Howden | Conservative 36.9%vs Labour 27.6% | 2023 Independent 61.0%vs Lib Dem 16.0% | - | 32.9% |
| Howdenshire | Conservative 40.9%vs Labour 29.2% | 2023 Conservative 56.2%vs Labour 28.0% | - | 26.8% |
| Pocklington Provincial | Conservative 37.2%vs Labour 36.0% | 2023 Lib Dem 40.6%vs Labour 24.0% | - | 39.2% |
| Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe and Marshland | Conservative 38.0%vs Labour 30.5% | 2023 Conservative 61.5%vs Labour 14.3% | - | 31.2% |
| South Hunsley | Conservative 45.7%vs Labour 24.6% | 2023 Lib Dem 44.6%vs Conservative 39.5% | - | 37.9% |
| Wolds Weighton | Conservative 42.5%vs Labour 28.1% | 2023 Conservative 43.9%vs Labour 13.8% | - | 46.5% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Goole and Pocklington at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Goole and Pocklington at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010predecessor | Con hold | David Davis Haltemprice and Howden MP | 15.7% | 50.2% | 26.4% | 11,602 | 69.4% |
| 2015predecessor | Con hold | David Davis Haltemprice and Howden MP | 21.0% | 54.2% | 6.3% | 16,195 | 68.5%-0.9 |
| 2017predecessor | Con hold | David Davis Haltemprice and Howden MP | 31.0% | 61.0% | 4.8% | 15,405 | 71.9%+3.4 |
| 2019notional | Conservative winner | David Davis Haltemprice and Howden MP, pre-review boundary | 20.4% | 65.1% | 7.8% | 22,302 | 65.4% |
| 2024 | Con hold | David Davis | 31.0% | 38.2% | 6.8% | 3,572 | 62.2%-3.2 |
Goole and Pocklington was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Haltemprice and Howden (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.
Constituencies most like Goole and Pocklington
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Goole and Pocklington. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Owner-occupied74.6 / 73.0vs 61.9
- ↑Leave61.7 / 61.6vs 53.2
- ↓Social rent8.8 / 10.1vs 16.8
- ↑Owner-occupied74.6 / 73.6vs 61.9
- ↑Leave61.7 / 60.8vs 53.2
- ↓Social rent8.8 / 10.6vs 16.8
- ↑Owner-occupied74.6 / 72.4vs 61.9
- ↑Leave61.7 / 59.5vs 53.2
- ↓Under 3524.2 / 25.1vs 30.2
- ↑Owner-occupied74.6 / 74.2vs 61.9
- ↓Under 3524.2 / 22.7vs 30.2
- ↑Leave61.7 / 59.0vs 53.2
- ↑Owner-occupied74.6 / 74.1vs 61.9
- ↑Leave61.7 / 60.2vs 53.2
- ↓Under 3524.2 / 22.9vs 30.2
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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