Goole (UK Parliament constituency)

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Goole
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County1950-1974 West Riding of Yorkshire
1974-1983 Humberside, South Yorkshire
19501983
SeatsOne
Created fromPontefract and Don Valley[1]
Replaced byDoncaster 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.

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

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