# Goole (UK Parliament constituency)

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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

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 | constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Goole :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | George Jeger | 25,635 | 60.33 |
| | Conservative | Frederick Farey-Jones | 16,853 | 39.67 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,782 | 20.66 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,488 | 85.46 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election 1951: Goole :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | George Jeger | 26,088 | 60.44 |
| | National Liberal | Anthony Marreco | 17,073 | 39.56 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,015 | 20.88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,161 | 84.17 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election 1955: Goole :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | George Jeger | 25,420 | 62.19 |
| | National Liberal | Gavin Welby | 15,456 | 37.81 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,964 | 24.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,876 | 78.32 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election 1959: Goole :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | George Jeger | 26,352 | 61.38 |
| | National Liberal | Douglas Sisson | 16,581 | 38.62 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,771 | 22.76 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,933 | 80.71 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Goole :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 9,821 | 23.46 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,856 | 77.44 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1966: Goole :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 12,148 | 29.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,038 | 73.14 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Goole :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | George Jeger | 26,424 | 60.22 |
| | Conservative | Ian R. Bloomer | 17,457 | 39.78 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,967 | 20.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,881 | 69.47 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
1971 Goole by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Edmund Marshall | 24,323 | 68.88 | +8.66 |
| | Conservative | Ian R. Bloomer | 10,990 | 31.12 | −8.66 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,333 | 37.76 | +17.33 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,313 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election February 1974: Goole :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 13,225 | 26.77 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,415 | 77.18 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election October 1974: Goole :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 14,097 | 31.47 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,796 | 69.31 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1979: Goole :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 11,251 | 23.39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,105 | 72.84 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |