Beverley and Holderness: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Beverley and Holderness is represented in the House of Commons by Graham Stuart (Conservative). The 2024 count gave Graham Stuart (Conservative) 15,501 votes and Margaret Pinder (Labour) 15,377, a majority of 124. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 62.4% (44,897 of 71,994).
Key figures
What the figures show
On the official figures, Beverley and Holderness has the 18th lowest population of the 575 constituencies with this figure (91,881), and the 23rd highest share of adults retired (2021) of the 575 constituencies with this figure (31.7%).
About 91,900 people live in Beverley and Holderness: the ONS figure for mid-2024 is 91,881. There were more residents aged 65 and over (25,722) than children under 16 (13,654).
Half of the homes sold in the year to March 2026 went for more than £220,000 and half for less. That is up 38% on £159,950 ten years before. The highest March-year median in the series was £229,775, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 145th lowest of 575 constituencies. The figure rests on 1,357 recorded sales.
DWP figures count 2,915 children under 16 in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, 21.3% of children here against 26.0% across the UK. Before housing costs the share was 18.1% in 2024/25, from 16.4% in 2021/22.
4,070 business sites were registered in Beverley and Holderness in March 2026 (4,010 a year before), and employed 33,000 people in 2024.
At the 2021 Census there were 40,012 households and 126.3 residents per square kilometre; 24.7% of workers mainly worked from home and 31.7% of residents aged 16 and over were retired.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 75.1% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 6.3 points. The economically inactive share was 22.9%.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £33,205 for jobs in Beverley and Holderness and £38,689 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). A year before, the residents' median was £37,434. The residents' figure ranks 295th highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
In September 2026, 2.2% of 16 to 64 year olds in Beverley and Holderness were claimants (1,140 people). September 2025 had 1,110.
MP
Graham Stuart, Conservative
- MP for Beverley and Holderness since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 5 May 2005
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Graham Stuart on this site
In Parliament
Hansard records these as Graham Stuart's latest words in Parliament, on 14 October 2026. Hansard search returns 780 spoken contributions by Graham Stuart since 4 July 2024.
My hon. Friend will remember that the centre-left Social Democratic party in Sweden abolished inheritance tax years ago, because it had gone down the route of this envy-filled, left-wing, socialist approach, and found that it was counterproductive, led to complexity and reduced …
Read in Hansard (opening words; the full contribution is longer)
If the Minister wishes to finish at 5.43 pm, she will be able to give the proposer of the debate two minutes to wind up.
Order. I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson, Jamie Stone.
We will finish at 4.15 pm, so ideally we will allow the wind-up at 4.13 pm.
Thanks to the discipline of the speakers so far, there are some extra minutes for the Minister to take interventions if she so chooses.
Read from the Hansard API on 26 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Stuart | Conservative | 15,501 | 34.5% | −26.5 |
| Margaret Pinder | Labour | 15,377 | 34.2% | +9.6 |
| Andrew Smith | Reform UK | 8,198 | 18.3% | |
| Denis Healy | Liberal Democrat | 3,386 | 7.5% | −1.7 |
| Jonathan Stephenson | Green Party | 1,647 | 3.7% | +1.2 |
| George McManus | The Yorkshire Party | 625 | 1.4% | |
| Chris Collin | Social Democratic Party | 89 | 0.2% | |
| John Ottaway | Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | 74 | 0.2% |
Result summary as published: Con hold. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Conservative 34.5% | Labour 34.3% | 124 | 62.4% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 61.0% | Labour 24.7% | 17,976 | 69.6% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Beverley and Holderness lies within East Riding of Yorkshire.
- East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011
Who has power over Beverley and Holderness
Every body that makes decisions for Beverley and Holderness, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Hull and East Yorkshire Combined County Authority combined county authority
- Humberside Police police force
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust NHS
- NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board NHS
- Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- Yorkshire and the Humber in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Beverley and Holderness this page: Graham Stuart (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Beverley and Holderness?
UK Parliament lists Graham Stuart, Conservative, as the Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Beverley and Holderness?
Graham Stuart (Conservative) won with 15,501 votes, a majority of 124, on a turnout of 62.4% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Beverley and Holderness?
2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 1,140 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average house price in Beverley and Holderness?
The median price paid was £220,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry sales).
What is the average salary in Beverley and Holderness?
Median full-time pay of residents was £38,689 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Beverley and Holderness live in low income families?
DWP counts 2,915 (21.3% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
What is the population of Beverley and Holderness?
The ONS estimate for mid-2024 is 91,881 residents.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.