Voters in the East Riding going to the polls for July’s general election may find that they are now in a different constituency following changes to their boundaries.
All but two parliamentary constituencies in the area have been given new names after taking in areas which were previously in other seats.
Nationally, just 65 out of the 650 seats in the House of Commons have the same boundaries that they did for the last general election in 2019.
The changes come as part of a review of constituencies by the Boundary Commission for England (BCE) which published its final proposals last year.
The changes were designed to try to make constituencies roughly equally-sized in terms of the number of voters living in them.
And they come ahead of the general election called by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday which is set for Thursday, July 4.
The East Riding is currently home to four constituencies all represented by Conservatives.
Greg Knight is MP for East Yorkshire, Graham Stuart represents Beverley and Holderness, David Davis is in Haltemprice and Howden and Andrew Percy is the member for Brigg and Goole.
Mr Percy’s Brigg and Goole seat will cease to exist come July.
Sir Greg’s East Yorkshire seat has also been redrawn and will become Bridlington and the Wolds.
It will gain North Holderness ward but lose Pocklington Provincial and part of Wolds Weighton.
Mr Stuart’s Beverley and Holderness seat will keep its name and remain unchanged apart from losing the North Holderness ward, which covers the Hornsea area.
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