Holly Mumby-Croft
Holly Mumby-Croft | |
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| Member of Parliament for Scunthorpe | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Nic Dakin |
| Majority | 6,451 (17.1%) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Conservative |
Holly Mumby-Croft is a British politician, who has been the Conservative member of Parliament for Scunthorpe since 2019. She is one of the new Conservative MPs that was elected inside the red wall in Boris Johnson's landslide victory at the 2019 general election.
Personal life
Mumby-Croft's father was a steelworker at the Scunthorpe Steelworks.
Political career
Prior to her election as an MP, Mumby-Croft was elected as a councillor for the Broughton and Appleby ward on North Lincolnshire Council in 2015, and was re-elected in May 2019.[1]
Mumby-Croft stood in Scunthorpe at the 2017 general election, and came second.
She stood again in Scunthorpe at the 2019 general election. Mumby-Croft defeated the incumbent Labour MP Nic Dakin with a 17.1% majority, representing a 12.8% swing from Labour to Conservative.
In February 2020, Mumby-Croft praised plans to build a multi-million pound national flood training centre in Scunthorpe [2]
Mumby-Croft made her maiden speech on 6 March 2020, and talked about the town's steel industry and made a commitment to increased school funding and the upgrading of Scunthorpe General Hospital.[3]
Electoral history
2019 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Holly Mumby-Croft | 20,306 | 53.8 | +10.3 | |
| Labour | Nic Dakin | 13,855 | 36.7 | −15.3 | |
| Brexit Party | Jerry Gorman | 2,044 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ryk Downes | 875 | 2.3 | +0.9 | |
| Green | Peter Dennington | 670 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 6,451 | 17.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 37,750 | 60.9 | −4.4 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +12.8 | |||
2017 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nic Dakin | 20,916 | 52.0 | +10.3 | |
| Conservative | Holly Mumby-Croft | 17,485 | 43.5 | +10.3 | |
| UKIP | Andy Talliss | 1,247 | 3.1 | −14.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ryk Downes | 554 | 1.4 | −0.7 | |
| Majority | 3,431 | 8.5 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 40,202 | 65.3 | +7.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.0 | |||
References
- ^ "Scunthorpe parliamentary constituency". BBC News. 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Plans revealed for national flood training centre in Scunthorpe". grimsbytelegraph. 13 February 2020. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "Scunthorpe MP puts steel industry at centre of speech in Parliament". grimsbytelegraph. 6 March 2020. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "North Lincolnshire Council | General Election 2019 candidates for Scunthorpe". Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "Scunthorpe parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
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