Holly Mumby-Croft

British Conservative politician

Holly Mumby-Croft
Official portrait, 2019

Member of Parliament for Scunthorpe
In office 12 December 2019 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	Nic Dakin
Succeeded by	Nic Dakin

Personal details
Born	July 1985 (age 38–39) Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Education	Sir John Nelthorpe School
Alma mater	Lincoln University

Holly Mumby-Croft (born July 1985)^[1] is a British Conservative Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Scunthorpe from 2019 to 2024.

Early life

Mumby-Croft was born in Scunthorpe. She attended Sir John Nelthorpe School in Brigg and Brigg Sixth-Form College followed by reading English and History at the University of Lincoln.^[2]

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 but subsequently stood down upon being elected to Parliament.^[3]

Mumby-Croft stood in Scunthorpe at the 2017 general election, and came second. She stood again at the 2019 general election, and defeated the incumbent Labour MP Nic Dakin, winning with a 17.1% majority. This represented 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.^[4] Mumby-Croft made her maiden speech on 6 March 2020, and talked about the town's steel industry. She also made a commitment to increased school funding and the upgrading of Scunthorpe General Hospital.^[5]

In October 2020, Mumby-Croft was one of five Conservative MPs who broke the whip to vote for a Labour opposition day motion to extend the provision of free school meals during school holidays until Easter 2021.^[6]

Mumby-Croft lost her seat in the 2024 general election to Labour MP Nic Dakin, who regained his seat from her after losing to her in 2019.

Electoral history

2019 general election

General election 2019: Scunthorpe^[7]
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

General election 2017: Scunthorpe^[8]
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

^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
^ "About Holly Mumby-Croft".
^ "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.
^ Ford, Gregory (22 October 2020). "Scunthorpe MP Holly Mumby-Croft reveals why she had to break Tory ranks in free school meals vote". Grimsby Live. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
^ "North Lincolnshire Council | General Election 2019 candidates for Scunthorpe". Retrieved 25 November 2019.
^ "Scunthorpe parliamentary constituency". BBC News.