Named after the Humberside district of Boothferry, this constituency included areas which before local government reorganisation in 1974 had been in the West Riding of Yorkshire (Goole), the East Riding of Yorkshire (Howden) and Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey (Epworth and the Isle of Axholme).
This constituency was derived from a geographical area that included parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire.