City of York (UK Parliament constituency)

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City of York County constituency
City of York shown within North Yorkshire, and North Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1265
MP:	Hugh Bayley
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	North Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

The City of York is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary review 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 1265-1918 2.2 1918-present 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency covers most of the city of York, though the outer parts of the city and local authority area presently fall within the Selby, Vale of York and Ryedale constituencies.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England have recommended the creation of two new seats for the City of York.

Both existing City of York and Vale of York seats will be abolished and replaced by two new constituencies, namely;

• York Central
• York Outer

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] 1265-1918

2-seat constituency

[edit] 1918-present

(Since 1918 - 1 member)

Year		Member	Party
	1918	John George Butcher	Conservative
	1923	Sir John Arthur Marriott	Conservative
	1929	Frederick George Burgess	Labour
	1931	Lawrence Roger Lumley	Conservative
	1937	Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood	Conservative
	1945	John Corlett	Labour
	1950	Sir Harry Hylton-Foster	Conservative
	1959	Charles Brooke Longbottom	Conservative
	1966	Alexander Ward Lyon	Labour
	1983	Conal Robert Gregory	Conservative
	1992	Hugh Bayley	Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: City of York
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Bayley	21,836	46.9	−5.4
	Conservative	Clive Booth	11,364	24.4	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Waller	10,166	21.8	+4.0
	Green	Andy D'Agorne	2,113	4.5	+1.4
	UK Independence	Richard Jackson	832	1.8	+0.6
	Independent	Ken Curran	121	0.3	N/A
	Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party	Damien Fleck	93	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Andrew Hinkles	72	0.2	N/A
Majority			10,472	22.5	−6.3
Turnout			46,597	61.7	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.2

General Election 2001: City of York
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Bayley	25,072	52.3	−7.7
	Conservative	Michael McIntyre	11,293	23.5	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Waller	8,519	17.8	+6.6
	Green	Bill Shaw	1,465	3.1	+1.5
	Socialist Alliance	Frank Ormston	674	1.4	+1.4
	UK Independence	Richard Bate	576	1.2	+0.7
	Monster Raving Loony	G. Cambridge	381	0.8	+0.8
Majority			13,779	28.8
Turnout			47,980	59.0	−14.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.2

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
Labour	Barnsley Central | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Barnsley West and Penistone | Batley and Spen | Bradford North | Bradford South | Bradford West | Brigg and Goole | Calder Valley | City of York | Cleethorpes | Colne Valley | Dewsbury | Don Valley | Doncaster Central | Doncaster North | Elmet | Great Grimsby | Halifax | Hemsworth | Huddersfield | Keighley | Hull East | Hull North | Hull West and Hessle | Leeds Central | Leeds East | Leeds North East | Leeds West | Morley and Rothwell | Normanton | Pontefract and Castleford | Pudsey | Rother Valley | Rotherham | Scunthorpe | Selby | Sheffield Attercliffe | Sheffield Brightside | Sheffield Central | Sheffield Heeley | Sheffield Hillsborough | Wakefield | Wentworth
Conservative	Beverley and Holderness | East Yorkshire | Haltemprice and Howden | Richmond (Yorks) | Ryedale | Scarborough and Whitby | Shipley | Skipton and Ripon | Vale of York
Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough | Leeds North West | Sheffield Hallam
Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) | Conservative (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1)