City of York (UK Parliament constituency)

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City of York
Borough 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.

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[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;

[edit] History

A borough constituency consisting of the city of York has been represented in every Parliament since the Model Parliament of 1295. Until 1918, it returned two MPs; since then it has returned one. Until 1997, when its official name became City of York, the constituency was usually simply called York.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] 1265-1660

  • 1608: Christopher Brooke
  • 1620: Alderman Askwith
  • 1628-1629: Sir Arthur Ingram
  • 1628: Sir Thomas Savile
  • 1628-1629: Thomas Hoyle (declared elected in place of Savile after petition)

Short Parliament

  • 1640: Sir Edward Osborne, Bt
  • 1640: ?

Long Parliament

Barebones Parliament

  • 1653: Thomas St. Nicholas

First Protectorate Parliament

Second Protectorate Parliament

  • 1656: Sir Thomas Widdrington (Elected for more than one constituency, and did not sit for York in this Parliament)
  • 1656-1658: Alderman Geldart
  • 1656-1658: Alderman Dickinson

Third Protectorate Parliament

Long Parliament (restored)

  • 1659-1660: ?

One seat vacant owing to death of Thomas Hoyle

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[edit] 1660-1918

Year First member First party Second member Second party
1660 Sir Thomas Widdrington Sir Metcalfe Robinson
1661 Colonel John Scott
1665 Sir Thomas Osborne
1673 Sir Henry Thompson [1]
1679 Whig Sir John Hewley Whig
1685 Sir John Reresby Tory Sir Metcalfe Robinson
1689 Viscount Dunblane Edward Thompson
1690 Robert Waller Henry Thompson
1695 Edward Thompson Tobias Jenkins
1698 Sir William Robinson
January 1701 Edward Thompson
December 1701 Tobias Jenkins
1705 Robert Benson
1713 Robert Fairfax
1715 Tobias Jenkins
1722 Sir William Milner Edward Thompson
1734 Sir John Lister Kaye
1741 Godfrey Wentworth
1742 George Fox [2]
1747 William Thornton
1754 Sir John Armytage
1758 William Thornton
1761 Sir George Armytage Robert Lane
1768 Charles Turner [3] Lord John Cavendish
1783 The Viscount Galway Tory
1784 Richard Slater Milnes Tory
1790 Sir William Mordaunt Milner Whig
1802 Lawrence Dundas Whig
1807 Sir Mark Masterman-Sykes Tory
1811 Lawrence Dundas Whig
March 1820 Marmaduke Wyvill Whig
June 1820 Robert Chaloner Whig
1826 James Wilson Tory
1830 Hon. Thomas Dundas Whig Samuel Adlam Bayntun Tory
1832 Hon. Edward Petre Whig
1833 Hon. Thomas Dundas Whig
1835 Hon. John Dundas Whig John Henry Lowther Conservative
1841 Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorke Whig
1847 John George Smyth Conservative
1848 William Mordaunt Edward Milner Whig
1857 Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead Liberal
1865 George Leeman Liberal James Lowther Conservative
1868 Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead Liberal
1871 George Leeman Liberal
1880 Joseph Johnson Leeman Liberal Ralph Creyke Liberal
1883 Sir Frederick Milner Conservative
1885 Alfred Edward Pease Liberal Frank Lockwood Liberal
1892 John George Butcher Conservative
1898 Admiral Lord Charles Beresford Conservative
1900 George Denison Faber Conservative
1906 Hamar Greenwood Liberal
January 1910 Arnold Stephenson Rowntree Liberal John George Butcher Conservative
1918 Representation reduced to one member

Notes

  1. ^ Thompson died in 1683, but no election had been held to fill the vacancy before a new Parliament was summoned in 1685
  2. ^ Changed his name to George Fox-Lane during the 1747-1754 Parliament
  3. ^ Created a baronet as Sir Charles Turner, May 1782

[edit] 1918-present

Election 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 Longbottom Conservative
1966 Alex Lyon Labour
1983 Conal 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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

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[edit] See also

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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 • Hull East • Hull North • Hull West and Hessle • Keighley • 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
Liberal Democrat
Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) • Conservative (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • UKIP (1)
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