| Selby and Ainsty | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Selby and Ainsty in North Yorkshire. |
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Location of North Yorkshire within England. |
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| County | North Yorkshire |
| Electorate | 73,580 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Selby |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Nigel Adams (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Selby |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Selby and Ainsty is a county 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.
The Boundary Commission for England recommended the creation of this seat following a review of parliamentary representation in York and North Yorkshire. The constituency covers the area around Selby and some parts of the ancient wapentake of Ainsty within the borough of Harrogate.
Contents |
This seat is a successor to Selby. The electoral wards used to create the extended constituency are:
Some villages in the previous Selby constituency have been moved to the new York Outer constituency.
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
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| 2010 | Nigel Adams | Conservative | |
| General Election 2010: Selby and Ainsty[3][4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Nigel Adams | 25,562 | 49.4 | +2.3 | |
| Labour | Jan Marshall | 13,297 | 25.7 | −17.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Tom Holvey | 9,180 | 17.7 | +7.7 | |
| UKIP | Darren Haley | 1,635 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| BNP | Duncan Lorriman | 1,377 | 2.7 | N/A | |
| English Democrats | Graham Glynn | 677 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,265 | 23.7 | +19.4 | ||
| Turnout | 51,728 | 71.1 | +2.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +9.7 | |||