York Outer (UK Parliament constituency)

York Outer
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of York Outer in North Yorkshire.
Location of North Yorkshire within England.
County	North Yorkshire
Electorate	75,125 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Huntington, Haxby, Rawcliffe, Clifton Without, Heslington
Current constituency
Created	2010 (2010)
Member of Parliament	Julian Sturdy (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Vale of York, City of York, Selby
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

York Outer 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.

Following its review of parliamentary representation in North Yorkshire and the City of York, the Boundary Commission for England have recommended the creation of two new constituencies for the City of York which means the abolition of Vale of York, City of York and Selby seats.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 3.1 Elections in the 2010s 4 See also 5 Notes and references

Boundaries

York Outer is formed from electoral wards from entirely within the city of York,^[2] namely:

• Bishopthorpe, Derwent, Dringhouses and Woodthorpe, Fulford, Haxby and Wigginton, Heslington, Heworth Without, Huntington and New Earswick, Osbaldwick, Rural West York, Skelton, Rawcliffe and Clifton Without, Strensall, Elvington and Wheldrake.

The constituency is in the form of a ring surrounding the York Central constituency. The name of the seat was subject to much discussion at the Commission's public meetings, but no suitable alternative on which there was overall agreement could be found. Suggested alternatives such as "Greater York" or "County of York" were rejected as not reflecting the existence of the single Unitary Authority of York.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [3]	Party
	2010	Julian Sturdy	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: York Outer[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Sturdy	22,912	43.0	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Madeleine Kirk	19,224	36.1	−0.7
	Labour	James Alexander	9,108	17.1	−9.9
	UKIP	Judith Morris	1,100	2.1	N/A
	BNP	Cathy Smurthwaite	956	1.8	N/A
Majority			3,688	6.9	+7.4
Turnout			53,300	71.1	+6.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+3.7

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire

Notes and references

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (54) Labour (31) Barnsley Central Barnsley East Batley and Spen Bradford South Bradford West Don Valley Doncaster Central Doncaster North Great Grimsby Halifax Hemsworth Huddersfield Hull East Hull North Hull West and Hessle Leeds Central Leeds East Leeds North East Leeds West Morley and Outwood Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Penistone and Stocksbridge Rother Valley Scunthorpe Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Sheffield Central Sheffield Heeley Sheffield South East Wakefield Wentworth and Dearne York Central Conservative (19) Beverley and Holderness Brigg and Goole Calder Valley Cleethorpes Colne Valley Dewsbury East Yorkshire Elmet and Rothwell Haltemprice and Howden Harrogate and Knaresborough Keighley Pudsey Richmond (Yorks) Scarborough and Whitby Selby and Ainsty Shipley Skipton and Ripon Thirsk and Malton York Outer Liberal Democrats (3) Bradford East Leeds North West Sheffield Hallam Independent (1) Rotherham Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Liberal Democrats (2) Conservative (1) Labour (1) UKIP (1) British National Party (1)