| East Yorkshire | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of East Yorkshire in Humberside. |
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Location of Humberside within England. |
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| County | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Electorate | 80,435 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Bridlington, Driffield, Pocklington, Market Weighton |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | Greg Knight (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Bridlington |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | Yorkshire and the Humber |
East Yorkshire 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.
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East Yorkshire constituency covers the northern part of the East Riding of Yorkshire unitary authority from Pocklington and Market Weighton through Driffield to Bridlington. It corresponds to the former East Yorkshire district.
For the 2010 general election minor boundary changes affected the constituency. The civil parish of Middleton on the Wolds was transferred to the Beverley and Holderness constituency while Brandesburton was gained from the Beverley and Holderness constituency.[2]
This safe Conservative seat was created in 1997, replacing the former constituency of Bridlington. The MP for that seat since 1979, John Townend, won the new seat, and held it until he retired in 2001. His successor, the current incumbent Greg Knight, had previously represented the marginal seat of Derby North from 1983 until he was defeated in the Labour landslide in 1997.
| Election | Member [3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | John Townend | Conservative | |
| 2001 | Greg Knight | Conservative | |
| General Election, 2010: Yorkshire East[4][5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Greg Knight | 24,328 | 47.5 | +2.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Robert Adamson | 10,842 | 21.2 | +2.2 | |
| Labour | Paul Rounding | 10,401 | 20.3 | -11.8 | |
| UKIP | Chris Daniels | 2,142 | 4.2 | +0.5 | |
| BNP | Gary Pudsey | 1,865 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
| Social Democrat | Ray Allerston | 914 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Green | Mike Jackson | 762 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 13,486 | 26.3 | |||
| Turnout | 51,254 | 63.8 | +2.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 | |||
| General Election 2005: East Yorkshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Greg Knight | 21,215 | 45.2 | −0.7 | |
| Labour | Emma Hoddinott | 14,932 | 31.8 | −3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jim Wastling | 9,075 | 19.3 | +4.8 | |
| UKIP | Christopher Tresidder | 1,703 | 3.6 | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 6,283 | 13.4 | |||
| Turnout | 46,925 | 61.2 | +1.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: East Yorkshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Greg Knight | 19,861 | 45.9 | +3.2 | |
| Labour | Tracey Simpson-Laing | 15,179 | 35.0 | −0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mary-Rose Hardy | 6,300 | 14.5 | −4.0 | |
| UKIP | Trevor Pearson | 1,661 | 3.8 | N/A | |
| Independent | Paul Dessoy | 313 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,682 | 10.8 | |||
| Turnout | 43,314 | 59.9 | −10.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: East Yorkshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Townend | 20,904 | 42.7 | N/A | |
| Labour | Ian Male | 17,567 | 35.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Leadley | 9,070 | 18.5 | N/A | |
| Social Democrat | Trevor Pearson | 1,049 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Nationalist | M. Cooper | 381 | 0.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,337 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 48,971 | 70.6 | N/A | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||