Selby | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Selby in Yorkshire and the Humber | |
County |
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Major settlements | Selby, Tadcaster, Sherburn-in-Elmet |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Keir Mather (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | |
1983–2010 | |
Created from | Barkston Ash, Howden, Goole and Thirsk & Malton[1] |
Replaced by | Selby and Ainsty, York Outer |
Selby is a parliamentary constituency in North Yorkshire, 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 constituency existed from 1983 to 2010 prior to reformation in 2024.[2]
History
[edit]This was a safe Conservative seat from 1983 to 1997 then became a Labour marginal for the remainder of its existence.
Boundaries
[edit]1983–2010
[edit]1983–1997: The District of Selby, and the District of Ryedale ward of Osbaldwick and Heworth.
1997–2010: The District of Selby.
The constituency covered the district of Selby and the south-eastern suburbs of the city of York (namely the parishes of Fulford, Heslington and Osbaldwick and Heworth Without[3]). It included the University of York and the Drax and Eggborough power stations.
2007 Boundary Review
[edit]Following its review of parliamentary representation in York and North Yorkshire in the 2000s, the Boundary Commission for England created a new seat of Selby and Ainsty. The new seat consists of much of the former Selby constituency, minus the south-western suburbs of York which are included in the (also newly created) seat of York Outer, plus rural areas south and east of Harrogate formerly part of the Vale of York constituency.
2023 Boundary Review
[edit]2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies recommended re-establishment of the constituency primarily from the constituency of Selby and Ainsty (which was abolished itself) in North Yorkshire - excluding the Ainsty area and the North Yorkshire Council wards of Appleton Roebuck & Church Fenton and Tadcaster, and with the addition of the City of Leeds ward of Kippax and Methley in West Yorkshire in time for be contested for the first time in the 2024 election.[4]
Since 2024
[edit]2024–present: The City of Leeds ward of: Kippax & Methley; and the District of Selby wards of: Barlby Village; Brayton; Byram & Brotherton; Camblesforth & Carlton; Cawood & Wistow; Derwent; Eggborough; Escrick; Hambleton; Monk Fryston; Riccall; Selby East; Selby West; Sherburn in Elmet; South Milford; Thorpe Willoughby; and Whitley.[5]
Members of Parliament
[edit]MPs 1983–2010
[edit]Election | Member[6] | Party | |
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1983 | Michael Alison | Conservative | |
1997 | John Grogan | Labour | |
2010 | constituency abolished: see Selby and Ainsty & York Outer |
MPs since 2024
[edit]Selby and Ainsty prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Keir Mather | Labour |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Keir Mather | 22,788 | 46.3 | +16.5 | |
Conservative | Charles Richardson | 12,593 | 25.6 | −32.4 | |
Reform UK | David John Burns | 9,565 | 19.4 | N/A | |
Green | Angela Oldershaw | 2,484 | 5.0 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christian Vassie | 1,792 | 3.6 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 10,195 | 20.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,222 | 63.1 | −7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 78,055 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
- Keir Mather (Labour) ― Incumbent MP for Selby and Ainsty
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]2019 notional result[9] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 30,575 | 58.0 | |
Labour | 15,737 | 29.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,165 | 6.0 | |
Others | 1,678 | 3.2 | |
Green | 1,602 | 3.0 | |
Turnout | 52,757 | 70.6 | |
Electorate | 74,761 |
Election results 1983–2010
[edit]Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Alison | 26,712 | 56.7 | ||
Liberal | Wilfred Whitaker | 10,747 | 22.8 | ||
Labour | Shirley Haines | 9,687 | 20.6 | ||
Majority | 15,965 | 33.9 | |||
Turnout | 47,146 | 72.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Alison | 28,611 | 51.6 | −5.1 | |
Labour | John Grogan | 14,832 | 26.7 | +6.1 | |
Liberal | James Longman | 12,010 | 21.7 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 13,779 | 24.9 | −9.0 | ||
Turnout | 55,453 | 77.69 | +5.6 | ||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Alison | 31,067 | 50.2 | −1.4 | |
Labour | John Grogan | 21,559 | 34.8 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Batty | 9,244 | 14.9 | −6.8 | |
Majority | 9,508 | 15.4 | −9.5 | ||
Turnout | 61,870 | 80.2 | +2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Grogan | 25,838 | 45.9 | +11.0 | |
Conservative | Ken Hind | 22,002 | 39.1 | −11.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Batty | 6,778 | 12.0 | −2.9 | |
Referendum | David Walker | 1,162 | 2.1 | New | |
UKIP | P. Spence | 536 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 3,836 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56,316 | 74.7 | −5.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.1 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Grogan | 22,652 | 45.1 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | Michael Mitchell | 20,514 | 40.8 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Wilcock | 5,569 | 11.1 | −0.9 | |
Green | Helen Kenwright | 902 | 1.8 | New | |
UKIP | Graham Lewis | 635 | 1.3 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 2,138 | 4.3 | −2.5 | ||
Turnout | 50,272 | 65.0 | −9.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.25 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Grogan | 22,623 | 43.1 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Mark Menzies | 22,156 | 42.2 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Cuthbertson | 7,770 | 14.8 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 467 | 0.9 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 52,549 | 65.4 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.7 |
See also
[edit]- List of parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the Yorkshire and the Humber (region)
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "'Selby', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ "Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ The ward of Osbaldwick and Heworth Without was moved to the Selby constituency in 1997
- ^ "New Seat Details - Selby". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)
- ^ "Selby results". BBC News. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Notice of Result of Poll" (PDF). North Yorkshire Council. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.145 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
- ^ The 1997 election result has swings relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
[edit]- Selby UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK