Selby_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Selby (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–2010
Selby was a parliamentary constituency in North Yorkshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency existed from 1983 to 2010.
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| Selby | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Selby in North Yorkshire for the 2005 general election | |
 Location of North Yorkshire within England | |
| County | North Yorkshire |
| Major settlements | Selby, Tadcaster, Sherburn-in-Elmet |
| 1983–2010 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Barkston Ash, Howden, Goole and Thirsk & Malton[1] |
| Replaced by | Selby and Ainsty, York Outer |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election, straddling both North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.[2]
This was a safe Conservative seat from 1983 to 1997 then became a Labour marginal for the remainder of its existence.
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
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.
Proposed
The re-established constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The City of Leeds ward of Kippax & Methley.
- 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; Whitley.[4]
It will be formed primarily from the (to be abolished) constituency of Selby and Ainsty 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.[5]
With effect from 1 April 2023, the District of Selby was abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of North Yorkshire.[6] The constituency will therefore now comprise the following from the next general election:
- The City of Leeds ward of Kippax & Methley.
- The North Yorkshire electoral divisions of: Barlby & Riccall; Brayton & Barlow; Camblesforth & Carlton; Cawood & Escrick; Cliffe & North Duffield; Monk Fryston & South Milford; Osgoldcross; Selby East; Selby West; Sherburn in Elmet; Thorpe Willoughby & Hambleton.[7]
| Election | Member[8] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Michael Alison | Conservative | |
| 1997 | John Grogan | Labour | |
| 2010 | constituency abolished: see Selby and Ainsty & York Outer | ||
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | David Kent[9] | ||||
| Labour | Keir Mather[10] | ||||
| Green | Angela Oldershaw[11] | ||||
| Conservative | Charles Richardson[12] | ||||
| SDP | John Waterston[13] | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Grogan | 25,838 | 45.9 | +11.0 | |
| Conservative | Ken Hind | 22,002 | 39.1 | −11.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | A. 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 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Alison | 31,067 | 50.2 | −1.4 | |
| Labour | John Grogan | 21,559 | 34.8 | +8.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | A. 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 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |||||
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- "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
- "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
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- "Selby Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- "Charles Richardson to take on Keir Mather MP in 2024 General Election". York Press. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- "Selby District Green Party announce Angela Oldershaw as their Parliamentary Candidate for Selby". Harrogate News. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- "Charles Richardson to take on Keir Mather MP in 2024 General Election". The York Press. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- "GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES". SDP. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
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- 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.
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