East Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Yorkshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of East Yorkshire in Humberside.
Location of Humberside within England.
County	East Riding of Yorkshire
Electorate	80,435 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Bridlington, Driffield, Pocklington and 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 constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Greg Knight of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1997-2010: The Borough of East Yorkshire.

2010-present: The District of East Riding of Yorkshire wards of Bridlington Central and Old Town, Bridlington North, Bridlington South, Driffield and Rural, East Wolds and Coastal, Pocklington Provincial, and Wolds Weighton.

East Yorkshire constituency covers the northern part of the East Riding of Yorkshire unitary authority from Pocklington and Market Weighton through Driffield to Bridlington and corresponds to the former East Yorkshire district.

History

This seat was created in 1997 and replaced Bridlington. The Conservative 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 1997 Labour landslide election. To date it has been a Conservative safe seat and ranks 170th in terms of their share of the vote of their 631 candidates, with in 2010 an approximately equally divided opposition.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[3]	Party
	1997	John Townend	Conservative
	2001	Sir Greg Knight	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Yorkshire East[4][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Greg Knight	25,276	50.6	+3.1
	Labour	Kevin Hickson	10,343	20.7	+0.4
	UKIP	Steph Todd	8,955	17.9	+13.7
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Adamson	2,966	5.9	-15.2
	Green	Mark Maloney	1,731	3.5	+2.0
	Yorkshire First	Stewart Arnold	720	1.4	+1.4
Majority			14,933	29.9	+3.6
Turnout			49,991	61.7	-2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Yorkshire East[6][7]
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	N/A
	Social Democratic	Ray Allerston	914	1.8	N/A
	Green	Mike Jackson	762	1.5	N/A
Majority			13,486	26.3
Turnout			51,254	63.8	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.1

Elections in the 2000s

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

Elections in the 1990s

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 Democratic	Trevor Pearson	1,049	2.1	N/A
	National Democrats	Mike Cooper	381	0.8	N/A
Majority			3,337	6.8	N/A
Turnout			48,971	70.6	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

Notes and references

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

1. "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. General Election Results from the Electoral Commission
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Y"
4. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
5. "Yorkshire East". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
6. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
7. "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Yorkshire East". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.

Coordinates: 54°01′44″N 0°27′58″W / 54.029°N 0.466°W