Selby and Ainsty (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°46′37″N 1°04′44″W / 53.777°N 1.079°W

Selby and Ainsty
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Selby and Ainsty in North Yorkshire.
Location of North Yorkshire within England.
County	North Yorkshire
Electorate	73,580 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Selby
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Nigel Adams (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Selby
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Selby and Ainsty is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Nigel Adams, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

History

For 2010 the Boundary Commission recommended the creation of this seat following a review of parliamentary representation in York and North Yorkshire. The constituency covers the area around Selby and some parts of the ancient wapentake of Ainsty within the borough of Harrogate.

Boundaries

This seat is a successor to Selby. The electoral wards used to create the extended constituency are:

• The entire District of Selby
• Marston Moor, Ouseburn, Ribston and Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale in the Borough of Harrogate

Some villages in the previous Selby constituency have been moved to the new York Outer constituency.

Constituency profile

One of three British major coal mines is operative in the seat at Kellingley Colliery.

In statistics

The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of two local government districts with similar characteristics: a working population whose income is close to the national average and lower than average reliance upon social housing.^[2] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 2.2% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 4.7%.^[3] The district contributing to the bulk of the seat has a low 14.5% of its population without a car, 21.2% of the population without qualifications and a relatively high 26.1% with level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure 75.0% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage by occupants as at the 2011 census across the Selby district.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[5]	Party
	2010	Nigel Adams	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Selby and Ainsty[6][7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Adams	27,725	52.5	+3.1
	Labour	Mark Hayes	14,168	26.8	+1.1
	UKIP	Colin Heath	7,389	14.0	+10.8
	Liberal Democrat	Nicola Turner	1,920	3.6	-14.1
	Green	Ian Richards	1,465	2.8	+2.8
	TUSC	Ian Wilson	137	0.3	+0.3
Majority			13,557	25.7
Turnout			52,804	69.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

General Election 2010: Selby and Ainsty[8][9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Adams	25,562	49.4	+2.3
	Labour	Jan Marshall	13,297	25.7	−17.1
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Holvey	9,180	17.7	+7.7
	UKIP	Darren Haley	1,635	3.2	+3.2
	BNP	Duncan Lorriman	1,377	2.7	+2.7
	English Democrats	Graham Glynn	677	1.3	+1.3
Majority			12,265	23.7
Turnout			51,728	71.1	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.7

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire

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. 2001 Census
3. Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
4. 2011 census interactive maps
5. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)
6. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
7. "Selby & Ainsty". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
8. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
9. "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Selby & Ainsty". BBC News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2010.