East Yorkshire (constituency)
UK Parliament constituency (1997–2024)
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East Yorkshire was a county constituency for the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, established for 1997 general election. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by the first-past-the-post electoral system. The constituency represented northern part of the East Riding of Yorkshire county.
| East Yorkshire | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
2010–2024 boundary of East Yorkshire in Humberside | |
 Location of Humberside within England | |
| County | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Population | 100,377 (2011 census)[1] |
| Electorate | 79,701 (December 2019)[2] |
| Major settlements | Bridlington, Driffield, Pocklington, Market Weighton |
| 1997–2024 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | |
| Replaced by | |
Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished and replaced primarily (with moderate boundary changes) by the new Bridlington and The Wolds constituency since 2024 general election.[3]
History
The East Yorkshire constituency was created for the 1997 general election and replaced the Bridlington constituency. The Conservative MP for that seat since 1979, John Townend, won the new seat and held it until he retired at the 2001 general election. His successor Greg Knight had previously represented the marginal seat of Derby North from 1983 until he was defeated in the 1997 general election.[citation needed] Since the creation of the constituency until its abolition in 2024 it was Conservative safe seat and ranked 170th in terms of their share of the vote of their 631 candidates, with an approximately equally divided opposition in 2010.[4]
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | John Townend | Conservative | |
| 2001 | Greg Knight | Conservative | |
| 2024 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results 1997–2024
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Townend | 20,904 | 42.7 | ||
| Labour | Ian Male | 17,567 | 35.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Leadley | 9,070 | 18.5 | ||
| SDP | Raymond Allerston | 1,049 | 2.1 | ||
| National Democrats | Michael Cooper | 381 | 0.8 | ||
| Majority | 3,337 | 6.8 | |||
| Turnout | 48,971 | 70.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 69,482 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Greg Knight | 19,861 | 45.9 | +3.2 | |
| Labour | Tracey Simpson-Laing | 15,179 | 35.0 | −0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary-Rose Hardy | 6,300 | 14.5 | −4.0 | |
| UKIP | Trevor Pearson | 1,661 | 3.8 | New | |
| Independent | Paul Dessoy | 313 | 0.7 | New | |
| Majority | 4,682 | 10.9 | +4.1 | ||
| Turnout | 43,314 | 60.1 | −10.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 72,052 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Greg Knight | 21,215 | 45.2 | −0.7 | |
| Labour | Emma Hoddinott | 14,932 | 31.8 | −3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Wastling | 9,075 | 19.3 | +4.8 | |
| UKIP | Christopher Tresidder | 1,703 | 3.6 | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 6,283 | 13.4 | +2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 46,925 | 61.6 | +1.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 76,218 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Greg Knight | 24,328 | 47.5 | +2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Adamson | 10,842 | 21.2 | +1.9 | |
| Labour | Paul Rounding | 10,401 | 20.3 | −11.5 | |
| UKIP | Chris Daniels | 2,142 | 4.2 | +0.6 | |
| BNP | Gary Pudsey | 1,865 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
| SDP | Ray Allerston | 914 | 1.8 | New | |
| Green | Mike Jackson | 762 | 1.5 | New | |
| Majority | 13,486 | 26.3 | +12.9 | ||
| Turnout | 51,254 | 64.0 | +2.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 80,105 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Greg Knight | 25,276 | 50.6 | +3.1 | |
| Labour | Kevin Hickson | 10,343 | 20.7 | +0.4 | |
| UKIP | Stephanie Todd | 8,955 | 17.9 | +13.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Adamson | 2,966 | 5.9 | −15.3 | |
| Green | Mark Maloney | 1,731 | 3.5 | +2.0 | |
| Yorkshire First | Stewart Arnold | 720 | 1.4 | New | |
| Majority | 14,933 | 29.9 | +3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 49,991 | 61.7 | −2.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 81,023 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Greg Knight | 31,442 | 58.3 | +7.7 | |
| Labour | Alan Clark | 16,436 | 30.5 | +9.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Carl Minns | 2,134 | 4.0 | −1.9 | |
| UKIP | Andrew Dennis | 1,986 | 3.7 | −14.2 | |
| Yorkshire | Timothy Norman | 1,015 | 1.9 | +0.5 | |
| Green | Michael Jackson | 943 | 1.7 | −1.8 | |
| Majority | 15,006 | 27.8 | −2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 53,956 | 66.6 | +4.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 81,065 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −1.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Greg Knight | 33,988 | 64.4 | +6.1 | |
| Labour | Catherine Minnis | 11,201 | 21.2 | –9.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dale Needham | 4,219 | 8.0 | +4.0 | |
| Yorkshire | Tim Norman | 1,686 | 3.2 | +1.3 | |
| Green | Mike Jackson | 1,675 | 3.2 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 22,787 | 43.2 | +15.4 | ||
| Turnout | 52,769 | 65.3 | –1.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 80,871 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +7.7 | |||