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Selby | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | North Yorkshire |
Major settlements | Selby, Tadcaster, Sherburn-in-Elmet |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | None |
Seats | One |
Created from | Selby and Ainsty |
1983–2010 | |
Created from | Barkston Ash, Howden, Goole and Thirsk & Malton [1] |
Replaced by | Selby and Ainsty, York Outer |
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.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the 2024 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.
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.
The re-established constituency will be composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
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 2024 general election:
Election | Member [8] | Party | |
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1983 | Michael Alison | Conservative | |
1997 | John Grogan | Labour | |
2010 | constituency abolished: see Selby and Ainsty & York Outer |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Reform UK | David Kent [9] | ||||
Labour | Keir Mather [10] | ||||
Green | Angela Oldershaw [11] | ||||
Conservative | Charles Richardson [12] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Christian Vassie [13] | ||||
SDP | John Waterston [14] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing | |||||
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 | |||
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 | ||||
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 | |||
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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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 | % | ±% | |
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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) |
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