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East Yorkshire is a county constituency for the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by the first-past-the-post electoral system. The constituency has been represented by Greg Knight of the Conservative Party since the 2001 general election.

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
Population	100,377 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	79,701 (December 2019)[2]
Major settlements	Bridlington, Driffield, Pocklington, Market Weighton
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	Greg Knight (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Bridlington, Boothferry

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, the current incumbent Greg Knight, had previously represented the marginal seat of Derby North from 1983 until he was defeated in the 1997 general election.^{[citation needed]} 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 an approximately equally divided opposition in 2010.[3]

Boundaries

1997–2010: The Borough of East Yorkshire.[4]

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.[5]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1997	John Townend	Conservative
	2001	Greg Knight	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: East Yorkshire[6]

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

General election 2017: East Yorkshire[7]

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

General election 2015: East Yorkshire[8]

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

General election 2010: East Yorkshire[9]

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

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: East Yorkshire[10]

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

General election 2001: East Yorkshire[11]

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

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: East Yorkshire[12]

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)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

References

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