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| East Yorkshire County constituency |
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| East Yorkshire shown within Humberside, and Humberside shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Greg Knight |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| EP constituency: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
East Yorkshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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Boundaries
East Yorkshire constituency covers the northern part of the East Riding of Yorkshire unitary authority from Pocklington and Market Weighton through Driffield to Bridlington. It corresponds to the former East Yorkshire district.
Members of Parliament
This safe Conservative seat was created at the 1997 general election, replacing the former constituency of Bridlington. The Conservative MP for that seat from 1979, John Townend, won the new seat, and held it until his retirement at the 2001 election. His successor, the current incumbent Greg Knight, had previously represented the marginal seat of Derby North from 1983 until his defeat by Labour in 1997.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | John Townend | Conservative | |
| 2001 | Greg Knight | Conservative | |
Election results
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Robert Adamson | ||||
| Conservative | Greg Knight | ||||
| Labour | Paul Rounding | ||||
| UK Independence | Chris Tresidder | ||||
| 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 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |
| UK Independence | 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 | ||||
| General Election 1997: East Yorkshire | |||||
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| 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 Democrat | Trevor Pearson | 1,049 | 2.1 | N/A | |
| Nationalist | M. 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
References
- ^ East Yorkshire, UKPollingReport
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