List of Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
The region[1] of Yorkshire and the Humber is divided into 54 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 25 Borough Constituencies and 29 County Constituencies. Since the general election of December 2019,[2] 26 are represented by Conservative MPs and 28 by Labour MPs.
Constituencies[]
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat * Brexit Party
Constituency [nb 1] | Electorate[3] | Majority[4][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[4] | Nearest opposition[4] | County | County location | Constituency map | ||
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Barnsley Central | 64,229 | 3,571 | Dan Jarvis‡ | Victoria Felton* | South Yorkshire | ||||
Barnsley East | 68,448 | 3,217 | Stephanie Peacock‡ | Jim Ferguson* | South Yorkshire | ||||
Batley and Spen CC | 80,110 | 323 | Kim Leadbeater‡ | Ryan Stephenson† | West Yorkshire | ||||
Beverley and Holderness CC | 78,645 | 20,448 | Graham Stuart† | Chloe Hopkins‡ | East Riding of Yorkshire (prev. Humberside) | ||||
Bradford East BC | 74,205 | 18,144 | Imran Hussain‡ | Linden Kemkaran† | West Yorkshire | ||||
Bradford South BC | 69,667 | 2,346 | Judith Cummins‡ | Narinder Sekhon† | West Yorkshire | ||||
Bradford West BC | 71,585 | 27,019 | Naz Shah‡ | Mohammed Afzal† | West Yorkshire | ||||
Brigg and Goole CC | 64,365 | 21,941 | Andrew Percy† | Majid Khan‡ | Lincolnshire and East Riding of Yorkshire (prev. Humberside) |
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Calder Valley CC | 77,504 | 5,774 | Craig Whittaker† | Joshua Fenton-Glynn‡ | West Yorkshire | ||||
Cleethorpes CC | 72,187 | 21,418 | Martin Vickers† | Ros James‡ | Lincolnshire (prev. Humberside) |
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Colne Valley CC | 84,744 | 5,103 | Jason McCartney† | Thelma Walker‡ | West Yorkshire | ||||
Dewsbury CC | 81,912 | 1,561 | Mark Eastwood† | Paula Sherriff‡ | West Yorkshire | ||||
Don Valley | 74,456 | 3,630 | Nick Fletcher† | Caroline Flint‡ | South Yorkshire | ||||
Doncaster Central | 70,446 | 2,278 | Rosie Winterton‡ | Roberto Weeden-Sanz† | South Yorkshire | ||||
Doncaster North | 71,348 | 2,370 | Ed Miliband‡ | Katrina Sale† | South Yorkshire | ||||
East Yorkshire CC | 79,701 | 22,787 | Greg Knight† | Catherine Minnis‡ | East Riding of Yorkshire (prev. Humberside) | ||||
Elmet and Rothwell CC | 80,957 | 17,353 | Alec Shelbrooke† | David Nagle‡ | West Yorkshire | ||||
Great Grimsby BC | 60,149 | 7,331 | Lia Nici† | Melanie Onn‡ | Lincolnshire (prev. Humberside) |
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Halifax BC | 70,413 | 2,569 | Holly Lynch‡ | Kashif Ali† | West Yorkshire | ||||
Haltemprice and Howden CC | 70,252 | 20,329 | David Davis† | George Ayre‡ | East Riding of Yorkshire (prev. Humberside) | ||||
Harrogate and Knaresborough CC | 76,777 | 9,675 | Andrew Jones† | Judith Rogerson¤ | North Yorkshire | ||||
Hemsworth CC | 74,001 | 1,180 | Jon Trickett‡ | Louise Calland† | West Yorkshire | ||||
Huddersfield BC | 65,917 | 4,937 | Barry Sheerman‡ | Ken Davy† | West Yorkshire | ||||
Keighley CC | 73,384 | 2,218 | Robbie Moore† | John Grogan‡ | West Yorkshire | ||||
Kingston upon Hull East BC[nb 3] | 65,116 | 1,239 | Karl Turner‡ | Rachel Storer† | East Riding of Yorkshire (prev. Humberside) | ||||
Kingston upon Hull North BC[nb 3] | 62,917 | 7,593 | Diana Johnson‡ | Holly Whitbread† | East Riding of Yorkshire (prev. Humberside) | ||||
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle BC[nb 3] | 59,092 | 2,856 | Emma Hardy‡ | Scott Bell† | East Riding of Yorkshire (prev. Humberside) | ||||
Leeds Central BC | 90,971 | 19,270 | Hilary Benn‡ | Peter Fortune† | West Yorkshire | ||||
Leeds East BC | 67,286 | 5,531 | Richard Burgon‡ | Jill Mortimer† | West Yorkshire | ||||
Leeds North East BC | 70,580 | 17,089 | Fabian Hamilton‡ | Amjad Bashir† | West Yorkshire | ||||
Leeds North West BC | 67,741 | 10,749 | Alex Sobel‡ | Stewart Harper† | West Yorkshire | ||||
Leeds West BC | 67,727 | 10,564 | Rachel Reeves‡ | Mark Dormer† | West Yorkshire | ||||
Morley and Outwood CC | 78,803 | 11,267 | Andrea Jenkyns† | Deanne Ferguson‡ | West Yorkshire | ||||
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford CC | 84,874 | 1,276 | Yvette Cooper‡ | Andrew Lee† | West Yorkshire | ||||
Penistone and Stocksbridge | 70,311 | 7,210 | Miriam Cates† | Francyne Johnson‡ | South Yorkshire | ||||
Pudsey BC | 73,212 | 3,517 | Stuart Andrew† | Jane Aitchison‡ | West Yorkshire | ||||
Richmond (Yorks) CC | 83,219 | 27,210 | Rishi Sunak† | Thom Kirkwood‡ | North Yorkshire | ||||
Rother Valley | 74,050 | 6,318 | Alexander Stafford† | Sophie Wilson‡ | South Yorkshire | ||||
Rotherham | 61,119 | 3,121 | Sarah Champion‡ | Gerri Hickton† | South Yorkshire | ||||
Scarborough and Whitby CC | 72,191 | 10,270 | Robert Goodwill† | Hugo Fearnley‡ | North Yorkshire | ||||
Scunthorpe CC | 60,345 | 6,451 | Holly Mumby-Croft† | Nic Dakin‡ | Lincolnshire (prev. Humberside) |
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Selby and Ainsty CC | 77,654 | 20,137 | Nigel Adams† | Malik Rofidi‡ | North Yorkshire | ||||
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough | 67,888 | 12,274 | Gill Furniss‡ | Hannah Westropp† | South Yorkshire | ||||
Sheffield Central | 79,414 | 27,273 | Paul Blomfield‡ | Janice Silvester-Hall† | South Yorkshire | ||||
Sheffield Hallam | 69,323 | 712 | Olivia Blake‡ | Laura Gordon¤ | South Yorkshire | ||||
Sheffield Heeley | 65,373 | 8,520 | Louise Haigh‡ | Gordon Gregory† | South Yorkshire | ||||
Sheffield South East | 67,031 | 4,289 | Clive Betts‡ | Marc Bayliss† | South Yorkshire | ||||
Shipley CC | 74,522 | 6,242 | Philip Davies† | Jo Pike‡ | West Yorkshire | ||||
Skipton and Ripon CC | 77,541 | 23,694 | Julian Smith† | Brian McDaid‡ | North Yorkshire | ||||
Thirsk and Malton CC | 79,964 | 25,154 | Kevin Hollinrake† | David Yellen‡ | North Yorkshire | ||||
Wakefield CC | 70,509 | 3,358 | Imran Ahmad-Khan† | Mary Creagh‡ | West Yorkshire | ||||
Wentworth and Dearne | 73,863 | 2,165 | John Healey‡ | Emily Barley† | South Yorkshire | ||||
York Central BC | 69,608 | 13,545 | Rachael Maskell‡ | Fabia Tate† | North Yorkshire | ||||
York Outer CC | 72,739 | 9,985 | Julian Sturdy† | Anna Perrett‡ | North Yorkshire |
Proposed boundary changes[]
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021. The Commission have calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the Yorkshire and the Humber region will be unchanged, at 54.[5]
The following seats are proposed:[6]
Constituency | Electorate | Ceremonial county | Local authority |
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76,794 | South Yorkshire | Barnsley | |
75,896 | South Yorkshire | Barnsley | |
75,955 | West Yorkshire | Calderdale / Kirklees | |
76,648 | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | |
Bradford East BC | 73,721 | West Yorkshire | Bradford |
Bradford South BC | 69,938 | West Yorkshire | Bradford |
Bradford West BC | 70,639 | West Yorkshire | Bradford |
73,175 | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | |
Calder Valley CC | 70,638 | West Yorkshire | Calderdale |
Colne Valley CC | 71,518 | West Yorkshire | Kirklees |
Dewsbury BC | 72,675 | West Yorkshire | Kirklees |
70,113 | Lincolnshire / South Yorkshire | Doncaster / North Lincolnshire | |
Doncaster North CC | 71,739 | South Yorkshire | Doncaster |
75,007 | South Yorkshire | Doncaster | |
76,015 | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | |
77,050 | Lincolnshire | North East Lincolnshire | |
Halifax CC | 70,802 | West Yorkshire | Calderdale |
Harrogate and Knaresborough BC | 72,850 | North Yorkshire | Harrogate |
73,935 | West Yorkshire | Leeds | |
Huddersfield BC | 76,044 | West Yorkshire | Kirklees |
Keighley CC | 72,954 | West Yorkshire | Bradford |
Kingston upon Hull East CC | 74,444 | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire / Kingston upon Hull |
Kingston upon Hull North BC | 72,020 | East Riding of Yorkshire | Kingston upon Hull |
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle CC | 71,620 | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire / Kingston upon Hull |
Leeds Central BC | 72,573 | West Yorkshire | Leeds |
Leeds East CC | 75,909 | West Yorkshire | Leeds |
Leeds North East CC | 70,976 | West Yorkshire | Leeds |
Leeds North West CC | 71,607 | West Yorkshire | Leeds |
Morley BC | 72,457 | West Yorkshire | Leeds |
75,388 | West Yorkshire | Wakefield | |
74,470 | West Yorkshire | Kirklees / Wakefield | |
Penistone and Stocksbridge CC | 71,377 | South Yorkshire | Barnsley / Sheffield |
Pontefract and Castleford CC | 72,751 | West Yorkshire | Wakefield |
Pudsey BC | 72,224 | West Yorkshire | Leeds |
70,272 | South Yorkshire | Doncaster / Rotherham | |
Richmond (Yorks) CC | 72,744 | North Yorkshire | Hambleton / Richmondshire |
Rother Valley CC | 75,805 | South Yorkshire | Rotherham |
Rotherham BC | 69,724 | South Yorkshire | Rotherham |
Scarborough and Whitby CC | 73,862 | North Yorkshire | Scarborough |
Scunthorpe CC | 74,278 | Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire |
Selby CC | 74,761 | North Yorkshire / West Yorkshire | Leeds / Selby |
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough BC | 71,154 | South Yorkshire | Sheffield |
Sheffield Central BC | 70,453 | South Yorkshire | Sheffield |
Sheffield Hallam CC | 76,637 | South Yorkshire | Sheffield |
Sheffield Heeley BC | 74,614 | South Yorkshire | Sheffield |
Sheffield South East BC | 76,223 | South Yorkshire | Sheffield |
Shipley CC | 74,095 | West Yorkshire | Bradford |
Skipton and Ripon CC | 76,758 | North Yorkshire | Craven / Harrogate |
71,628 | Lincolnshire | North East Lincolnshire / North Lincolnshire | |
Thirsk and Malton CC | 76,623 | North Yorkshire | Hambleton / Ryedale / Scarborough |
Wakefield BC | 73,968 | West Yorkshire | Leeds / Wakefield |
74,405 | North Yorkshire / West Yorkshire | Hambleton / Harrogate / Leeds / Selby | |
York Central BC | 74,854 | North Yorkshire | York |
York Outer CC | 72,720 | North Yorkshire | York |
Results history[]
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[7]
2019[]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the Yorkshire and the Humber region in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Conservative | 1,097,376 | 43.1% | 2.6% | 26 | 9 |
Labour | 989,787 | 38.9% | 10.1% | 28 | 9 |
Liberal Democrats | 205,225 | 8.1% | 3.1% | 0 | 0 |
Brexit | 150,579 | 5.9% | new | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 57,362 | 2.3% | 1.0% | 0 | 0 |
Others | 46,604 | 1.7% | 2.5% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2,546,933 | 100.0 | 54 |
Percentage votes[]
Key:
CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
LAB - Labour Party
LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
UKIP/Br - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019); Brexit Party in 2019
Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)
Seats[]
Key:
CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
LAB - Labour Party
LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
See also[]
- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
Notes[]
- ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
- ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
- ^ a b c Many sources list the Kingston upon Hull constituencies as Hull, following the city council's own practice. However, the official names have not adopted the short form.
References[]
- ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
- ^ "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Commons Library. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "Initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the Yorkshire and the Humber region | Boundary Commission for England | Page 7". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- Lists of constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in England