Selby (UK Parliament constituency)

Selby
Selby
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Selby in North Yorkshire for the 2005 general election
	Location of North Yorkshire within England
County	North Yorkshire
Major settlements	Selby, Tadcaster, Sherburn-in-Elmet
1983–2010
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Selby and Ainsty, York Outer
Created from	Barkston Ash, Howden, Goole and Thirsk & Malton

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.

History[]

This was a safe Conservative seat from 1983 to 1997 then became a Labour marginal for the remainder of its existence.

Boundaries[]

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^[2]). It included the University of York and the Drax and Eggborough power stations.

Boundary review[]

Following their 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 included in Vale of York constituency..

Members of Parliament[]

	Member^[3]	Party
1983	Michael Alison	Conservative
1997	John Grogan	Labour
2010	constituency abolished: see Selby and Ainsty & York Outer

Elections[]

Elections in the 2000s[]

General election 2005: Selby^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 2001: Selby^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	−1.0
	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

Elections in the 1990s[]

General election 1997: Selby^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Grogan	25,838	45.9	+11.0
	Conservative	Ken Hind	22,002	39.1	−11.1
	Liberal Democrats	A. 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

General election 1992: Selby^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Alison	31,067	50.2	−1.4
	Labour	John Grogan	21,559	34.8	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	A. 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

Elections in the 1980s[]

General election 1987: Selby^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1983: Selby^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Alison	26,712	56.7
	Liberal	W.K. 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)

Notes and references[]

^ "'Selby', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ The ward of Osbaldwick and Heworth Without was moved to the Selby constituency in 1997
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)
^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.145 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
^ The 1997 election result has swings relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Coordinates: 53°46′37″N 1°04′44″W / 53.777°N 1.079°W / 53.777; -1.079

[ElectionWeb83-1] "'Selby', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[2] The ward of Osbaldwick and Heworth Without was moved to the Selby constituency in 1997

[3] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)

[electoralcalculus2005-4] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2001-5] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-6] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[7] "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 5 January 2011.

[8] C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.145 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)

[9] The 1997 election result has swings relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.

[electoralcalculus1992-10] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[11] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

[electoralcalculus1987-12] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1983-13] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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