York Central
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of York Central in North Yorkshire
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Location of North Yorkshire within England
CountyNorth Yorkshire
Electorate69,608 (December 2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created2010
Member of ParliamentRachael Maskell (Labour Co-operative)
SeatsOne
Created fromCity of York

York Central is a parliamentary constituency[n 1] which is represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Rachael Maskell of the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party, making it one of only three constituencies (including Middlesbrough and Selby and Ainsty) in North Yorkshire not currently represented by the Conservatives.[n 2]

Constituency profile

The seat covers the historic centre of York which is a significant tourist destination, and surrounding suburbs including Acomb, Clifton and Fishergate. Residents' health and wealth are slightly above the UK averages.[2]

Creation

After the 2005 general election the parliamentary representation in North Yorkshire was reviewed by the Boundary Commission for England, which recommended the division of the former City of York constituency before the 2010 general election leading to two constituencies within the borders of the city of York - York Central is entirely surrounded by York Outer.

York Central is one of only two UK Parliament constituencies to be surrounded by another constituency. The other constituency, Bath, is entirely surrounded by North East Somerset.

Boundaries

York Central is formed from electoral wards from within the city of York.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[3] Party
2010 Sir Hugh Bayley Labour
2015 Rachael Maskell Labour and Co-operative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: York Central[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Rachael Maskell 27,312 55.2 −10.0
Conservative Fabia Tate 13,767 27.8 −2.4
Liberal Democrats James Blanchard 4,149 8.4 +3.7
Green Tom Franklin 2,107 4.3 New
Brexit Party Nicholas Szkiler 1,479 3.0 New
Yorkshire Andrew Snedden 557 1.1 New
SDP Andrew Dunn 134 0.3 New
Majority 13,545 27.4 −7.6
Turnout 49,505 66.0 −3.7
Labour Co-op hold Swing −3.8
General election 2017: York Central[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Rachael Maskell 34,594 65.2 +22.8
Conservative Ed Young 16,019 30.2 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Nick Love 2,475 4.7 -3.3
Majority 18,575 35.0 +20.9
Turnout 53,301 69.7 +5.4
Labour Co-op hold Swing +10.45
General election 2015: York Central[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Rachael Maskell 20,212 42.4 +2.4
Conservative Robert McIlveen 13,496 28.3 +2.2
UKIP Ken Guest 4,795 10.1 +7.7
Green Jonathan Tyler 4,791 10.0 +6.4
Liberal Democrats Nick Love 3,804 8.0 -17.2
Yorkshire First Chris Whitwood 291 0.6 New
TUSC Megan Ollerhead 288 0.6 New
Majority 6,716 14.1 +0.2
Turnout 47,677 63.3 +1.2
Labour Co-op hold Swing +0.1
General election 2010: York Central[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Bayley* 18,573 40.0 −8.9
Conservative Susan Wade-Weeks 12,122 26.1 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Christian Vassie 11,694 25.2 +5.0
Green Andy Chase 1,669 3.6 −1.7
BNP Jeff Kelly 1,171 2.5 New
UKIP Paul Abbott 1,100 2.4 +0.3
Monster Raving Loony Eddie Vee 154 0.3 New
Majority 6,451 13.9 −12.0
Turnout 46,483 62.1 +1.4
Labour hold Swing −6.0
* Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

  1. ↑ "Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library". Parliament UK. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ↑ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=York+Central
  3. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Y"
  4. ↑ "Parliamentary Election results December 2019 : York Central". City of York Council. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Election 2019 : York Central Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "Parliamentary election results June 2017". City of York Council. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "York Central Parliamentary constituency - Election 2017". Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "York Central". BBC News. Archived from the original on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Election 2010 - York Central". BBC News. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

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