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City of York Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 
Boundary of City of York in North Yorkshire for the 2005 general election.
Location of North Yorkshire within England.County North Yorkshire Major settlements York 1265–2010 Number of members One Replaced by York Central, York Outer The City of York was a constituency 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.
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Boundaries
This constituency covered most of the city of York, though the outer parts of the city and local authority area fell within the Selby, Vale of York and Ryedale constituencies.
History
By virtue of its importance York was regularly represented in Parliament from an early date: it had been required to send delegates to the assembly of 1265, but no actual returns survive until the end of the 13th century.
A borough constituency consisting of the city of York has been represented in every Parliament since the Model Parliament of 1295. Until 1918, it returned two MPs; since then it has returned one. Until 1997, when its official name became City of York with no boundary changes,[1] the constituency was usually simply called York.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in North Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England recommended the creation of two new seats for the City of York. Both the City of York and Vale of York seats were abolished in 2010 and replaced by two new constituencies, namely York Central and York Outer
Members of Parliament
1265-1660
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- 1386: Thomas Graa; Robert Savage [2]
- 1388 (Feb): Thomas Holme; John Howden [2]
- 1388 (Sep): John Ripon; John Howden [2]
- 1390 (Jan):
- 1390 (Nov):
- 1391: William Selby; John Howden [2]
- 1393: Thomas Graa; William Helmsley [2]
- 1394: Thomas Graa; John __? [2]
- 1395: Thomas Graa; William Selby [2]
- 1397 (Jan): Thomas Graa; William Selby [2]
- 1397 (Sep):
- 1399: William Frost; John Bolton [2]
- 1401:
- 1402: Robert Talkan; Robert Ward [2]
- 1404 (Jan):
- 1404 (Oct):
- 1406:
- 1407: Robert Talkan; John Bolton [2]
- 1410:
- 1411:
- 1413 (Feb):
- 1413 (May):Thomas Santon; William Alne [2]
- 1414 (Apr):
- 1414 (Nov): Robert Holme; John Northby [2]
- 1415: John Morton; Richard Russell [2]
- 1416 (Mar): William Bowes; William Alne [2]
- 1416 (Oct):
- 1417: Thomas Santon; John Blackburn [2]
- 1419: Thomas Gare; John Northby [2]
- 1420: John Penrith; Henry Preston [2]
- 1421 (May): William Bowes; John Morton [2]
- 1421 (Dec): Thomas Gare; William Ormshead [2]
- 1510: William Nelson; Brian Palmes [3]
- 1512: William Nelson; Thomas Drawswerd [3]
- 1515: William Nelson; William Wright [3]
- 1523: Thomas Burton; John Norman [3]
- 1529: Peter Jackson, died and replaced Jan 1533 by George Gale; George Lawson [3]
- 1536: George Gale; Sir George Lawson [3]
- 1539: John Hogeson; William Tancred [3]
- 1542: John Hogeson; George Gale [3]
- 1545: John North; Robert Hall [3]
- 1547: Thomas Gargrave; William Holme [3]
- 1553 (Mar): William Watson; William Holme [3]
- 1553 (Oct): John North; Robert Hall [3]
- 1554 (Apr): John Beane; Richard White [3]
- 1554 (Nov): William Holme; William Coupland [3]
- 1555: William Holme; Reginald Beseley [3]
- 1558: William Holme; Robert Paycock [3]
- 1558/1559: William Watson; Richard Goldthorpe[4]
- 1562 (Dec): William Watson; Ralph Hall [4]
- 1571 (Mar): Ralph Hall; Hugh Graves [4]
- 1572 (Apr): Gregory Paycock, sick and replaced Feb 1581 by Robert Askewith; Hugh Graves [4]
- 1584: William Robinson; Robert Brooke [4]
- 1586 (Oct): William Hillard; Robert Brooke [4]
- 1588 (Nov): Robert Askewith; William Robinson [4]
- 1593: Andrew Trewe; James Birkby [4]
- 1597 (Sep): James Birkby; Thomas Moseley [4]
- 1601 (Oct): Sir John Bennet; Henry Hall [4]
- 1604: Roger Askwith; Christopher Brooke
- 1614: Sir Roger Askwith; Christopher Brooke
- 1621: Sir Roger Askwith; Christopher Brooke
- 1624: Sir Arthur Ingram; Christopher Brooke
- 1625: Sir Arthur Ingram; Christopher Brooke
- 1626: Sir Arthur Ingram; Christopher Brooke
- 1628: Sir Arthur Ingram; Sir Thomas Savile replaced after petition by Thomas Hoyle
- 1629–1640: No Parliaments Summoned
- 1640: Sir Edward Osborne, Bt
- 1640: Sir Roger Jaques
- 1640-1653: Sir William Allanson (Parliamentarian)
- 1640-1650: Thomas Hoyle (Parliamentarian) - died, January 1650
Barebones Parliament
- 1653: Thomas St. Nicholas
- 1654-1655: Sir Thomas Widdrington
- 1654-1655: Thomas Dickinson
Second Protectorate Parliament
- 1656: Sir Thomas Widdrington (Elected for more than one constituency, and did not sit for York in this Parliament)
- 1656-1658: Alderman Geldart
- 1656-1658: Thomas Dickinson
- 1659: Christopher Topham
- 1659: Thomas Dickinson
Long Parliament (restored)
- 1659-1660: Sir William Allanson; Thomas Hoyle, died, one seat vacant.
1660-1918
Election First member[5] First party Second member[5] Second party 1660 Sir Thomas Widdrington Sir Metcalfe Robinson 1661 Colonel John Scott 1665 Sir Thomas Osborne 1673 Sir Henry Thompson [6] 1679 Whig Sir John Hewley Whig 1685 Sir John Reresby Tory Sir Metcalfe Robinson 1689 Viscount Dunblane Tory Edward Thompson 1690 Robert Waller Henry Thompson 1695 Edward Thompson Tobias Jenkins 1698 Sir William Robinson January 1701 Edward Thompson December 1701 Tobias Jenkins 1705 Robert Benson 1713 Robert Fairfax 1715 Tobias Jenkins 1722 Sir William Milner, Bt Edward Thompson 1734 Sir John Lister Kaye 1741 Godfrey Wentworth 1742 George Fox [7] Tory 1747 William Thornton 1754 Sir John Armytage 1758 William Thornton 1761 Sir George Armytage Robert Lane 1768 Charles Turner [8] Lord John Cavendish Whig 1783 The Viscount Galway Tory 1784 Richard Slater Milnes Tory 1790 Sir William Mordaunt Milner, Bt Whig 1802 Lawrence Dundas Whig 1807 Sir Mark Masterman-Sykes Tory 1811 Lawrence Dundas Whig March 1820 Marmaduke Wyvill Whig June 1820 Robert Chaloner Whig 1826 James Wilson Tory 1830 Hon. Thomas Dundas Whig Samuel Adlam Bayntun Tory 1832 Hon. Edward Petre Whig 1833 Hon. Thomas Dundas Whig 1835 Hon. John Dundas Whig John Henry Lowther Conservative 1841 Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorke Whig 1847 John George Smyth Conservative 1848 William Mordaunt Edward Milner Whig 1857 Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead Liberal 1865 George Leeman Liberal James Lowther Conservative 1868 Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead Liberal 1871 George Leeman Liberal 1880 Joseph Johnson Leeman Liberal Ralph Creyke Liberal 1883 Sir Frederick Milner, Bt Conservative 1885 Alfred Edward Pease Liberal Frank Lockwood Liberal 1892 John George Butcher Conservative 1898 Admiral Lord Charles Beresford Conservative 1900 George Denison Faber Conservative 1906 Hamar Greenwood Liberal January 1910 Arnold Stephenson Rowntree Liberal John George Butcher Conservative 1918 Representation reduced to one member 1918–2010
Election Member[5] Party 1918 John George Butcher Conservative 1923 Sir John Marriott Conservative 1929 Frederick George Burgess Labour 1931 Roger Lumley Conservative 1937 Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood Conservative 1945 John Corlett Labour 1950 Sir Harry Hylton-Foster Conservative 1959 Charles Longbottom Conservative 1966 Alex Lyon Labour 1983 Conal Gregory Conservative 1992 Hugh Bayley Labour 2010 constituency abolished: see York Central and York Outer Elections
Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: City of York Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Hugh Bayley 21,836 46.9 −5.4 Conservative Clive Booth 11,364 24.4 +0.9 Liberal Democrat Andrew Waller 10,166 21.8 +4.0 Green Andy D'Agorne 2,113 4.5 +1.4 UKIP Richard Jackson 832 1.8 +0.6 Independent Ken Curran 121 0.3 N/A Death, Dungeons and Taxes Party Damien Fleck 93 0.2 N/A Independent Andrew Hinkles 72 0.2 N/A Majority 10,472 22.5 −6.3 Turnout 46,597 61.7 +2.7 Labour hold Swing −3.2 General Election 2001: City of York Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Hugh Bayley 25,072 52.3 −7.7 Conservative Michael McIntyre 11,293 23.5 −1.2 Liberal Democrat Andrew Waller 8,519 17.8 +6.6 Green Bill Shaw 1,465 3.1 +1.5 Socialist Alliance Frank Ormston 674 1.4 +1.4 UKIP Richard Bate 576 1.2 +0.7 Monster Raving Loony G. Cambridge 381 0.8 +0.8 Majority 13,779 28.8 Turnout 47,980 59.0 −14.2 Labour hold Swing −3.2 Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1992:York[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Hugh Bayley 31,525 49.1 +7.7 Conservative Conal Gregory 25,183 39.2 -2.4 Liberal Democrat Mrs KJ Anderson 6,811 10.6 -5.3 Green SN Kenwright 594 0.9 -0.1 Natural Law Mrs PS Orr 54 0.1 +0.1 Majority 6,342 9.9 +9.6 Turnout 81.0 +2.6 Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.1 See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies", BBC/ITN/PA News/Sky, 1995, p. 268.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/york. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/york. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/york. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Y"
- ^ Thompson died in 1683, but no election had been held to fill the vacancy before a new Parliament was summoned in 1685
- ^ Changed his name to George Fox-Lane during the 1747-1754 Parliament
- ^ Created a baronet as Sir Charles Turner, May 1782
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1265
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 2010
- Politics of York
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