Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber

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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

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  † 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
Barnsley Central 64,229 3,571 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Dan Jarvis‡ bgcolor="Template:Brexit Party/meta/color" |  Victoria Felton* South Yorkshire
Barnsley East 68,448 3,217 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Stephanie Peacock‡ bgcolor="Template:Brexit Party/meta/color" |  Jim Ferguson* South Yorkshire
Batley and Spen CC 80,110 3,525 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tracy Brabin‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mark Brooks† West Yorkshire
A medium-sized constituency located in the centre of the county.
Beverley and Holderness CC 78,645 20,448 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Graham Stuart† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Chloe Hopkins‡ East Riding of Yorkshire (prev. Humberside)
Bradford East BC 74,205 18,144 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Imran Hussain‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Linden Kemkaran† West Yorkshire
A medium-sized constituency located in the south east of the county.
Bradford South BC 69,667 2,346 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Judith Cummins‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Narinder Sekhon† West Yorkshire
A medium-sized constituency, located to the north of the centre of the county. It is entirely bounded by other constituencies in the county.
Bradford West BC 71,585 27,019 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Naz Shah‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mohammed Afzal† West Yorkshire
A medium-to-large constituency, located in the southeast of the county.
Brigg and Goole CC 64,365 21,941 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Andrew Percy† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Majid Khan‡ Lincolnshire and
East Riding of Yorkshire (prev. Humberside)
Calder Valley CC 77,504 5,774 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Craig Whittaker† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Joshua Fenton-Glynn‡ West Yorkshire
A small constituency, located in the centre of the county, to the east of two other small constituencies.
Cleethorpes CC 72,187 21,418 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Martin Vickers† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ros James‡ Lincolnshire
(prev. Humberside)
Colne Valley CC 84,744 5,103 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jason McCartney† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Thelma Walker‡ West Yorkshire
A small constituency, located in the centre of the county to the south of two equally small constituencies.
Dewsbury CC 81,912 1,561 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mark Eastwood† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Paula Sherriff‡ West Yorkshire
A small constituency, situated in the centre of the county to the west of two similarly-sized constituencies.
Don Valley 74,456 3,630 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Nick Fletcher† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Caroline Flint‡ South Yorkshire
Doncaster Central 70,446 2,278 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Rosie Winterton‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Roberto Weeden-Sanz† South Yorkshire
Doncaster North 71,348 2,370 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ed Miliband‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Katrina Sale† South Yorkshire
East Yorkshire CC 79,701 22,787 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Greg Knight† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Catherine Minnis‡ East Riding of Yorkshire (prev. Humberside)
Elmet and Rothwell CC 80,957 17,353 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Alec Shelbrooke† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Nagle‡ West Yorkshire
A small-to-medium-sized constituency in the north of the county.
Great Grimsby BC 60,149 7,331 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Lia Nici† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Melanie Onn‡ Lincolnshire
(prev. Humberside)
Halifax BC 70,413 2,569 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Holly Lynch‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Kashif Ali† West Yorkshire
A medium-sized constituency situated in the north west of the county.
Haltemprice and Howden CC 70,252 20,329 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  David Davis† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  George Ayre‡ East Riding of Yorkshire (prev. Humberside)
Harrogate and Knaresborough CC 76,777 9,675 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Andrew Jones† bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |  Judith Rogerson¤ North Yorkshire
Hemsworth CC 74,001 1,180 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jon Trickett‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Louise Calland† West Yorkshire
A very large constituency. It consists of the eastern portion of the county. It also includes the entirety of a second, smaller county, located to the east of the larger county.
Huddersfield BC 65,917 4,937 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Barry Sheerman‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Ken Davy† West Yorkshire
A large constituency in the south of the county.
Keighley CC 73,384 2,218 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Robbie Moore† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Grogan‡ West Yorkshire
A small constituency, situated in the centre of the county to the west of two similarly-sized constituencies.
Kingston upon Hull East BC[nb 3] 65,116 1,239 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Karl Turner‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Rachel Storer† East Riding of Yorkshire (prev. Humberside)
Kingston upon Hull North BC[nb 3] 62,917 7,593 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Diana Johnson‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Holly Whitbread† East Riding of Yorkshire (prev. Humberside)
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle BC[nb 3] 59,092 2,856 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Emma Hardy‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Scott Bell† East Riding of Yorkshire (prev. Humberside)
Leeds Central BC 90,971 19,270 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Hilary Benn‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Peter Fortune† West Yorkshire
A small-to-medium-sized constituency in the north of the county.
Leeds East BC 67,286 5,531 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Richard Burgon‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jill Mortimer† West Yorkshire
A medium-sized constituency situated in the north west of the county.
Leeds North East BC 70,580 17,089 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Fabian Hamilton‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Amjad Bashir† West Yorkshire
A very large constituency. It consists of the eastern portion of the county. It also includes the entirety of a second, smaller county, located to the east of the larger county.
Leeds North West BC 67,741 10,749 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Alex Sobel‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Stewart Harper† West Yorkshire
A large constituency in the south of the county.
Leeds West BC 67,727 10,564 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Rachel Reeves‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Mark Dormer† West Yorkshire
A large constituency in the south of the county.
Morley and Outwood CC 78,803 11,267 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andrea Jenkyns† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Deanne Ferguson‡ West Yorkshire
A small-to-medium-sized constituency in the north of the county.
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford CC 84,874 1,276 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Yvette Cooper‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Andrew Lee† West Yorkshire
A medium-sized constituency situated in the north west of the county.
Penistone and Stocksbridge 70,311 7,210 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Miriam Cates† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Francyne Johnson‡ South Yorkshire
Pudsey BC 73,212 3,517 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stuart Andrew† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jane Aitchison‡ West Yorkshire
A very large constituency. It consists of the eastern portion of the county. It also includes the entirety of a second, smaller county, located to the east of the larger county.
Richmond (Yorks) CC 83,219 27,210 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Rishi Sunak† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Thom Kirkwood‡ North Yorkshire
Rother Valley 74,050 6,318 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Alexander Stafford† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sophie Wilson‡ South Yorkshire
Rotherham 61,119 3,121 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Sarah Champion‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Gerri Hickton† South Yorkshire
Scarborough and Whitby CC 72,191 10,270 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Robert Goodwill† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Hugo Fearnley‡ North Yorkshire
Scunthorpe CC 60,345 6,451 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Holly Mumby-Croft† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Nic Dakin‡ Lincolnshire
(prev. Humberside)
Selby and Ainsty CC 77,654 20,137 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Nigel Adams† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Malik Rofidi‡ North Yorkshire
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough 67,888 12,274 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Gill Furniss‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Hannah Westropp† South Yorkshire
Sheffield Central 79,414 27,273 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Paul Blomfield‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Janice Silvester-Hall† South Yorkshire
Sheffield Hallam 69,323 712 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Olivia Blake‡ bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" |  Laura Gordon¤ South Yorkshire
Sheffield Heeley 65,373 8,520 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Louise Haigh‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Gordon Gregory† South Yorkshire
Sheffield South East 67,031 4,289 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Clive Betts‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Marc Bayliss† South Yorkshire
Shipley CC 74,522 6,242 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Philip Davies† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Jo Pike‡ West Yorkshire
A large constituency in the south of the county.
Skipton and Ripon CC 77,541 23,694 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Julian Smith† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Brian McDaid‡ North Yorkshire
Thirsk and Malton CC 79,964 25,154 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Kevin Hollinrake† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  David Yellen‡ North Yorkshire
Wakefield CC 70,509 3,358 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Imran Ahmad-Khan† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Mary Creagh‡ West Yorkshire
A large constituency in the south of the county.
Wentworth and Dearne 73,863 2,165 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  John Healey‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Emily Barley† South Yorkshire
York Central BC 69,608 13,545 bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Rachael Maskell‡ bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Fabia Tate† North Yorkshire
York Outer CC 72,739 9,985 bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Julian Sturdy† bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |  Anna Perrett‡ North Yorkshire

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries.[5] Subsequently, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020[6] was passed into law on 14 December 2020. This formally removed the duty to implement the 2018 review and set out the framework for future boundary reviews. The Act provided that the number of constituencies should remain at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.

The Act specified that the next review should be completed no later than 1 July 2023 and the Boundary Commission formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[7] The Commission have calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the Yorkshire and the Humber region will be unchanged, at 54.[8]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[9]

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
Conservative 1,097,376 43.1% Increase2.6% 26 Increase9
Labour 989,787 38.9% Decrease10.1% 28 Decrease9
Liberal Democrats 205,225 8.1% Increase3.1% 0 0
Brexit 150,579 5.9% new 0 0
Greens 57,362 2.3% Increase1.0% 0 0
Others 46,604 1.7% Decrease2.5% 0 0
Total 2,546,933 100.0 54

Percentage votes

Yorkshire and the Humber votes percentage

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

Yorkshire and the Humber 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

Notes

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  3. ^ 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

  1. ^ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. ^ "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Commons Library. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "2023 Review launched | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  8. ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  9. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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