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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.
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat * Brexit Party
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 |
---|---|---|---|
Barnsley North CC | 76,794 | South Yorkshire | Barnsley |
Barnsley South CC | 75,896 | South Yorkshire | Barnsley |
Batley and Hipperholme BC | 75,955 | West Yorkshire | Calderdale / Kirklees |
Beverley and The Wolds CC | 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 |
Bridlington and Holderness CC | 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 |
Doncaster East and Axholme CC | 70,113 | Lincolnshire / South Yorkshire | Doncaster / North Lincolnshire |
Doncaster North CC | 71,739 | South Yorkshire | Doncaster |
Doncaster Town CC | 75,007 | South Yorkshire | Doncaster |
Goole and Haltemprice CC | 76,015 | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire |
Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes BC | 77,050 | Lincolnshire | North East Lincolnshire |
Halifax CC | 70,802 | West Yorkshire | Calderdale |
Harrogate and Knaresborough BC | 72,850 | North Yorkshire | Harrogate |
Headingley BC | 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 |
Normanton and Hemsworth CC | 75,388 | West Yorkshire | Wakefield |
Ossett and Denby Dale CC | 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 |
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough CC | 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 |
South Humber CC | 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 |
Weatherby and Easingwold CC | 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 |
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [7]
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% | 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 |
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)
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
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