East Yorkshire is a

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for the

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of the

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. It elects one

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(MP) at least once every five years by the

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electoral system. The constituency has been represented by

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of the

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since the 2001 general election.

History

The East Yorkshire constituency was created for the 1997 general election and replaced the

Bridlington Bridlington is a coastal town and a civil parish on the Holderness Coast of the North Sea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is about north of Hull and east of York. The Gypsey Race enters the North Sea at its harbour. The 2011 Cen ...

constituency. The

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MP for that seat since 1979,

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, won the new seat and held it until he retired at the 2001 general election. His successor, the current incumbent

, had previously represented the

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of Derby North from 1983 until he was defeated in the 1997 general election. To date it has been a Conservative

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and ranks 170th in terms of their share of the vote of their 631 candidates, with an approximately equally divided opposition in 2010.

Boundaries

1997–2010: The Borough of East Yorkshire. 2010–present: The District of East Riding of Yorkshire wards of Bridlington Central and Old Town, Bridlington North, Bridlington South, Driffield and Rural, East Wolds and Coastal, Pocklington Provincial, and Wolds Weighton.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:East Yorkshire (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997 Politics of the East Riding of Yorkshire