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East Yorkshire (uk Parliament Constituency)




  Map1 EastYorkshire
  Type County
  Map2 Humberside
  Entity Humberside
  County East Riding of Yorkshire
  Year 1997
  MP Greg Knight
  Party Conservative
  EP Yorkshire and the Humber


East Yorkshire is a Constituency represented in the House Of Commons of the Parliament Of The United Kingdom . It elects one Member Of Parliament (MP) by the First Past The Post system of election.


BOUNDARIES

East Yorkshire constituency covers the eastern part of Yorkshire from Pocklington and Market Weighton through Driffield to Bridlington .


MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT



ELECTION RESULTS


  party Conservative Party (UK)
  candidate Greg Knight
  votes 21,215
  percentage 452
  change &minus07


  party Labour Party (UK)
  candidate Emma Hoddinott
  votes 14,932
  percentage 318
  change &minus32


  party Liberal Democrats (UK)
  candidate Jim Wastling
  votes 9,075
  percentage 193
  change +48


  party United Kingdom Independence Party
  candidate Christopher Tresidder
  votes 1,703
  percentage 36
  change &minus02


  votes 6,283
  percentage 134


  votes 46,925
  percentage 612
  change +11


  winner Conservative Party (UK)
  swing


  party Conservative Party (UK)
  candidate Greg Knight
  votes 19,861
  percentage 459
  change +32


  party Labour Party (UK)
  candidate Tracey Simpson-Laing
  votes 15,179
  percentage 350
  change &minus09


  party Liberal Democrats (UK)
  candidate Mary-Rose Hardy
  votes 6,300
  percentage 145
  change &minus40


  party United Kingdom Independence Party
  candidate Trevor Pearson
  votes 1,661
  percentage 38
  change ''N/A''


  party Independent (politician)
  candidate Paul Dessoy
  votes 313
  percentage 07
  change ''N/A''


  votes 4,682
  percentage 108


  votes 43,314
  percentage 599
  change &minus106


  winner Conservative Party (UK)
  swing


  party Conservative Party (UK)
  candidate John Townend
  votes 20,904
  percentage 427
  change ''N/A''


  party Labour Party (UK)
  candidate Ian Male
  votes 17,567
  percentage 359
  change ''N/A''


  party Liberal Democrats (UK)
  candidate David Leadley
  votes 9,070
  percentage 185
  change ''N/A''


  party Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990)
  candidate Trevor Pearson
  votes 1,049
  percentage 21
  change ''N/A''


  party Nationalist
  candidate M Cooper
  votes 381
  percentage 08
  change ''N/A''


  votes 3,337
  change ''N/A''


  percentage 706
  change ''N/A''


  winner Conservative Party (UK)
  swing



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