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Encyclopedia > City of York (UK Parliament constituency)

The City of York 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. The United Kingdom has now four bodies with members elected by constituencies: The House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom The Scottish Parliament The Welsh Assembly The Northern Ireland Assembly The House of Commons has over 600 constituencies representing the whole of the United Kingdom. ... The House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

This constituency covers the city of York. This article is about the English city. ...


Member of Parliament

  • Hugh Bayley, Labour (1997–present)
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Hugh Bayley (born January 9, 1952 in Oxford) is a British politician. ...

Election results

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 Democrats 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 +0.3
Death, Dungeons and Taxes Damien Fleck 93 0.2 +0.2
Independent Andrew Hinkles 72 0.2 +0.2
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 Democrats 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 Party Cambridge, G. 381 0.8 +0.8
Majority 13,779 28.8
Turnout 47,980 59.0 -14.2
Labour hold Swing -3.2

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on 5 May 2005, just over three weeks after the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April by Queen Elizabeth II, at the request of the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Green Party of England and Wales was formed in 1973 as the Ecology Party. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Green Party of England and Wales was formed in 1973 as the Ecology Party. ... The Socialist Alliance is a far left electoral alliance in England. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


  Results from FactBites:
 
City of York (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (218 words)
The City of York is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
This constituency covers most of the city of York, though the outer parts of the city and local authority area presently fall within the Selby, Vale of York and Ryedale constituencies.
Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
City of London (2742 words)
The modern conurbation of London developed from the City of London and the nearby City of Westminster, which was the centre of the royal government.
The size of the City was originally constrained by a defensive perimeter wall, known as 'London Wall’, which was built by the Romans to protect their strategic port city.
The City of London is England's smallest ceremonial county by both population and area covered and is the second smallest British city in both population and size, after St David's in Wales.
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