York - UK Parliament Constituency

Here are the most recent election results for the York constituency.

Note: Smaller parties may be omitted. The candidate with the largest vote who does not belong to one of the main parties is listed as 'Minor'. Votes listed for 'Other' are calculated by taking the votes from the main parties and 'Minor' away from the total votes cast.

Name	York
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Current Status	Abolished

Electoral History

Election		Party
	Election 2005	Labour
	Election 2001	Labour
	Election 1997	Labour
	Election 1992	Labour
	Election 1987	Conservative
	Election 1983	Conservative
	Election 1979	Labour
	Election 1974 (October)	Labour
	Election 1974 (February)	Labour

Election 2005

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	21,836	46.86%	-5.39%
	Conservative	11,364	24.39%	+0.85%
	Liberal Democrat	10,166	21.82%	+4.06%
	Green	2,113	4.53%	+1.48%
	UKIP	832	1.79%	+0.59%
	Minor	121	0.26%	N/A
	Others	165	0.35%	N/A
Majority		10,472	22.47%
Turnout		46,597	61.70%	+2.04%
Electorate		75,526
Swing from LAB to LD			4.73%
Swing from LAB to CON			3.12%
Swing from CON to LD			1.61%
	Labour hold

Election 2001

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	25,072	52.26%	-7.66%
	Conservative	11,293	23.54%	-1.20%
	Liberal Democrat	8,519	17.76%	+6.55%
	Green	1,465	3.05%	+1.55%
	Minor	674	1.40%	N/A
	UKIP	576	1.20%	+0.65%
	Others	381	0.79%	N/A
Majority		13,779	28.72%
Turnout		47,980	59.65%	-13.84%
Electorate		80,431
Swing from LAB to LD			7.10%
Swing from CON to LD			3.88%
Swing from LAB to CON			3.23%
	Labour hold

Election 1997

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	34,956	59.91%	+10.78%
	Conservative	14,433	24.74%	-14.51%
	Liberal Democrat	6,537	11.20%	+0.59%
	Minor	1,083	1.86%	N/A
	Green	880	1.51%	+0.58%
	UKIP	319	0.55%	N/A
	Others	137	0.23%	N/A
Majority		20,523	35.18%
Turnout		58,345	73.50%	-7.48%
Electorate		79,383
Swing from CON to LAB			12.65%
Swing from CON to LD			7.55%
Swing from LD to LAB			5.10%
	Labour hold

Election 1992

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	31,525	49.13%	+7.72%
	Conservative	25,183	39.25%	-2.40%
	Liberal Democrat	6,811	10.61%	N/A
	Green	594	0.93%	-0.10%
	Minor	54	0.08%	N/A
Majority		6,342	9.88%
Turnout		64,167	80.98%	+2.60%
Electorate		79,242
Swing from CON to LD			6.51%
Swing from CON to LAB			5.06%
Swing from LAB to LD			1.45%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Election 1987

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	25,880	41.64%	+0.33%
	Labour	25,733	41.41%	+6.29%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	9,898	15.93%	-7.05%
	Green	637	1.02%	N/A
Majority		147	0.24%
Turnout		62,148	78.37%	+3.23%
Electorate		79,297
Swing from ALL to LAB			6.67%
Swing from ALL to CON			3.69%
Swing from CON to LAB			2.98%
	Conservative hold

Election 1983

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	24,309	41.31%	-1.33%
	Labour	20,662	35.11%	-9.62%
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	13,523	22.98%	N/A
	Minor	204	0.35%	N/A
	Others	148	0.25%	N/A
Majority		3,647	6.20%
Turnout		58,846	75.14%	-2.56%
Electorate		78,311
Swing from LAB to ALL			16.30%
Swing from CON to ALL			12.15%
Swing from LAB to CON			4.15%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	26,703	44.73%	-1.69%
	Conservative	25,453	42.64%	+2.56%
	Liberal	6,752	11.31%	-1.37%
	Others	790	1.32%	N/A
Majority		1,250	2.09%
Turnout		59,698	77.70%	+2.37%
Electorate		76,832
Swing from LAB to CON			2.13%
Swing from LIB to CON			1.96%
Swing from LAB to LIB			0.16%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	26,983	46.42%	+5.87%
	Conservative	23,294	40.08%	+0.84%
	Liberal	7,370	12.68%	-7.53%
	Others	475	0.82%	N/A
Majority		3,689	6.35%
Turnout		58,122	75.33%	-7.42%
Electorate		77,153
Swing from LIB to LAB			6.70%
Swing from LIB to CON			4.18%
Swing from CON to LAB			2.52%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	25,674	40.55%	N/A
	Conservative	24,843	39.24%	N/A
	Liberal	12,793	20.21%	N/A
Majority		831	1.31%
Turnout		63,310	82.75%	N/A
Electorate		76,505

	Labour win

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