| East Yorkshire | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Map2: | EnglandHumberside |
| Map Entity: | Humberside |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Abolished: | 2024 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Population: | 100,377 (2011 census)[1] |
| Electorate: | 79,701 (December 2019)[2] |
| Region: | England |
| County: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Towns: | Bridlington, Driffield, Pocklington, Market Weighton |
East Yorkshire was a county constituency for the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, established for 1997 general election. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by the first-past-the-post electoral system. The constituency represented northern part of the East Riding of Yorkshire county.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished and replaced primarily (with moderate boundary changes) by the new Bridlington and The Wolds constituency since 2024 general election.[3]
The East Yorkshire constituency was created for the 1997 general election and replaced the Bridlington constituency. The Conservative MP for that seat since 1979, John Townend, won the new seat and held it until he retired at the 2001 general election. His successor Greg Knight had previously represented the marginal seat of Derby North from 1983 until he was defeated in the 1997 general election. Since the creation of the constituency until its abolition in 2024 it was Conservative safe seat and ranked 170th in terms of their share of the vote of their 631 candidates, with an approximately equally divided opposition in 2010.[4]
1997–2010: The Borough of East Yorkshire.
2010–2024: 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.
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | John Townend | Conservative | ||
| 2001 | Greg Knight | Conservative | ||
| 2024 | constituency abolished | |||