City of York (UK Parliament constituency)

The City of York was a constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...

. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP)

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

This constituency covered most of the city of York

York

York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...

, though the outer parts of the city and local authority area fell within the Selby

Selby (UK Parliament constituency)

Selby was a parliamentary constituency in North Yorkshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

, Vale of York

Vale of York (UK Parliament constituency)

Vale of York was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-History:...

and Ryedale

Ryedale (UK Parliament constituency)

Ryedale was a constituency in North Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

constituencies.

History

By virtue of its importance York was regularly represented in Parliament from an early date: it had been required to send delegates to the assembly of 1265, but no actual returns survive until the end of the 13th century.

A borough constituency consisting of the city of York has been represented in every Parliament since the Model Parliament

Model Parliament

The Model Parliament is the term, attributed to Frederic William Maitland, used for the 1295 Parliament of England of King Edward I. This assembly included members of the clergy and the aristocracy, as well as representatives from the various counties and boroughs. Each county returned two knights,...

of 1295. Until 1918, it returned two MPs; since then it has returned one. Until 1997, when its official name became City of York with no boundary changes, the constituency was usually simply called York.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England recommended the creation of two new seats for the City of York. Both the City of York and Vale of York seats were abolished in 2010 and replaced by two new constituencies, namely York Central and York Outer

1265-1660

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Thomas Graa	Robert Savage
1388 (Feb)	Thomas Holme	John Howden
1388 (Sep)	John Ripon	John Howden
1390 (Jan)
1390 (Nov)
1391	William Selby	John Howden
1393	Thomas Graa	William Helmsley
1394	Thomas Graa	John __?
1395	Thomas Graa	William Selby
1397 (Jan)	Thomas Graa	William Selby
1397 (Sep)
1399	William Frost	John Bolton
1401
1402	Robert Talkan	Robert Ward
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406
1407	Robert Talkan	John Bolton
1410
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Thomas Santon	William Alne
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	Robert Holme	John Northby
1415	John Morton	Richard Russell
1416 (Mar)	William Bowes	William Alne
1416 (Oct)
1417	Thomas Santon	John Blackburn
1419	Thomas Gare	John Northby
1420	John Penrith	Henry Preston
1421 (May)	William Bowes	John Morton
1421 (Dec)	Thomas Gare	William Ormshead
1510	William Nelson	Brian Palmes
1512	William Nelson	Thomas Drawswerd
1515	William Nelson	William Wright
1523	Thomas Burton	John Norman
1529	Peter Jackson, died and replaced Jan 1533 by George Gale	George Lawson
1536	George Gale	Sir George Lawson
1539	John Hogeson	William Tancred
1542	John Hogeson	George Gale
1545	John North	Robert Hall
1547	Thomas Gargrave	William Holme
1553 (Mar)	William Watson	William Holme
1553 (Oct)	John North	Robert Hall
1554 (Apr)	John Beane	Richard White
1554 (Nov)	William Holme	William Coupland
1555	William Holme	Reginald Beseley
1558	William Holme	Robert Paycock
1558/1559	William Watson	Richard Goldthorpe
1562 (Dec)	William Watson	Ralph Hall
1571 (Mar)	Ralph Hall	Hugh Graves
1572 (Apr)	Gregory Paycock, sick and replaced Feb 1581 by Robert Askewith	Hugh Graves
1584	William Robinson	Robert Brooke
1586 (Oct)	William Hillard	Robert Brooke
1588 (Nov)	Robert Askewith	William Robinson
1593	Andrew Trewe	James Birkby
1597 (Sep)	James Birkby	Thomas Moseley
1601 (Oct)	Sir John Bennet John Bennet (judge) Sir John Bennet was a judge and politician, whose career ended in disgrace after he was found guilty of extorting bribes and excessive fees.-Life:...	Henry Hall
1604	Roger Askwith	Christopher Brooke Christopher Brooke Christopher Brooke was an English lawyer, politician and poet. He was Member of Parliament for York in six parliaments , and was also elected for Newport in 1624.-Life:...
1614	Sir Roger Askwith	Christopher Brooke Christopher Brooke Christopher Brooke was an English lawyer, politician and poet. He was Member of Parliament for York in six parliaments , and was also elected for Newport in 1624.-Life:...
1621	Sir Roger Askwith	Christopher Brooke Christopher Brooke Christopher Brooke was an English lawyer, politician and poet. He was Member of Parliament for York in six parliaments , and was also elected for Newport in 1624.-Life:...
1624	Sir Arthur Ingram Arthur Ingram Sir Arthur Ingram was an English investor, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1642. Responsible for the construction, purchase and sale of many manor houses and estates in Yorkshire, the Ingram family are most associated with Temple Newsam which became the...	Christopher Brooke Christopher Brooke Christopher Brooke was an English lawyer, politician and poet. He was Member of Parliament for York in six parliaments , and was also elected for Newport in 1624.-Life:...
1625	Sir Arthur Ingram Arthur Ingram Sir Arthur Ingram was an English investor, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1642. Responsible for the construction, purchase and sale of many manor houses and estates in Yorkshire, the Ingram family are most associated with Temple Newsam which became the...	Christopher Brooke Christopher Brooke Christopher Brooke was an English lawyer, politician and poet. He was Member of Parliament for York in six parliaments , and was also elected for Newport in 1624.-Life:...
1626	Sir Arthur Ingram Arthur Ingram Sir Arthur Ingram was an English investor, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1642. Responsible for the construction, purchase and sale of many manor houses and estates in Yorkshire, the Ingram family are most associated with Temple Newsam which became the...	Christopher Brooke Christopher Brooke Christopher Brooke was an English lawyer, politician and poet. He was Member of Parliament for York in six parliaments , and was also elected for Newport in 1624.-Life:...
1628	Sir Arthur Ingram Arthur Ingram Sir Arthur Ingram was an English investor, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1642. Responsible for the construction, purchase and sale of many manor houses and estates in Yorkshire, the Ingram family are most associated with Temple Newsam which became the...	Sir Thomas Savile replaced after petition by Thomas Hoyle
1629–1640	No Parliaments Summoned

Short Parliament

The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....

1640: Sir Edward Osborne, Bt
Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet
Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet, of Kiveton was an English politician, the son of Sir Hewett Osborne Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet, of Kiveton (bap. 12 December 1596 – 9 September 1647) was an English politician, the son of Sir Hewett Osborne Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet, of Kiveton...
1640: Sir Roger Jaques
Roger Jaques
Sir Roger Jaques was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640.Jaques was a merchant and chief magistrate of York and purchased an estate at Elvington. He became an alderman of the city in 1638 and was Mayor of York in1639...

Long Parliament

The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...

1640-1653: Sir William Allanson
William Allanson
Sir William Allanson was an English merchant draper and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1653.Allanson was the son of Christopher Allanson of Ampleforth, North Yorkshire. He was a draper and became a freeman of the city of York in 1610...

(Parliamentarian)
1640-1650: Thomas Hoyle (Parliamentarian) - died, January 1650

Barebones Parliament

Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...

1653: Thomas St. Nicholas

First Protectorate Parliament

The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....

1654-1655: Sir Thomas Widdrington
Thomas Widdrington
Sir Thomas Widdrington SL was an English politician and judge of the 17th century.He and his brother Ralph were of a junior branch of an ancient Northumbrian family and were distantly related to William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington...
1654-1655: Thomas Dickinson

Second Protectorate Parliament

The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...

1656: Sir Thomas Widdrington
Thomas Widdrington
Sir Thomas Widdrington SL was an English politician and judge of the 17th century.He and his brother Ralph were of a junior branch of an ancient Northumbrian family and were distantly related to William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington...

(Elected for more than one constituency, and did not sit for York in this Parliament)
1656-1658: Alderman Geldart
1656-1658: Thomas Dickinson

Third Protectorate Parliament

The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...

1659: Christopher Topham
Christopher Topham
Christopher Topham, member of Parliament for York, was the son of York merchant and Sheriff for the city of York Christopher Topham and his wife Ann, a daughter of Percival Levett, merchant of York and also formerly a Sheriff for the city of York...
1659: Thomas Dickinson

Long Parliament (restored)

1659-1660: Sir William Allanson; Thomas Hoyle, died, one seat vacant.

1660-1918

	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
1660	Sir Thomas Widdrington Thomas Widdrington Sir Thomas Widdrington SL was an English politician and judge of the 17th century.He and his brother Ralph were of a junior branch of an ancient Northumbrian family and were distantly related to William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington...		Sir Metcalfe Robinson Sir Metcalfe Robinson, 1st Baronet Sir Metcalfe Robinson, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679 and from 1685 to 1689....
1661	Colonel John Scott
1665	Sir Thomas Osborne Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, KG , English statesman , served in a variety of offices under Kings Charles II and William III of England.-Early life, 1632–1674:The son of Sir Edward Osborne, Bart., of Kiveton, Yorkshire, Thomas Osborne...
1673	Sir Henry Thompson
1679	Sir Henry Thompson	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Sir John Hewley John Hewley Sir John Hewley was an English magistrate and Member of Parliament, an early Whig.-Life:He was son of John Hewley of Wistow, near Selby. He was admitted to Gray's Inn, 4 February 1638, and became recorder of Doncaster....	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1685	Sir John Reresby	Tory	Sir Metcalfe Robinson Sir Metcalfe Robinson, 1st Baronet Sir Metcalfe Robinson, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679 and from 1685 to 1689....
1689	Viscount Dunblane Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds , styled Lord Osborne between 1673 and 1689, Earl of Danby between 1689 and 1694 and Marquess of Carmarthen between 1694 and 1712, was an English Tory politician.-Background:...	Tory	Edward Thompson Edward Thompson (of Sheriff Hutton) Edward Thompson was an English landowner and politician.Edward and his brother Sir Henry Thompson were wine merchants of York; Edward became the principal mover of the business after his brother moved to his new estate at Escrick in 1668. He was a particular friend of Andrew Marvell...
1690	Robert Waller		Henry Thompson Henry Thompson (1659-1700) Henry Thompson was an English landowner and politician.The eldest son of Sir Henry Thompson, a wine merchant of York, he inherited his father's estate of Escrick in 1683. He had already lived there for some time during his father's life, and remodeled the old house between 1680 and 1690...
1695	Edward Thompson Edward Thompson (of Sheriff Hutton) Edward Thompson was an English landowner and politician.Edward and his brother Sir Henry Thompson were wine merchants of York; Edward became the principal mover of the business after his brother moved to his new estate at Escrick in 1668. He was a particular friend of Andrew Marvell...		Tobias Jenkins
1698	Sir William Robinson Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet , 1st Baronet of Newby, Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of York....		Tobias Jenkins
January 1701			Edward Thompson Edward Thompson (of Sheriff Hutton) Edward Thompson was an English landowner and politician.Edward and his brother Sir Henry Thompson were wine merchants of York; Edward became the principal mover of the business after his brother moved to his new estate at Escrick in 1668. He was a particular friend of Andrew Marvell...
December 1701			Tobias Jenkins
1705			Robert Benson Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley, PC was an English politician of the 18th century.-Life:Robert Benson was born in Wakefield. He went to school in London before studying at Christ's College, Cambridge...
1713			Robert Fairfax
1715			Tobias Jenkins
1722	Sir William Milner, Bt		Edward Thompson Edward Thompson (1697-1742) Edward Thompson was a prominent Yorkshire politician of the early 18th century and was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield....
1734	Sir John Lister Kaye
1741	Godfrey Wentworth
1742	Godfrey Wentworth		George Fox George Fox-Lane, 1st Baron Bingley George Lane-Fox, 1st Baron Bingley was a British peer and Tory politician.Born George Fox, he was the first son and heir of Henry Fox and his second wife, Hon. Frances née Lane, the daughter of George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough. From 1734 to 1741, he was Member of Parliament for Hindon and...	Tory
1747	William Thornton
1754	Sir John Armytage Sir John Armytage, 2nd Baronet Sir John Armytage, 2nd Baronet was a British politician.He was the oldest son of Sir Samuel Armytage, 1st Baronet and his wife Anne Griffith, daughter of Thomas Griffith, and was educated at Eton. In 1747, he succeeded his father as baronet. He was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1751,...
1758	William Thornton
1761	Sir George Armytage Sir George Armytage, 3rd Baronet Sir George Armytage, 3rd Baronet was a British politician.He was the second son of Sir Samuel Armytage, 1st Baronet and his wife Anne Griffith, daughter of Thomas Griffith. In 1758, he succeeded his older brother John as baronet. Armytage was a Member of Parliament for York from 1761 to 1768...		Robert Lane
1768	Charles Turner		Lord John Cavendish Lord John Cavendish Lord John Cavendish PC was a British politician.-Background:Cavendish was the youngest son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, and his wife Catherine, daughter of John Hoskins. Prime Minister William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Lord George Cavendish and Field Marshal Lord...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1783	The Viscount Galway Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway, PC , was a British statesman of the late 18th and early 19th ceturies...	Tory
1784		Tory	Richard Slater Milnes	Tory
1790	Sir William Mordaunt Milner, Bt	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Richard Slater Milnes	Tory
1802			Lawrence Dundas Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland was a British politician and nobleman.Born in Westminster, the son of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas, he was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge....	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1807			Sir Mark Masterman-Sykes	Tory
1811	Lawrence Dundas Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland was a British politician and nobleman.Born in Westminster, the son of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas, he was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge....	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Sir Mark Masterman-Sykes	Tory
March 1820			Marmaduke Wyvill	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
June 1820	Robert Chaloner	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1826	James Wilson	Tory
1830	Hon. Thomas Dundas Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland, KG KT was a British nobleman and politician.Born in Marylebone, London, he was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1818 he was elected Whig Member of Parliament for his father and grandfather's old seat of Richmond, becoming representative for...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Samuel Adlam Bayntun	Tory
1832	Hon. Edward Petre	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Samuel Adlam Bayntun	Tory
1833	Hon. Edward Petre		Hon. Thomas Dundas Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland, KG KT was a British nobleman and politician.Born in Marylebone, London, he was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1818 he was elected Whig Member of Parliament for his father and grandfather's old seat of Richmond, becoming representative for...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1835	Hon. John Dundas John Dundas (1808–1866) The Hon. John Charles Dundas was a British Whig, and later Liberal politician.-Background:Dundas was a younger son of Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland, and Harriot...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	John Henry Lowther John Henry Lowther Sir John Henry Lowther, 2nd Baronet was a Tory MP in the British Parliament. He was the eldest son of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet, whom he succeeded on 11 May 1844....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1841	Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorke	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1847	Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorke		John George Smyth	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1848	William Mordaunt Edward Milner	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1857	Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead was a British politician. He was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament for City of York in 1868, resigning in 1871 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.-References:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1865	George Leeman George Leeman George Leeman was a lawyer, railwayman and a Liberal Member of Parliament for the City of York in the nineteenth century.-Legal practice:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	James Lowther	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1868	Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead was a British politician. He was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament for City of York in 1868, resigning in 1871 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.-References:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1871	George Leeman George Leeman George Leeman was a lawyer, railwayman and a Liberal Member of Parliament for the City of York in the nineteenth century.-Legal practice:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1880	Joseph Johnson Leeman Joseph Johnson Leeman Joseph Johnson Leeman was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1883.Leeman was the son of George Leeman, previous MP for York, and his wife Jane Johnson daughter of Joseph Johnson of London...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Ralph Creyke Ralph Creyke Ralph Creyke was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.Creyke was the son of Ralph Creyke of Rawcliffe and Marton Yorkshire and his wife Louisa Frances Croft, daughter of Colonel Croft of Stillington Hall, York...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1883	Sir Frederick Milner, Bt Sir Frederick Milner, 7th Baronet Sir Frederick George Milner, 7th Baronet was born in November 1849 and educated at Eton and Oxford University.He became the MP for York from 1883 until losing at the 1885 General Election , and then the MP for Bassetlaw from 1890 to 1906...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1885	Alfred Edward Pease	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Frank Lockwood Frank Lockwood Sir Frank Lockwood was an English lawyer and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1897....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1892	John George Butcher John Butcher, 1st Baron Danesfort John George Butcher, 1st Baron Danesfort QC , known as Sir John Butcher, Bt, between 1918 and 1924, was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.-Background and education:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1898			Admiral Lord Charles Beresford Lord Charles Beresford Charles William de la Poer Beresford, 1st Baron Beresford GCB GCVO , styled Lord Charles Beresford between 1859 and 1916, was a British Admiral and Member of Parliament....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1900			George Denison Faber	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1906	Hamar Greenwood Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood PC, KC , known as Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt, between 1915 and 1929 and as The Lord Greenwood between 1929 and 1937, was a Canadian-born British lawyer and politician...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	George Denison Faber
January 1910	Arnold Stephenson Rowntree Arnold Stephenson Rowntree Arnold Stephenson Rowntree , was a Quaker and Liberal MP for York, England.He was the son of John Stephenson Rowntree , and the nephew of Joseph Rowntree , philanthropist and chocolate manufacturer....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	John George Butcher John Butcher, 1st Baron Danesfort John George Butcher, 1st Baron Danesfort QC , known as Sir John Butcher, Bt, between 1918 and 1924, was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.-Background and education:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	Representation reduced to one member

1918–2010

	Member	Party
1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	John George Butcher John Butcher, 1st Baron Danesfort John George Butcher, 1st Baron Danesfort QC , known as Sir John Butcher, Bt, between 1918 and 1924, was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician.-Background and education:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1923 United Kingdom general election, 1923 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987-External links:***...	Sir John Marriott	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987-External links:***...	Frederick George Burgess	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1931 United Kingdom general election, 1931 The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the...	Roger Lumley	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1937	Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax was a British politician and peer. He was styled Lord Irwin from 1934 until 1959.-Biography:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...	John Corlett John Corlett (Labour politician) John Corlett is a Labour politician who represented York between 1945 and 1950.-References:...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...	Sir Harry Hylton-Foster Harry Hylton-Foster Sir Harry Braustyn Hylton-Foster , was a British Conservative Party politician who served as an Member of Parliament from 1950 until his death...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1959 United Kingdom general election, 1959 This United Kingdom general election was held on 8 October 1959. It marked a third successive victory for the ruling Conservative Party, led by Harold Macmillan...	Charles Longbottom Charles Longbottom Charles Brooke Longbottom is a British barrister, businessman and politician. In recent years his interest has turned to Christian healing and education.-Early career:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1966 United Kingdom general election, 1966 The 1966 United Kingdom general election on 31 March 1966 was called by sitting Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Wilson's decision to call an election turned on the fact that his government, elected a mere 17 months previously in 1964 had an unworkably small majority of only 4 MPs...	Alex Lyon Alex Lyon Alexander Ward Lyon was a British Labour politician.- Early life :Lyon was educated at West Leeds High School and University College, London. He became a barrister, called to the Bar at Inner Temple in 1954. He was a member of the Bar Council and of the Fabian Society...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...	Conal Gregory Conal Gregory Conal Robert Gregory was Conservative Party Member of Parliament for York from 1983 to 1992, when he lost the seat to Labour Party candidate Hugh Bayley....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1992 United Kingdom general election, 1992 The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party. This election result was one of the biggest surprises in 20th Century politics, as polling leading up to the day of the election showed Labour under leader Neil...	Hugh Bayley Hugh Bayley Hugh Bayley is a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament for York Central. He held the City of York seat from 1992 to the 2010 general election, when boundary changes took effect.-Early life:...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
2010	constituency abolished: see York Central and York Outer

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