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York — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

York was won by Labour at the 1992 general election, with a majority of 8,342 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in York from 1832 to 1992.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–1992

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Edward Petre (Whig); Samuel Adlam Bayntun (Conservative) 1,140 34.2% (top seat) John Henry Lowther (Conservative) 256 (5.8 pts) 76.6%
1835 John Henry Lowther (Conservative); John Charles Dundas (Whig) 1,301 40.3% (top seat) Charles Francis Barkley (Whig) 382 (10.3 pts) 64.3%
1837 John Henry Lowther (Conservative); John Charles Dundas (Whig) 1,276 37.3% (top seat) David Francis Atcherley (Conservative) 96 (2.5 pts) 69.2%
1841 John Henry Lowther (Conservative); Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorke (Whig) 1,552 35.1% (top seat) David Francis Atcherley (Conservative) 96 (2.1 pts) 66.1%
1847 John George Smyth (Conservative); Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorke (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1852 John George Smyth (Conservative); William Mordaunt Edward Milner (Whig) 1,831 40.8% (top seat) Henry Vincent (Chartist) 945 (20.6 pts) 55.5%
1857 Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead (Whig); John George Smyth (Conservative) 1,530 37.9% (top seat) Malcolm Lewin (Radical) 524 (12.8 pts) 48.2%
1859 Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead (Liberal); John George Smyth (Conservative) 1,805 34.8% (top seat) Austen Henry Layard (Liberal) 99 (1.8 pts) 61.8%
1865 James Lowther (Conservative); George Leeman (Liberal) 1,854 36.3% (top seat) Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead (Liberal) 62 (1.1 pts) 66.9%
1868 James Lowther (Conservative); Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead (Liberal) 3,279 37.2% (top seat) John Hall Gladstone (Liberal) 241 (2.4 pts) 55.3%
1874 George Leeman (Liberal); James Lowther (Conservative) 3,371 38.5% (top seat) Lewis Payn Dawnay (Conservative) 541 (5.4 pts) 51.7%
1880 Ralph Creyke (Liberal); Joseph Johnson Leeman (Liberal) 4,413 35.0% (top seat) James Lowther (Conservative) 454 (3.5 pts) 58.7%
1885 Alfred Edward Pease (Liberal); Frank Lockwood (Liberal) 5,260 27.3% (top seat) Frederick George Milner (Conservative) 670 (3.4 pts) 79.3%
1886 Alfred Edward Pease (Liberal); Frank Lockwood (Liberal) 4,810 26.4% (top seat) James Digby Legard (Conservative) 458 (2.5 pts) 74.2%
1892 John George Butcher (Conservative); Frank Lockwood (Liberal) 5,030 33.9% (top seat) Alfred Edward Pease (Liberal) 184 (1.2 pts) 90.0%
1895 John George Butcher (Conservative); Frank Lockwood (Liberal) 5,309 34.4% (top seat) Alfred Edward Pease (Liberal) 95 (0.6 pts) 90.6%
1900 George Denison Faber (Conservative); John George Butcher (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 Hamar Greenwood (Liberal); George Denison Faber (Conservative) 6,108 27.7% (top seat) John George Butcher (Conservative) 14 (0.1 pts) 93.0%
Dec 1910 John George Butcher (Conservative); Arnold Stephenson Rowntree (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
Jan 1910 Arnold Stephenson Rowntree (Liberal); John George Butcher (Conservative) 6,741 25.4% (top seat) Hamar Greenwood (Liberal) 109 (0.4 pts) 95.3%
1918 John George Butcher (Unionist) 16,269 61.5% Arnold Stephenson Rowntree (Liberal) 10,906 (41.2 pts) 69.0%
1922 John George Butcher (Unionist) 15,163 44.5% Thomas Harry Gill (Labour) 5,057 (14.8 pts) 85.8%
1923 John Arthur Ransome Marriott (Unionist) 14,772 43.4% Joseph King (Labour) 3,146 (9.2 pts) 82.8%
1924 John Arthur Ransome Marriott (Unionist) 19,914 56.2% David Adams (Labour) 4,414 (12.5 pts) 84.8%
1929 Frederick George Burgess (Labour) 20,663 45.0% John Arthur Ransome Marriott (Unionist) 3,300 (7.2 pts) 85.1%
1931 Lawrence Roger Lumley (Conservative) 30,216 64.9% Frederick George Burgess (Labour) 13,906 (29.9 pts) 86.0%
1935 Lawrence Roger Lumley (Conservative) 25,442 57.0% Robert Fraser (Labour) 6,274 (14.1 pts) 82.5%
1945 John Corlett (Labour) 22,021 49.8% Lord Irwin (Conservative) 4,072 (9.2 pts) 76.2%
1950 Harry Braustyn Hylton-Foster (Conservative) 29,421 46.3% Hadyn Davies (Labour) 77 (0.1 pts) 87.6%
1951 Harry Braustyn Hylton-Foster (Conservative) 32,777 50.7% Thomas Cecil Skeffington-Lodge (Labour) 921 (1.4 pts) 86.4%
1955 Harry Braustyn Hylton-Foster (Conservative) 31,402 50.9% Thomas Edward Maurice McKitterick (Labour) 1,104 (1.8 pts) 83.5%
1959 Charles Brooke Longbottom (Conservative) 33,099 53.3% Douglas Rene Louis Maroel Poirier (Labour) 4,074 (6.6 pts) 84.3%
1964 Charles Brooke Longbottom (Conservative) 26,521 44.6% Alexander Ward Lyon (Labour) 1,093 (1.8 pts) 83.0%
1966 Alexander Lyon (Labour) 32,167 55.2% Charles Longbottom (Conservative) 6,100 (10.5 pts) 82.7%
1970 Alexander Lyon (Labour) 29,619 51.9% Bryan Askew (Conservative) 2,197 (3.9 pts) 76.3%
Feb 1974 Alexander Lyon (Labour) 25,674 40.6% John Watson (Conservative) 831 (1.3 pts) 82.7%
Oct 1974 Alexander Lyon (Labour) 26,983 46.4% John Watson (Conservative) 3,689 (6.3 pts) 75.3%
1979 Alexander Lyon (Labour) 26,703 44.7% Edward David Macrae Tod (Conservative) 1,250 (2.1 pts) 77.7%
1983 Conal Gregory (Conservative) 24,309 41.3% Alexander Lyon (Labour) 3,647 (6.2 pts) 75.1%
1987 Conal Gregory (Conservative) 25,880 41.6% Hugh Bayley (Labour) 147 (0.2 pts) 78.4%
1992 Hugh Bayley (Labour) 31,525 50.7% Conal Gregory (Conservative) 8,342 (13.4 pts) 78.5%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Petre Whig 1,50534.2% Yes
Samuel Adlam Bayntun Conservative 1,14025.9% Yes
John Henry Lowther Conservative 88420.1% No
Thomas Dundas Whig 87219.8% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Henry Lowther Conservative 1,49940.3% Yes
John Charles Dundas Whig 1,30135.0% Yes
Charles Francis Barkley Whig 91924.7% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Henry Lowther Conservative 1,46137.3% Yes
John Charles Dundas Whig 1,27632.6% Yes
David Francis Atcherley Conservative 1,18030.1% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Henry Lowther Conservative 1,62535.1% Yes
Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorke Whig 1,55233.5% Yes
David Francis Atcherley Conservative 1,45631.4% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John George Smyth Conservative Unopposed Yes
Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorke Whig Unopposed Yes

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John George Smyth Conservative 1,87040.8% Yes
William Mordaunt Edward Milner Whig 1,83139.9% Yes
Henry Vincent Chartist 88619.3% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead Whig 1,54837.9% Yes
John George Smyth Conservative 1,53037.5% Yes
Malcolm Lewin Radical 1,00624.6% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead Liberal 1,87534.8% Yes
John George Smyth Conservative 1,80533.5% Yes
Austen Henry Layard Liberal 1,70631.7% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Lowther Conservative 2,07936.3% Yes
George Leeman Liberal 1,85432.4% Yes
Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead Liberal 1,79231.3% No

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Lowther Conservative 3,73537.2% Yes
Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead Liberal 3,27932.6% Yes
John Hall Gladstone Liberal 3,03830.2% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Leeman Liberal 3,88038.5% Yes
James Lowther Conservative 3,37133.4% Yes
Lewis Payn Dawnay Conservative 2,83028.1% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ralph Creyke Liberal 4,50535.0% Yes
Joseph Johnson Leeman Liberal 4,41334.3% Yes
James Lowther Conservative 3,95930.7% No

1885 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Edward Pease Liberal 5,35327.3% Yes
Frank Lockwood Liberal 5,26026.9% Yes
Frederick George Milner Conservative 4,59023.4% No
James Legard Conservative 4,37722.4% No

1886 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Edward Pease Liberal 4,81626.4% Yes
Frank Lockwood Liberal 4,81026.3% Yes
James Digby Legard Conservative 4,35223.8% No
John Charles Dundas Liberal Unionist 4,29523.5% No

1892 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John George Butcher Conservative 5,07633.9% Yes
Frank Lockwood Liberal 5,03033.6% Yes
Alfred Edward Pease Liberal 4,84632.4% No

1895 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John George Butcher Conservative 5,51634.4% Yes
Frank Lockwood Liberal 5,30933.1% Yes
Alfred Edward Pease Liberal 5,21432.5% No

1900 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Denison Faber Conservative Unopposed Yes
John George Butcher Conservative Unopposed Yes

1906 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hamar Greenwood Liberal 6,41327.7% Yes
George Denison Faber Conservative 6,10826.3% Yes
John George Butcher Conservative 6,09426.3% No
George Harold Stuart Labour 4,57319.7% No

Dec 1910 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John George Butcher Conservative Unopposed Yes
Arnold Stephenson Rowntree Liberal Unopposed Yes

Jan 1910 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arnold Stephenson Rowntree Liberal 6,75125.4% Yes
John George Butcher Conservative 6,74125.3% Yes
Hamar Greenwood Liberal 6,63224.9% No
Henry Herbert Riley-Smith Conservative 6,49524.4% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John George Butcher Unionist 16,26961.5% Yes
Arnold Stephenson Rowntree Liberal 5,36320.3% No
Thomas Harry Gill Labour 4,82218.2% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John George Butcher Unionist 15,16344.5% Yes
Thomas Harry Gill Labour 10,10629.6% No
George Elliott Dodds Liberal 8,83825.9% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Arthur Ransome Marriott Unionist 14,77243.4% Yes
Joseph King Labour 11,62634.2% No
George Elliott Dodds Liberal 7,63822.4% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Arthur Ransome Marriott Unionist 19,91456.2% Yes
David Adams Labour 15,50043.8% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick George Burgess Labour 20,66345.0% Yes
John Arthur Ransome Marriott Unionist 17,36337.8% No
Douglas Crockatt Liberal 7,90717.2% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lawrence Roger Lumley Conservative 30,21664.9% Yes
Frederick George Burgess Labour 16,31035.1% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lawrence Roger Lumley Conservative 25,44257.0% Yes
Robert Fraser Labour 19,16843.0% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Corlett Labour 22,02149.8% Yes
Lord Irwin Conservative 17,94940.6% No
Gilbert Henry Keighley-Bell Liberal 4,2089.5% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harry Braustyn Hylton-Foster Conservative 29,42146.3% Yes
Hadyn Davies Labour 29,34446.2% No
Howard Snow Clay Liberal 4,7607.5% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harry Braustyn Hylton-Foster Conservative 32,77750.7% Yes
Thomas Cecil Skeffington-Lodge Labour 31,85649.3% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harry Braustyn Hylton-Foster Conservative 31,40250.9% Yes
Thomas Edward Maurice McKitterick Labour 30,29849.1% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Brooke Longbottom Conservative 33,09953.3% Yes
Douglas Rene Louis Maroel Poirier Labour 29,02546.7% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Brooke Longbottom Conservative 26,52144.6% Yes
Alexander Ward Lyon Labour 25,42842.7% No
Denis T Lloyd Liberal 7,56512.7% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alexander Lyon Labour 32,16755.2% Yes
Charles Longbottom Conservative 26,06744.8% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alexander Lyon Labour 29,61951.9% Yes
Bryan Askew Conservative 27,42248.1% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alexander Lyon Labour 25,67440.6% Yes
John Watson Conservative 24,84339.2% No
Stephen Fred Galloway Liberal 12,79320.2% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alexander Lyon Labour 26,98346.4% Yes
John Watson Conservative 23,29440.1% No
Beth Graham Liberal 7,37012.7% No
Harold Smith Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain 3040.5% No
Herbert Lawrence Stratton Protest Party 1710.3% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alexander Lyon Labour 26,70344.7% Yes
Edward David Macrae Tod Conservative 25,45342.6% No
Martin Pemberton Liberal 6,75211.3% No
Francis Charles Joseph Radcliffe Christian Stop Abortion 5691.0% No
Paul Anthony Spink National Front 2210.4% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Conal Gregory Conservative 24,30941.3% Yes
Alexander Lyon Labour 20,66235.1% No
Vince Cable Social Democratic Party 13,52323.0% No
Anthony Lister Independent 2040.3% No
Thomas Brattan BNP 1480.3% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Conal Gregory Conservative 25,88041.6% Yes
Hugh Bayley Labour 25,73341.4% No
John Vincent Cable Social Democratic Party 9,89815.9% No
Alan Derek Dunnett Green 6371.0% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Bayley Labour 31,52550.7% Yes
Conal Gregory Conservative 23,18337.3% No
Karen Anderson Liberal Democrat 6,81111.0% No
Stephen Kenwright Green 5941.0% No
Pamela Orr Natural Law 540.1% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Whig margin 5.8 pts 1835: Conservative margin 10.3 pts 1837: Conservative margin 2.5 pts 1841: Conservative margin 2.1 pts 1852: Conservative margin 20.6 pts 1857: Whig margin 12.8 pts 1859: Liberal margin 1.8 pts 1865: Conservative margin 1.1 pts 1868: Conservative margin 2.4 pts 1874: Liberal margin 5.4 pts 1880: Liberal margin 3.5 pts 1885: Liberal margin 3.4 pts 1886: Liberal margin 2.5 pts 1892: Conservative margin 1.2 pts 1895: Conservative margin 0.6 pts 1906: Liberal margin 0.1 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 0.4 pts 1918: Unionist margin 41.2 pts 1922: Unionist margin 14.8 pts 1923: Unionist margin 9.2 pts 1924: Unionist margin 12.5 pts 1929: Labour margin 7.2 pts 1931: Conservative margin 29.9 pts 1935: Conservative margin 14.1 pts 1945: Labour margin 9.2 pts 1950: Conservative margin 0.1 pts 1951: Conservative margin 1.4 pts 1955: Conservative margin 1.8 pts 1959: Conservative margin 6.6 pts 1964: Conservative margin 1.8 pts 1966: Labour margin 10.5 pts 1970: Labour margin 3.9 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 1.3 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 6.3 pts 1979: Labour margin 2.1 pts 1983: Conservative margin 6.2 pts 1987: Conservative margin 0.2 pts 1992: Labour margin 13.4 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1852 1857 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1906 Jan 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992

Trend

York has been contested at 41 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Liberal, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won York in the 1992 general election?

Labour won York in 1992 with 31,525 votes (50.7%), a majority of 8,342 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won York since 1832?

Since 1832, York has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in York?

The closest result on record for York was 1906, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 14 votes (0.1 percentage points).

Did York ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, York elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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