Wetherby and Easingwold
Yorkshire and The Humber · County constituency
About the Wetherby and Easingwold constituency
Wetherby and Easingwold is a county constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. The sitting MP is Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative), first elected in May 2010. At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won with 39.4% to 30.1% for Labour, a majority of 4,846 votes on a 70.3% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Conservatives on 39.1% and Reform UK on 22.4%, a margin of 16.7 points.
Who lives in Wetherby and Easingwold? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Wetherby and Easingwold vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Wetherby and Easingwold
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Wetherby and Easingwold within North Yorkshire and Leeds
Wetherby and Easingwold crosses council boundaries: North Yorkshire (52%), Leeds (48%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| North Yorkshire | 52% | — |
| Leeds | 48% | View projection › |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleton Roebuck & Church Fenton | Conservative 40.5%vs Labour 31.9% | 2022 Conservative 52.6%vs Labour 33.5% | - | - |
| Boroughbridge & Claro | Conservative 35.5%vs Labour 24.0% | 2022 Conservative 44.1%vs Independent 27.4% | - | 34.7% |
| Easingwold | Conservative 37.2%vs Labour 33.5% | 2022 Conservative 52.6%vs Labour 30.2% | - | 24.8% |
| Harewood | Conservative 41.2%vs Labour 30.1% | May 2026 Conservative 44.1%vs Reform 24.9% | Conservative share +2.9pp | 51.3% |
| Hillside & Raskelf | Conservative 42.3%vs Labour 23.9% | 2022 Conservative 48.7%vs Independent 22.0% | - | - |
| Huby & Tollerton | Conservative 39.3%vs Labour 31.7% | 2022 Conservative 54.9%vs Labour 26.2% | - | - |
| Ouseburn | Conservative 45.8%vs Labour 25.3% | 2022 Green 69.4%vs Conservative 30.6% | - | 42.0% |
| Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith | Conservative 36.3%vs Labour 34.0% | 2022 Conservative 54.1%vs Green 36.7% | - | 33.8% |
| Tadcaster | Conservative 35.9%vs Labour 35.6% | 2022 Independent 56.7%vs Conservative 28.1% | - | 42.1% |
| Wathvale & Bishop Monkton | Conservative 39.2%vs Labour 30.9% | 2022 Conservative 56.8%vs Lib Dem 23.8% | - | 34.0% |
| Wetherby | Conservative 39.1%vs Labour 25.7% | May 2026 Conservative 43.5%vs Green 30.6% | Conservative share +4.4pp | 51.6% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Wetherby and Easingwold at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Wetherby and Easingwold at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010predecessor | Con hold | Nigel Adams Selby and Ainsty MP | 25.7% | 49.4% | 17.7% | 12,265 | 71.1% |
| 2015predecessor | Con hold | Nigel Adams Selby and Ainsty MP | 26.8% | 52.5% | 3.6% | 13,557 | 69.4%-1.7 |
| 2017predecessor | Con hold | Nigel Adams Selby and Ainsty MP | 34.1% | 58.7% | 4.1% | 13,772 | 73.9%+4.5 |
| 2019notional | Conservative winner | Nigel Adams Selby and Ainsty MP, pre-review boundary | 18.2% | 68.2% | 7.9% | 27,164 | 76.1% |
| 2024 | Con hold | Alec Shelbrooke | 30.1% | 39.4% | 6.4% | 4,846 | 70.3%-5.8 |
Wetherby and Easingwold was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Selby and Ainsty (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.
Constituencies most like Wetherby and Easingwold
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Wetherby and Easingwold. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Owner-occupied76.3 / 75.5vs 61.9
- ↓Under 3521.5 / 22.4vs 30.2
- ↓Social rent9.9 / 9.2vs 16.8
- ↑Owner-occupied76.3 / 76.4vs 61.9
- ↓Private rent12.8 / 11.5vs 20.2
- ↑Age 65+30.1 / 29.1vs 22.7
- ↑Owner-occupied76.3 / 75.2vs 61.9
- ↓Under 3521.5 / 22.2vs 30.2
- ↑Age 65+30.1 / 31.5vs 22.7
- ↑Owner-occupied76.3 / 72.9vs 61.9
- ↓Under 3521.5 / 21.2vs 30.2
- ↑Age 65+30.1 / 30.6vs 22.7
- ↑Owner-occupied76.3 / 71.9vs 61.9
- ↓Under 3521.5 / 22.3vs 30.2
- ↑Age 65+30.1 / 30.4vs 22.7
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Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
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- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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