Constituency profile

York Outer

Yorkshire and The Humber · County constituency · York borough

Mr Luke Charters MP
Sitting MP

Mr Luke Charters

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
Yorkshire and The Humber
County constituency, York council
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
44.7% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -7.2pp below mean
Current outlook
Labour +10.6pp
vs Conservative 25.6%
NorthernRemain-leaning

About the York Outer constituency

York Outer is a county constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. The sitting MP is Mr Luke Charters (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 45.3% to 26.9% for the Conservatives, a majority of 9,391 votes on a 67.0% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 36.2% and the Conservatives on 25.6%, a margin of 10.6 points.

Who lives in York Outer? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
44.7%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
39.1%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
14.3%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
79.7%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
19.4%
UK average ~36%
Median age
47.5
UK median ~40
Age 65+
30.1%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
22.9%
UK average ~28%

How did York Outer 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

Lab gain from Con · majority 9,391 votes (18.4pp) · turnout 67.0%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of York Outer

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 ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

York Outer within York

York Outer sits entirely within York Council. York was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
York
58 LSOAs
100%

Recent council by-elections

Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
29 Nov 2024Haxby & Wigginton
York
LD HOLD—

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
BishopthorpeLabour 37.7%vs Conservative 32.6%2023 Conservative 34.4%vs Green 31.9%-51.1%
CopmanthorpeLabour 38.6%vs Conservative 32.2%2023 Conservative 29.1%vs Independent 26.8%-43.5%
Dringhouses & WoodthorpeLabour 51.0%vs Conservative 21.9%2023 Lib Dem 57.9%vs Labour 23.7%-42.5%
Fulford & HeslingtonLabour 58.9%vs Conservative 17.8%2023 Labour 47.3%vs Lib Dem 35.8%-44.4%
Haxby & WiggintonLabour 40.9%vs Conservative 28.7%2023 Lib Dem 56.2%vs Conservative 22.6%-40.8%
Heworth WithoutLabour 46.9%vs Conservative 22.6%2023 Lib Dem 61.9%vs Labour 20.6%-46.5%
Huntington & New EarswickLabour 54.5%vs Conservative 19.7%2023 Lib Dem 45.3%vs Labour 34.3%-35.9%
Osbaldwick & DerwentLabour 41.0%vs Conservative 31.6%2023 Lib Dem 25.4%vs Conservative 24.1%-57.0%
Rawcliffe & Clifton WithoutLabour 52.6%vs Conservative 20.6%2023 Lib Dem 55.6%vs Labour 27.7%-38.9%
Rural West YorkLabour 36.4%vs Conservative 35.4%2023 Lib Dem 53.3%vs Conservative 30.1%-49.9%
StrensallConservative 36.0%vs Labour 35.2%2023 Lib Dem 51.7%vs Conservative 33.5%-34.1%
WheldrakeLabour 39.9%vs Conservative 33.6%2023 Lib Dem 43.2%vs Conservative 33.2%-42.5%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for York Outer at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won York Outer 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 Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con gain from LDJulian Sturdy17.1%43.0%36.1%2.1% UKIP-1.8%3,68870.2%
2015Con holdJulian Sturdy24.8%49.1%11.6%9.7% UKIP4.7%-13,12968.6%-1.6
2017Con holdJulian Sturdy36.7%51.1%10.3%-1.9%-8,28975.7%+7.1
2019notionalConservative winnerJulian Sturdy 2019 MP, pre-review boundary29.9%49.6%18.7%--1.8%10,78275.3%-0.4
2024Lab gain from ConLuke Charters45.3%26.9%10.8%11.6% Ref4.3%1.1%9,39167.0%-8.3

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like York Outer

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to York Outer. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 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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