Barkston Ash (UK Parliament constituency)

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and in the main returned Conservative MPs at every general election until its abolition.

However, it was briefly represented by the Liberal Joseph Andrews, who won the seat at a by-election in October 1905 after the death of its first MP, Sir Robert Gunter.

As of the 2010 general election, the modern equivalent of Barkston Ash is Selby and Ainsty.

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of- 1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Garforth and Selby, the Rural Districts of Bishopthorpe, Selby, Tadcaster, and Wetherby, and in the Rural District of Great Ouseburn the parishes of Acomb, Hessay, Knapton, Moor Monkton, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth, and Upper Poppleton.

The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;