Selby (UK Parliament constituency) of the city of York (namely the parishes of Fulford, Heslington and Osbaldwick and Heworth Without). It included the University of York and the Drax and Eggborough power stations. Following their review of parliamentary representation in York and North Yorkshire in the 2000s, the Boundary Commission for England created a new seat of Selby and Ainsty. The new seat consists of much of the former Selby constituency, minus the south-western suburbs of York which are included in the (also newly created) seat of York Outer. Selby (UK Parliament constituency) Selby was a parliamentary constituency in North Yorkshire, represented in the
Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor (1797–1828) Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor (1797–1828) Richard Edward Erle-Drax-Grosvenor (c. March 1797 – 18 August 1828), was a British politician. A member of the Grosvenor family now headed by the Duke of Westminster, he was the son of Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor and Sarah Frances, daughter of Edward Drax, of Charborough House, Dorset. On his father's death in 1819 he succeeded him as Member of Parliament for New Romney, a seat he held until 1826. Erle-Drax-Grosvenor inherited Charborough House through his mother. He died unmarried in August 1828, aged only 31. His sister Jane Frances Erle-Drax-Grosvenor inherited the estate. She married John Sawbridge, who assumed