Our historical statistics are always for precisely defined areas, usually administrative units, not "places". We know about the following units named after Driffield. Each has its own "home page" with much more information. Click on a tick to go directly to a particular statistical theme.

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Driffield RegD/PLU
Great Driffield UD
Driffield RD
Driffield UD
Great Driffield USD
Driffield RSD
Driffield SubD
Driffield LabMkt
Driffield CP
Great Driffield CP/AP
Great Driffield EP
Great Driffield Manor

Be careful! A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. For example, in England and Wales rural districts — units with RD or RSD suffixes — may even exclude the places they are named after. The "Units covering this place" tab lists units whose boundaries contained Driffield.

Election Results

We know of no constituencies that were named after Driffield; where constituencies had more than one name, we base this on their "preferred" name. Constituencies that covered the point location we hold for Driffield will be listed on the "Units covering this place" tab. You can search for constituencies or other units that covered a particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location.

This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Driffield:

Administrative Area:	Popu- lation	Life+ Death	Indu- stry	Work+ Poverty	Social Class	Hous- ing	Learn +Lang	Roots+ Relig.	Land Use
Great Driffield CP/AP
Driffield CP
Driffield UD
Great Driffield UD
East Riding Riding
East Riding of Yorkshire UA
York County East Riding O41area
Driffield RegD/PLU
East Riding AdmC
Yorkshire AncC
East Riding RegC
Yorkshire and the Humber GovOf
Great Britain Dep
England and Wales Dep

Click on a tick for direct access to that theme.

Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Driffield.

Constituencies	Start Date	End Date
Yorkshire East Riding PDivCon	1832	1867
East Riding of Yorkshire PCon	1868	1884
East Riding of Yorkshire Buckrose PDivCon	1885	1948
Bridlington CCon	1949	1996
Howden CCon	1955	1982
East Yorkshire CCon	1997	2009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Driffield. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.