![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/selby-and-ainsty-by-election-voters-on-what-they-want-from-new-mp/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/130312917_tony1.jpg&description=Image caption, Tony Botty says trust in politicians is a big issue for voters Later this month, voters in one North Yorkshire constituency will go to the polls in a by-election. The BBC spent a day in Selby and asked voters what they wanted from their new MP. "This is the land that time forgot," Tony Botty tells me when I ask him to sum up the impact of what happens in Westminster on the streets of Selby. Standing in his bike workshop, surrounded by cycles, with his dog Flynn napping in a basket nearby, he puts more infrastructure at the top of his wish list from any new MP. "There's nowhere to go. There's no investment at all. "In Sheffield and Doncaster, new things are being built. "You just get forgotten about here in Selby." Residents in the town, best known to outsiders for its historic abbey, and surrounding area will go to the polls on July 20 after incumbent Conservative MP Nigel Adams stood down in June . The Selby and Ainsty seat has been Tory since since its creation in 2010 - with the party having a hefty majority of more than 20,000 votes in the last national ballot. Cycle lanes are, perhaps unsurprisingly, a priority for Tony. Most of his customers are commuters and he explains many fear cycling along some of the busier roads in the area. People living in the constituency travel further to get to work than in most other parts of the UK, with more than 32% of the population travelling 6.2 miles (10km) or further to reach their job. But the majority drive, rather than taking public transport or cycling, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. Image caption, Cyclists on a tour across the UK take a break in the sunshine outside Selby Abbey Tony shows me the buckled rear wheel of one of the bikes he is repairing. The owner is injured and shaken up after being hit by a car. He might give up cycling altogether, Tony tells me. Despite the challenges, the 50-year-old business owner says he does not currently plan to vote on 20 July. When pres){kind=link}
Later this month, voters in one North Yorkshire constituency will go to the polls in a by-election. The BBC spent a day in Selby and asked voters what they wanted from their new MP.
“This is the land that time forgot,” Tony Botty tells me when I ask him to sum up the impact of what happens in Westminster on the streets of Selby.
Standing in his bike workshop, surrounded by cycles, with his dog Flynn napping in a basket nearby, he puts more infrastructure at the top of his wish list from any new MP.
“There’s nowhere to go. There’s no investment at all.
“In Sheffield and Doncaster, new things are being built.