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The county of North Yorkshire , together with the unitary authority of York, is divided into 8 Parliamentary constituencies - one Borough constituency and 7 County constituencies.
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat
| Constituency [nb 1] | Electorate [1] | Majority [2] [nb 2] | Member of Parliament [2] | Nearest opposition [2] | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrogate and Knaresborough CC | 77,941 | 9,675 | Andrew Jones† | Judith Rogerson¤ |  | ||
| Richmond (Yorks) CC | 82,569 | 27,210 | Rishi Sunak† | Thom Kirkwood‡ |  | ||
| Scarborough and Whitby CC | 74,404 | 10,270 | Robert Goodwill† | Hugo Fearnley‡ |  | ||
| Selby and Ainsty CC | 78,398 | 20,137 | Nigel Adams† | Malik Rofidi‡ |  | ||
| Skipton and Ripon CC | 78,673 | 23,694 | Julian Smith† | Brian McDaid‡ |  | ||
| Thirsk and Malton CC | 80,991 | 25,154 | Kevin Hollinrake† | David Yellen‡ |  | ||
| York Central BC | 74,899 | 13,545 | Rachael Maskell‡ | Fabia Tate† |  | ||
| York Outer CC | 74,673 | 9,985 | Julian Sturdy† | Anna Perrett‡ |  | ||
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided that North Yorkshire should continue to be divided into 8 constituencies for the 2010 general election, but the boundaries were extensively redrawn in the south-eastern part to accommodate exactly two seats wholly within the recently formed unitary authority of York. The Vale of York was abolished and a new constituency named York Outer created, with City of York being renamed York Central. Ryedale was succeeded by Thirsk and Malton, and Selby was renamed Selby and Ainsty.
| Former name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Current name | Boundaries 2010–present |
|---|---|---|---|
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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021. [3]
The commission has proposed that North Yorkshire be combined with West Yorkshire as a sub-region of the Yorkshire and the Humber Region, resulting in the creation of two new cross-county boundary constituencies: Selby which comprises the majority of the abolished constituency of Selby and Ainsty and includes the City of Leeds ward of Kippax and Methley; and a new constituency named Wetherby and Easingwold which includes the City of Leeds wards of Harewood and Weatherby. [4] [5]
The following constituencies are proposed:
Containing electoral wards from Craven
Containing electoral wards from Hambleton
Containing electoral wards from Harrogate
Containing electoral wards from Richmondshire
Containing electoral wards from Ryedale
Containing electoral wards from Scarborough
Containing electoral wards from Selby
Containing electoral wards from York
1 also contains parts in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire
Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [6]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising North Yorkshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 239,887 | 54.4% |  0.3% | 7 | 0 |
| Labour | 112,500 | 25.5% |  8.6% | 1 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 64,772 | 14.7% | 7.4% | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 11,441 | 2.6% | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| Brexit | 1,479 | 0.3% | new | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 10,867 | 2.5% | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 440,946 | 100.0 | 8 |
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 56.1 | 53.1 | 52.8 | 40.0 | 43.6 | 43.7 | 46.8 | 48.5 | 54.1 | 54.4 |
| Labour | 16.3 | 19.0 | 23.6 | 32.8 | 29.6 | 27.9 | 19.0 | 22.2 | 34.1 | 25.5 |
| Liberal Democrat 1 | 27.4 | 27.5 | 22.9 | 23.0 | 23.5 | 24.7 | 27.8 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 14.7 |
| Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 1.0 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 |
| UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 2.7 | 13.2 | 1.1 | * |
| Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.3 |
| Other | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrat 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
Data given here is for the North Riding of Yorkshire until 1983, and includes the city of York throughout. A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour
| Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 1892 | 93 | 1895 | 97 | 98 | 00 | 1900 | 02 | 05 | 1906 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York | A. Pease | Butcher | Greenwood | A. Rowntree | |||||||||||
| Lockwood | Beresford | Faber | Butcher | ||||||||||||
| Cleveland | H. Pease | A. Pease | Samuel | ||||||||||||
| Middlesbrough | I. Wilson | J. Wilson | → | Sadler | J. Wilson | Williams | |||||||||
| Richmond (Yorks) | Milbank | Elliot | Hutton | Dyke Acland | Orde-Powlett | ||||||||||
| Scarborough | Sitwell | J. Rowntree | Sitwell | Compton-Rickett | Rea | ||||||||||
| Thirsk and Malton | Dawnay | Lawson | Duncombe | Turton | |||||||||||
| Whitby | E. Beckett | Buxton | G. Beckett | ||||||||||||
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal
| Constituency | 1918 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 28 | 1929 | 31 | 1931 | 1935 | 37 | 40 | 41 | 45 | 1945 | 48 | 49 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York | Butcher | Marriott | Burgess | Lumley | Wood | Corlett | ||||||||||
| Cleveland | Goff | Starmer | Goff | Mansfield | Bower | Willey | ||||||||||
| Middlesbrough East | Williams | Brown | Williams | Wilkinson | Young | Edwards | → | → | ||||||||
| Middlesbrough West | Thomson | Griffith | Johnstone | Bennett | Cooper | |||||||||||
| Richmond (Yorks) | Wilson | Dugdale | ||||||||||||||
| Scarborough and Whitby | Beckett | Herbert | Latham | Spearman | ||||||||||||
| Thirsk and Malton | E. Turton | R. Turton | ||||||||||||||
Conservative Labour Social Democratic
| Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 52 | 1955 | 1959 | 62 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 1979 | 81 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York | Hylton-Foster | Longbottom | Lyon | ||||||||||
| Cleveland / Cleveland and Whitby (1974) | Willey | Palmer | Proudfoot | Tinn | Brittan | ||||||||
| Middlesbrough East / Middlesbrough (1974) | Marquand | Bottomley | |||||||||||
| Middlesbrough West / Thornaby (1974) | Cooper | Simon | Bray | Sutcliffe | Wrigglesworth | → | |||||||
| Richmond (Yorks) | Dugdale | Kitson | |||||||||||
| Scarborough and Whitby / Scarborough (1974) | Spearman | Shaw | |||||||||||
| Thirsk and Malton | Turton | Spence | |||||||||||
| Redcar | Tinn | ||||||||||||
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal Democrats
| Constituency | 1983 | 86 | 1987 | 89 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York / York Central (2010) | Gregory | Bayley | Maskell | |||||||||
| Harrogate / Harrogate and Knaresborough (1997) | Banks | Willis | Jones | |||||||||
| Richmond (Yorks) | Brittan | Hague | Sunak | |||||||||
| Ryedale / Thirsk and Malton (2010) | Spence | Shields | Greenway | McIntosh | Hollinrake | |||||||
| Scarborough / Scarborough and Whitby (1997) | Shaw | Sykes | Quinn | Goodwill | ||||||||
| Selby / Selby and Ainsty (2010) | Alison | Grogan | Adams | |||||||||
| Skipton and Ripon | Watson | Curry | Smith | |||||||||
| Vale of York / York Outer (2010) | McIntosh | Sturdy | ||||||||||
Vale of York was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.