List of parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire

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The county of North Yorkshire , together with the unitary authority of York, is divided into 12 parliamentary constituencies: one borough constituency, 7 county constituencies and 4 constituencies in Teesside.

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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 77,9419,675  Andrew Jones Judith Rogerson¤
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Richmond (Yorks) CC 82,56927,210  Rishi Sunak Thom Kirkwood‡
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Scarborough and Whitby CC 74,40410,270  Robert Goodwill Hugo Fearnley‡
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Selby and Ainsty CC 78,3984,161  Keir Mather Claire Holmes†
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Skipton and Ripon CC 78,67323,694  Julian Smith Brian McDaid‡
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Thirsk and Malton CC 80,99125,154  Kevin Hollinrake David Yellen‡
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York Central BC 74,89913,545  Rachael Maskell Fabia Tate†
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York Outer CC 74,6739,985  Julian Sturdy Anna Perrett‡
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Middlesbrough BC 60,7648,390  Andy McDonald Ruth Betson† Middlesbrough Borough Council: Acklam, Ayresome, Beckfield, Beechwood, Brookfield, Clairville, Gresham, Kader, Linthorpe, Middlehaven, North Ormesby and Brambles Farm, Pallister, Park, Thorntree, University.
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Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland CC 72,34811,626  Simon Clarke Lauren Dingsdale‡ Middlesbrough Borough Council: Coulby Newham, Hemlington, Ladgate, Marton, Marton West, Nunthorpe, Park End, Stainton and Thornton. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council: Brotton, Guisborough, Hutton, Lockwood, Loftus, Saltburn, Skelton, Westworth.
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Redcar BC 66,8643,527  Jacob Young  Anna Turley Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council: Coatham, Dormanstown, Eston, Grangetown, Kirkleatham, Longbeck, Newcomen, Normanby, Ormesby, St Germain's, South Bank, Teesville, West Dyke, Zetland.
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Stockton South BC 76,8705,260  Matt Vickers†   Paul Williams Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council: Bishopsgarth and Elm Tree, Eaglescliffe, Fairfield, Grangefield, Hartburn, Ingleby Barwick East, Ingleby Barwick West, Mandale and Victoria, Parkfield and Oxbridge, Stainsby Hill, Village, Yarm.
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2010 boundary changes

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 nameBoundaries 1997–2010Current nameBoundaries 2010–present
  1. City of York BC
  2. Harrogate and Knaresborough BC
  3. Richmond (Yorks) CC
  4. Ryedale CC
  5. Scarborough and Whitby CC
  6. Selby CC
  7. Skipton and Ripon CC
  8. Vale of York CC
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Parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire
  1. Harrogate and Knaresborough CC
  2. Richmond (Yorks) CC
  3. Scarborough and Whitby CC
  4. Selby and Ainsty CC
  5. Skipton and Ripon CC
  6. Thirsk and Malton CC
  7. York Central BC
  8. York Outer CC
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Proposed Revised constituencies in North Yorkshire

Proposed boundary changes

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. [3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

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. It is proposed that Richmond (Yorks) is renamed Richmond and Northallerton. [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

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019 [6]

2019

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:

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative 239,88754.4%Increase2.svg0.3%70
Labour 112,50025.5%Decrease2.svg8.6%10
Liberal Democrats 64,77214.7%Increase2.svg7.4%00
Greens 11,4412.6%Increase2.svg0.7%00
Brexit 1,4790.3%new00
Others10,8672.5%Decrease2.svg0.1%00
Total440,946100.08

Percentage votes

Election year19791983198719921997200120052010201520172019
Conservative 46.956.153.152.840.043.643.746.848.554.154.4
Labour 38.316.319.023.632.829.627.919.022.234.125.5
Liberal Democrat 113.927.427.522.923.023.524.727.89.27.314.7
Green Party *****1.05.11.92.6
UKIP ***2.713.21.1*
Brexit Party 0.3
Other0.90.20.40.74.23.43.72.71.91.52.5

11983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance 1979 – Liberal
1979 – Historic county

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year1983198719921997200120052010201520172019
Conservative 7764457777
Labour 0013321111
Liberal Democrat 10001110000
Total7778888888

11983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885–1910 – North Riding of Yorkshire

1918–1945

1950–1979

1983–present – North Yorkshire

Historical representation by party

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.

1885 to 1918

   Conservative    Independent Labour    Liberal    Liberal-Labour

Constituency188518861892931895979800190002051906Jan 1910Dec 191015
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

1918 to 1950

   Conservative    Independent    Labour    Liberal

Constituency191819221923192428192931193119353740414519454849
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

1950 to 1983

   Conservative    Labour    Social Democratic

Constituency19501951521955195962196419661970Feb 1974Oct 1974197981
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

1983 to present

   Conservative    Labour    Liberal    Liberal Democrats

Constituency1983861987891992199720012005201020152017201923
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 Mather
Skipton and Ripon Watson Curry Smith
Vale of York / York Outer (2010) McIntosh Sturdy

See also

Notes

  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ryedale (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

Ryedale was a constituency in North Yorkshire 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. It was created in 1983 and abolished in 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Selby (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–2010

Selby was a parliamentary constituency in North Yorkshire, 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. The constituency existed from 1983 to 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vale of York (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997–2010

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Selby and Ainsty (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

Selby and Ainsty is a constituency in North Yorkshire. It has been represented by Keir Mather from the Labour Party since 21 July 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

Thirsk and Malton is a constituency in North Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Kevin Hollinrake, a Conservative.

Wetherby and Easingwold is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, partly in North Yorkshire and partly in West Yorkshire. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the next general election.

References

  1. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Commons Library. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Constituencies A-Z – Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  3. "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. "The new Yorkshire borders that could create 18 new constituencies by next General Election". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  5. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report". Boundary Commission for England. paras 1421–1450. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  6. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019" . Retrieved 9 May 2020.