Thirsk and Malton | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | North Yorkshire |
Electorate | 79,964 (December 2019) [1] |
Major settlements | Pickering, Filey, Thirsk, Easingwold, Malton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Ryedale (majority) Vale of York (part) |
1885–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Thirsk and Malton; preceded by North Riding of Yorkshire |
Replaced by | Ryedale, Richmond (Yorks), Selby and Skipton and Ripon [2] |
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.
Anne McIntosh, a Conservative, was elected for Vale of York in 1997 and then in Thirsk and Malton in 2010, having defeated fellow MP John Greenway in the Conservative selection. From 2010 until 2015 she chaired the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee. In 2014, she was deselected as the Conservative candidate with Kevin Hollinrake elected as MP in 2015.
Traditionally a safe Conservative seat, the main forerunner, Ryedale (abolished in 2010) was taken by Elizabeth Shields for the Liberal Party, following a by-election in 1986, held following the death of MP John Spence, and she held it for one year until the 1987 general election.
Robin Turton was the Minister of Health (note head of department in that era) from December 1955 to January 1957. He also became father of the House and was among the longest-serving MPs for a single constituency, representing his seat for 44 years and 9 months.
1918–1950: The Urban District of Malton, the Rural Districts of Easingwold, Flaxton, Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Thirsk, and Wath, and part of the Rural District of Pickering.
1950–1974: The Urban District of Malton, the Rural Districts of Bedale, Easingwold, Flaxton, Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Thirsk, and Wath, and part of the Rural District of Pickering.
1974–1983: The Urban District of Malton, and the Rural Districts of Bedale, Easingwold, Flaxton, Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Thirsk, and Wath.
The constituency was abolished before 1983 elections
The constituency war re-established by 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
2010–2024: The District of Ryedale, the District of Hambleton wards of Easingwold, Helperby, Huby and Sutton, Shipton, Sowerby, Stillington, Thirsk, Thorntons, Tollerton, Topcliffe, White Horse, and Whitestonecliffe, and the Borough of Scarborough wards of Filey and Hertford.
2024–present: The District of Hambleton wards of: Bagby & Thorntons; Bedale; Sowerby & Topcliffe; Tanfield; Thirsk; the District of Ryedale: Amotherby; Ampleforth; Cropton; Dales; Derwent; Helmsley; Hovingham; Kirkbymoorside; Malton; Norton East; Norton West; Pickering East; Pickering West; Rillington; Ryedale South West; Sherburn; Sheriff Hutton; Sinnington; Thornton Dale Ryedale; and Wolds; and the Borough of Scarborough wards of: Filey; Hunmanby. [3]
2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the constituency described as following: In order to bring its electorate within the permitted range, the south-western part of the constituency, including Easingwold, will be included in the newly created constituency of Wetherby and Easingwold. To partly compensate, Bedale and Tanfield will be added from Richmond (Yorks) – to be renamed Richmond and Northallerton.
The seat also includes Pickering and most of the North York Moors (its southern part), a mixed rugged crags and hillside National Park; its coastline in the seat at Filey is where the Moors meets the sea, with picturesque bays near to Scarborough. Electoral Calculus describes the seat as "Strong Right", characterised by support for socially conservative values and Brexit. [4]
Thirsk and Malton prior to 1885
Year | Member [5] | Party | |
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1885 | Lewis Payn Dawnay | Conservative | |
1892 | Sir John Lawson | Conservative | |
1906 | Charles Duncombe | Conservative | |
1915 | Sir Edmund Turton | Unionist | |
1929 | Sir Robin Turton | Conservative | |
1974 | John Spence | Conservative | |
1983 | Constituency abolished |
Ryedale prior to 2010
Election | Member | Party | |
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2010 | Anne McIntosh | Conservative | |
2015 | Kevin Hollinrake | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kevin Hollinrake | 19,544 | 39.2 | −23.3 | |
Labour | Lisa Banes | 11,994 | 24.1 | +6.3 | |
Reform UK | Mark Robinson | 8,963 | 18.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Mason | 5,379 | 10.8 | −1.7 | |
Green | Richard McLane | 2,986 | 6.0 | +1.5 | |
Yorkshire | Luke Brownlee | 931 | 1.9 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 7,550 | 15.1 | −29.6 | ||
Turnout | 49,797 | 63.4 | −4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 78,484 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −14.8 |
2019 notional result [8] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 32,624 | 62.5 | |
Labour | 9,287 | 17.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6,502 | 12.5 | |
Green | 2,348 | 4.5 | |
Others | 1,437 | 2.8 | |
Turnout | 52,198 | 68.1 | |
Electorate | 76,623 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kevin Hollinrake | 35,634 | 63.0 | +3.0 | |
Labour | David Yellen | 10,480 | 18.5 | −7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Di Keal | 6,774 | 12.0 | +5.1 | |
Green | Martin Brampton | 2,263 | 4.0 | +2.0 | |
Yorkshire | John Hall | 881 | 1.6 | New | |
Independent | Steve Mullins | 245 | 0.4 | New | |
Independent | Gordon Johnson | 184 | 0.3 | New | |
SDP | Michael Taylor | 127 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 25,154 | 44.5 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 56,588 | 69.9 | −1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kevin Hollinrake | 33,572 | 60.0 | +7.4 | |
Labour | Alan Avery | 14,571 | 26.1 | +10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Di Keal | 3,859 | 6.9 | −2.1 | |
UKIP | Toby Horton | 1,532 | 2.7 | −12.2 | |
Green | Martin Brampton | 1,100 | 2.0 | −2.6 | |
Liberal | John Clark | 753 | 1.3 | −0.9 | |
Independent | Philip Tate | 542 | 1.0 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 19,001 | 33.9 | −3.3 | ||
Turnout | 55,929 | 71.1 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kevin Hollinrake | 27,545 | 52.6 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Alan Avery | 8,089 | 15.4 | +1.8 | |
UKIP | Toby Horton | 7,805 | 14.9 | +8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Di Keal | 4,703 | 9.0 | −14.3 | |
Green | Chris Newsam | 2,404 | 4.6 | New | |
Liberal | John Clark | 1,127 | 2.2 | −1.5 | |
Independent | Philip Tate | 692 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 19,456 | 37.2 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 52,365 | 67.6 | +17.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anne McIntosh | 20,167 | 52.9 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Howard Keal | 8,886 | 23.3 | +4.5 | |
Labour | Jonathan Roberts | 5,169 | 13.6 | −9.8 | |
UKIP | Toby Horton | 2,502 | 6.6 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | John Clark | 1,418 | 3.7 | New | |
Majority | 11,281 | 29.6 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 38,142 | 50.0 | −15.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.4 |
Decades: |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lewis Payn Dawnay | 5,966 | 57.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edmund Turton | 4,503 | 43.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,463 | 14.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,469 | 82.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 12,637 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lewis Payn Dawnay | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Lawson | 5,890 | 62.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Harold Reckitt | 3,541 | 37.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,349 | 25.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,431 | 77.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 12,220 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Lawson | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Lawson | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Duncombe | 5,848 | 53.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | John J Brigg | 5,044 | 46.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 804 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,892 | 84.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 12,888 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Duncombe | 6,382 | 55.1 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | John J Brigg | 5,197 | 46.9 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 1,185 | 10.2 | 2.8 | ||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Edmund Turton | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Unionist | Edmund Turton | 9,656 | 69.1 | N/A |
Liberal | Samuel S Lockwood | 4,317 | 30.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,339 | 38.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Unionist hold | |||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Edmund Turton | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Edmund Turton | 11,545 | 62.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Haughton Sessions | 6,939 | 37.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,606 | 25.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,484 | N/A | |||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Edmund Turton | 13,564 | 65.7 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | William Haughton Sessions | 7,072 | 34.3 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 6,492 | 31.4 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 20,636 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Robert Turton | 16,084 | 59.2 | −6.5 | |
Liberal | Thomas Sunley | 11,069 | 40.8 | +6.5 | |
Majority | 5,015 | 18.5 | −13.0 | ||
Turnout | 27,153 | 73.7 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Turton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Turton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Turton | 20,483 | 60.15 | N/A | |
Common Wealth | Edward Moeran | 13,572 | 39.85 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,911 | 20.29 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 65.55 | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Turton | 26,324 | 65.41 | ||
Labour | Ivan Ernest Geffen | 11,480 | 28.53 | N/A | |
Liberal | Harry Aldam | 2,441 | 6.07 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,844 | 36.88 | |||
Turnout | 81.51 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Turton | 27,854 | 72.26 | ||
Labour | Arnold John Parkinson | 10,692 | 27.74 | ||
Majority | 17,162 | 44.52 | |||
Turnout | 77.41 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Turton | 25,467 | 69.11 | ||
Labour | George R Mitton | 11,382 | 30.89 | ||
Majority | 14,085 | 38.22 | |||
Turnout | 73.39 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Turton | 27,413 | 69.00 | ||
Labour | Jeremy Bray | 12,318 | 31.00 | ||
Majority | 15,095 | 37.99 | |||
Turnout | 75.65 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Turton | 28,272 | 66.39 | ||
Labour | Daniel Lorden Hussey | 14,315 | 33.61 | ||
Majority | 13,957 | 32.77 | |||
Turnout | 73.81 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Turton | 25,089 | 61.59 | ||
Labour | Richard A Wilson | 15,647 | 38.41 | ||
Majority | 9,442 | 23.18 | |||
Turnout | 70.27 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Turton | 30,892 | 66.86 | ||
Labour | Jonathan Bradshaw | 15,309 | 33.14 | ||
Majority | 15,583 | 33.73 | |||
Turnout | 72.34 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Spence | 27,580 | 53.44 | ||
Liberal | Michael Brooks | 13,172 | 25.52 | ||
Labour | MD Coupe | 10,855 | 21.03 | ||
Majority | 14,408 | 27.92 | |||
Turnout | 81.46 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Spence | 24,779 | 53.24 | ||
Liberal | Rodney Kent | 10,917 | 23.46 | ||
Labour | RK Illingworth | 10,842 | 23.30 | ||
Majority | 13,862 | 29.79 | |||
Turnout | 72.88 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Spence | 32,520 | 59.15 | ||
Labour | EJ Roberts | 11,924 | 21.69 | ||
Liberal | Rex North | 10,533 | 19.16 | ||
Majority | 20,596 | 37.46 | |||
Turnout | 76.46 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Thirsk and Malton was originally scheduled to be contested for the first time at the general election on 6 May 2010. However, the death of UKIP candidate John Boakes from a suspected heart attack, announced on 22 April 2010, caused the poll in the constituency to be postponed until 27 May 2010. Under the Electoral Administration Act, UKIP were allowed to select a replacement candidate, but new nominations by other parties were not permitted. [22] [23] [24] The constituent parties of the Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition government formed in the aftermath of the general election fielded competing candidates. [25]
In January 2014, Conservative Anne McIntosh — the MP at the time — was not re-selected by the local party. [26] McIntosh originally announced she would stand as an independent, [26] but withdrew in March 2015. [27]
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