List of parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire
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.
Constituencies
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[1] | Majority[2][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[2] | Nearest opposition[2] | Map | ||
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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‡ | ![]() | ||
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 name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Current name | Boundaries 2010–present |
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![]() Parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire |
![]() 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. Final proposals will be published by 1 July 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
- Skipton and Ripon (part)
Containing electoral wards from Hambleton
- Richmond and Northallerton (part)
- Thirsk and Malton (part)
- Weatherby and Easingwold (part)1
Containing electoral wards from Harrogate
- Harrogate and Knaresborough
- Skipton and Ripon (part)
- Weatherby and Easingwold (part)1
Containing electoral wards from Richmondshire
- Richmond and Northallerton (part)
Containing electoral wards from Ryedale
- Thirsk and Malton (part)
Containing electoral wards from Scarborough
- Scarborough and Whitby
- Thirsk and Malton CC (part)
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:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Conservative | 239,887 | 54.4% | ![]() |
7 | 0 |
Labour | 112,500 | 25.5% | ![]() |
1 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 64,772 | 14.7% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Greens | 11,441 | 2.6% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Brexit | 1,479 | 0.3% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others | 10,867 | 2.5% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Total | 440,946 | 100.0 | 8 |
Percentage votes
Election year | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 46.9 | 56.1 | 53.1 | 52.8 | 40.0 | 43.6 | 43.7 | 46.8 | 48.5 | 54.1 | 54.4 |
Labour | 38.3 | 16.3 | 19.0 | 23.6 | 32.8 | 29.6 | 27.9 | 19.0 | 22.2 | 34.1 | 25.5 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 13.9 | 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 | 0.9 | 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 1979 - Liberal
1979 - Historic county
* Included in Other
Seats
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 Democrat1 | 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
1885-1910 - North Riding of Yorkshire
- 1885
- 1886
- 1892
- 1895
- 1900
- 1906
- Jan 1910
- Dec 1910
1918-1945
- 1918
- 1922
- 1923
- 1924
- 1929
- 1931
- 1935
- 1945
1950-1979
- 1950
- 1951
- 1955
- 1959
- 1964
- 1966
- 1970
- Feb 1974
- Oct 1974
- 1979
1983-present - North Yorkshire
- 1983
- 1987
- 1992
- 1997
- 2001
- 2005
- 2010
- 2015
- 2017
- 2019
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
Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 1892 | 93 | 1895 | 97 | 98 | 00 | 1900 | 02 | 05 | 1906 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 15 |
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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
Constituency | 1918 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 28 | 1929 | 31 | 1931 | 1935 | 37 | 40 | 41 | 45 | 1945 | 48 | 49 |
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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
Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 52 | 1955 | 1959 | 62 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 1979 | 81 |
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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
Constituency | 1983 | 86 | 1987 | 89 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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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 |
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland for those covering Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire.
Notes
- BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
- The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
References
- Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Commons Library.
- "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- The new Yorkshire borders that could create 18 new constituencies by next General Election YorkshireLive
- 2023 review Yorkshire and the Humber Boundary Commission for England
- Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".