Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency)

Thirsk and Malton will be a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

A previous Thirsk and Malton constituency existed from 1885 to 1983.

Boundaries

Following their review of parliamentary representation in North Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England has recommended the creation of a new seat of Thirsk and Malton. This takes electoral wards from Ryedale and Vale of York.

The electoral wards used in the new constituency will be:

• The entire district of Ryedale
• The Scarborough wards of Filey and Hertford
• The Hambleton wards of Easingwold, Helperby, Huby with Sutton, Shipton, Sowerby, Stillington, Thirsk, Thorntons, Tollerton, Topcliffe, White Horse, and Whitestonecliffe

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885-1974

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1885	Lewis Payn Dawnay	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1892	Sir John Lawson	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1906	Viscount Helmsley	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1915 by-election	Sir Edmund Turton	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Coalition Conservative/meta/color" |	1918		Coalition Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1922		Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1929	Sir Robin Turton	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Feb 1974	John Spence	Conservative
1983		Constituency abolished - to be re-created at 2010 general election

Election results

For results prior to boundary changes, follow the above links to Ryedale or the Vale of York

Thirsk and Malton will be contested for the first time at the 2010 General Election.

On November 18, 2006, Thirsk and Malton Conservative Association unexpectedly [1] chose Anne McIntosh (sitting MP for Vale of York) as their candidate in preference to Ryedale's sitting MP John Greenway.

General Election 2010: Thirsk and Malton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Clark
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Keal
	Conservative	Anne McIntosh
	Green	Chris Newsam
	Labour	Jonathan Roberts
	UKIP	John Boakes

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire
• Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs