Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency)
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Thirsk and Malton | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Thirsk and Malton in North Yorkshire | |
![]() Location of North Yorkshire within England | |
County | North Yorkshire |
Electorate | 77,230 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Pickering, Filey, Thirsk, Easingwold, Malton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Kevin Hollinrake |
Seats | One |
Created from | Ryedale (majority) Vale of York(part) |
Thirsk and Malton is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Kevin Hollinrake, a Conservative.[n 2]
History
2010-date
Anne McIntosh, a conservative, elected for Vale of York in 1997 then in Thirsk and Malton in 2010, having defeated fellow MP John Greenway in the selection, qualified as an advocate and worked for six years as political adviser to the European Democrats group in Brussels, then won election as an MEP for two terms, since 2010 she chairs the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee. In 2014 she was deselected as the Conservative candidate.
Political history
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.
Thirsk and Malton had been the name for a previous constituency between 1885 and 1983.
Boundaries
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.
Constituency profile
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.
Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.3% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[2]
Members of Parliament
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Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Anne McIntosh | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2015 | Kevin Hollinrake | Conservative |
Elections
- For results before boundary changes, see Ryedale and Vale of York
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kevin Hollinrake | 33,572 | 60.0 | +7.4 | |
Labour | Alan Avery | 14,571 | 26.1 | +10.6 | |
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 | −0.8 | |
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 | +1.9 | |
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 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Clark | 1,127 | 2.2 | −1.6 | |
Independent | Philip Tate | 692 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 19,456 | 37.2 | |||
Turnout | 52,365 | 67.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
In January 2014, Conservative Anne McIntosh — the MP at the time — was not re-selected by the local party.[7] McIntosh originally announced she would stand as an independent,[7] but withdrew in March 2015.[8]
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 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,281 | 29.6 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 38,142 | 50.0 | −15.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.4 |
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.[11][12][13] The constituent parties of the Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition government formed in the aftermath of the general election fielded competing candidates.[14]
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
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- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
- ^ "General Election 2017". Gazette & Herald. 11 May 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Thirsk & Malton". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Malton MP To Stand As Independent After Deselection by Conservatives". Minister FM. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ Reed, James (13 March 2015). "Deselected Tory Anne McIntosh brings down curtain on Commons career". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ BBC – Election 2010 – Thirsk & Malton
- ^ "Election delayed after the death of candidate". Malton & Pickering Mercury. 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
- ^ Stead, Mark (2010-04-23). "Thirsk and Malton election postponed after candidate John Boakes dies". The Press (York Press). Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ "Funeral for UKIP election candidate John Boakes". BBC News. 2010-05-04. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ Wainwright, Martin (12 May 2010). "Thirsk and Malton election to put coalition government to test". The Guardian. London.