Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency)

Thirsk and Malton
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map

Boundary of Thirsk and Malton in North Yorkshire.

Outline map

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
Number of members One
Created from Ryedale (majority)
Vale of York(part)
1885–1983
Number of members One
Replaced by Ryedale, Richmond (Yorks), Selby and Skipton and Ripon[2]
Created from Thirsk; preceded by North Riding of Yorkshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency Yorkshire and the Humber

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

1885–1983

The earlier version of the seat existed during this period.

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-served of members for one constituency – for 44 years and 9 months.

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.

Boundaries

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.

2010-present: 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 meet 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.[3]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1983

Boundary of Thirsk and Malton constituency 1918–1950
ElectionMember[4]Party
1885 Lewis Payn Dawnay Conservative
1892 Sir John Lawson Conservative
1906 Viscount Helmsley Conservative
1915 by-election Sir Edmund Turton Conservative
1918 Coalition Conservative
1922 Conservative
1929 Sir Robin Turton Conservative
Feb 1974 John Spence Conservative
1983 Constituency abolished

MPs since 2010

Thirsk & Malton 2010-date
ElectionMember[4]Party
2010 Anne McIntosh Conservative
2015 Kevin Hollinrake Conservative

Elections

For results before boundary changes, see Ryedale and Vale of York

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Thirsk and Malton[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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 Democrat Di Keal 4,703 9.0 -14.3
Green Chris Newsam 2,404 4.6 +4.6
Liberal John Clark 1,127 2.2 -1.6
Independent Philip Tate 692 1.3 +1.3
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]

General Election 2010: Thirsk and Malton[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Anne McIntosh 20,167 52.9 +1.0
Liberal Democrat 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]

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Thirsk and Malton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Spence 32,520 59.15
Labour EJ Roberts 11,924 21.69
Liberal R North 10,533 19.16
Majority 20,596 37.46
Turnout 76.46
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Thirsk and Malton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Spence 24,779 53.24
Liberal R Kent 10,917 23.46
Labour RK Illingworth 10,842 23.30
Majority 13,862 29.79
Turnout 72.88
Conservative hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Thirsk and Malton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Spence 27,580 53.44
Liberal MJL Brooks 13,172 25.52
Labour MD Coupe 10,855 21.03
Majority 14,408 27.92
Turnout 81.46
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1970: Thirsk and Malton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Hugh Turton 30,892 66.86
Labour Jonathan Richard Bradshaw 15,309 33.14
Majority 15,583 33.73
Turnout 72.34
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Thirsk and Malton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Hugh Turton 25,089 61.59
Labour Richard A Wilson 15,647 38.41
Majority 9,442 23.18
Turnout 70.27
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1964: Thirsk and Malton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Hugh Turton 28,272 55.39
Labour Daniel Lorden Hussey 14,315 33.61
Majority 13,957 32.77
Turnout 73.81
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Thirsk and Malton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Hugh Turton 27,413 69.00
Labour Jeremy William Bray 12,318 31.00
Majority 15,095 37.99
Turnout 75.65
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Thirsk and Malton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Hugh Turton 25,467 69.11
Labour George R Mitton 11,382 30.89
Majority 14,085 38.22
Turnout 73.39
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: Thirsk and Malton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Hugh Turton 27,854 72.26
Labour Arnold John Parkinson 10,692 27.74
Majority 17,162 44.52
Turnout 77.41
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1950: Thirsk and Malton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Hugh Turton 26,324 65.41
Labour Ivan Ernest Geffen 11,480 28.53
Liberal Harry Aldam 2,441 6.07
Majority 14,844 36.88
Turnout 81.51
Conservative hold Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Thirsk and Malton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Hugh Turton 20,483 60.15
Common Wealth Edward Warner Moeran 13,572 39.85
Majority 6,911 20.29
Turnout 65.55
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Thirsk and Malton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Hugh Turton Unopposed
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1931: Thirsk and Malton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Hugh Turton Unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Thirsk and Malton[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Robert Hugh 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
General Election 1924: Thirsk and Malton[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Edmund Russborough Turton 13,564 65.7
Liberal William Haughton Sessions 7,072 34.3
Majority 6,492 31.4
Turnout 20,636
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1923: Thirsk and Malton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Edmund Russborough 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 Swing n/a
General Election 1922 : Thirsk and Malton[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Edmund Russborough Turton unopposed n/a n/a
Unionist hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918 Thirsk and Malton [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist 9,656
Liberal Samuel S Lockwood 4,317
Majority
Turnout
Unionist hold Swing
Thirsk and Malton by-election, 1915
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Edmund Russborough Turton Unopposed n/a n/a
Unionist hold Swing n/a

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ 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
  1. ↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "'Thirsk and Malton', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  4. 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
  5. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Thirsk & Malton". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Malton MP To Stand As Independent After Deselection by Conservatives". Minister FM. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Reed, James (13 March 2015). "Deselected Tory Anne McIntosh brings down curtain on Commons career". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. ↑ BBC – Election 2010 – Thirsk & Malton
  11. ↑ "Election delayed after the death of candidate". Malton & Pickering Mercury. 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  12. ↑ Stead, Mark (2010-04-23). "Thirsk and Malton election postponed after candidate John Boakes dies". The Press (York Press). Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  13. ↑ "Funeral for UKIP election candidate John Boakes". BBC News. 2010-05-04. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  14. ↑ Wainwright, Martin (12 May 2010). "Thirsk and Malton election to put coalition government to test". The Guardian. London.
  15. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  16. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  17. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  18. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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Preceded by
Saffron Walden		 Constituency represented by the Father of the House
1965–1974 		Succeeded by
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