North Riding of Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Riding of Yorkshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	North Riding of Yorkshire
1832–1885
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	Cleveland, Richmond, Thirsk & Malton and Whitby
Created from	Yorkshire

North Riding of Yorkshire was a parliamentary constituency in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832, when the four-seat Yorkshire constituency was divided in three for the 1832 general election. It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and replaced for the 1885 general election by the new single-member constituencies of Cleveland, Richmond, Thirsk & Malton and Whitby.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1654–1658 (Protectorate Parliaments)

Election	First member	Second member	Third member	Fourth member
1654	Lord Eure	Francis Lascelles	Thomas Harrison	George Smithson
1656	?	Francis Lascelles	Luke Robinson	?

MPs 1832–1885

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832	constituency created by division of the Yorkshire constituency
1832		Hon. William Duncombe	Conservative		Edward Stillingfleet Cayley	Liberal
1841 by-election		Hon. Octavius Duncombe	Conservative
1859		Hon. William Duncombe	Conservative
1862 by-election					William Morritt	Conservative
1865					Frederick Milbank	Liberal
1867 by-election		Hon. Octavius Duncombe	Conservative
1874		Viscount Helmsley	Conservative
1882 by-election		Hon. Guy Dawnay	Conservative
1885	constituency abolished: see Cleveland, Richmond, Thirsk & Malton and Whitby

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Y"
• Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.