Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency)

Thirsk and Malton
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
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 wards of Amotherby, Ampleforth, Cropton, Dales, Derwent, Helmsley, Hovingham, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Norton East, Norton West, Pickering East, Pickering West, Rillington, Ryedale South West, Sherburn, Sheriff Hutton, Sinnington, Thornton Dale, and Wolds), 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

	Member^[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

Election		Member^[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 current MP — 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

Further information: List of deaths of candidates during British general elections

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 Robin 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 Robin 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 Robin 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 Robin 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 Robin 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 Robin 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 Robin 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 Robin 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 Robin Hugh Turton	Unoppossed
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Thirsk and Malton^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Robert Robin 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	Edmund Russborough Turton	9,656
	Liberal	Samuel S Lockwood	4,317
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

endorsed by the Coalition Government

Thirsk and Malton by-election, 1915
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edmund Russborough Turton	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

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. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ "'Thirsk and Malton', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
↑ "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.
1 2 "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 17 October 2015. 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).
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
↑ 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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