Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Thirsk and Malton
County constituency
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Thirsk and Malton shown within North Yorkshire, and North Yorkshire shown within England
Created: for 2009 or 2010 election
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Type: House of Commons
County: North Yorkshire
EP constituency: Yorkshire and the Humber

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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Election results

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

Thirsk and Malton will be fought for the first time at the UK general election in 2009 or 2010. Estimates of the constituency's behaviour in the 2005 general election place it as safely Conservative. On November 18, 2006, Thirsk and Malton Conservative Association unexpectedly {http://blog.appgifs.org.uk} chose Anne McIntosh (sitting MP for Vale of York) as their candidate in preference to Ryedale's sitting MP John Greenway.

[edit] See also

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
Labour

Barnsley Central | Barnsley East and Mexborough | Barnsley West and Penistone | Batley and Spen | Bradford North | Bradford South | Bradford West | Brigg and Goole | Calder Valley | City of York | Cleethorpes | Colne Valley | Dewsbury | Don Valley | Doncaster Central | Doncaster North | Elmet | Great Grimsby | Halifax | Hemsworth | Huddersfield | Keighley | Hull East | Hull North | Hull West and Hessle | Leeds Central | Leeds East | Leeds North East | Leeds West | Morley and Rothwell | Normanton | Pontefract and Castleford | Pudsey | Rother Valley | Rotherham | Scunthorpe | Selby | Sheffield Attercliffe | Sheffield Brightside | Sheffield Central | Sheffield Heeley | Sheffield Hillsborough | Wakefield | Wentworth

Conservative

Beverley and Holderness | East Yorkshire | Haltemprice and Howden | Richmond (Yorks) | Ryedale | Scarborough and Whitby | Shipley | Skipton and Ripon | Vale of York

Liberal Democrat

Harrogate and Knaresborough | Leeds North West | Sheffield Hallam

Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) | Conservative (2) | Liberal Democrats (1) | UKIP (1)