Barkston Ash (UK Parliament constituency)

Barkston Ash County constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1983
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Barkston Ash was a parliamentary constituency centred on the village of Barkston Ash in North Yorkshire. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

[edit] History

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and returned Conservative Party MPs at every general election until its abolution. However, it was briefly represented by the Liberal Joseph Andrews, who won the seat a by-election in October 1905 after the death of its first MP, Sir Robert Gunter. The Conservatives regained the seat at the general election in January 1906.

At the 1983 general election, Barkston Ash was replaced by the Selby constituency. At the Next UK general election (due no later than 2010), the modern equivalent of Barkston Ash will be Selby and Ainsty.

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Sir Robert Gunter, Bt.	Conservative
	1905	Joseph Andrews	Liberal
	1906	Colonel George Lane-Fox	Conservative
	1931	Sir Leonard Ropner, Bt.	Conservative
	1964	Michael Alison	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished: see Selby

General Election 1979: Barkston Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Alison	40,381	56.3	+8.3
	Labour	John Muir	21,670	30.2	-2.2
	Liberal	Philip Pughe-Morgan	7,909	11.0	-8.6
	Ecology	David Corry	1,829	2.6	+2.6
Majority			18,711	26.1
Turnout			71,789	78.1	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.3

General Election 1974 October: Barkston Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Alison	30,498	48.0	-1.0
	Labour	John Muir	20,557	32.4	+2.4
	Liberal	Duncan Paige	12,483	19.7	-1.4
Majority			9,941	15.6
Turnout			63,538	75.8	-7.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.7

General Election 1974 February: Barkston Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Alison	33,979	49.0	-10.6
	Labour	John Muir	20,782	30.0	-10.5
	Liberal	Duncan Paige	14,618	21.1	+21.1
Majority			13,197	19.0
Turnout			69,379	83.5	+7.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.1

General Election 1970: Barkston Ash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Alison	35,198	59.6	+3.3
	Labour	Keith Grime	23,861	40.4	-3.3
Majority			11,337	19.2
Turnout			59,059	75.6	-4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.3