Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Thirsk and Malton
County constituency
Image:Constituency.svg
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.

A previous Thirsk and Malton constituency existed from 1885 to 1983.

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[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:

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1885-1974

Election Member Party
1885 Lewis Payn Dawnay
1892 Sir John Grant Lawson Unionist
1906 Viscount Helmsley Conservative
1915 Sir Edmund Russborough Turton Conservative
1929 Robert Hugh Turton Conservative
1974 John Deane Spence Conservative
1983 Constituency abolished

[edit] Candidates

Next United Kingdom general election: Thirsk and Malton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jonathan Roberts
Conservative Anne McIntosh

[edit] Election results

Thirsk and Malton will be contested for the first time at the next UK General Election (sometime between 2008 and 2010). ::For results prior to boundary changes, follow the above links to Ryedale or the Vale of York


Notional results for the 2005 General Election using the new constituency boundaries place Thirsk and Malton as the safest Conservative seat in the entire country. The Electoral Calculus Website (http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk) shows a notional majority of 21,095 (42.66%).

On November 18, 2006, Thirsk and Malton Conservative Association unexpectedly [1] chose Anne McIntosh (sitting MP for Vale of York) as their candidate in preference to Ryedale's sitting MP John Greenway.

[edit] See also

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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 • Hull East • Hull North • Hull West and Hessle • Keighley • 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
Liberal Democrat
Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) • Conservative (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • UKIP (1)