| Thirsk and Malton | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Thirsk and Malton in North Yorkshire. |
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Location of North Yorkshire within England. |
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| County | North Yorkshire |
| Electorate | 77,230 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Pickering, Filey, Thirsk, Easingwold, Malton |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Anne McIntosh |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Ryedale, Vale of York |
| 1885–1983 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Ryedale |
| Created from | North Riding of Yorkshire |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Thirsk and Malton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects 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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Following their review of parliamentary representation in North Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England recommended the creation of a new seat of Thirsk and Malton for the 2010 general election. This took electoral wards from the former Ryedale and Vale of York constituencies.
The electoral wards contained in the constituency are:
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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| 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 | ||
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Anne McIntosh | Conservative | |
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.[3][4][5] The constituent parties of the Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition government formed in the aftermath of the general election fielded competing candidates.[6]
| General Election 2010: Thirsk and Malton[7] | |||||
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| 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 | |||
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Saffron Walden |
Constituency represented by the Father of the House 1965–1974 |
Succeeded by Vauxhall |