Parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire
List of Parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire, England
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The county of North Yorkshire, together with the unitary authority of York, is divided into nine parliamentary constituencies: one borough constituency and eight county constituencies, two of which are partly in West Yorkshire.
Constituencies
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat
| Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate | Majority[nb 2] | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrogate and Knaresborough CC | 77,955 | 8,238 | Tom Gordon¤ | Andrew Jones† |  | ||
| Richmond and Northallerton CC | 73,886 | 12,185 | Rishi Sunak† | Tom Wilson‡ |  | ||
| Scarborough and Whitby CC | 74,558 | 5,408 | Alison Hume‡ | Roberto Weeden-Sanz† |  | ||
| Selby CC (part) | 78,043 | 10,195 | Keir Mather‡ | Charles Richardson† |  | ||
| Skipton and Ripon CC | 79,251 | 1,650 | Julian Smith† | Malcolm Birks‡ |  | ||
| Thirsk and Malton CC | 78,468 | 7,550 | Kevin Hollinrake† | Lisa Banes‡ |  | ||
| Wetherby and Easingwold CC (part) | 74,314 | 4,846 | Alec Shelbrooke† | Ben Pickles‡ |  | ||
| York Central BC | 79,557 | 19,154 | Rachael Maskell‡ | Richard Hudson† |  | ||
| York Outer CC | 76,228 | 9,391 | Luke Charters‡ | Julian Sturdy† |  | ||
2024
See 2023 review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
| Former name | Boundaries 2010–2024 | Current name | Boundaries 2024–present |
|---|---|---|---|
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For the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine North Yorkshire with West Yorkshire as a sub-region of the Yorkshire and the Humber Region, resulting in the creation of two new cross-county boundary constituencies: Selby which comprises the majority of the abolished constituency of Selby and Ainsty and includes the City of Leeds ward of Kippax and Methley; and a new constituency named Wetherby and Easingwold which includes the City of Leeds wards of Harewood and Wetherby. The commission also opted to rename Richmond (Yorks) to Richmond and Northallerton.[1][2]
The following constituencies resulted from the review:
Containing electoral wards from Craven
- Skipton and Ripon (part)
Containing electoral wards from Hambleton
- Richmond and Northallerton (part)
- Thirsk and Malton (part)
- Weatherby and Easingwold (part)1
Containing electoral wards from Harrogate
- Harrogate and Knaresborough
- Skipton and Ripon (part)
- Weatherby and Easingwold (part)1
Containing electoral wards from Richmondshire
- Richmond and Northallerton (part)
Containing electoral wards from Ryedale
- Thirsk and Malton (part)
Containing electoral wards from Scarborough
- Scarborough and Whitby
- Thirsk and Malton CC (part)
Containing electoral wards from Selby
Containing electoral wards from York
1 also contains parts in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire
2010
Under the fifth periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided that North Yorkshire should continue to be divided into 8 constituencies for the 2010 general election, but the boundaries were extensively redrawn in the south-eastern part to accommodate exactly two seats wholly within the recently formed unitary authority of York. The Vale of York was abolished and a new constituency named York Outer created, with City of York being renamed York Central. Ryedale was succeeded by Thirsk and Malton, and Selby was renamed Selby and Ainsty.
| Former name | Boundaries 1997–2010 | Current name | Boundaries 2010–present |
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Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019[3]
2024
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising North Yorkshire, including the two cross-county constituencies of Selby and Wetherby and Easingwold in the 2024 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 148,199 | 33.4% |  7.9% |
4 | 3 |
| Conservative | 141,867 | 32.0% |  24.4% |
4 | 3 |
| Liberal Democrats | 53,460 | 12.0% | 2.7% |
1 | 1 |
| Greens | 26,381 | 5.9% | 3.3% |
0 |  |
| Reform | 67,443 | 15.2% | 14.9% |
0 | |
| Others | 6,618 | 1.5% | 1.0% |
0 | |
| Total | 440,946 | 100.0 | 9 | 1 |
Percentage votes
| Election year | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 38.3 | 16.3 | 19.0 | 23.6 | 32.8 | 29.6 | 27.9 | 19.0 | 22.2 | 34.1 | 25.5 | 33.4 |
| Conservative | 46.9 | 56.1 | 53.1 | 52.8 | 40.0 | 43.6 | 43.7 | 46.8 | 48.5 | 54.1 | 54.4 | 32.0 |
| Reform1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.3 | 15.2 |
| Liberal Democrat2 | 13.9 | 27.4 | 27.5 | 22.9 | 23.0 | 23.5 | 24.7 | 27.8 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 14.7 | 12.0 |
| Green Party | – | – | * | * | * | * | * | 1.0 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 5.9 |
| UKIP | – | – | – | – | * | * | * | 2.7 | 13.2 | 1.1 | * | * |
| Other | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
12019 – Brexit Party
21983 & 1987 – SDP–Liberal Alliance 1979 – Liberal
1979 – Historic county
* Included in Other
Seats
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Liberal Democrat1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
11983 & 1987 – SDP–Liberal Alliance
Maps
1885–1910 – North Riding of Yorkshire
1885
1886
1892
1895
1900
1906
Jan 1910- Dec 1910
1918–1945
1918
1922
1923
1924
1929- 1931
- 1935
1945
1950–1979
1950
1951- 1955
1959- 1964
1966
1970
Feb 1974- Oct 1974
- 1979
1983–present – North Yorkshire
1983- 1987
1992
1997- 2001
2005
2010- 2015
- 2017
- 2019
2024
Historical representation by party
Data given here is for the North Riding of Yorkshire until 1983, and includes the city of York throughout. A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1918
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour
| Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 1892 | 93 | 1895 | 97 | 98 | 00 | 1900 | 02 | 05 | 1906 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | H. Pease | A. Pease | Samuel | ||||||||||||
| Middlesbrough | I. Wilson | J. Wilson | → | Sadler | J. Wilson | Williams | |||||||||
| Richmond (Yorks) | Milbank | Elliot | Hutton | Dyke Acland | Orde-Powlett | ||||||||||
| Scarborough | Sitwell | J. Rowntree | Sitwell | Compton-Rickett | Rea | ||||||||||
| Thirsk and Malton | Dawnay | Lawson | Duncombe | Turton | |||||||||||
| Whitby | E. Beckett | Buxton | G. Beckett | ||||||||||||
| York | A. Pease | Butcher | Greenwood | A. Rowntree | |||||||||||
| Lockwood | Beresford | Faber | Butcher | ||||||||||||
1918 to 1950
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal
| Constituency | 1918 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 28 | 1929 | 31 | 1931 | 1935 | 37 | 40 | 41 | 45 | 1945 | 48 | 49 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | Goff | Starmer | Goff | Mansfield | Bower | Willey | ||||||||||
| Middlesbrough East | Williams | Brown | Williams | Wilkinson | Young | Edwards | → | → | ||||||||
| Middlesbrough West | Thomson | Griffith | Johnstone | Bennett | Cooper | |||||||||||
| Richmond (Yorks) | Wilson | Dugdale | ||||||||||||||
| Scarborough and Whitby | Beckett | Herbert | Latham | Spearman | ||||||||||||
| Thirsk and Malton | E. Turton | R. Turton | ||||||||||||||
| York | Butcher | Marriott | Burgess | Lumley | Wood | Corlett | ||||||||||
1950 to 1983
Conservative Labour Social Democratic
| Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | 52 | 1955 | 1959 | 62 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 1979 | 81 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland / Cleveland and Whitby (1974) | Willey | Palmer | Proudfoot | Tinn | Brittan | ||||||||
| Middlesbrough East / Middlesbrough (1974) | Marquand | Bottomley | |||||||||||
| Middlesbrough West / Thornaby (1974) | Cooper | Simon | Bray | Sutcliffe | Wrigglesworth | → | |||||||
| Redcar | Tinn | ||||||||||||
| Richmond (Yorks) | Dugdale | Kitson | |||||||||||
| Scarborough and Whitby / Scarborough (1974) | Spearman | Shaw | |||||||||||
| Thirsk and Malton | Turton | Spence | |||||||||||
| York | Hylton-Foster | Longbottom | Lyon | ||||||||||
1983 to present
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal Democrats
| Constituency | 1983 | 86 | 1987 | 89 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 23 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrogate / H'gate & Knaresborough (1997) | Banks | Willis | Jones | Gordon | ||||||||||
| Richmond (Yorks) / R. & Northallerton (2024) | Brittan | Hague | Sunak | |||||||||||
| Ryedale / Thirsk and Malton (2010) | Spence | Shields | Greenway | McIntosh | Hollinrake | |||||||||
| Scarborough / Scarboro' & Whitby (1997) | Shaw | Sykes | Quinn | Goodwill | Hume | |||||||||
| Selby1 / Selby and Ainsty (2010–2024) | Alison | Grogan | Adams | Mather | ||||||||||
| Skipton and Ripon | Watson | Curry | Smith | |||||||||||
| Vale of York / York Outer (2010) | McIntosh | Sturdy | Charters | |||||||||||
| York / York Central (2010) | Gregory | Bayley | Maskell | |||||||||||
| Wetherby & Easingwold1 | Shelbrooke | |||||||||||||
1also includes some parts of West Yorkshire since 2024
See also
- Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland for those covering Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire.