List of Parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire

The county of North Yorkshire, together with the unitary authority of York, is divided into 8 Parliamentary constituencies - one Borough constituency and 7 County constituencies.

Constituencies[]

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency[nb 1]	Electorate[1]	Majority[2][nb 2]	Member of Parliament[2]		Nearest opposition[2]		Map
Harrogate and Knaresborough CC	77,941	9,675		Andrew Jones†		Judith Rogerson¤
Richmond (Yorks) CC	82,569	27,210		Rishi Sunak†		Thom Kirkwood‡
Scarborough and Whitby CC	74,404	10,270		Robert Goodwill†		Hugo Fearnley‡
Selby and Ainsty CC	78,398	20,137		Nigel Adams†		Malik Rofidi‡
Skipton and Ripon CC	78,673	23,694		Julian Smith†		Brian McDaid‡
Thirsk and Malton CC	80,991	25,154		Kevin Hollinrake†		David Yellen‡
York Central BC	74,899	13,545		Rachael Maskell‡		Fabia Tate†
York Outer CC	74,673	9,985		Julian Sturdy†		Anna Perrett‡

2010 boundary changes[]

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
City of York BC Harrogate and Knaresborough BC Richmond (Yorks) CC Ryedale CC Scarborough and Whitby CC Selby CC Skipton and Ripon CC Vale of York CC		Harrogate and Knaresborough CC Richmond (Yorks) CC Scarborough and Whitby CC Selby and Ainsty CC Skipton and Ripon CC Thirsk and Malton CC York Central BC York Outer CC

Proposed boundary changes[]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021.^[3]

The commission has proposed that North Yorkshire be combined 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 Weatherby.^[4][5]

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Craven

• Skipton and Ripon CC (part)

Containing electoral wards from Hambleton

• Richmond (Yorks) CC (part)
• Thirsk and Malton CC (part)
• (part)¹

Containing electoral wards from Harrogate

• Harrogate and Knaresborough BC
• Skipton and Ripon (part)
• Weatherby and Easingwold CC (part)¹

Containing electoral wards from Richmondshire

• Richmond (Yorks) CC (part)

Containing electoral wards from Ryedale

• Thirsk and Malton CC (part)

Containing electoral wards from Scarborough

• Scarborough and Whitby CC
• Thirsk and Malton CC (part)

Containing electoral wards from Selby

• Selby CC (part also in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire)
• Weatherby and Easingwold CC (part)¹

Containing electoral wards from York

• York Central BC
• York Outer CC

¹ also contains parts in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire

Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.

Results history[]

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[6]

2019[]

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising North Yorkshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Conservative	239,887	54.4%	0.3%	7	0
Labour	112,500	25.5%	8.6%	1	0
Liberal Democrats	64,772	14.7%	7.4%	0	0
Greens	11,441	2.6%	0.7%	0	0
Brexit	1,479	0.3%	new	0	0
Others	10,867	2.5%	0.1%	0	0
Total	440,946	100.0		8

Percentage votes[]

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative	56.1	53.1	52.8	40.0	43.6	43.7	46.8	48.5	54.1	54.4
Labour	16.3	19.0	23.6	32.8	29.6	27.9	19.0	22.2	34.1	25.5
Liberal Democrat1	27.4	27.5	22.9	23.0	23.5	24.7	27.8	9.2	7.3	14.7
Green Party	-	*	*	*	*	*	1.0	5.1	1.9	2.6
UKIP	-	-	-	*	*	*	2.7	13.2	1.1	*
Brexit Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3
Other	0.2	0.4	0.7	4.2	3.4	3.7	2.7	1.9	1.5	2.5

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats[]

Election year	1983	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
Conservative	7	7	6	4	4	5	7	7	7	7
Labour	0	0	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	1
Liberal Democrat1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Total	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

¹1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

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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
York	A. Pease		Butcher									Greenwood	A. Rowntree
	Lockwood						Beresford	Faber					Butcher
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

1918 to 1950[]

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal

Constituency	1918	1922	1923	1924	28	1929	31	1931	1935	37	40	41	45	1945	48	49
York	Butcher		Marriott			Burgess		Lumley		Wood				Corlett
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

1950 to 1983[]

  Conservative   Labour   Social Democratic

Constituency	1950	1951	52	1955	1959	62	1964	1966	1970	Feb 1974	Oct 1974	1979	81
York	Hylton-Foster				Longbottom			Lyon
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			→
Richmond (Yorks)	Dugdale				Kitson
Scarborough and Whitby / Scarborough (1974)	Spearman							Shaw
Thirsk and Malton	Turton									Spence
Redcar										Tinn

1983 to present[]

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Democrats

Constituency	1983	86	1987	89	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	2019
York / York Central (2010)	Gregory				Bayley					Maskell
Harrogate / Harrogate and Knaresborough (1997)	Banks					Willis			Jones
Richmond (Yorks)	Brittan			Hague						Sunak
Ryedale / Thirsk and Malton (2010)	Spence	Shields	Greenway						McIntosh	Hollinrake
Scarborough / Scarborough and Whitby (1997)	Shaw				Sykes	Quinn		Goodwill
Selby / Selby and Ainsty (2010)	Alison					Grogan			Adams
Skipton and Ripon	Watson		Curry						Smith
Vale of York / York Outer (2010)						McIntosh			Sturdy

See also[]

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (region)
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland for those covering Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire.

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