Skipton and Ripon
2010 Results:
Conservative: 27685 (50.59%)
Labour: 5498 (10.05%)
Liberal Democrat: 17735 (32.41%)
BNP: 1403 (2.56%)
UKIP: 1909 (3.49%)
Independent: 315 (0.58%)
Others: 179 (0.33%)
Majority: 9950 (18.18%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Conservative: 24821 (49.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 13341 (26.8%)
Labour: 9279 (18.6%)
Other: 2381 (4.8%)
Majority: 11480 (23%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 25100 (49.7%)
Labour: 9393 (18.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 13480 (26.7%)
UKIP: 2274 (4.5%)
Other: 274 (0.5%)
Majority: 11620 (23%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 25736 (52.4%)
Labour: 8543 (17.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 12806 (26.1%)
UKIP: 2041 (4.2%)
Majority: 12930 (26.3%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 25294 (46.5%)
Labour: 12171 (22.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 13674 (25.2%)
Referendum: 3212 (5.9%)
Majority: 11620 (21.4%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Julian Smith (Conservative) Managing director of a recruitment firm.
Julian Smith (Conservative) Managing director of a recruitment firm.
Claire Hazelgrove (Labour) Born 1988, Northamptonshire. Educated at York University.
Helen Flynn (Liberal Democrat) Educated at Wakefield Girls High School and Cambridge University. Formerly worked in book publishing and running a mail order business.
Rodney Mills (UKIP) Bernard Allen (BNP) Dylan Gilligan (Youth).Robert Leakey (Virtual Currency Cognitive Appraisal)Roger Bell (Independent)2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 95226
Male: 48.5%
Female: 51.5%
Under 18: 21.6%
Over 60: 24.5%
Born outside UK: 4.6%
White: 98.7%
Black: 0.2%
Asian: 0.4%
Mixed: 0.5%
Other: 0.3%
Christian: 79.3%
Full time students: 2.8%
Graduates 16-74: 22.9%
No Qualifications 16-74: 24.6%
Owner-Occupied: 74.3%
Social Housing: 9.6% (Council: 6.8%, Housing Ass.: 2.9%)
Privately Rented: 10.4%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 10.4%
