Thirsk and Malton
2010 Results:
Conservative: 20167 (52.0%)
Labour: 5169 (13.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 8886 (23.3%)
UKIP: 2502 (6.6%)
Liberal: 1418 (3.7%)
Majority: 11281 (29.6)
Notional 2005 Results:
Conservative: 27889 (52.8%)
Labour: 13202 (25%)
Liberal Democrat: 9663 (18.3%)
Other: 2099 (4%)
Majority: 14687 (27.8%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 21251 (48.2%)
Labour: 9148 (20.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 10782 (24.4%)
UKIP: 1522 (3.4%)
Other: 1417 (3.2%)
Majority: 10469 (23.7%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 20711 (47.2%)
Labour: 6470 (14.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 15836 (36.1%)
UKIP: 882 (2%)
Majority: 4875 (11.1%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 21351 (43.8%)
Labour: 8762 (18%)
Liberal Democrat: 16293 (33.4%)
Referendum: 1460 (3%)
Other: 917 (1.9%)
Majority: 5058 (10.4%)
Boundary changes: Major. The old seat of Ryedale undergoes major changes as a knock-on effect to the dismemberment of the old Vale of York seat and the creation of York Outer. Easingwold, Helperby, Huby & Sutton, Shipton, Sowerby, Stillington, Thirsk, Thorntons, Tollerton, Topcliffe, White Horse and Whitestonecliffe are all added to the seat from the Vale of York while the York part of the old Ryedale (consisting of Heworth without, Huntington and New Earwick, Osbaldwick, Strensall and a small part of Derwent) goes to the new York Outer seat.
Profile: a huge rural seat in North Yorkshire, covering part of the North Yorks moors (the author James Herriot lived and practiced in Thirsk) and then following the Yorkshire Wolds east to the town of Filey on the coast.
Thirsk and Malton is an affluent rural seat, high rate of owner-occupiers and low unemployment. The economy is largely based on tourism and agriculture, though many residents commute into York. The predecessor seat of Ryedale was briefly held by the Liberals after a 1986 by-election, but under any normal circumstances it is safely Conservative.
The 2010 general election in Thirsk and Malton was countermanded following the death of John Boakes, the UKIP candidate, after close of nominations. Anne McIntosh was finally returned on the 27th May.
Current MP: Anne McIntosh (Conservative) born 1954, Edinburgh. Educated at Harrogate College, Edinburgh University and Aarhus University, Denmark. Barrister and Former MEP for Essex North East (1989-1994) and Suffolk South (1994-1999). Contested Workington in 1987. MP for the Vale of York since 1997. Has served as a shadow spokesman on culture, transport, environment, foreign affairs and work and pensions.
Anne McIntosh (Conservative) born 1954, Edinburgh. Educated at Harrogate College, Edinburgh University and Aarhus University, Denmark. Barrister and Former MEP for Essex North East (1989-1994) and Suffolk South (1994-1999). Contested Workington in 1987. MP for the Vale of York since 1997. Has served as a shadow spokesman on culture, transport, environment, foreign affairs and work and pensions. Currently (Nov 2006) she is shadow minister for education. Her current constituency is effectively abolished by boundary changes and she was chosen over John Greenway to contest the Thirsk and Malton seat.
Jonathan Roberts (Labour) Born 1982. Educated at Thirsk Comprehensive and Loughborough University. Manages the Maritime UK coalition of shipping, ports and maritime business services bodies. Executive officer of the Labour Movement for Europe.
Howard Keal (Liberal Democrat) Freelance PR consultant. Ryedale councillor and leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Ryedale council.
Toby Horton (UKIP) Director of a television production company. Contested Sedgefield 1983, Rother Valley 1992 for the Conservative Party. Defected to UKIP in 2006. Contested Sedgefield by-election 2007.
John Clark (Liberal) Ryedale councillor. North Yorkshire councillor.2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 93576
Male: 49.2%
Female: 50.8%
Under 18: 21%
Over 60: 26.6%
Born outside UK: 2.9%
White: 99.4%
Mixed: 0.3%
Other: 0.2%
Christian: 82.5%
Full time students: 1.6%
Graduates 16-74: 19.9%
No Qualifications 16-74: 29.8%
Owner-Occupied: 71.4%
Social Housing: 12.3% (Council: 1.9%, Housing Ass.: 10.4%)
Privately Rented: 10.6%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 9.3%
Sorry. Please ignore my last post. I spotted an error.
Revised numbers as follows -
Con: 10,703,944 (excluidng Bercow)
Lab: 8,606,535
LDem: 6,837,548
SNP and PC: 656,770
Others: 2,883,170 (including Bercow)
Electorate: 45,604,401
Total votes: 29,687,967
Turnout: 65.1%
Tim – I agree. The Tory vote share fell by 1% compared to 2005, suggesting some Tory voters stayed at home or voted UKIP given their 7%, as well as some preferring the strident John Greenway compared with Anne McIntosh.
Post by Pete Whitehead on October 1st:
‘Since 1918 Pickering was in Thirsk & Malton and Ryedale since 1983 and will be in Thirsk & Malton again from the next election.
However from 1885-1918 it was in the Whitby seat.’
Hmm, Wikipedia’s article on the Scarborough constituency appears to contradict you Pete:
‘the boundary changes which came into effect at the February 1974 general election created a new constituency named Scarborough. This was a county constituency including, in addition to Scarborough itself and its suburb Scalby, the town of Pickering and the Scarborough and Pickering rural districts. There were further boundary changes at the 1983 general election, which brought in Whitby and its surrounding area in place of the Pickering district.’
Therefore on this criteria Pickering’s historic boundaries have I believe been:
Whitby 1885-1918
Thirsk and Malton 1918-74
Scarborough 1974-83
Ryedale 1983-2010
Thirsk and Malton 2010-present
This result does seem to indicate a pattern across North Yorkshire where the Tories have held their own and the LibDems making small increases in their vote.
Post by Pete Whitehead on October 1st:
‘Since 1918 Pickering was in Thirsk & Malton and Ryedale since 1983 and will be in Thirsk & Malton again from the next election.
However from 1885-1918 it was in the Whitby seat.’
Wikipedia’s article on the Scarborough constituency appears to contradict you Pete:
‘the boundary changes which came into effect at the February 1974 general election created a new constituency named Scarborough. This was a county constituency including, in addition to Scarborough itself and its suburb Scalby, the town of Pickering and the Scarborough and Pickering rural districts. There were further boundary changes at the 1983 general election, which brought in Whitby and its surrounding area in place of the Pickering district.’
Therefore on this criteria Pickering’s historic boundaries have I believe been:
Whitby 1885-1918
Thirsk and Malton 1918-74
Scarborough 1974-83
Ryedale 1983-2010
Thirsk and Malton 2010-present
Wikipedia is correct on this occasion. I hadn;t considered the 1974 boundary changes
Thank you for clarification Pete
A very belated response to a comment by Joe Broughton in Jan 2008:
“Pickering has a Conservative Club (or it did in 2002).”
It still does. It also has a Lib Dem club. However, I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a Labour Club in Pickering
If this seat had voted on 6th May, I think turnout would’ve been around 67%, the Tories would’ve got around 54 / 55%, and the majority would’ve been from around 16,500 – 18,000.
I’ve only just spotted that a Tory Cllr here defected to the Liberal Party. Cllr John Savage is a County and parish Cllr and joins John Clark to form a Liberal Group.
what a weird defection that is. It is very hard to see what the 2 parties have in common, other than in very loose terms support for the continuation of capitalist society. Many Liberal Party members wouldn’t accept that analysis, either.
The Liberal Party is extremely anti-EU
Whitest seat in the UK? Its more so even than the western isles at any rate
A lot of seats are “whiter” than Thirsk & Malton. In England Berwick-upon-Tweed would be one example and there will be lots in Scotland as well.
Heard the local Labour party want the same candidate, Jonathon Roberts, to fight again in 2015 – but he is being tipped for a winnable seat next time.
Will be interesting to see who Lab and Lib Dems put forward for next election. I would have thought it would make sense for them to select candidates quite early…