Comments on: Thirsk and Malton

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:41 +0000

On Chris Mewsam’s Facebook page as of 23 Feb.
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Chris Newsam with regret I have decided, after so agonising, to withdraw as a Green Party candidate at the forthcoming General Election for the constituency of Thirsk and Malton. This is due to on-going and as yet unresolved health issues which have developed this winter. As I cannot determine how long my illness will continue I feel that I cannot give the commitment necessary to run a successful and meaningful campaign.

By: Mike Potter

Mike Potter — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:10:13 +0000

At the last selection meeting I believe John announced that if he were chosen to fight Thirsk and Malton again, it would be his last term. So I hardly see him chasing another seat if he intended to retire in 2014/15. Besides, if facing another selection committee, it doesn’t look good to admit you were deselected by your existing constituency.

By: lancs observer

lancs observer — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:14:09 +0000

Has John Greenway MP found a seat or indeed applied for any others?

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:11:21 +0000

The Greens have selected Chris Newsam here

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:06:12 +0000

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.

By: Harry Porter

Harry Porter — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:55:36 +0000

Has Pickering had the same constituency history as Malton?

By: Harry Porter

Harry Porter — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:27:04 +0000

Has Pickering had the same boundary history as Malton?

By: Frederic Stansfield

Frederic Stansfield — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:39:53 +0000

Is this seat going to do the right thing and count on the Thursday night? The old Thirsk and Malton seat used to count on the Friday, but transport was not so easy in those days. And as has been pointed out in several places on this site an immediate count prevents possibilities of meddling with the balot boxes.

Indeed, I have a distant recollection of being told by a master at school who lived in Thirsk and Malton (or rather York Outer) that a ballot box WAS interfered with overnight in this seat. I think it would have been in 1959, or less likely it might have been in a slightly earlier election. Does anybody local know enough about political hisotry here, or have access to records, to tell us if my recollection was trueor not? Of course, it wouldn’t have affected the result – Thirsk and Malton was rock solid safe for the Turtons – but it is the principle that matters.

By: Andy Stidwill

Andy Stidwill — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:07:59 +0000

She would have been the second candidate they’d got rid of in a short space of time if the malcontents had been successful.

By: The Impartial Observer

The Impartial Observer — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:46:06 +0000

McIntosh survived the deselection vote last night and remains the candidate.

No word on what caused the squabble, view on ConHome is that it was most likely due to a few malcontents in the local association.