Comments on: Thirsk and Malton

By: Newmaninyorks

Newmaninyorks — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:38:01 +0000

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…

By: Andy JS

Andy JS — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:38:10 +0000

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.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:38:34 +0000

Whitest seat in the UK? Its more so even than the western isles at any rate

By: H.Hemmelig

H.Hemmelig — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:33:00 +0000

The Liberal Party is extremely anti-EU

By: Barnaby Marder

Barnaby Marder — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:30:26 +0000

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.

By: Lancs Observer

Lancs Observer — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:24:29 +0000

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.

By: John D

John D — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:24:39 +0000

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.

By: Harry Porter

Harry Porter — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:37:04 +0000

Thank you for clarification Pete

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:44:59 +0000

Wikipedia is correct on this occasion. I hadn;t considered the 1974 boundary changes

By: Harry Porter

Harry Porter — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:31:38 +0000

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