Skipton and Ripon (UK Parliament constituency)
Skipton and Ripon | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Skipton and Ripon in North Yorkshire. | |
Location of North Yorkshire within England. | |
County | North Yorkshire |
Electorate | 77,098 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Masham, Ripon, Settle, Skipton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of parliament | Julian Smith (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Skipton, Ripon, Harrogate, Thirsk & Malton, Keighley, Barkston Ash and Richmond (Yorks)[2] |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Skipton and Ripon is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Julian Smith, a Conservative.[n 2]
Constituency profile
It is one of the safest seats in England, formed on an area with a long history of Conservative representation and with a large plurality of its voting-age population having in the last election voted Conservative. It was also the constituency in 1992 that when declared, saw the Conservatives gain the 4th straight majority since 1979 and John Major re-elected as Prime Minister.
At 1.6% only of its area as unemployment claimants, Skipton and Ripon had significantly lower than national average unemployment (c.f. 3.8%) in November 2012.[3]
Boundaries
1983-1997: The District of Craven, and the Borough of Harrogate wards of Almscliffe, Bishop Monkton, Boroughbridge, Fountains, Killinghall, Kirkby Malzeard, Lower Nidderdale, Mashamshire, Newby, Nidd Valley, Pateley Bridge, Ripon East, Ripon West, Wathvale, and Wharfedale Moors.
1997-2010: The District of Craven, and the Borough of Harrogate wards of Almscliffe, Bishop Monkton, Fountains, Killinghall, Kirkby Malzeard, Lower Nidderdale, Mashamshire, Nidd Valley, Pateley Bridge, Ripon East, Ripon West, and Wharfedale Moors.
2010-present: The District of Craven, and the Borough of Harrogate wards of Bishop Monkton, Kirkby Malzeard, Lower Nidderdale, Mashamshire, Newby, Nidd Valley, Pateley Bridge, Ripon Minster, Ripon Moorside, Ripon Spa, Washburn, and Wathvale.
This area of the Yorkshire Dales covers the whole of the Craven district including the towns of Skipton, Bentham and Settle. It also covers the northern and western parts of the Borough of Harrogate district including the city of Ripon and towns of Pateley Bridge and Masham.
History
The constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the former seats of Skipton and Ripon.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
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1983 | John Grenville Bernard Watson | Conservative | |
1987 | David Curry | Conservative | |
2010 | Julian Richard Smith | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Julian Richard Smith | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Julian Richard Smith | 30,248 | 55.4 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Malcolm Birks | 9,487 | 17.4 | +7.3 | |
UKIP | Alan Henderson | 7,651 | 14.0 | +10.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jacquie Bell | 4,057 | 7.4 | −25.0 | |
Green | Andy Brown | 3,116 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 20,761 | 38.1 | +19.9 | ||
Turnout | 54,559 | 71.6 | +0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Julian Richard Smith | 27,685 | 50.6 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Helen Flynn | 17,735 | 32.4 | +5.8 | |
Labour | Claire Hazelgrove | 5,498 | 10.0 | −8.2 | |
UKIP | Rodney Mills | 1,909 | 3.5 | −1.1 | |
BNP | Bernard Allen | 1,403 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Independent | Roger Bell | 315 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
The Youth Party | Dylan Gilligan | 95 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party | Bob Leakey | 84 | 0.2 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 9,950 | 18.2 | |||
Turnout | 54,724 | 70.7 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.6 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | David Curry | 25,100 | 49.7 | −2.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Paul Albert English | 13,480 | 26.7 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Paul Edward Andrew Baptie | 9,393 | 18.6 | +1.2 | |
UKIP | Ian Bannister | 2,274 | 4.5 | +0.3 | |
Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party | Bob Leakey | 274 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,620 | 23.0 | |||
Turnout | 50,521 | 72.6 | +6.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | David Curry | 25,736 | 52.4 | +5.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Bernard Arthur Bateman | 12,806 | 26.1 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Michael Dugher | 8,543 | 17.4 | −5.0 | |
UKIP | Nancy Holdsworth | 2,041 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,930 | 26.3 | |||
Turnout | 49,126 | 66.1 | −8.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | David Curry | 25,294 | 46.5 | −11.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Thomas Arthur Mould | 13,674 | 25.2 | −1.8 | |
Labour | Robert John Sturt Marchant | 12,171 | 22.4 | +3.4 | |
Referendum | Nancy Holdsworth | 3,212 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,620 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 54,351 | 74.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | David Curry | 35,937 | 58.4 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Richard Hall | 16,607 | 27.0 | −1.4 | |
Labour | Katharine Ruth Allott | 8,978 | 14.6 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 19,330 | 31.4 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 61,522 | 81.3 | +3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | David Curry | 33,128 | 59.0 | −1.6 | |
Liberal | Stephen John Cooksey | 15,954 | 28.4 | −3.3 | |
Labour | Timothy Langdale Whitfield | 6,264 | 11.2 | +3.4 | |
Green | Linda Susan Williams | 825 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,174 | 30.6 | |||
Turnout | 56,171 | 77.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Grenville Bernard Watson | 31,509 | 60.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Claire Brooks | 16,463 | 31.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Margaret Ann Billing | 4,044 | 7.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,046 | 28.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,016 | 74.9 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ "'Skipton and Ripon', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Skipton & Ripon". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Skipton & Ripon". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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