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The county of North Yorkshire, together with the unitary authority of York, is divided into nine parliamentary constituencies: one borough constituency and eight county constituencies, two of which are partly in West Yorkshire.

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency	Electorate	Majority	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Map
Harrogate and Knaresborough CC	77,955	8,238		Tom Gordon¤		Andrew Jones†
Richmond and Northallerton CC	73,886	12,185		Rishi Sunak†		Tom Wilson‡
Scarborough and Whitby CC	74,558	5,408		Alison Hume‡		Roberto Weeden-Sanz†
Selby CC (part)	78,043	10,195		Keir Mather‡		Charles Richardson†
Skipton and Ripon CC	79,251	1,650		Julian Smith†		Malcolm Birks‡
Thirsk and Malton CC	78,468	7,550		Kevin Hollinrake†		Lisa Banes‡
Wetherby and Easingwold CC (part)	74,314	4,846		Alec Shelbrooke†		Ben Pickles‡
York Central BC	79,557	19,154		Rachael Maskell‡		Richard Hudson†
York Outer CC	76,228	9,391		Luke Charters‡		Julian Sturdy†

2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name	Boundaries 2010-2024	Current name	Boundaries 2024–present
Harrogate and Knaresborough CC Richmond (Yorks) CC Scarborough and Whitby CC Selby and Ainsty CC Skipton and Ripon CC Thirsk and Malton CC York Central BC York Outer CC		Harrogate and Knaresborough CC Richmond and Northallerton CC Scarborough and Whitby CC Selby CC Skipton and Ripon CC Thirsk and Malton CC Wetherby and Easingwold CC York Central BC York Outer CC

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine North Yorkshire with West Yorkshire as a sub-region of the Yorkshire and the Humber Region, resulting in the creation of two new cross-county boundary constituencies: Selby which comprises the majority of the abolished constituency of Selby and Ainsty and includes the City of Leeds ward of Kippax and Methley; and a new constituency named Wetherby and Easingwold which includes the City of Leeds wards of Harewood and Weatherby. The commission also opted to rename Richmond (Yorks) to Richmond and Northallerton.

The following constituencies resulted from the review:

Containing electoral wards from Craven

• Skipton and Ripon (part)

Containing electoral wards from Hambleton

• Richmond and Northallerton (part)
• Thirsk and Malton (part)
• Weatherby and Easingwold (part)

Containing electoral wards from Harrogate

• Harrogate and Knaresborough
• Skipton and Ripon (part)
• Weatherby and Easingwold (part)

Containing electoral wards from Richmondshire

• Richmond and Northallerton (part)

Containing electoral wards from Ryedale

• Thirsk and Malton (part)

Containing electoral wards from Scarborough

• Scarborough and Whitby
• Thirsk and Malton CC (part)

Containing electoral wards from Selby

• Selby (part also in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire)
• Weatherby and Easingwold (part)

Containing electoral wards from York

• York Central
• York Outer

also contains parts in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire

2010

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided that North Yorkshire should continue to be divided into 8 constituencies for the 2010 general election, but the boundaries were extensively redrawn in the south-eastern part to accommodate exactly two seats wholly within the recently formed unitary authority of York. The Vale of York was abolished and a new constituency named York Outer created, with City of York being renamed York Central. Ryedale was succeeded by Thirsk and Malton, and Selby was renamed Selby and Ainsty.

Former name	Boundaries 1997–2010	Current name	Boundaries 2010–present
City of York BC Harrogate and Knaresborough BC Richmond (Yorks) CC Ryedale CC Scarborough and Whitby CC Selby CC Skipton and Ripon CC Vale of York CC		Harrogate and Knaresborough CC Richmond (Yorks) CC Scarborough and Whitby CC Selby and Ainsty CC Skipton and Ripon CC Thirsk and Malton CC York Central BC York Outer CC

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising North Yorkshire, including the two cross-county constituencies of Selby and Wetherby and Easingwold in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Labour	148,199	33.4%	7.9%	4	3
Conservative	141,867	32.0%	24.4%	4	3
Liberal Democrats	53,460	12.0%	2.7%	1	1
Greens	26,381	5.9%	3.3%	0
Reform	67,443	15.2%	14.9%	0
Others	6,618	1.5%	1.0%	0
Total	440,946	100.0		9	1

Percentage votes

2019 – Brexit Party
1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance 1979 – Liberal
1979 – Historic county

* Included in Other

Seats

1983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885–1910 – North Riding of Yorkshire

• 1885
• 1886
• 1892
• 1895
• 1900
• 1906
• Jan 1910
• Dec 1910

1918–1945

• 1918
• 1922
• 1923
• 1924
• 1929
• 1931
• 1935
• 1945

1950–1979

• 1950
• 1951
• 1955
• 1959
• 1964
• 1966
• 1970
• Feb 1974
• Oct 1974
• 1979

1983–present – North Yorkshire

• 1983
• 1987
• 1992
• 1997
• 2001
• 2005
• 2010
• 2015
• 2017
• 2019
• 2024

Historical representation by party

Data given here is for the North Riding of Yorkshire until 1983, and includes the city of York throughout. A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Independent Labour   Liberal   Liberal-Labour

1918 to 1950

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal

1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Labour   Social Democratic

1983 to present

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Democrats

also includes some parts of West Yorkshire since 2024

See also

• Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland for those covering Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire.

Notes

1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

1. "The new Yorkshire borders that could create 18 new constituencies by next General Election". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
2. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report". Boundary Commission for England. paras 1421–1450. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
3. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Retrieved 9 May 2020.

• Parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire
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