Anne McIntosh, a Conservative, elected for Vale of York in 1997 then in Thirsk and Malton in 2010, having defeated fellow MP
John Greenway in the selection, qualified as an advocate and worked for six years as political adviser to the
European Democrats group in Brussels, then won election as an
MEP for two terms. Since 2010, she chaired the
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee. In 2014, she was deselected as the Conservative candidate. In 2015,
Kevin Hollinrake was elected as MP.
Robin Turton was the
Minister of Health (note head of department in that era) from December 1955 to January 1957. He also became
father of the House and was among the longest-serving MPs for a single constituency, representing his seat for 44 years and 9 months.
Boundaries
Map of current boundaries
1918-1950: The Urban District of Malton, the Rural Districts of Easingwold, Flaxton, Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Thirsk, and Wath, and part of the Rural District of Pickering.
1950-1974: The Urban District of Malton, the Rural Districts of Bedale, Easingwold, Flaxton, Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Thirsk, and Wath, and part of the Rural District of Pickering.
1974-1983: The Urban District of Malton, and the Rural Districts of Bedale, Easingwold, Flaxton, Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Thirsk, and Wath.
2010-present: The District of Ryedale, the District of Hambleton wards of Easingwold, Helperby, Huby and Sutton, Shipton, Sowerby, Stillington, Thirsk, Thorntons, Tollerton, Topcliffe, White Horse, and Whitestonecliffe, and the Borough of Scarborough wards of Filey and Hertford.
With effect from 1 April 2023, the second tier authorities in the county of North Yorkshire were abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of North Yorkshire.[4] The constituency will therefore now comprise the following electoral divisions of North Yorkshire from the next general election:
The seat also includes
Pickering and most of the
North York Moors (its southern part), a mixed rugged crags and hillside
National Park; its coastline in the seat at
Filey is where the Moors meets the sea, with picturesque bays near to
Scarborough.
Electoral Calculus describes the seat as "Strong Right", characterised by support for socially conservative values and
Brexit.[6]
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
Thirsk and Malton was originally scheduled to be contested for the first time at the
general election on 6 May 2010. However, the death of
UKIP candidate John Boakes from a suspected heart attack, announced on 22 April 2010, caused the poll in the constituency to be postponed until 27 May 2010. Under the
Electoral Administration Act, UKIP were allowed to select a replacement candidate, but new nominations by other parties were not permitted.[16][17][18] The constituent parties of the
Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition government formed in the aftermath of the general election fielded competing candidates.[19]
In January 2014,
ConservativeAnne McIntosh — the MP at the time — was not re-selected by the local party.[20] McIntosh originally announced she would stand as an
independent,[20] but withdrew in March 2015.[21]
^Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
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abDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
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abDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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abcdCraig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services.
ISBN0-900178-06-X.