Thirsk and Malton is a constituency in North Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Kevin Hollinrake, a Conservative.
Anne McIntosh, a Conservative, was elected for Vale of York in 1997 and then in Thirsk and Malton in 2010, having defeated fellow MP John Greenway in the Conservative selection. From 2010 until 2015 she chaired the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee. In 2014, she was deselected as the Conservative candidate with Kevin Hollinrake elected as MP in 2015.
Traditionally a safe Conservative seat, the main forerunner, Ryedale (abolished in 2010) was taken by Elizabeth Shields for the Liberal Party, following a by-election in 1986, held following the death of MP John Spence, and she held it for one year until the 1987 general election.
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.
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.
The constituency was abolished before 1983 elections
The constituency war re-established by 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
2010–2024: 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.
2024–present: The District of Hambleton wards of: Bagby & Thorntons; Bedale; Sowerby & Topcliffe; Tanfield; Thirsk; the District of Ryedale: Amotherby; Ampleforth; Cropton; Dales; Derwent; Helmsley; Hovingham; Kirkbymoorside; Malton; Norton East; Norton West; Pickering East; Pickering West; Rillington; Ryedale South West; Sherburn; Sheriff Hutton; Sinnington; Thornton Dale Ryedale; and Wolds; and the Borough of Scarborough wards of: Filey; Hunmanby.[3]
2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the constituency described as following: In order to bring its electorate within the permitted range, the south-western part of the constituency, including Easingwold, will be included in the newly created constituency of Wetherby and Easingwold. To partly compensate, Bedale and Tanfield will be added from Richmond (Yorks) – to be renamed Richmond and Northallerton.
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.[4]
Thirsk and Malton prior to 1885
Ryedale prior to 2010
General Election 1914–15:
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;
General Election 1939–40:
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.[22][23][24] The constituent parties of the Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition government formed in the aftermath of the general election fielded competing candidates.[25]
In January 2014, Conservative Anne McIntosh — the MP at the time — was not re-selected by the local party.[26] McIntosh originally announced she would stand as an independent,[26] but withdrew in March 2015.[27]