Skipton and Ripon is a constituency[n 1] in North Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Julian Smith, a Conservative.[n 2]
Skipton and Ripon | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | North Yorkshire |
Electorate | 77,541 (December 2019)[1] |
Major settlements | Masham, Ripon, Settle, Skipton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Julian Smith (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Skipton, Ripon, Harrogate, Thirsk & Malton, Keighley, Barkston Ash and Richmond (Yorks)[2] |
The constituency covers a mainly rural area of the Yorkshire Dales. The largest settlements are the town of Skipton and the city of Ripon. Smaller towns in the constituency are Bentham, Settle, Pateley Bridge and Masham.
It is one of the safest seats in England, formed on an area with a long history of Conservative representation and with a large majority of its electorate 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%, Skipton and Ripon had significantly lower than national average unemployment (3.8%) in November 2012.[3]
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 and the northern and western parts of the Borough of Harrogate district.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
Minor changes to take account of changes to ward boundaries in the Borough of Harrogate.
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.[5] The constituency will therefore now comprise the following electoral divisions of North Yorkshire from the next general election:
The constituency was created in 1983 from the parts of the former seats of Skipton and Ripon within the county of North Yorkshire.
Election | Member[7] | Party | |
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1983 | John Watson | Conservative | |
1987 | David Curry | Conservative | |
2010 | Julian Smith | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Andy Brown[8] | ||||
Reform UK | Simon Garvey[9] | ||||
Conservative | Julian Smith[10] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Julian Smith | 34,919 | 59.5 | ―3.2 | |
Labour | Brian McDaid | 11,225 | 19.1 | ―9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Murday | 8,701 | 14.8 | New | |
Green | Andy Brown | 2,748 | 4.7 | ―1.7 | |
Yorkshire | Jack Render | 1,131 | 1.9 | ―0.7 | |
Majority | 23,694 | 40.4 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 58,724 | 74.6 | +0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Julian Smith | 36,425 | 62.7 | +7.3 | |
Labour | Alan Woodhead | 16,440 | 28.3 | +10.9 | |
Green | Andy Brown | 3,734 | 6.4 | +0.7 | |
Yorkshire | Jack Render | 1,539 | 2.6 | New | |
Majority | 19,985 | 34.4 | ―3.6 | ||
Turnout | 58,138 | 74.4 | +6.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ―1.8 |
In 2017, the Liberal Democrats stood aside and endorsed the Green Party.[13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Julian Smith | 30,248 | 55.4 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Malcolm Birks | 9,487 | 17.4 | +7.4 | |
UKIP | Alan Henderson | 7,651 | 14.0 | +10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jacquie Bell | 4,057 | 7.4 | ―25.0 | |
Green | Andy Brown | 3,116 | 5.7 | New | |
Majority | 20,761 | 38.0 | +19.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,559 | 71.6 | +0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ―1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Julian Smith | 27,685 | 50.6 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | New | |
Independent | Roger Bell | 315 | 0.6 | New | |
The Youth Party | Dylan Gilligan | 95 | 0.2 | New | |
Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party | Bob Leakey | 84 | 0.2 | ―0.4 | |
Majority | 9,950 | 18.2 | ―4.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,724 | 70.7 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ―2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Curry | 25,100 | 49.7 | ―2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul English | 13,480 | 26.7 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Paul 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 | New | |
Majority | 11,620 | 23.0 | ―3.3 | ||
Turnout | 50,521 | 72.6 | +6.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Curry | 25,736 | 52.4 | +5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Bateman | 12,806 | 26.1 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Michael Dugher | 8,543 | 17.4 | ―5.0 | |
UKIP | Nancy Holdsworth | 2,041 | 4.2 | New | |
Majority | 12,930 | 26.3 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 49,126 | 66.1 | ―8.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Curry | 25,294 | 46.5 | ―11.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Mould | 13,674 | 25.2 | ―1.8 | |
Labour | Robert Marchant | 12,171 | 22.4 | +7.8 | |
Referendum | Nancy Holdsworth | 3,212 | 5.9 | New | |
Majority | 11,620 | 21.3 | ―10.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,351 | 74.7 | ―6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ―5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Curry | 35,937 | 58.4 | ―0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Hall | 16,607 | 27.0 | ―1.4 | |
Labour | Katharine Allott | 8,978 | 14.6 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 19,330 | 31.4 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 61,522 | 81.3 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Curry | 33,128 | 59.0 | ―1.6 | |
Liberal | Stephen Cooksey | 15,954 | 28.4 | ―3.2 | |
Labour | Timothy Whitfield | 6,264 | 11.2 | +3.4 | |
Green | Linda Williams | 825 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 17,174 | 30.6 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 56,171 | 77.8 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Watson | 31,509 | 60.6 | ||
Liberal | Claire Brooks | 16,463 | 31.6 | ||
Labour | Margaret Billing | 4,044 | 7.8 | ||
Majority | 15,046 | 29.0 | |||
Turnout | 52,016 | 74.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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