Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency 1885–1983)

Thirsk and Malton was a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament between 1885 to 1983. The constituency was revived in 2010.

See also: Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency)

Thirsk and Malton
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Thirsk and Malton in North Yorkshire 1918–50
County	North Yorkshire
Major settlements	Pickering, Filey, Thirsk, Easingwold, Malton
1885–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Ryedale, Richmond (Yorks), Selby and Skipton and Ripon[1]
Created from	Thirsk and Malton; preceded by North Riding of Yorkshire

History

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

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.

Members of Parliament

Year		Member[2]	Party
	1885	Lewis Payn Dawnay	Conservative
	1892	Sir John Lawson	Conservative
	1906	Charles Duncombe	Conservative
	1915	Sir Edmund Turton	Unionist
	1929	Sir Robin Turton	Conservative
	1974	John Spence	Conservative
	1983	Constituency abolished

Elections

Decades:

1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Thirsk and Malton [3][4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lewis Payn Dawnay	5,966	57.0	N/A
	Liberal	Edmund Turton	4,503	43.0	N/A
Majority			1,463	14.0	N/A
Turnout			10,469	82.8	N/A
Registered electors			12,637
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1886: Thirsk and Malton [3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lewis Payn Dawnay	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

Reckitt

General election 1892: Thirsk and Malton [3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Lawson	5,890	62.5	N/A
	Liberal	Harold Reckitt	3,541	37.5	N/A
Majority			2,349	25.0	N/A
Turnout			9,431	77.2	N/A
Registered electors			12,220
	Conservative hold

Lawson

General election 1895: Thirsk and Malton [3][4][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Lawson	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Thirsk and Malton [3][4][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Lawson	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Helmsley

General election 1906: Thirsk and Malton [3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Charles Duncombe	5,848	53.7	N/A
	Liberal	John J Brigg	5,044	46.3	N/A
Majority			804	7.4	N/A
Turnout			10,892	84.5	N/A
Registered electors			12,888
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Thirsk and Malton [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Charles Duncombe	6,382	55.1	+1.4
	Liberal	John J Brigg	5,197	46.9	-1.4
Majority			1,185	10.2	2.8
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

General election December 1910: Thirsk and Malton [3][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Charles Duncombe	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Nicholls

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;

• Unionist: Edmund Turton
• Liberal: George Nicholls

1915 Thirsk and Malton by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Edmund Turton	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

General election 1918 Thirsk and Malton[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
C	Unionist	Edmund Turton	9,656	69.1	N/A
	Liberal	Samuel S Lockwood	4,317	30.9	N/A
Majority			5,339	38.2	N/A
Turnout					N/A
	Unionist hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Thirsk and Malton[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Edmund Turton	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

General election 1923: Thirsk and Malton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Edmund Turton	11,545	62.5	N/A
	Liberal	William Haughton Sessions	6,939	37.5	N/A
Majority			4,606	25.0	N/A
Turnout			18,484		N/A
	Unionist hold

General election 1924: Thirsk and Malton[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Edmund Turton	13,564	65.7	+3.2
	Liberal	William Haughton Sessions	7,072	34.3	-3.2
Majority			6,492	31.4	+6.4
Turnout			20,636
	Unionist hold		Swing	+3.2

General election 1929: Thirsk and Malton[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Robert Turton	16,084	59.2	-6.5
	Liberal	Thomas Sunley	11,069	40.8	+6.5
Majority			5,015	18.5	-13.0
Turnout			27,153	73.7
	Unionist hold		Swing	+6.5

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Thirsk and Malton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Turton	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1935: Thirsk and Malton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Turton	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Election in the 1940s

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;

• Conservative: Robert Turton

General election 1945: Thirsk and Malton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Turton	20,483	60.15	N/A
	Common Wealth	Edward Moeran	13,572	39.85	N/A
Majority			6,911	20.29	N/A
Turnout				65.55	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Thirsk and Malton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Turton	26,324	65.41
	Labour	Ivan Ernest Geffen	11,480	28.53	N/A
	Liberal	Harry Aldam	2,441	6.07	N/A
Majority			14,844	36.88
Turnout				81.51
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1951: Thirsk and Malton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Turton	27,854	72.26
	Labour	Arnold John Parkinson	10,692	27.74
Majority			17,162	44.52
Turnout				77.41
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Thirsk and Malton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Turton	25,467	69.11
	Labour	George R Mitton	11,382	30.89
Majority			14,085	38.22
Turnout				73.39
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1959: Thirsk and Malton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Turton	27,413	69.00
	Labour	Jeremy Bray	12,318	31.00
Majority			15,095	37.99
Turnout				75.65
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Thirsk and Malton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Turton	28,272	66.39
	Labour	Daniel Lorden Hussey	14,315	33.61
Majority			13,957	32.77
Turnout				73.81
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1966: Thirsk and Malton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Turton	25,089	61.59
	Labour	Richard A Wilson	15,647	38.41
Majority			9,442	23.18
Turnout				70.27
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Thirsk and Malton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Turton	30,892	66.86
	Labour	Jonathan Richard Bradshaw	15,309	33.14
Majority			15,583	33.73
Turnout				72.34
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Thirsk and Malton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Spence	27,580	53.44
	Liberal	Michael JL Brooks	13,172	25.52
	Labour	MD Coupe	10,855	21.03
Majority			14,408	27.92
Turnout				81.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Thirsk and Malton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Spence	24,779	53.24
	Liberal	Rodney Kent	10,917	23.46
	Labour	RK Illingworth	10,842	23.30
Majority			13,862	29.79
Turnout				72.88
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1979: Thirsk and Malton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Spence	32,520	59.15
	Labour	EJ Roberts	11,924	21.69
	Liberal	Rex North	10,533	19.16
Majority			20,596	37.46
Turnout				76.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire

Notes and references

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

References

1. "'Thirsk and Malton', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
3. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 429. ISBN 9781349022984.
4. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
5. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
6. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
7. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
8. Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Saffron Walden	Constituency represented by the Father of the House 1965–1974	Succeeded by Vauxhall