Ryedale (UK Parliament constituency)

This was traditionally a safe Conservative seat, although it was briefly taken by Elizabeth Shields for the Liberal Party, following a by-election in 1986 held following the death of MP John Spence.

1983–1997: The District of Ryedale wards of Amotherby, Ampleforth, Birdsall, Clifton Without, Dales, Ebberston, Haxby North East, Haxby West, Helmsley, Hovingham, Huntington North, Huntington South, Kirby Misperton, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, New Earswick, Norton, Pickering, Rawcliffe, Rillington, Sherburn, Sheriff Hutton, Skelton, Stockton and Bossall, Strensall, Thornton Dale, and Wigginton, the District of Hambleton wards of Crayke, Easingwold, Helperby, Huby-Sutton, Shipton, Stillington, and Tollerton, and the Borough of Scarborough wards of Filey and Hertford.

1997–2010: The District of Ryedale wards of Amotherby, Ampleforth, Birdsall, Dales, Ebberston, Helmsley, Hovingham, Huntington North, Huntington South, Kirby Misperton, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Norton, Osbaldwick and Heworth, Pickering, Rillington, Sherburn, Sheriff Hutton, Stockton and Bosall, Strensall, and Thornton Dale, and the Borough of Scarborough wards of Filey and Hertford.

The constituency was created in 1983 and at the time of its abolition in 2010, covered Ryedale (including Malton, Norton-on-Derwent, Helmsley and Pickering), Filey and the north eastern suburbs of York (including Huntington, Strensall, Osbaldwick and Heworth Without).

Following the Boundary Commission for England's review of parliamentary representation in North Yorkshire, Ryedale constituency was abolished, with its electoral wards being used to form a new Thirsk and Malton seat. These changes were implemented in 2010.

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|title=General election 2005: Ryedale{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Greenway

|votes = 21,251

|percentage = 48.2

|change = +1.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Gordon Beever

|votes = 10,782

|percentage = 24.4

|change = -11.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Paul Blanchard

|votes = 9,148

|percentage = 20.7

|change = +6.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Stephen Feaster

|votes = 1,522

|percentage = 3.4

|change = +1.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)

|candidate = John Clark

|votes = 1,417

|percentage = 3.2

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 10,469

|percentage = 23.8

|change = +12.7

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 44,120

|percentage = 65.1

|change = -0.6

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +6.3

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|title=General election 2001: Ryedale{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Greenway

|votes = 20,711

|percentage = 47.2

|change = +3.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Keith Orrell

|votes = 15,836

|percentage = 36.1

|change = +2.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = David B. Ellis

|votes = 6,470

|percentage = 14.7

|change = −3.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Stephen Feaster

|votes = 882

|percentage = 2.0

|change = +0.1

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,875

|percentage = 11.1

|change = +0.7

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 43,899

|percentage = 65.7

|change = −9.1

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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|title=General election 1997: Ryedale{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/507.htm General Election 1997, RyedaleC. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.142 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)

The 1997 election result is calculated relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Greenway

|votes = 21,351

|percentage = 43.8

|change = −11.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Keith Orrell

|votes = 16,293

|percentage = 33.4

|change = +3.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Alison M. Hiles

|votes = 8,762

|percentage = 18.0

|change = +3.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Referendum Party

|candidate = John E. Mackfall

|votes = 1,460

|percentage = 3.0

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = Stephen Feaster

|votes = 917

|percentage = 1.9

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,038

|percentage = 10.4

|change = −15.0

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 48,783

|percentage = 74.8

|change = -6.9

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −7.5

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{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1992: Ryedale{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|

url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=6 Dec 2010}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Greenway

|votes = 39,888

|percentage = 56.1

|change = +2.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Elizabeth Shields

|votes = 21,449

|percentage = 30.1

|change = −8.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Healey

|votes = 9,812

|percentage = 13.8

|change = +5.7

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 18,439

|percentage = 26.0

|change = +11.3

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 71,149

|percentage = 81.7

|change = +2.5

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +5.6

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{{Election box end}}

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|title=General election 1987: Ryedale{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Greenway

|votes = 35,149

|percentage = 53.3

|change = -5.9

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{{Election box candidate for alliance|

|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance

|side = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Elizabeth Shields

|votes = 25,409

|percentage = 38.6

|change = +8.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = John Beighton

|votes = 5,340

|percentage = 8.1

|change = -2.2

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 9,740

|percentage = 14.7

|change = -14.0

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 65,988

|percentage = 79.2

|change = +7.4

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=1986 Ryedale by-election

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{{Election box winning candidate for alliance|

|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance

|side = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Elizabeth Shields

|votes = 27,612

|percentage = 50.3

|change = +19.8

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Neil Balfour

|votes = 22,672

|percentage = 41.3

|change = −17.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Shirley Haines

|votes = 4,633

|percentage = 8.4

|change = −1.9

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,940

|percentage = 9.0

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 54,917

|percentage = 67.3

|change = -4.5

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +19.0Chris Cook and John Ramsden (eds.), By-elections in British Politics (Routledge, 1997), p. 11.

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Spence

|votes = 33,312

|percentage = 59.2

|change =

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{{Election box candidate for alliance|

|party = SDP–Liberal Alliance

|side = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Elizabeth Shields

|votes = 17,170

|percentage = 30.5

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Philip Bloom

|votes = 5,816

|percentage = 10.3

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 16,142

|percentage = 28.7

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 56,298

|percentage = 71.8

|change =

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{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

• List of parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire

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• [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13333.html Ryedale UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK

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