Thirsk (UK Parliament constituency)

• Constituency re-created (1547)

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1830: Thirsk{{cite web |last1=Casey |first1=Martin |title=Thirsk |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/thirsk |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=27 April 2020}}

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Robert Greenhill-Russell

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Robert Frankland

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1831: Thirsk

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Robert Greenhill-Russell

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Robert Frankland

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = {{circa|50}}

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1832: Thirsk

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Robert Frankland

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 254

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

Frankland resigned, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin no change| title=By-election, 21 March 1834: Thirsk

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Samuel Crompton

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1835: Thirsk

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Samuel Crompton

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 267

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1837: Thirsk

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Samuel Crompton

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 283

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1841: Thirsk

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Bell

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 328

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1847: Thirsk

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Bell

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 332

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

Bell's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 21 March 1851: Thirsk

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Payne-Gallwey

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1852: Thirsk

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Payne-Gallwey

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 357

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1857: Thirsk

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Payne-Gallwey

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 398

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1859: Thirsk

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Payne-Gallwey

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 414

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1865: Thirsk

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Payne-Gallwey

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 380

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1868: Thirsk

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Payne-Gallwey

|votes = 416

|percentage = 51.6

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone{{cite news|title=Election Addresses at Thirsk|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000499/18680711/005/0004|access-date=19 March 2018|work=York Herald|date=11 July 1868|page=4|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 390

|percentage = 48.4

|change =New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 26

|percentage = 3.2

|change =N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 806

|percentage = 89.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 902

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1874: Thirsk

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Payne-Gallwey

|votes = 410

|percentage = 50.1

|change = −1.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Miles Stapylton

|votes = 409

|percentage = 49.9

|change =+1.5

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1

|percentage = 0.2

|change =−3.0

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 819

|percentage = 87.6

|change =−1.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 935

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =−1.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1880: Thirsk{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book|page=307}}{{cite news|title=Borough of Thirsk Parliamentary Election 1880|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000266/18800612/083/0001|access-date=23 December 2017|work=Yorkshire Gazette|date=12 June 1880|page=1|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Lewis Payn Dawnay

|votes = 485

|percentage = 52.9

|change = +2.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Miles Stapylton

|votes = 422

|percentage = 46.0

|change = −3.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Sir William Frankland, 9th Baronet|William Adolphus Frankland

|votes = 10

|percentage = 1.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 63

|percentage = 6.9

|change = +6.7

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 917

|percentage = 90.4

|change = +2.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,014

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +3.4

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{{Election box end}}

{{reflist|33em}}

• D. Brunton & D. H. Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
• "Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803" (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [https://web.archive.org/web/20150904125310/http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=p-000-00---0modhis06--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00001-001-1-1isoZz-8859Zz-1-0&a=d&cl=CL1]
• F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885" (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
• J Holladay Philbin, "Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales" (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
• Henry Stooks Smith, "The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847" (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig - Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
• Frederic A Youngs, jr, "Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II" (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991)
• {{Rayment-hc|t|1|date=March 2012}}

Category:Parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire (historic)

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1547

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885

Category:Thirsk

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1295