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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997–2010}}
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{{UK constituency infobox|
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| Name =Vale of York
{{More citations needed|date=December 2009}}
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| Map1 = ValeOfYork
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{{Infobox UK constituency main
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| Type = County
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|name = Vale of York
| Map2 = NorthYorkshire
|parliament = uk
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| Entity = North Yorkshire
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|map1 = ValeOfYork
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| County = North Yorkshire
|map2 = EnglandNorthYorkshire
| Year = 1997
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|map_entity = North Yorkshire
| MP = [[Anne McIntosh]]
|map_year = 2005
| Party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| EP = Yorkshire and the Humber
|year = 1997
|abolished = 2010
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|type = County
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|previous = [[Ryedale (UK Parliament constituency)|Ryedale]], [[Richmond, North Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond, Yorks]], [[Harrogate (UK Parliament constituency)|Harrogate]], [[Skipton and Ripon (UK Parliament constituency)|Skipton and Ripon]]
|next = See text
|region = England
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|county = [[North Yorkshire]]
|towns = [[Haxby]], [[Rawcliffe, East Riding of Yorkshire|Rawcliffe]], [[Clifton Without]], [[Thirsk]], [[Bedale]], [[Easingwold]]
|elects_howmany = One
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}}
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'''Vale of York''' is a [[constituency]] represented in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. It elects one [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] system of election.


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'''Vale of York''' was a [[county constituency]] represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. It elected one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] system of election.
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== Boundaries ==
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This constituency covers the [[Vale of York]] and includes the north western suburbs of [[York]] and the market towns of [[Easingwold]], [[Bedale]], [[Boroughbridge]] and [[Thirsk]].


==History==
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The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of [[Ryedale (UK Parliament constituency)|Ryedale]], [[Harrogate and Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Harrogate]], [[Skipton and Ripon (UK Parliament constituency)|Skipton and Ripon]] & [[Richmond, North Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond, Yorks]].
The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of [[Ryedale (UK Parliament constituency)|Ryedale]], [[Harrogate and Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Harrogate]], [[Skipton and Ripon (UK Parliament constituency)|Skipton and Ripon]], & [[Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond (Yorks)]]. It was abolished in 2010.


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==Boundaries==
The reconfiguration of North Yorkshire's constituencies by the [[Boundary Commission (United Kingdom)|Boundary Commission for England]] has seen the creation of a [[York Central (UK Parliament constituency)|York Central]] and a [[York Outer (UK Parliament constituency)|York Outer]]. This will see the Vale of York constituency abolished before the [[54th United Kingdom general election|next general election]].
The District of Hambleton wards of Bedale, Carlton Miniott, Crakehall, Crayke, Easingwold, Helperby, Hillside, Huby-Sutton, Leemming, Shipton, Sowerby, Stillington, Tanfield, The Thorntons, Thirsk, Tollerton, Topcliffe, and Whitestonecliffe, the District of Ryedale wards of Clifton Without, Haxby North East, Haxby West, New Earswick, Rawcliffe, Skelton, and Wigginton, and the Borough of Harrogate wards of Boroughbridge, Claro, Marston Moor, Nether Poppleton, Newby, Ouseburn, Spofforth, Upper Poppleton, and Wathvale.


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This constituency covered the more northerly parts of the [[Vale of York]] and included the north-western suburbs of [[York]] and the market towns of [[Easingwold]], [[Bedale]], [[Boroughbridge]] and [[Thirsk]]. The three largest settlements were from the York suburbs.
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The populous York suburbs will become part of York Outer. [[Easingwold]], [[Thirsk]] and surrounding villages will join rural Ryedale to form a new [[Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency)|Thirsk and Malton]] constituency. Bedale will rejoin the Richmond constituency. [[Boroughbridge]] will become part of an enlarged Harrogate seat, while Skipton & Ripon will regain some of the surrounding villages. The enlarged [[Selby and Ainsty (UK Parliament constituency)|Selby and Ainsty]] seat will now encompass [[Marston Moor]] and [[Spofforth, North Yorkshire|Spofforth]].


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The reconfiguration of North Yorkshire's constituencies by the [[Boundary Commission for England (UK Parliament constituency)|Boundary Commission for England]] saw the creation of a [[York Central (UK Parliament constituency)|York Central]] and a [[York Outer (UK Parliament constituency)|York Outer]]. The populous York suburbs became part of York Outer. [[Easingwold]], [[Thirsk]] and surrounding villages joined rural Ryedale to form a new [[Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency)|Thirsk and Malton]] constituency. Bedale rejoined the Richmond constituency. [[Boroughbridge]] became part of an enlarged Harrogate seat, while Skipton & Ripon regained some of the surrounding villages. The enlarged [[Selby and Ainsty (UK Parliament constituency)|Selby and Ainsty]] seat now encompasses [[Marston Moor]] and [[Spofforth, North Yorkshire|Spofforth]].
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== Members of Parliament ==

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==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member <ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc|v|date=March 2012}}</ref>
!Party
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997]]
| [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]
| [[Anne McIntosh]]
| [[Anne McIntosh]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|
|[[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]]
|colspan="2"| ''constituency abolished: see [[York Outer (UK Parliament constituency)|York Outer]], [[Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency)|Thirsk and Malton]], [[Richmond (Yorks) (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond (Yorks)]], <br />[[Harrogate and Knaresborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Harrogate and Knaresborough]], [[Selby and Ainsty (UK Parliament constituency)|Selby and Ainsty]] & [[Skipton and Ripon (UK Parliament constituency)|Skipton and Ripon]]''
|}
|}


==Elections==
== Election results ==
===Elections in the 2000s===

{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2005|General Election 2005]]: Vale of York}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election 2005]]: Vale of York<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>{{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}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anne McIntosh
|candidate = [[Anne McIntosh]]
|votes = 26,025
|votes = 26,025
|percentage = 51.7
|percentage = 51.7
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{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,712
|votes = 13,712
|percentage = 27.2
|percentage = 27.3
|change =
|change = +1.5
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2001|General Election 2001]]: Vale of York}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Vale of York<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{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}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anne McIntosh
|candidate = [[Anne McIntosh]]
|votes = 25,033
|votes = 25,033
|percentage = 51.6
|percentage = 51.6
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|votes = 12,516
|votes = 12,516
|percentage = 25.8
|percentage = 25.8
|change = &minus;0.6
|change = &minus;0.7
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|votes = 1,142
|votes = 1,142
|percentage = 2.4
|percentage = 2.4
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12,517
|votes = 12,517
|percentage = 25.8
|percentage = 25.8
|change =
|change = +7.6
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 48,490
|votes = 48,490
|percentage = 66.1
|percentage = 66.1
|change = &minus;9.8
|change = &minus;9.9
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link|
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


===Elections in the 1990s===
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1997|General Election 1997]]: Vale of York}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|General election 1997]]: Vale of York<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{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}}</ref>
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anne McIntosh
|candidate = [[Anne McIntosh]]
|votes = 23,815
|votes = 23,815
|percentage = 44.7
|percentage = 44.7
|change = ''N/A''
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Matt Carter]]
|candidate = [[Matt Carter (politician)|Matt Carter]]
|votes = 14,094
|votes = 14,094
|percentage = 26.5
|percentage = 26.5
|change = ''N/A''
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|votes = 12,656
|votes = 12,656
|percentage = 23.8
|percentage = 23.8
|change = &''N/A''
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|votes = 2,503
|votes = 2,503
|percentage = 4.7
|percentage = 4.7
|change = ''N/A''
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|votes = 197
|votes = 197
|percentage = 0.4
|percentage = 0.4
|change = ''N/A''
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,721
|votes = 9,721
|percentage =
|percentage = 18.2
|change = ''N/A''
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|votes = 53,265
|percentage = 76.0
|percentage = 76.0
|change = ''N/A''
|change =
}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


== See also ==
==See also==
* [[List of Parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire]]
* [[List of parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire]]


== Notes and references ==
{{Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
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*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13430.html Vale of York UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK''


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{{Coord|54.098|-1.190|type:city_region:GB|display=title}}
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[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1997]]
[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished at the next general election]]
[[Category:Politics of North Yorkshire]]


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[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire (historic)]]
[[ar:فيل أوف يورك (دائرة انتخابية في المملكة المتحدة)]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997]]
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2010]]

Latest revision as of 22:24, 23 September 2024

Vale of York
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Vale of York in North Yorkshire for the 2005 general election
Outline map
Location of North Yorkshire within England
CountyNorth Yorkshire
Major settlementsHaxby, Rawcliffe, Clifton Without, Thirsk, Bedale, Easingwold
1997–2010
SeatsOne
Created fromRyedale, Richmond, Yorks, Harrogate, Skipton and Ripon
Replaced bySee text

Vale of York was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

History

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The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Ryedale, Harrogate, Skipton and Ripon, & Richmond (Yorks). It was abolished in 2010.

Boundaries

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The District of Hambleton wards of Bedale, Carlton Miniott, Crakehall, Crayke, Easingwold, Helperby, Hillside, Huby-Sutton, Leemming, Shipton, Sowerby, Stillington, Tanfield, The Thorntons, Thirsk, Tollerton, Topcliffe, and Whitestonecliffe, the District of Ryedale wards of Clifton Without, Haxby North East, Haxby West, New Earswick, Rawcliffe, Skelton, and Wigginton, and the Borough of Harrogate wards of Boroughbridge, Claro, Marston Moor, Nether Poppleton, Newby, Ouseburn, Spofforth, Upper Poppleton, and Wathvale.

This constituency covered the more northerly parts of the Vale of York and included the north-western suburbs of York and the market towns of Easingwold, Bedale, Boroughbridge and Thirsk. The three largest settlements were from the York suburbs.

The reconfiguration of North Yorkshire's constituencies by the Boundary Commission for England saw the creation of a York Central and a York Outer. The populous York suburbs became part of York Outer. Easingwold, Thirsk and surrounding villages joined rural Ryedale to form a new Thirsk and Malton constituency. Bedale rejoined the Richmond constituency. Boroughbridge became part of an enlarged Harrogate seat, while Skipton & Ripon regained some of the surrounding villages. The enlarged Selby and Ainsty seat now encompasses Marston Moor and Spofforth.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member [1] Party
1997 Anne McIntosh Conservative
2010 constituency abolished: see York Outer, Thirsk and Malton, Richmond (Yorks),
Harrogate and Knaresborough, Selby and Ainsty & Skipton and Ripon

Elections

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Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: Vale of York[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne McIntosh 26,025 51.7 +0.1
Labour David Scott 12,313 24.4 −1.4
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Wilcock 12,040 23.9 +3.7
Majority 13,712 27.3 +1.5
Turnout 50,378 66.3 +0.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
General election 2001: Vale of York[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne McIntosh 25,033 51.6 +6.9
Labour Chris Jukes 12,516 25.8 −0.7
Liberal Democrats Greg Stone 9,799 20.2 −3.6
UKIP Peter Thornber 1,142 2.4 New
Majority 12,517 25.8 +7.6
Turnout 48,490 66.1 −9.9
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: Vale of York[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne McIntosh 23,815 44.7
Labour Matt Carter 14,094 26.5
Liberal Democrats Charles Hall 12,656 23.8
Referendum Clive Fairclough 2,503 4.7
SDP Tony Pelton 197 0.4
Majority 9,721 18.2
Turnout 53,265 76.0
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "V"
  2. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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