Scarborough and Whitby
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Scarborough and Whitby is a county constituency represented in the 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.
was created by the Boundary Commission of 1917 and first elected a Member of Parliament in the 1918 general election
. This division took the entirety of the abolished Parliamentary borough of Scarborough
, together with the majority of the previous Whitby
division and a very small part of Cleveland
division: the parishes of Westerdale
and Commondale
. It had a population, in the middle of 1914, of 72,979. The Boundary Commission had initially recommended that the division simply be called 'Scarborough' but an amendment moved by the Government during enactment of their recommendations changed it to Scarborough and Whitby.
The Initial Report of the Boundary Commission for England in 1947 made minor changes to the constituency, in line with local government changes which had abolished Guisborough Rural District in 1932 and absorbed it into Whitby Rural District. The new constituency again included the whole of Whitby Rural District, and so gained Hinderwell
which was previously within Cleveland constituency. It had an electorate of 67,884 on 15 October 1946. No change was made in the First Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission in 1954.
The Second Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission, published in 1969, recommended that the constituency be divided. The recommendations came into effect at the February 1974 general election
. The Scarborough constituency was then re-established, and Whitby joined with Guisborough, Loftus, Saltburn and Brotton to form Cleveland and Whitby
.
By the beginning of the Third Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission, Cleveland
had been created as a new county, which would normally prevent the Commission from recommending a constituency crossing the border. Several representations were made to the Commission to try to preserve Cleveland and Whitby constituency, but the Commission found itself unable to accept them and recommended putting Scarborough and Whitby together in a new Scarborough county constituency. This constituency did not include Pickering, which was placed in a new Ryedale constituency. In the Fourth Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for England, published in 1995 and coming into effect at the 1997 general election
, the Scarborough constituency was renamed as Scarborough and Whitby with no change in boundaries.
, Scalby and Whitby
, the Rural Districts of Scarborough and Whitby. It also included parts of two Rural Districts. Nine out of the eleven parishes within Pickering Rural District were included, namely Allerston
, Ebberston
, Kingthorpe, Levisham
, Lockton
, Marishes, Newton, Thornton Dale, and Wilton. Three of the nine parishes within Guisborough Rural District were also included: Commondale, Danby and Westerdale. As from 1950, the constituency was defined as the Municipal Borough of Scarborough, the Urban Districts of Pickering
, Scalby and Whitby
, the Rural Districts of Scarborough and Whitby.
The constituency in 1997 was defined as the following wards of the Borough of Scarborough: Ayton, Castle, Cayton, Central, Danby, Derwent, Eastfield, Eskdaleside, Falsgrave, Fylingdales, Lindhead, Mayfield, Mulgrave, Newby, Northstead, Scalby, Seamer, Streonshalh, Weaponness, and Woodlands. No change was made to the boundaries by the Fifth Periodical Review published in 2007, although changes in ward boundaries meant that the definition of the constituency was changed. It was now defined as the following wards of the Borough of Scarborough: Castle, Cayton, Central, Danby, Derwent Valley, Eastfield, Esk Valley, Falsgrave Park, Fylingdales, Lindhead, Mayfield, Mulgrave, Newby, North Bay, Northstead, Ramshill, Scalby Hackness and Staintondale, Seamer
, Stepney, Streonshalh, Weaponness, Whitby
West Cliff, and Woodlands.
The constituency covers the towns of Scarborough and Whitby
. Both of these are seaside towns in North Yorkshire
on the north-east coast of England. However, the constituency is largely rural and rural issues tend to influence voting preferences.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. It elects one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) by the first past the post system of election.
History
The constituency name has had two separate periods of existence. A Scarborough and Whitby division of the North Riding of YorkshireNorth Riding of Yorkshire
The North Riding of Yorkshire was one of the three historic subdivisions of the English county of Yorkshire, alongside the East and West Ridings. From the Restoration it was used as a Lieutenancy area. The three ridings were treated as three counties for many purposes, such as having separate...
was created by the Boundary Commission of 1917 and first elected a Member of Parliament in the 1918 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1918
The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...
. This division took the entirety of the abolished Parliamentary borough of Scarborough
Scarborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Scarborough was the name of a constituency in Yorkshire, electing Members of Parliament to the House of Commons, at two periods. From 1295 until 1918 it was a parliamentary borough consisting only of the town of Scarborough, electing two MPs until 1885 and one from 1885 until 1918...
, together with the majority of the previous Whitby
Whitby (UK Parliament constituency)
Whitby was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Whitby in North Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, MP elected by the first past the post system.-History:...
division and a very small part of Cleveland
Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency)
Cleveland was a county constituency in the North Riding of Yorkshire.-Electorate:It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons, using the first past the post voting system...
division: the parishes of Westerdale
Westerdale
Westerdale is a village, civil parish and dale within the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. The Esk Valley Walk runs through part of the village.According to the 2001 UK census, Westerdale parish had a population of 175.-The Village:...
and Commondale
Commondale
Commondale is a village and civil parish in the Scarboroughdistrict of North Yorkshire, England.The village is served by Commondale railway station. It has a small pub called "The Cleveland Inn"...
. It had a population, in the middle of 1914, of 72,979. The Boundary Commission had initially recommended that the division simply be called 'Scarborough' but an amendment moved by the Government during enactment of their recommendations changed it to Scarborough and Whitby.
The Initial Report of the Boundary Commission for England in 1947 made minor changes to the constituency, in line with local government changes which had abolished Guisborough Rural District in 1932 and absorbed it into Whitby Rural District. The new constituency again included the whole of Whitby Rural District, and so gained Hinderwell
Hinderwell
Hinderwell is a village and civil parish in the Scarboroughdistrict of North Yorkshire, England.Hinderwell lies about a mile from the coast on the A174 road between the towns of Loftus and Whitby. It may also be visited by the Cleveland Way footpath...
which was previously within Cleveland constituency. It had an electorate of 67,884 on 15 October 1946. No change was made in the First Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission in 1954.
The Second Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission, published in 1969, recommended that the constituency be divided. The recommendations came into effect at the February 1974 general election
United Kingdom general election, February 1974
The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,...
. The Scarborough constituency was then re-established, and Whitby joined with Guisborough, Loftus, Saltburn and Brotton to form Cleveland and Whitby
Cleveland and Whitby (UK Parliament constituency)
Cleveland and Whitby was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Whitby in northern England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from February 1974 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.Cleveland and Whitby...
.
By the beginning of the Third Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission, Cleveland
Cleveland, England
Cleveland is an area in the north east of England. Its name means literally "cliff-land", referring to its hilly southern areas, which rise to nearly...
had been created as a new county, which would normally prevent the Commission from recommending a constituency crossing the border. Several representations were made to the Commission to try to preserve Cleveland and Whitby constituency, but the Commission found itself unable to accept them and recommended putting Scarborough and Whitby together in a new Scarborough county constituency. This constituency did not include Pickering, which was placed in a new Ryedale constituency. In the Fourth Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for England, published in 1995 and coming into effect at the 1997 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1997
The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general...
, the Scarborough constituency was renamed as Scarborough and Whitby with no change in boundaries.
Boundaries
When initially created in 1918 the constituency was defined as the whole of the Municipal Borough of Scarborough, the Urban Districts of PickeringPickering, North Yorkshire
Pickering is an ancient market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of the county of North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North York Moors National Park. It sits at the foot of the Moors, overlooking the Vale of Pickering to the south...
, Scalby and Whitby
Whitby
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a combined maritime, mineral and tourist heritage, and is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey where Caedmon, the...
, the Rural Districts of Scarborough and Whitby. It also included parts of two Rural Districts. Nine out of the eleven parishes within Pickering Rural District were included, namely Allerston
Allerston
Allerston is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, about five miles east of Pickering. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 309.There is a village church, St Mary's....
, Ebberston
Ebberston
Ebberston is a small village near Pickering in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. In 2009 a 500 lb unexploded bomb was unearthed adjacent to the village. The bomb hailed from a 'Whitley Mark V Bomber', of the No...
, Kingthorpe, Levisham
Levisham
Levisham is a small village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, located on the North Yorkshire Moors about 5 miles north of Pickering. It has a station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Nearby villages include Newton-on-Rawcliffe and Lockton.Heartbeat actress...
, Lockton
Lockton
Lockton is a small village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the North Yorkshire Moors about north-east of Pickering. Nearby villages include Newton-on-Rawcliffe and Levisham....
, Marishes, Newton, Thornton Dale, and Wilton. Three of the nine parishes within Guisborough Rural District were also included: Commondale, Danby and Westerdale. As from 1950, the constituency was defined as the Municipal Borough of Scarborough, the Urban Districts of Pickering
Pickering, North Yorkshire
Pickering is an ancient market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of the county of North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North York Moors National Park. It sits at the foot of the Moors, overlooking the Vale of Pickering to the south...
, Scalby and Whitby
Whitby
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a combined maritime, mineral and tourist heritage, and is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey where Caedmon, the...
, the Rural Districts of Scarborough and Whitby.
The constituency in 1997 was defined as the following wards of the Borough of Scarborough: Ayton, Castle, Cayton, Central, Danby, Derwent, Eastfield, Eskdaleside, Falsgrave, Fylingdales, Lindhead, Mayfield, Mulgrave, Newby, Northstead, Scalby, Seamer, Streonshalh, Weaponness, and Woodlands. No change was made to the boundaries by the Fifth Periodical Review published in 2007, although changes in ward boundaries meant that the definition of the constituency was changed. It was now defined as the following wards of the Borough of Scarborough: Castle, Cayton, Central, Danby, Derwent Valley, Eastfield, Esk Valley, Falsgrave Park, Fylingdales, Lindhead, Mayfield, Mulgrave, Newby, North Bay, Northstead, Ramshill, Scalby Hackness and Staintondale, Seamer
Seamer, Scarborough
Seamer is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England.According to the 2001 UK census, Seamer parish had a population of 3,774....
, Stepney, Streonshalh, Weaponness, Whitby
Whitby
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a combined maritime, mineral and tourist heritage, and is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey where Caedmon, the...
West Cliff, and Woodlands.
The constituency covers the towns of Scarborough and Whitby
Whitby
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a combined maritime, mineral and tourist heritage, and is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey where Caedmon, the...
. Both of these are seaside towns in North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
on the north-east coast of England. However, the constituency is largely rural and rural issues tend to influence voting preferences.
History since 1997
When the constituency was recreated in 1997, the Labour candidate, Lawrie Quinn, defeated John Sykes, the sitting Conservative MP - one of many unlikely gains for Labour in their landslide victory of that year. The current incumbent, Robert Goodwill, defeated Quinn in 2005 to regain the seat for the Conservatives.MPs 1918–1974
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did... |
Sir Gervase Beckett, Bt. | Coalition Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922 The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John... |
Sidney Herbert Sir Sidney Herbert, 1st Baronet Sir Sidney Herbert, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1922 to 1931 and 1932 to 1939.... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1931 by-election | Sir Paul Latham | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1941 by-election | Sir Alexander Spearman Alexander Spearman Sir Alexander Cadwallader Mainwaring Spearman was a British Conservative Member of Parliament .His father, who was a Commander in the Royal Navy and commanded a battalion of a Royal Naval Brigade in the First World War, was killed in action in the Dardanelles Campaign.Alexander was educated at... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1966 United Kingdom general election, 1966 The 1966 United Kingdom general election on 31 March 1966 was called by sitting Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Wilson's decision to call an election turned on the fact that his government, elected a mere 17 months previously in 1964 had an unworkably small majority of only 4 MPs... |
Michael Shaw Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead Michael Norman Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament from 1960 to 1964 and from 1966 to 1992.... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| Feb 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,... |
constituency abolished | ||
MPs since 1997
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general... |
Lawrie Quinn | Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... |
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| 2005 United Kingdom general election, 2005 The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but with a majority of 66, reduced from 160.... |
Robert Goodwill Robert Goodwill Robert Goodwill is a British farmer and Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Whitby and a former Member of the European Parliament .-Early life:... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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Elections in the 1990s
See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire
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