The county of North Yorkshire, together with the unitary authority of York, is divided into nine parliamentary constituencies: one borough constituency and eight county constituencies.

Constituencies

2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details. For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine North Yorkshire with West Yorkshire as a sub-region of the Yorkshire and the Humber Region, resulting in the creation of two new cross-county boundary constituencies: Selby which comprises the majority of the abolished constituency of Selby and Ainsty and includes the City of Leeds ward of Kippax and Methley; and a new constituency named Wetherby and Easingwold which includes the City of Leeds wards of Harewood and Weatherby. The commission also opted to rename Richmond (Yorks) to Richmond and Northallerton. The following constituencies resulted from the review: Containing electoral wards from Craven Containing electoral wards from Hambleton Containing electoral wards from Harrogate Containing electoral wards from Richmondshire Containing electoral wards from Ryedale Containing electoral wards from Scarborough Containing electoral wards from Selby Containing electoral wards from York 1 also contains parts in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire

2010

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided that North Yorkshire should continue to be divided into 8 constituencies for the 2010 general election, but the boundaries were extensively redrawn in the south-eastern part to accommodate exactly two seats wholly within the recently formed unitary authority of York. The Vale of York was abolished and a new constituency named York Outer created, with City of York being renamed York Central. Ryedale was succeeded by Thirsk and Malton, and Selby was renamed Selby and Ainsty.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing – General election results from 1918 to 2019

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising North Yorkshire, including the two cross-county constituencies of Selby and Wetherby and Easingwold in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Percentage votes

12019 – Brexit Party 21983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance 1979 – Liberal 1979 – Historic county

• Included in Other

Seats

11983 & 1987 – SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885–1910 – North Riding of Yorkshire

1918–1945

1950–1979

1983–present – North Yorkshire

Historical representation by party

Data given here is for the North Riding of Yorkshire until 1983, and includes the city of York throughout. A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

1918 to 1950

1950 to 1983

1983 to present

1also includes some parts of West Yorkshire since 2024