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Harrogate (UK Parliament constituency)

Harrogate (/ˈhærəɡət, -ɡeɪt, -ɡɪt/ HARR-ə-gət, -⁠gayt, -⁠ghit)[1][2] was a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. As with all constituencies, the constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was renamed Harrogate and Knaresborough in 1997.

Harrogate
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyNorth Yorkshire
Major settlementsHarrogate and Knaresborough
1950–1997
SeatsOne
Created fromRipon
Replaced byHarrogate and Knaresborough

Constituency profile

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The seat covered an area with little unemployment, a relatively large retired population and large neighbourhoods of high house prices.[n 2][3] Until former Chancellor Norman Lamont stood for the first time in the successor seat in the New Labour landslide general election in 1997, it had been part of a Conservative safe seat since 1910. However, Harrogate moved the way of other famous spa towns in England, such as Bath[n 3] by returning a Liberal Democrat MP.

Boundaries

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1950–1983: The Municipal Borough of Harrogate, the Urban District of Knaresborough, and the Rural District of Nidderdale except the parishes of Hessay, Knapton, Moor Monkton, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth, and Upper Poppleton.

1983–1997: The Borough of Harrogate wards of Bilton, Claro, Duchy, East Central, Granby, Harlow, Knaresborough East, Knaresborough West, Marston Moor, Nether Poppleton, New Park, Ouseburn, Pannal, Spofforth, Starbeck, Upper Poppleton, Wedderburn, and West Central.

History

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Before 1950 Harrogate had been part of the Ripon constituency. The constituency was created as 'Harrogate' and following boundary changes in 1997 the name was changed to Harrogate and Knaresborough.

Members of Parliament

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ElectionMember[4]PartyNotes
1950Christopher YorkConservativeResigned February 1954
1954 by-electionJames RamsdenConservative
Feb 1974Robert BanksConservative

Election results

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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Harrogate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeChristopher York 28,582 68.55
LabourEdward J. Parris13,11431.45
Majority15,46837.10
Turnout41,69681.24
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1951: Harrogate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeChristopher York 28,806 70.56
LabourChristopher William Sewell12,02129.44
Majority16,78541.12
Turnout40,82778.74
Conservative holdSwing
1954 Harrogate by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJames Ramsden 20,263 70.78 +0.22
LabourErnest Kavanagh8,36729.22-0.22
Majority11,89641.56+0.44
Turnout28,630
Conservative holdSwing
General election 1955: Harrogate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJames Ramsden 26,799 72.32
LabourThomas Evers10,25827.68
Majority16,54144.64
Turnout37,05771.86
Conservative holdSwing
General election 1959: Harrogate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJames Ramsden 29,466 74.29
LabourFrederick Bernard Singleton10,19625.71
Majority19,27048.58
Turnout39,66274.49
Conservative holdSwing

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Harrogate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJames Ramsden 24,474 57.64
LiberalBarrington Malcolm Black9,33221.98New
LabourEdward Lyons8,65520.38
Majority15,14235.66
Turnout42,46177.00
Conservative holdSwing
General election 1966: Harrogate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJames Ramsden 22,932 54.97
LiberalWalter Greaves9,51822.82
LabourReginald Ernest Holmes9,26722.21
Majority13,41432.15
Turnout41,71774.47
Conservative holdSwing

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Harrogate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJames Ramsden 26,167 59.76
LiberalWalter Greaves8,82520.15
LabourBrian Hellowell8,79720.09
Majority17,34239.61
Turnout43,78969.93
Conservative holdSwing
General election February 1974: Harrogate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRobert Banks 27,517 53.55
LiberalIan DeCourcey Bayley15,72830.61
LabourMichael A. Wheaton6,08411.84
National FrontAndrew Brons1,1862.31New
Democratic ChristianJ. E. Stringfellow8751.70New
Majority11,78922.94
Turnout51,39080.05
Conservative holdSwing
General election October 1974: Harrogate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRobert Banks 24,583 53.85
LiberalIan DeCourcey Bayley11,26924.69
LabourBarry Seal8,04717.63
National FrontAndrew Brons1,0302.26
WhigCecil Margolis7191.58New
Majority13,31429.17
Turnout45,64870.49
Conservative holdSwing
General election 1979: Harrogate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRobert Banks 30,551 59.46
LiberalRodney Kent12,02123.40
LabourA. Fleming8,22116.00
National FrontD. Waite5851.14
Majority18,53036.06
Turnout51,37874.26
Conservative holdSwing

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1983: Harrogate[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRobert Banks 30,269 60.23
SDPJohn Burney14,38128.62
LabourJohn Dixon5,12810.20
Reintroduction of Hanging and Corporal PunishmentD. Kelley3160.63New
National FrontP. Vessey1630.32
Majority15,88831.61
Turnout50,25769.02
Conservative holdSwing
General election 1987: Harrogate[6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRobert Banks 31,167 55.55
SDPJonathan Leach19,26534.34
LabourAndrew Wright5,67110.10
Majority11,90221.21
Turnout56,10374.05
Conservative holdSwing

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1992: Harrogate[7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRobert Banks 32,023 53.85
Liberal DemocratsT. J. Hurren19,43432.68
LabourA. J. Wright7,23012.16
GreenArnold Warneken7801.31New
Majority12,58921.17
Turnout59,46777.99
Conservative holdSwing

See also

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Notes and references

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Notes
  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ In the 2001 census: worklessness was the status of (see Harrogate 009 Middle Layer SOA for access to the whole district): 1.0% of working age people compared to Yorkshire and the Humber: 2.6% England 2.3%
    However in the 2001 Census publication "Indices of Deprivation and Classification: Social Grade" 0.27% of the wider District population of 69,614 of working age were Class E: On state benefit, unemployed, lowest grade workers, slightly higher than 0.22% Yorkshire and the Humber average and 0.24% national average
  3. ^ And for example more urban and less touristic Cheltenham, which is in the Gloucester conurbation
References
  1. ^ Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). "Harrogate". Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.
  2. ^ "Harrogate". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  3. ^ Mouseprice.com heat map
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
  5. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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