Barkston Ash (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Barkston Ash
Type = County
Year = 1885
Abolition = 1983
members = one

Barkston Ash was a parliamentary constituency centred on the village of Barkston Ash in the West Riding of Yorkshire (now part of North Yorkshire). It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

History

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and returned Conservative Party MPs at every general election until its abolition. However, it was briefly represented by the Liberal Joseph Andrews, who won the seat a by-election in October 1905 after the death of its first MP, Sir Robert Gunter. The Conservatives regained the seat at the general election in January 1906.

At the 1983 general election, Barkston Ash was replaced by the Selby constituency. At the Next UK general election (due no later than 2010), the modern equivalent of Barkston Ash will be Selby and Ainsty.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Election results: 1970s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1979: Barkston AshElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Alison
votes = 40,381
percentage = 56.3
change = +8.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Muir
votes = 21,670
percentage = 30.2
change = -2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Pughe-Morgan
votes = 7,909
percentage = 11.0
change = -8.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Ecology Party
candidate = David Corry
votes = 1,829
percentage = 2.6
change = +2.6Election box majority
votes = 18,711
percentage = 26.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 71,789
percentage = 78.1
change = +2.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +5.3

Election box begin
title=General Election 1974 October: Barkston AshElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Alison
votes = 30,498
percentage = 48.0
change = -1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Muir
votes = 20,557
percentage = 32.4
change = +2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Duncan Paige
votes = 12,483
percentage = 19.7
change = -1.4Election box majority
votes = 9,941
percentage = 15.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 63,538
percentage = 75.8
change = -7.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = -1.7

Election box begin
title=General Election 1974 February: Barkston AshElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Alison
votes = 33,979
percentage = 49.0
change = -10.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Muir
votes = 20,782
percentage = 30.0
change = -10.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Duncan Paige
votes = 14,618
percentage = 21.1
change = +21.1Election box majority
votes = 13,197
percentage = 19.0
change =Election box turnout
votes = 69,379
percentage = 83.5
change = +7.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = -0.1

Election box begin
title=General Election 1970: Barkston AshElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Alison
votes = 35,198
percentage = 59.6
change = +3.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Grime
votes = 23,861
percentage = 40.4
change = -3.3Election box majority
votes = 11,337
percentage = 19.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 59,059
percentage = 75.6
change = -4.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = -3.3

References

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