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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom}} |
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1997 onwards}} |
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|name = Harrogate and Knaresborough |
|name = Harrogate and Knaresborough |
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|parliament = uk |
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|caption = Boundaries since 2024 |
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⚫ | |caption2 =Boundary of Harrogate and Knaresborough in Yorkshire and the Humber |
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|image2 = [[File:Yorkshire and the Humber - Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency.svg|215px|alt=Map of constituency]] |
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⚫ | |caption2 = Boundary of Harrogate and Knaresborough in Yorkshire and the Humber |
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|year = 1997 |
|year = 1997 |
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|electorate = 76,777 (December 2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/parliament-and-elections/elections-elections/uk-elections/constituency-data-electorates/|title=Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library|date=15 June 2020|publisher=Parliament UK|access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref> |
|electorate = 76,777 (December 2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/parliament-and-elections/elections-elections/uk-elections/constituency-data-electorates/|title=Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library|date=15 June 2020|publisher=Parliament UK|access-date=22 July 2020}}</ref> |
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|region = England |
|region = England |
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|county = [[North Yorkshire]] |
|county = [[North Yorkshire]] |
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|towns = [[Harrogate]] and [[Knaresborough]] |
|towns = [[Harrogate]] and [[Knaresborough]] |
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|european = Yorkshire and the Humber |
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==Boundaries== |
==Boundaries== |
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'''1997–2010''': The Borough of Harrogate wards of Bilton, Duchy, East Central, Granby, Harlow, Knaresborough East, Knaresborough West, New Park, Pannal, Starbeck, Wedderburn, and West Central. |
'''1997–2010''': The Borough of Harrogate wards of Bilton, Duchy, East Central, Granby, Harlow, Knaresborough East, Knaresborough West, New Park, Pannal, Starbeck, Wedderburn, and West Central. |
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'''2010–2024''': The Borough of Harrogate wards of [[Bilton-in-Ainsty|Bilton]], [[Boroughbridge]], Claro, Granby, Harlow Moor, High Harrogate, Hookstone, [[Killinghall]], Knaresborough East, Knaresborough King James, Knaresborough Scriven Park, Low Harrogate, New Park, Pannal, Rossett, Saltergate, Starbeck, Stray, and Woodfield. |
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⚫ | '''2024–present''': Bilton & Nidd Gorge; Bilton Grange & New Park; Boroughbridge & Claro (majority); Coppice Valley & Duchy; Fairfax & Starbeck; Harlow & St Georges; High Harrogate & Kingsley; Killinghall, Hampsthwaite & Saltergate; Knaresborough East; Knaresborough West; Oatlands & Pannal; Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone; Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details - Harrogate and Knaresborough |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Harrogate+and+Knaresborough |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}</ref> |
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⚫ | As its name suggests, the constituency is centred on the towns of [[Harrogate]] and [[Knaresborough]], with no parts more than {{convert|10|mi}} away from either. |
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Boundary changes, proposed in [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]] described as following: ''Minor changes to align with revised ward boundaries.'' |
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=== Proposed === |
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Further to the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]] the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020): |
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⚫ | As its name suggests, the constituency is centred on the towns of [[Harrogate]] and [[Knaresborough]], with no parts more than {{convert|10|mi}} away from either. |
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* The Borough of Harrogate wards of: Claro; Harrogate Bilton Grange; Harrogate Bilton Woodfield; Harrogate Central; Harrogate Coppice Valley; Harrogate Duchy; Harrogate Fairfax; Harrogate Harlow; Harrogate High Harrogate; Harrogate Hookstone; Harrogate Kingsley; Harrogate New Park; Harrogate Oatlands; Harrogate Old Bilton; Harrogate Pannal; Harrogate St. Georges; Harrogate Saltergate; Harrogate Starbeck; Harrogate Stray; Harrogate Valley Gardens; Killinghall & Hampsthwaite; Knaresborough Aspin & Calcutt; Knaresborough Castle; Knaresborough Eastfield; Knaresborough Scriven Park.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region}}</ref> |
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''Minor changes to align with revised ward boundaries.'' |
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With effect from 1 April 2023, the Borough of Harrogate was abolished and absorbed into the new unitary authority of North Yorkshire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The North Yorkshire (Structural Changes) Order 2022 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/328/introduction/made}}</ref> The constituency will therefore now comprise the following electoral divisions of North Yorkshire from the 2024 general election: |
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==History== |
==History== |
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==Members of Parliament== |
==Members of Parliament== |
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''[[Harrogate (UK Parliament constituency)|Harrogate]] prior to 1997'' |
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{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Conrad Whitcroft<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harrogate Labour Party reveals its choice of candidate for next General Election with emphasis on youthful dynamism |url=https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/people/harrogate-labour-party-reveals-its-choice-of-candidate-for-next-general-election-with-emphasis-on-youthful-dynamism-4638498 |date=22 May 2024 |access-date=22 May 2024 |publisher=Harrogate Advertiser |language=en}}</ref>|votes=|percentage=|change= |
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Conrad Whitcroft<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harrogate Labour Party reveals its choice of candidate for next General Election with emphasis on youthful dynamism |url=https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/people/harrogate-labour-party-reveals-its-choice-of-candidate-for-next-general-election-with-emphasis-on-youthful-dynamism-4638498 |date=22 May 2024 |access-date=22 May 2024 |publisher=Harrogate Advertiser |language=en}}</ref>|votes=|percentage=|change=}} |
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===Elections in the 2010s=== |
===Elections in the 2010s=== |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[List of parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire]] |
*[[List of parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire]] |
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* [[Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber|List of parliamentary constituencies in the Yorkshire and the Humber (region)]] |
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[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber]] |
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[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997]] |
[[Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997]] |
Harrogate and Knaresborough | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | North Yorkshire |
Electorate | 76,777 (December 2019)[1] |
Major settlements | Harrogate and Knaresborough |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | TBC |
Seats | One |
Created from | Harrogate constituency |
Harrogate and Knaresborough (/ˈhærəɡət ... ˈnɛərzbərə, -ɡeɪt -, -ɡɪt -/)[2][3] is a parliamentary constituencyinNorth Yorkshire which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Andrew Jones, an MP from the Conservative Party. The constituency was formed in the 1997 boundary changes, before which it was named Harrogate.
An area with little unemployment, a relatively large retired population and large neighbourhoods of high house prices[n 1][4] the former Harrogate constituency was a safe Conservative seat. When former Chancellor Norman Lamont stood for the Harrogate and Knaresborough seat in the Labour landslide general election in 1997, Harrogate moved the way of other spa towns in England such as Bath, and more urban and less touristic Cheltenham, by returning a non-Conservative candidate. The Liberal DemocratMPPhil Willis was elected, and served until Andrew Jones regained the seat for his party on Willis's retirement in the 2010 general election with a swing of 9.1% and a margin of 1,039 votes.[5]
1997–2010: The Borough of Harrogate wards of Bilton, Duchy, East Central, Granby, Harlow, Knaresborough East, Knaresborough West, New Park, Pannal, Starbeck, Wedderburn, and West Central.
2010–2024: The Borough of Harrogate wards of Bilton, Boroughbridge, Claro, Granby, Harlow Moor, High Harrogate, Hookstone, Killinghall, Knaresborough East, Knaresborough King James, Knaresborough Scriven Park, Low Harrogate, New Park, Pannal, Rossett, Saltergate, Starbeck, Stray, and Woodfield.
2024–present: Bilton & Nidd Gorge; Bilton Grange & New Park; Boroughbridge & Claro (majority); Coppice Valley & Duchy; Fairfax & Starbeck; Harlow & St Georges; High Harrogate & Kingsley; Killinghall, Hampsthwaite & Saltergate; Knaresborough East; Knaresborough West; Oatlands & Pannal; Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone; Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate.[6]
Boundary changes, proposed in 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies described as following: Minor changes to align with revised ward boundaries.
As its name suggests, the constituency is centred on the towns of Harrogate and Knaresborough, with no parts more than 10 miles (16 km) away from either.
Before 1950 the two eponymous towns 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'.
The current constituency embraces three former borough constituencies: Aldborough (now a suburb of Boroughbridge civil parish) and Boroughbridge, which were abolished as 'rotten boroughs' by the Great Reform Act, 1832, and Knaresborough, abolished in 1885.
Harrogate prior to 1997
Election | Member[7] | Party | |
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1997 | Phil Willis | Liberal Democrats | |
2010 | Andrew Jones | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Tom Gordon[8] | ||||
Independent | Paul Haslam [9] | ||||
Conservative | Andrew Jones[10] | ||||
Green | Shan Oakes[11] | ||||
Independent | Stephen Douglas Metcalfe [12] | ||||
Reform UK | John Swales[13] | ||||
Labour | Conrad Whitcroft[14] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Jones | 29,962 | 52.6 | -2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Judith Rogerson | 20,287 | 35.6 | +12.1 | |
Labour | Mark Sewards | 5,480 | 9.6 | -10.5 | |
Yorkshire | Kieron George | 1,208 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 9,675 | 17.0 | -15.0 | ||
Turnout | 56,937 | 73.1 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Jones | 31,477 | 55.5 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Flynn | 13,309 | 23.5 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Mark Sewards | 11,395 | 20.1 | +10.0 | |
Independent | Donald Fraser | 559 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 18,168 | 32.0 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 56,907 | 73.0 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.67 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Jones | 28,153 | 52.7 | +7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Flynn | 11,782 | 22.1 | -21.7 | |
UKIP | David Simister | 5,681 | 10.6 | +8.6 | |
Labour | Jan Williams | 5,409 | 10.1 | +3.7 | |
Green | Shan Oakes | 2,351 | 4.4 | New | |
Majority | 16,371 | 30.6 | +28.7 | ||
Turnout | 53,376 | 69.0 | -1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +14.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Jones | 24,305 | 45.7 | +9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Claire Kelley | 23,266 | 43.8 | -8.4 | |
Labour | Kevin McNerney | 3,413 | 6.4 | -2.7 | |
BNP | Steve Gill | 1,094 | 2.1 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | John Upex | 1,056 | 2.0 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 1,039 | 1.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,134 | 70.6 | +3.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +9.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Phil Willis | 24,113 | 56.3 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Maggie Punyer | 13,684 | 31.9 | -2.7 | |
Labour | Lorraine Ferris | 3,627 | 8.5 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | Chris Royston | 845 | 2.0 | +0.2 | |
BNP | Colin Banner | 466 | 1.1 | New | |
Alliance For Change | John Allman | 123 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 10,429 | 24.4 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 42,858 | 65.3 | +0.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Phil Willis | 23,445 | 55.6 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Andrew Jones | 14,600 | 34.6 | -3.9 | |
Labour | Alastair MacDonald | 3,101 | 7.4 | -1.3 | |
UKIP | Bill Brown | 761 | 1.8 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | John Cornforth | 272 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 8,845 | 21.0 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,179 | 64.6 | -8.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Phil Willis | 24,558 | 51.5 | +18.2 | |
Conservative | Norman Lamont | 18,322 | 38.5 | −13.3 | |
Labour | Barbara Boyce | 4,151 | 8.7 | −4.8 | |
Loyal Conservative | John Blackburn | 614 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 6,236 | 13.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,645 | 73.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
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