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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
Yorkshire and the Humber
76,758 electors
Active Seat

Skipton and Ripon

Current MP
Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
71.8%
Avg Turnout
0
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Conservative Julian Smith Hold
Majority 1,650
Turnout 67.5% ↓7.5pp
Total Votes 53,450
Winner Swing ↓24.2pp
✓ Julian Smith
Conservative
18,833 35.2%
↓23.6pp
Malcolm Birks
Labour
17,183 32.2%
↑13.0pp
Simon Garvey
Reform UK
8,516 15.9%
—
Andrew Murday
Liberal Democrats
4,194 7.9%
↓7.4pp
Andy Brown
Green Party
3,446 6.5%
↑1.7pp
Ryan Kett
—
627 1.2%
—
Keith Tordoff
—
493 0.9%
—
Guy Phoenix
—
158 0.3%
—
Conservative Julian Smith Hold
Majority 23,694
Turnout 75.0% ↑0.5pp
Total Votes 58,724
Winner Swing ↓3.2pp
✓ Julian Smith
Conservative
34,919 59.5%
↓3.2pp
Brian McDaid
Labour
11,225 19.1%
↓9.2pp
Andrew Murday
Liberal Democrats
8,701 14.8%
—
Andy Brown
Green Party
2,748 4.7%
↓1.7pp
Jack Render
—
1,131 1.9%
↓0.7pp
Conservative Julian Smith Hold
Majority 19,985
Turnout 74.4% ↑3.3pp
Total Votes 58,138
Winner Swing ↑7.2pp
✓ Julian Smith
Conservative
36,425 62.7%
↑7.2pp
Alan Woodhead
Labour
16,440 28.3%
↑10.9pp
Andy Brown
Green Party
3,734 6.4%
↑0.7pp
Jack Render
—
1,539 2.7%
—
Conservative Julian Smith Hold
Majority 20,761
Turnout 71.2% ↑0.5pp
Total Votes 54,559
Winner Swing ↑4.8pp
✓ Julian Smith
Conservative
30,248 55.4%
↑4.9pp
Malcolm Birks
Labour
9,487 17.4%
↑7.3pp
Alan Henderson
—
7,651 14.0%
↑10.5pp
Jacquie Bell
Liberal Democrats
4,057 7.4%
↓25.0pp
Andy Brown
Green Party
3,116 5.7%
—
Conservative Julian Smith Hold
Majority 9,950
Turnout 70.7%
Total Votes 54,724
✓ Julian Smith
Conservative
27,685 50.6%
↑0.6pp
Helen Flynn
Liberal Democrats
17,735 32.4%
↑5.8pp
Claire Hazelgrove
Labour
5,498 10.1%
↓8.2pp
Rodney Mills
—
1,909 3.5%
↓1.1pp
Bernard Allen
—
1,403 2.6%
—
Roger Bell
—
315 0.6%
—
Dylan Gilligan
—
95 0.2%
—
Robert Leakey
—
84 0.2%
—

Turnout Trend

70.7%
'10
71.2%
'15
74.4%
'17
75.0%
'19
67.5%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
65 and over
28.4% ▲6.7pp
50 to 64
23.8%
0 to 17
17.2%
35 to 49
15.9%
25 to 34
8.9%
18 to 24
5.8%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
96.9%
Asian or Asian British
1.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.1%
Other
0.3%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.3%
📊 Age
65 and over
28.4%
45 to 64
23.8%
Under 18
17.2%
30 to 44
15.9%
18 to 29
14.6%
⛪ Religion
Christian
56.0%
No religion
36.4%
Not answered
5.7%
Muslim
0.8%
Other religion
0.5%
Buddhist
0.3%
Hindu
0.2%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.1%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
97.5%
Asian or Asian British
1.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.8%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.3%
Other ethnic group
0.2%
📊 Age
45 to 64
29.9%
65 and over
21.7%
Under 18
20.0%
30 to 44
17.5%
18 to 29
10.9%
⛪ Religion
Christian
69.2%
No religion
22.0%
Religion not stated
7.4%
Muslim
0.6%
Other religion
0.3%
Buddhist
0.2%
Hindu
0.1%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Mr David Curry Conservative 1987-06-11 2010-05-06
John Watson Conservative 1979-05-03 1987-06-11