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Ripon (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ripon
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1974-1983
CountyWest Riding of Yorkshire
18851983
SeatsOne
Replaced bySkipton and Ripon, Leeds North West, Keighley and Shipley[1]
1295–1885
SeatsTwo until 1868, then one
Type of constituencyBorough constituency

Ripon was a constituency sending members to the House of Commons of England, Great Britain and the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1983, centred on the city of Ripon in North Yorkshire.

History

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Ripon was first represented in the Model Parliament of 1295, and also returned members in 1307 and 1337, but it was not permanently represented until 1553, after which it returned two Members of Parliament. It was a parliamentary borough consisting only of the town of Ripon itself until the Great Reform Act of 1832; the right to vote was vested in the holders of the tightly controlled burgage tenements — count-of-head polls were accordingly rare — for, the last contested election in Ripon before the Reform Act 1832 was in 1715. By 1832 it was estimated that there were 43 men qualified to vote; the total of adult males over age 20 in the township in 1831 was recorded at 3,571.[2]

Such a burgeoning middle class population when considered under the 1832 Reform Act made for Ripon a relatively major borough; its qualifying freehold-owning or more expensive house-leasing electorate were supplemented by such electors in neighbouring Aismunderby-cum-Bondgate. The sum of these male electors returned two members to each parliament. The next Reform Act which came into force at the 1868 election reduced Ripon's representation from two MPs to one and enfranchised many of the under-represented high-growth areas of Britain.

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 abolished the borough of Ripon; instead the county constituency in which the town was placed as a result was named Ripon (strictly speaking, at first, "The Ripon Division of the West Riding of Yorkshire"), and this continued as a single member constituency, with intervening boundary changes until it was abolished before the 1983 general election. Until 1950 it included, as well as Ripon itself, the towns of Harrogate and Knaresborough; the post-1950 guise took in Ilkley and Otley.

Boundaries

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1885–1918: The Borough of Ripon, the Sessional Divisions of Claro and Kirkby Malzeard, and the Liberty of Ripon.

1918–1950: The Boroughs of Ripon and Harrogate, the Urban District of Knaresborough, the Rural Districts of Knaresborough, Pateley Bridge, and Ripon, and part of the Rural District of Great Ouseburn.

1950–1983: The Borough of Ripon, the Urban Districts of Ilkley and Otley, and the Rural Districts of Ripon and Pateley Bridge, and Wharfedale.

Members of Parliament

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  • Constituency re-created (1553)

MPs 1553–1640

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Parliament First member Second member
1553 (Oct) Marmaduke Wyvill Edward Beseley[3]
1554 (Apr) William Rastell John Temple[3]
1554 (Nov) Thomas More II Thomas Seckford[3]
1555 John Holmes Thomas Poley[3]
1558 William Heath Thomas Lewknor[3]
1559 Francis Kempe John Sapcote[4]
1562–3 George Leighe Richard Pratt[4]
1571 Martin Birkhead Anthony Roane[4]
1572 Martin Birkhead John Scott[4]
1584 William Spencer Gervase Lee[4]
1586 William Spencer Samuel Sandys[4]
1588 Peter York William Smith[4]
1593 Anthony Wingfield William Bennet[4]
1597 Sir John Bennet Christopher Perkins[4]
1601 John Thornborough Christopher Perkins[4]
1604 Sir John Mallory Sir John Bennet
1614 Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby William Mallory
1621 Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby William Mallory
1624 Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby William Mallory
1625 Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby William Mallory
1626 Thomas Best Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby
1628 Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby William Mallory
1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1867

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Year First member First party Second member Second party
November 1640 William Mallory Royalist John Mallory Royalist
September 1642 William Mallory disabled to sit - seat vacant
January 1644 John Mallory disabled to sit - seat vacant
1645 Sir Charles Egerton Miles Moody (d. March 1647)
1647 Sir John Bourchier
December 1648 Egerton excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant
1653 Ripon was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Edmund Jennings Jonathan Jennings
May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 Henry Arthington Edmund Jennings
1661 John Nicholas Thomas Burwell
1673 Sir Edmund Jennings
February 1679 Richard Sterne
August 1679 Christopher Wandesford
1685 Sir Gilbert Dolben, 1st Baronet Sir Edmund Jennings
1689 Sir Jonathan Jennings Sir Edward Blackett, Bt
1690 Sir Edmund Jennings
1691 Jonathan Jennings
1695 John Aislabie Tory
1701 John Sharp
1702 Sir William Hustler
1705 John Aislabie[5] Tory, later Country Whig
1715 The Viscount Castlecomer
1719 William Aislabie I
1721 William Aislabie II Tory[6]
1722 John Scrope
1727 William Aislabie III
1734 Thomas Duncombe
1741 Hon. Henry Vane Whig
1747 Sir Charles Vernon
1761 William Lawrence
1768 Charles Allanson
1775 William Lawrence Tory[6]
1780 Frederick Robinson Tory[6]
1781 William Lawrence Tory[6]
1787 Sir John Goodricke, Bt Tory[6]
1789 Sir George Allanson-Winn, Bt[7] Tory[6]
April 1798 John Heathcote Tory[6]
October 1798 Sir James Graham, Bt Tory[6]
1806 The Lord Headley Tory[6]
1807 F. J. Robinson Tory[6] George Gipps Tory[6]
1826 Lancelot Shadwell Tory[6]
1827 Louis Hayes Petit Tory[6]
1828 Sir Robert Inglis Tory[6]
1829 George Spence Tory[6]
1831 Whig[6] Whig[6]
1832 Thomas Staveley Whig[6] Joshua Crompton Whig[6]
1835 Sir Charles Dalbiac Conservative[6] Thomas Pemberton Conservative[6]
1837 Sir Edward Sugden Conservative[6]
1841 Sir George Cockburn Conservative[6]
1843 Thomas Cusack-Smith Conservative
1846 Hon. Edwin Lascelles Conservative[6]
1847 Sir James Graham, Bt Peelite[8][9][10][11]
1852 William Beckett Conservative
1857 John Ashley Warre Whig[12][13][14] John Greenwood Whig[15]
1859 Liberal Liberal
1860 Reginald Vyner Liberal
1865 Sir Charles Wood Liberal Robert Kearsley Liberal
1866 Lord John Hay Liberal
1868 Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1868–1983

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Election Member Party
1868 Lord John Hay Liberal
1871 by-election Sir Henry Knight Storks Liberal
1874 Earl de Grey Liberal
1880 George Goschen Liberal
1885 Ripon parliamentary borough abolished, replaced by Ripon Division of the West Riding (county constituency)
1885 William Harker Liberal
1886 John Lloyd Wharton Conservative
1906 H. F. B. Lynch Liberal
Jan. 1910 Hon. Edward Wood Conservative
1925 by-election John Hills Conservative
1939 by-election Christopher York Conservative
1950 Sir Malcolm Stoddart-Scott Conservative
1973 by-election David Austick Liberal
Feb 1974 Dr Keith Hampson Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

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Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1830: Ripon[6][16][17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Louis Hayes Petit Unopposed
Tory George Spence Unopposed
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1831: Ripon[6][16][17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Louis Hayes Petit Unopposed
Whig George Spence Unopposed
Registered electors 43
Whig gain from Tory
Whig gain from Tory
General election 1832: Ripon[6][16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Thomas Kitchingman Staveley 168 25.6
Whig Joshua Samuel Crompton 168 25.6
Tory James Charles Dalbiac 162 24.7
Tory William Markham 159 24.2
Majority 6 0.9
Turnout 330 96.8
Registered electors 341
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1835: Ripon[6][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Charles Dalbiac 246 40.6 +15.9
Conservative Thomas Pemberton 235 38.8 +14.6
Whig Thomas Kitchingman Staveley 125 20.6 −30.6
Majority 110 18.2 N/A
Turnout 360 94.0 −2.8
Registered electors 383
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +15.6
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +15.0
General election 1837: Ripon[6][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Pemberton Unopposed
Conservative Edward Sugden Unopposed
Registered electors 424
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Ripon[6][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Pemberton Unopposed
Conservative Edward Sugden Unopposed
Registered electors 373
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Sugden resigned after being appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland, causing a by-election.

By-election, 27 September 1841: Ripon[6][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Cockburn Unopposed
Conservative hold

Pemberton resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election,

By-election, 18 March 1843: Ripon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Cusack-Smith Unopposed
Conservative hold

Cusack-Smith resigned after being appointed Master of the Rolls in Ireland, causing a by-election.

By-election, 2 February 1846: Ripon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edwin Lacelles Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1847: Ripon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edwin Lacelles Unopposed
Peelite James Graham Unopposed
Registered electors 350
Conservative hold
Peelite gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: Ripon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Beckett 266 49.0 N/A
Conservative Edwin Lascelles 202 37.2 N/A
Radical Augustus Newton[18] 75 13.8 New
Majority 127 23.4 N/A
Turnout 309 (est) 87.5 (est) N/A
Registered electors 353
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative gain from Peelite Swing N/A
General election 1857: Ripon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Ashley Warre Unopposed
Whig John Greenwood Unopposed
Registered electors 339
Whig gain from Conservative
Whig gain from Conservative
General election 1859: Ripon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Greenwood 223 48.6 N/A
Liberal John Ashley Warre 205 44.7 N/A
Liberal Alfred Bates Richards[19] 31 6.8 N/A
Majority 174 37.9 N/A
Turnout 230 (est) 68.1 (est) N/A
Registered electors 337
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1860s

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Warre's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 22 December 1860: Ripon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reginald Vyner 187 100.0 N/A
Chartist Frederick Richard Lees[20] 0 0 New
Majority 187 100.0 N/A
Turnout 187 54.5 −13.6
Registered electors 343
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Lees retired before polling day.[21]

General election 1865: Ripon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Wood 215 37.3 N/A
Liberal Robert Kearsley 189 32.8 N/A
Liberal John Greenwood 173 30.0 −18.6
Majority 16 2.8 −35.1
Turnout 289 (est) 82.9 (est) +14.8
Registered electors 348
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Wood was elevated to the peerage becoming 1st Viscount Halifax and causing a by-election.

By-election, 26 February 1866: Ripon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Hay Unopposed
Liberal hold

Hay was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 28 March 1866: Ripon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Hay Unopposed
Liberal hold

Seat reduced to one member

General election 1868: Ripon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Hay 554 57.6 N/A
Conservative George Cayley 408 42.4 New
Majority 146 15.2 +12.4
Turnout 962 85.0 +2.1
Registered electors 1,132
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Hay was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 21 December 1868: Ripon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Hay Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

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Hay resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 15 Feb 1871: Ripon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Knight Storks 522 63.3 +5.7
Conservative George Cayley 302 36.7 −5.7
Majority 220 26.6 +11.4
Turnout 824 79.6 −5.4
Registered electors 1,035
Liberal hold Swing +5.7
General election 1874: Ripon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Robinson Unopposed
Registered electors 1,025
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Ripon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Goschen 591 62.0 N/A
Conservative Francis Darwin[22] 362 38.0 New
Majority 229 24.0 N/A
Turnout 953 87.7 N/A
Registered electors 1,087
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1885: Ripon[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Harker 3,985 51.1 −10.9
Conservative John Lloyd Wharton 3,820 48.9 +10.9
Majority 165 2.2 −21.8
Turnout 7,805 86.3 −1.4
Registered electors 9,049
Liberal hold Swing −10.9
J. L. Wharton
General election 1886: Ripon[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Lloyd Wharton 4,113 56.8 +7.9
Liberal Claude Ashley Charles Ponsonby[24] 3,125 43.2 −7.9
Majority 988 13.6 N/A
Turnout 7,238 80.0 −6.3
Registered electors 9,049
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +7.9

Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: Ripon[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Lloyd Wharton 4,268 53.9 −2.9
Liberal Henry Leetham 3,657 46.1 +2.9
Majority 611 7.8 −5.8
Turnout 7,925 77.7 −2.3
Registered electors 10,199
Conservative hold Swing −2.9
Phillimore
General election 1895: Ripon[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Lloyd Wharton 4,435 54.3 +0.4
Liberal Robert Charles Phillimore 3,733 45.7 −0.4
Majority 702 8.6 +0.8
Turnout 8,168 79.9 +2.2
Registered electors 10,219
Conservative hold Swing +0.4

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Ripon[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Lloyd Wharton Unopposed
Conservative hold
Henry Lynch
General election 1906: Ripon[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal H. F. B. Lynch 5,645 51.4 New
Conservative John Lloyd Wharton 5,332 48.6 N/A
Majority 313 2.8 N/A
Turnout 10,977 86.9 N/A
Registered electors 12,635
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: Ripon[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Wood 6,363 55.4 +6.8
Liberal H. F. B. Lynch 5,119 44.6 −6.8
Majority 1,244 10.8 N/A
Turnout 11,482 89.3 +2.4
Registered electors 12,860
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.8
General election December 1910: Ripon[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Wood 5,894 54.0 −1.4
Liberal Norman Rae 5,020 46.0 +1.4
Majority 874 8.0 −2.8
Turnout 10,914 84.9 −4.4
Registered electors 12,860
Conservative hold Swing −1.4

General election 1914–15:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Ripon [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Edward Wood Unopposed
Unionist hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1922: Ripon [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Edward Wood Unopposed
Unionist hold
General election 1923: Ripon [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Edward Wood Unopposed
Unionist hold
General election 1924: Ripon [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Edward Wood Unopposed
Unionist hold
1925 Ripon by-election[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Hills 16,433 59.0 N/A
Liberal John Murray 11,422 41.0 New
Majority 5,011 18.0 N/A
Turnout 27,855 74.6 N/A
Registered electors 37,338
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1929: Ripon[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist John Hills 23,173 55.1 N/A
Liberal Frederick L. Boult 14,542 34.6 N/A
Labour Arthur Godfrey 4,339 10.3 New
Majority 8,631 20.5 N/A
Turnout 42,054 76.2 N/A
Registered electors 55,191
Unionist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hills 37,898 88.1 +33.0
Labour Robert Joseph Hall 5,125 11.9 +1.6
Majority 32,773 76.2 +55.7
Turnout 43,023 73.7 −2.5
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hills 30,804 77.16
Labour Robert Joseph Hall 9,116 22.84
Majority 21,688 54.32
Turnout 39,920 68.64
Conservative hold Swing
1939 Ripon by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher York 23,257 69.49
Labour Robert Joseph Hall 10,213 30.51
Majority 13,044 38.98
Turnout 33,470
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher York 29,674 61.3 −15.9
Labour R. Hartley 12,599 26.0 +3.2
Liberal Mabel Cowley 6,122 12.6 New
Majority 17,075 35.3 −19.0
Turnout 48,395 69.8 +1.2
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Stoddart-Scott 22,292 66.3 +5.0
Labour W. S. Hill 11,317 33.7 +7.7
Majority 10,975 32.6 −2.7
Turnout 33,609 84.0 +14.2
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Stoddart-Scott 23,047 68.4 +2.1
Labour Sydney J. Andrews 10,627 31.6 −2.1
Majority 12,420 36.9 +4.3
Turnout 33,674 83.2 −0.8
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Stoddart-Scott 21,977 68.9 +0.5
Labour Eric Brierley 9,912 31.1 −0.5
Majority 12,065 37.8 +0.9
Turnout 34,042 78.8 −4.4
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Stoddart-Scott 22,757 69.9 +1.0
Labour Joseph H. Swann 9,791 30.1 −1.0
Majority 12,966 39.8 +2.0
Turnout 32,548 79.0 +0.2
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Stoddart-Scott 18,503 54.9 −15.0
Liberal Ronald H. H. Duncan 7,814 23.2 New
Labour Peter A. O'Grady 7,341 21.8 −8.3
Majority 10,689 31.7 −8.1
Turnout 33,658 80.6 +1.6
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Stoddart-Scott 17,352 52.2 −2.7
Labour Michael McGowan 8,607 25.9 +4.1
Liberal Ronald H. H. Duncan 7,301 22.0 −1.2
Majority 8,745 26.3 −5.4
Turnout 33,260 78.9 −1.7
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Stoddart-Scott 21,211 60.7 +8.5
Labour David Daniel 9,147 26.2 +1.3
Liberal Valerie S. Craven 4,583 13.1 −8.9
Majority 12,064 34.5 +8.2
Turnout 34,941 73.6 −5.3
Conservative hold Swing
1973 Ripon by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Austick 13,902 43.5 +30.4
Conservative Keith Hampson 12,956 40.5 −20.2
Labour David Mark English 4,435 13.9 −12.3
Ind. Conservative R. E. G. Simmerson 690 2.1 New
Majority 946 3.0 N/A
Turnout 31,983 64.3 −9.3
Registered electors 49,761
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
General election February 1974: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Hampson 21,080 49.6 −11.1
Liberal David Austick 16,745 39.4 +26.3
Labour David Mark English 4,643 10.9 −15.3
Majority 4,335 10.2 −24.3
Turnout 42,468 85.4 +11.8
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Hampson 20,636 52.1 +2.5
Liberal David Austick 13,632 34.3 −5.1
Labour Stephen Peter Meyer 5,330 13.5 +2.6
Majority 7,004 17.8 +7.6
Turnout 39,598 78.9 −6.5
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: Ripon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Hampson 25,292 60.3 +8.2
Liberal Robert Tennant 9,089 21.7 −12.6
Labour William Neil Davies 6,749 16.1 +2.6
Ecology Alistair Laurence 781 1.9 New
Majority 16,203 38.6 +20.8
Turnout 41,911 78.8 −0.1
Conservative hold Swing

See also

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