North Riding of Yorkshire was the constituency of the North Riding of Yorkshire. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
| North Riding of Yorkshire | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 North Riding of Yorkshire, within Yorkshire, 1832–1868  Location of Yorkshire within England | |
| County | North Riding of Yorkshire |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Seats | Two |
| Created from | Yorkshire |
| Replaced by | Cleveland, Richmond, Thirsk & Malton and Whitby |
The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832, when the four-seat Yorkshire constituency was divided in three for the 1832 general election. It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and replaced for the 1885 general election by the new single-member constituencies of Cleveland, Richmond, Thirsk & Malton and Whitby, most its remaining small boroughs seeing disenfranchisement in 1868 or in 1885.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1654–1658 (Protectorate Parliaments)
| Election | First member | Second member | Third member | Fourth member |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1654 | Lord Eure | Francis Lascelles | Thomas Harrison | George Smithson |
| 1656 | ? | Francis Lascelles | Luke Robinson | ? |
MPs 1832–1885
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | constituency created by division of the Yorkshire constituency | |||||
| 1832 | Hon. William Duncombe | Conservative | Edward Cayley | Whig[1][2][3] | ||
| 1841 by-election | Hon. Octavius Duncombe | Conservative | ||||
| 1859 | Hon. William Duncombe | Conservative | Liberal | |||
| 1862 by-election | William Morritt | Conservative | ||||
| 1865 | Frederick Milbank | Liberal | ||||
| 1867 by-election | Hon. Octavius Duncombe | Conservative | ||||
| 1874 | Viscount Helmsley | Conservative | ||||
| 1882 by-election | Hon. Guy Dawnay | Conservative | ||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished: see Cleveland, Richmond, Thirsk & Malton and Whitby | |||||
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tory | William Duncombe | 4,885 | 41.9 | ||
| Whig | Edward Cayley | 3,287 | 28.2 | ||
| Whig | John Charles Ramsden | 2,895 | 24.8 | ||
| Whig | Martin Stapylton | 602 | 5.2 | ||
| Turnout | 8,581 | 90.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,539 | ||||
| Majority | 1,598 | 13.7 | |||
| Tory win (new seat) | |||||
| Majority | 392 | 3.4 | |||
| Whig win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Duncombe | 4,656 | 35.9 | −6.0 | |
| Whig | Edward Cayley | 4,490 | 34.6 | +6.4 | |
| Conservative | James Walker | 3,841 | 29.6 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 8,396 | 88.0 | −2.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,545 | ||||
| Majority | 166 | 1.3 | −12.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −6.2 | |||
| Majority | 649 | 5.0 | +1.6 | ||
| Whig hold | Swing | +6.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
| Whig | Edward Cayley | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 11,738 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Whig hold | |||||
Elections in the 1840s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
| Whig | Edward Cayley | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 11,361 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Whig hold | |||||
Duncombe succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Baron Feversham and causing a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Octavius Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Octavius Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
| Whig | Edward Cayley | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 11,881 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Whig hold | |||||
Elections in the 1850s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Octavius Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
| Whig | Edward Cayley | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 11,319 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Octavius Duncombe | 5,259 | 37.3 | N/A | |
| Whig | Edward Cayley | 4,641 | 32.9 | N/A | |
| Whig | John Dundas[5][6] | 4,185 | 29.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 618 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 9,672 (est) | 79.0 (est) | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 12,238 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Octavius Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal | Edward Cayley | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 13,479 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
Elections in the 1860s
Cayley's death caused a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Morritt | 5,507 | 52.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Frederick Milbank | 5,041 | 47.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 466 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 10,548 | 78.9 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 13,367 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Frederick Milbank | 6,585 | 35.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | William Duncombe | 6,362 | 33.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | William Morritt | 5,889 | 31.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 223 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 12,711 (est) | 82.3 (est) | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 15,438 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Duncombe was elevated to the peerage, becoming 3rd Lord Feversham, and causing a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Octavius Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Octavius Duncombe | 7,689 | 45.7 | +11.9 | |
| Liberal | Frederick Milbank | 7,429 | 44.1 | +9.1 | |
| Conservative | Edward Stillingfleet Cayley (jnr) | 1,721 | 10.2 | −21.1 | |
| Turnout | 15,118 (est) | 78.7 (est) | −3.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 19,205 | ||||
| Majority | 260 | 1.6 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.9 | |||
| Majority | 5,708 | 33.9 | +32.7 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +6.9 | |||
Elections in the 1870s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal | Frederick Milbank | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 19,558 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal | Frederick Milbank | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 20,484 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
Duncombe's death caused a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Guy Dawnay | 8,135 | 51.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Samuel Rowlandson[7] | 7,749 | 48.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 386 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 15,884 | 79.2 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 20,047 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Y"
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
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