Skipton (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Skipton County constituency |
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| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Skipton was a county constituency centred on the town of Skipton in Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished nearly a hundred years later, for the 1983 general election. It was then partly replaced by the new Skipton & Ripon constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Sir Mathew Wilson | ||
| 1886 | Walter Morrison | ||
| 1892 | Charles Savile Roundell | ||
| 1895 | Walter Morrison | ||
| 1900 | Frederick Whitley Thomson | ||
| 1906 | William Clough | ||
| 1918 | Richard Foulis Roundell | Conservative | |
| 1924 | Ernest Roy Bird | Conservative | |
| 1933 | George William Rickards | Conservative | |
| 1944 | Hugh McDowall Lawson | Common Wealth | |
| 1945 | Burnaby Drayson | Conservative | |
| 1979 | John Watson | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Skipton & Ripon | ||
[edit] Elections results
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[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
