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Skipton and Ripon — 2024
Julian Smith (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,833 votes— 35.2% of 53,450 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 35.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,450
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julian Smith | Conservative Party | 18,833 | 35.2% | −14.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Malcolm Birks | Labour Party | 17,183 | 32.1% | — | |
| 3 | Simon Garvey | Reform UK | 8,516 | 15.9% | — | |
| 4 | Andrew Murday | Liberal Democrats | 4,194 | 7.8% | — | |
| 5 | Andy Brown | Green Party | 3,446 | 6.4% | — | |
| 6 | Ryan Kett | The Yorkshire Party | 627 | 1.2% | — | |
| 7 | Keith Tordoff | Independent | 493 | 0.9% | — | |
| 8 | Guy Phoenix | Heritage Party | 158 | 0.3% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.