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England · Constituency

Skipton and Ripon

Represented by Sir Julian Smith (Conservative)

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Your member of parliament

Sir Julian Smith

Conservative

Contact them, and see their voting record, on Parliament’s site

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Conservative finished ahead of Labour by 1,650 votes.

Majority

1,650

3.1% of votes cast.

Turnout

67.5%

53,450 of 79,238 on the register.

Candidates

53,450 valid votes counted.

Official figure

2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Julian SmithElected	Conservative	18,833	35.2%
Malcolm Birks	Labour	17,183	32.1%
Simon Garvey	Reform UK	8,516	15.9%
Andrew Murday	Liberal Democrat	4,194	7.8%
Andy Brown	Green Party	3,446	6.4%
Ryan Kett	The Yorkshire Party	627	1.2%
Keith Tordoff	Independent	493	0.9%
Guy Phoenix	Heritage Party	158	0.3%

Marginal. Decided by under five points. That describes the 2024 general election result only — arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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