Thirsk and Malton: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Thirsk and Malton is Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative), returned on 4 July 2024. Kevin Hollinrake took the seat for Conservative in July 2024 with 19,544 votes (39.2%), ahead of Lisa Banes (Labour) on 11,994. 49,797 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 78,468, 63.5% of those registered. The majority was 7,550.
Key figures
What the figures show
Two figures set Thirsk and Malton apart: the 10th lowest population density (2021) of the 575 constituencies with this figure (48.8 per sq km), and the 32nd highest share of adults retired (2021) of the 575 constituencies with this figure (31.1%).
Median annual pay for full-time work was £34,607 for jobs in Thirsk and Malton and £33,652 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). In April 2024 the residents' figure was £32,707. The residents' figure ranks 67th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
Workplaces in Thirsk and Malton accounted for 45,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 6,625 local units for March 2026.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 81.5% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 6.4 points. 16.7% were economically inactive.
The ONS estimates 99,866 people lived in Thirsk and Malton in mid-2024, up 6.6% on 2014. Children under 16 numbered 14,845; people aged 65 and over, 28,816.
The median price paid for a home was £253,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £189,000. The highest March-year median in the series was £270,000, in the year to March 2024. It ranks 228th lowest of 575 constituencies. 1,364 sales were registered in the period, against 1,731 in the year to March 2025.
3,225 children in Thirsk and Malton were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 21.7% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 15.5% in 2021/22 to 16.6% in 2024/25.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 1,070, or 1.9% of the working-age population. September 2025 had 975.
At the 2021 Census there were 43,580 households and 48.8 residents per square kilometre; 27.8% of workers mainly worked from home and 31.1% of residents aged 16 and over were retired.
MP
Kevin Hollinrake, Conservative
- MP for Thirsk and Malton since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 7 May 2015
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Kevin Hollinrake on this site
In Parliament
What Kevin Hollinrake said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 30 June 2025 to 12 January 2026). Hansard search returns 168 spoken contributions by Kevin Hollinrake since 4 July 2024.
Does the Minister agree that we do not end dependency and bring children out of poverty by driving their parents out of work? Hundreds of thousands more people are unemployed because of the policies that the Minister’s party has pursued.
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Thank you, Dr Huq. I was talking about the many U-turns we had seen from this Government, which my hon. Friends also mentioned, such as on the winter fuel allowance and the family farm tax. I praise my hon.
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Incendiary language? I was merely stating the facts; that is the reality. The right hon. Lady is right in one regard: freedom of speech is on the line.
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The chair of the working group on anti-Muslin hatred/Islamophobia, Dominic Grieve, who was appointed by the Secretary of State, has previously stated a preference for a definition of Islamophobia that would shut down talk of religion in cases like the grooming gangs scandal.
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I apologise, Mrs Harris, but this is about my constituency. In half of my constituency, the moorland will not be able to be managed. The fuel load will increase, wildfires will occur, and it will make my constituency completely unviable for grouse shooting.
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Read from the Hansard API on 28 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Hollinrake | Conservative | 19,544 | 39.2% | −23.3 |
| Lisa Banes | Labour | 11,994 | 24.1% | +6.3 |
| Mark Robinson | Reform UK | 8,963 | 18.0% | |
| Steve Mason | Liberal Democrat | 5,379 | 10.8% | −1.7 |
| Richard McLane | Green Party | 2,986 | 6.0% | +1.5 |
| Luke Brownlee | The Yorkshire Party | 931 | 1.9% |
Result summary as published: Con hold. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Conservative 39.3% | Labour 24.1% | 7,550 | 63.5% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 62.5% | Labour 17.8% | 23,337 | 68.1% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Thirsk and Malton lies within North Yorkshire.
- North Yorkshire E06000065
Who has power over Thirsk and Malton
Every body that makes decisions for Thirsk and Malton, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority combined authority
- North Yorkshire Police police force
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board NHS
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- Yorkshire and the Humber in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Thirsk and Malton this page: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Thirsk and Malton?
Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Thirsk and Malton?
The House of Commons Library records 19,544 votes for Kevin Hollinrake of Conservative and a majority of 7,550; 63.5% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Thirsk and Malton?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 1,070, 1.9% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Thirsk and Malton?
£253,000: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in Thirsk and Malton?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £33,652 (April 2025).
How many children in Thirsk and Malton live in low income families?
3,225 children under 16, 21.7%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Thirsk and Malton?
99,866 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.