Riding profile

Thirsk and Malton

UK constituency — England · Mixed · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Thirsk and Malton: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Thirsk and Malton, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 15-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 32% vote share, against 32% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Kevin Hollinrake

Sits with Conservative

Since
2015-05-07
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
97%
Mean margin (pts)
0.3
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 31.8%
  • Reform UK 31.5%
  • Labour 12.8%
  • Lib Dems 10.3%
  • Green 10.1%
  • Other 3.1%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Labour Lib Dems
HereThirsk and Malton 31.8%31.5%12.8%10.3%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +12.9 25.3% +6.2 21.7% −8.8 11.6% −1.3

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
15.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-14.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Kevin Hollinrake Elected Conservative 19,544 39.3
Lisa Banes Labour 11,994 24.1
Mark Robinson Reform UK 8,963 18.0
Steve Mason Lib Dems 5,379 10.8
Richard McLane Green 2,986 6.0
Luke Brownlee Other 931 1.9

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
97,692
Median age
51
Employment rate
75.6%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029