UK Explained

Thirsk and Malton

Represented in Parliament by Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Kevin Hollinrake, Conservative. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Thirsk and Malton compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 494 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £694£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 38 areas and lower than 610.

UK 3.9%This area 1.9%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Thirsk and Malton£6941.9%
Broadland and Fakenham£6962.1%
Central Devon£6922.2%
Richmond and Northallerton£7151.9%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Thirsk and Malton

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people96,79059,597,740 in total
Aged under 1615%18%3 points lower
Aged 65 and over28%19%9 points higher
Adults with a degree or higher32%34%2 points lower
Households that own their home68%62%5 points higher
Households renting from a council or housing association13%17%5 points lower
Households renting privately20%20%about the same

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Kevin Hollinrake

Conservative

MAJORITY
7,550

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
63%

of people who could vote did

Kevin Hollinrake won with 39% of the votes, and Lisa Banes (Labour) came second with 24%.

Votes for each party

Conservative39% · 19,544
Labour24% · 11,994
Reform UK18% · 8,963
Liberal Democrat11% · 5,379
Green Party6% · 2,986
The Yorkshire Party2% · 931
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kevin HollinrakeConservative19,54439.2%
Lisa BanesLabour11,99424.1%
Mark RobinsonReform UK8,96318.0%
Steve MasonLiberal Democrat5,37910.8%
Richard McLaneGreen Party2,9866.0%
Luke BrownleeThe Yorkshire Party9311.9%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£694 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
1.9%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026