The
Ryedale
Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages and towns. It has been inha ...
by-election took place on 8 May 1986. The election was held on the same day as the
1986 local elections and the
West Derbyshire by-election
It is the latest by-election to have just three candidates standing.
The seat was regained by the Conservatives the next year at the
1987 general election by
John Greenway.
Background
In the spring of 1986 unemployment began rising at a greater rate than in previous years and the Conservative loss at Ryedale was a factor (according to
Nigel Lawson
Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, (born 11 March 1932) is a British Conservative Party politician and journalist. He was a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Blaby from 1974 to 1992, and served in the cabinet of Margaret ...
) in "even committed supporters of the Government's economic strategy...insisting that reducing unemployment should now have priority".
[Nigel Lawson, ''The View from No. 11. Memoirs of a Tory Radical'' (Bantam, 1992), p. 641.]
Result
See also
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Ryedale (UK Parliament constituency)
Ryedale was a constituency in North Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was created in 1983 and aboli ...
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Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency)
Thirsk and Malton is a constituency in North Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Kevin Hollinrake, a Conservative.
History
2010-date
Anne McIntosh, a Conservative, elected for Vale of York in 19 ...
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List of United Kingdom by-elections
The list of by-elections in the United Kingdom is divided chronologically by parliament:
Parliament of the United Kingdom
*List of United Kingdom by-elections (1801–1806)
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{{By-elections to the 49th UK Parliament
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By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in North Yorkshire constituencies
Ryedale
1980s in North Yorkshire