Result: Skipton & Ripon
| TOP THREE PARTIES AT A GLANCE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conservative |  | 49.7% |
| Liberal Democrat |  | 26.7% |
| Labour |  | 18.6% |
| Swing: 1.6% from CON to LD | ||
| IN DETAIL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | Votes | % | +/- % |
| David Curry | Conservative | 25,100 | 49.7 | -2.7 |
| Paul English | Liberal Democrat | 13,480 | 26.7 | +0.6 |
| Paul Baptie | Labour | 9,393 | 18.6 | +1.2 |
| Ian Bannister | UK Independence Party | 2,274 | 4.5 | +0.3 |
| Robert Leakey | Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party | 274 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| Majority | 11,620 | 23.0 | ||
| Turnout | 50,521 | 72.6 | +6.5 | |
KEY SEAT
| POLITICAL MAKE UP OF YORKSHIRE & THE HUMBER | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| 2001 RESULT FOR SKIPTON & RIPON | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conservative |  | 52.4% |
| Liberal Democrat |  | 26.1% |
| Labour |  | 17.4% |
| Others |  | 4.1% |
