Skipton (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885ā1983 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Skipton was a county constituency centred on the town of Skipton in Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Skipton | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Riding of Yorkshire |
Major settlements | Skipton |
1885ā1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Northern West Riding of Yorkshire |
Replaced by | Skipton & Ripon, Pendle, Ribble Valley Westmorland & Lonsdale and Keighley[1] |
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It was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished nearly a hundred years later, for the 1983 general election. It was then partly replaced by the new Skipton and Ripon constituency.