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Yorkshire North Riding (UK Parliament constituency)

North Riding of Yorkshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County North Riding of Yorkshire
18321885
Number of members Two
Replaced by Cleveland, Richmond, Thirsk & Malton and Whitby
Created from Yorkshire

North Riding of Yorkshire was a parliamentary constituency in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832, when the four-seat Yorkshire constituency was divided in three for the 1832–33 general election. It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and replaced for the 1885 general election by the new single-member constituencies of Cleveland, Richmond, Thirsk & Malton and Whitby.

Cayley's death caused a by-election.

Duncombe was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Lord Feversham, and causing a by-election.

Duncombe's death caused a by-election.


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