The Conservatives win in Filey and Hunmanby, holding the Thirsk and Malton seat.
Kevin Hollinrake has retained his Thirsk and Malton seat which includes Filey and Hunmanby.
At the last election in 2019 the Conservative candidate, Kevin Hollinrake won the seat with a majority of 25,154 receiving 63% of the vote. This year that majority has been reduced to 7,560 with the Conservatives receiving 39% of the vote.
Labour finished second in the constituency with Reform in third place.
Turnout was 59% down 5% from 2019.
Mr Hollinrake said he was “fantastically enthusiastic” about being re-elected but conceded that
“it’s not the ideal result tonight, let’s be clear about it”.
The Conservative Party lost more than 240 seats in a Labour landslide that saw several senior Conservative ministers lose their seats.
When asked what the next five years would look like for the constituency, which includes Filey, he said:
“The A64 has been a very important one as well as making sure we look after our small businesses, our farmers and fishermen.
“All those things are really important. Making sure we get a fair deal for North Yorkshire in terms of funding.
“We will be putting pressure on the opposition on all those things and we’ve got some notable successes over the last few years.”
Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), he said that despite the results, there was “still an appetite for conservatism” and that his party “needs to go away, lick its wounds, decide how we rebuild [with] a new leader and a new offering to the people”.
Asked if he would consider standing to be leader of the Conservative Party in a future leadership election, he said:
“There are far better-qualified people than me to do that, but I’d be interested to see who does put their hat in the ring.
“I hope it’s a constructive contest and we want to make sure that we’re looking at this optimistically and positively rather than running negative campaigns and talking each other down,”
In his victory speech, Mr Hollinrake paid “particular tribute to my very good friend Rishi Sunak” who he said was
“a very decent man and I’m very sorry that he’ll feel that he’s let us down as a team and as a nation”.
“But really, he’s tried to do what is right for the country at all times,” he concluded.
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