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.

It was then partly replaced by the new Skipton and Ripon constituency.

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Barnoldswick, Earby, and Skipton, and the Rural Districts of Bowland, Sedbergh, Settle, and Skipton.

In 1974 the rural district of Sedbergh became part of the new county of Cumbria.

The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;