NORTH Yorkshire MP Julian Smith has been promoted in the post-election reshuffle.

The Ripon and Skipton MP has been promoted to Deputy Government Chief Whip and Treasurer of HM Household. He was previously an assistant whip and Vice Chamberlain of HM Household, and he has replaced former Keighley MP Kris Hopkins who lost his seat in the election. The reshuffle has also seen Scarborough MP Robert Goodwill moved from the Home Office - where he was Immigration Minister - to education.