2022 North Yorkshire Council election

2022 North Yorkshire Council election
All 90 seats to North Yorkshire Council; 46 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; ; Conservative	Council control after election ; ; Conservative

The 2022 North Yorkshire Council election took place on 5 May 2022, alongside the other local elections. These were the last elections to North Yorkshire County Council, and the elected councillors would also serve as the first councillors on the North Yorkshire Council (a new unitary authority), which replaced the existing county council in April 2023.^[1]

The scheduled 2021 North Yorkshire County Council elections were not held due to the restructure of local government in the county.^[2]

The North Yorkshire County Council is currently led by a Conservative Party majority.

Previous council composition

After 2017 election			Before 2022 election^[3]
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	55		Conservative	51
	Independent	10		Independent	14
	Labour	4		Labour	4
	Liberal Democrats	3		Liberal Democrats	3

Changes:

August 2018: David Goode gains seat for Liberal Democrats from Conservatives in by-election^[4]
July 2019: John Blackie (independent) dies; by-election held October 2019^[5]
October 2019: Yvonne Peacock gains seat for Conservatives from independent in by-election^[6]
October 2019: Andrew Jenkinson leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent^[7]
November 2019: Andrew Backhouse leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent^[8]
January 2021: Richard Welch (Conservative) dies; by-election held in May 2021^[9]
March 2021: Geoff Weber (Liberal Democrats) dies; by-election held in May 2021^[10]
May 2021: Matt Scott gains seat for Conservatives from Liberal Democrats in by-election,^[11] David Staveley retains seat for Conservatives in by-election^[12]
February 2022: Caroline Goodrick leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent^[13]
Val Arnold leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent^[14]
David Hugill leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent^[15]

Results Summary

Results Map
Party		Councillors				Votes
Party			Of total	Net			Of total	Net
	Conservative Party	47	52.2%		47 / 90	69,272	41.2%
	Labour Party	12	13.3%		12 / 90	29,169	17.3%
	Liberal Democrats	12	13.3%		12 / 90	27,317	16.2%
	Independents	13	14.4%		13 / 90	22,476	13.4%
	Green	5	5.6%		5 / 90	16,497	9.8%
	Liberal Party	1	1.1%		1 / 90	1,469	0.9%
	Whitby Area Independents	0	0.0%		0 / 90	1,306	0.8%
	Yorkshire Party	0	0.0%		0 / 90	479	0.3%
	Reform UK	0	0.0%		0 / 90	130	0.1%
	SDP	0	0.0%		0 / 90	64	0.0%

Candidates

Statements of persons nominated were published on 6 April.^[16] ^[17]^[18]

Craven area


Party		Councillors				Votes
Party			Of total	Net			Of total	Net
	Conservative Party	3	37.5%		3 / 8	5,389	34.4%
	Independents	3	37.5%		3 / 8	3,006	19.2%
	Green	2	25.0%		2 / 8	3,712	23.7%
	Labour Party	0	0.0%		0 / 8	2,353	15.0%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0.0%		0 / 8	1,115	7.1%
	Yorkshire Party	0	0.0%		0 / 8	95	0.6%

Aire Valley

Aire Valley (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Andy Brown	1,602	79.3
	Conservative	Stuart William Handley	419	20.7
Majority			1183	58.5
	Green win (new seat)

Bentham & Ingleton

Bentham & Ingleton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lloyd Ireton	1,149	50.9	14.7
	Labour	Lewis Gareth Morgan	454	20.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Michael Smithson	367	16.3	N/A
	Green	Anne Weinhold	287	12.7	21.7
Majority			695	30.8	0.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Changes are shown from 2017 with the identical North Craven division of North Yorkshire County Council.

Glusburn, Cross Hills & Sutton-in-Craven

Glusburn, Cross Hills & Sutton-in-Craven (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Philip Melvin Barrett	1,061	52.6
	Conservative	Andy Micklethwaite	418	20.7
	Labour	Christopher Thorp	340	16.9
	Green	Fran Graham	197	9.8
Majority			643	31.9
	Independent win (new seat)

Mid Craven

Mid Craven (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Martin Myers	992	58.0
	Green	Simon James Watkins	718	42.0
Majority			274	16.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Settle & Penyghent

Settle & Penyghent (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Michael Staveley	1,078	55.3
	Labour	Aidan David Higgins	436	22.4
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Robert Allan	434	22.3
Majority			642	32.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Skipton East & South

Skipton East & South (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Geoffrey Heseltine	640	33.6
	Labour	Bryan Anthony Mcdaid	620	32.5
	Conservative	Heather Laura Midwinter	347	18.2
	Independent	Rick Judge	165	8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Ward	134	7.0
Majority			20	1.1
	Independent win (new seat)

Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby

Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	David Christopher Noland	742	34.7
	Independent	Brian Stuart Shuttleworth	637	29.8
	Conservative	John William Dawson	485	22.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Denise Winthrop	180	8.4
	Yorkshire	Phil Street	95	4.4
Majority			105	4.9
	Green win (new seat)

Skipton West & West Craven

Skipton West & West Craven (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Andy Solloway	504¹	30.1
	Labour	Peter Geoffrey Madeley	503	30.1
	Conservative	Patrick Thomas Mulligan	501	30.0
	Green	Claire Nash	166	9.8
Majority			1	0.1
	Independent win (new seat)

¹ - Solloway and Madeley were both tied on 503 votes; Solloway won the seat via drawing of lots.

Hambleton area


Party		Councillors				Votes
Party			Of total	Net			Of total	Net
	Conservative Party	12	85.7%		12 / 14	11,555	48.6%
	Liberal Democrats	1	7.1%		1 / 14	3,460	14.5%
	Green	1	7.1%		1 / 14	2,680	11.3%
	Labour Party	0	0.0%		0 / 14	4,482	18.8%
	Independents	0	0.0%		0 / 14	1,620	6.8%

Aiskew & Leeming

Aiskew & Leeming (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Keith Weighell	679	52.2
	Green	Michael Edwin Chaloner	622	47.8
Majority			57	4.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bedale

Bedale (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Anthony Webster	1,067	63.4
	Green	Elaine Kilroy	329	19.5
	Labour	Lenny Cornwall	288	17.1
Majority			738	43.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Easingwold

Easingwold (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nigel Antony Knapton	1,015	52.6
	Labour	Emma Nicole Scott-Spivey	582	30.2
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Michael Doyle	333	17.3
Majority			433	22.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Great Ayton

Great Ayton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Heather Moorhouse	990	59.7
	Labour	Mike Newton	364	22.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Thomas Short	303	18.3
Majority			626	37.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hillside & Raskelf

Hillside & Raskelf (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alyson Elizabeth Baker	1,050	48.7
	Independent	Andrew Robinson	474	22.0
	Green	Adam Harper	321	14.9
	Labour	Ian Whitehead	313	14.5
Majority			576	26.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Huby & Tollerton

Huby & Tollerton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Malcolm Geoffrey Taylor	1,030	54.9
	Labour	Helen Kathleen Tomlinson	492	26.2
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Robert Beckwith	353	18.8
Majority			538	28.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hutton Rudby & Osmotherley

Hutton Rudby & Osmotherley (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bridget Susan Fortune	892	39.5
	Independent	David Hugill	643	28.5
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Ross Russell	535	23.7
	Labour Co-op	Anne Evelyn Mannix	186	8.2
Majority			249	11.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske

Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Annabel Susan Wilkinson	1,292	66.5
	Labour	Joseph James Body	334	17.2
	Green	John Yorke	317	16.3
Majority			958	49.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

Northallerton North & Brompton

Northallerton North & Brompton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steve Watson	616	40.2
	Independent	Paul Anthony Atkin	503	32.8
	Labour	James Richard Grainge	413	27.0
Majority			113	7.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Northallerton South

Northallerton South (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Caroline Anne Dickinson	751	55.4
	Labour	Gerald Ramsden	436	32.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Michael Chapman	168	12.4
Majority			315	23.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Romanby

Romanby (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Robert Wilkinson	1,035	56.4
	Labour	Joe Sawdon	404	22.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark William Metcalfe Harrison	397	21.6
Majority			631	34.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sowerby & Topcliffe

Sowerby & Topcliffe (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Dave Whitfield	1,091	51.9
	Conservative	Mark Stewart Robson	1,010	48.1
Majority			81	3.9
	Green win (new seat)

Stokesley

Stokesley (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Griffiths	1,202	53.4
	Conservative	Jack William Cooper	826	36.7
	Labour	Geoffrey Keith Marron	225	10.0
Majority			376	16.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Thirsk

Thirsk (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gareth Wedgwood Dadd	1,138	65.0
	Labour	David Harry Seex	445	25.4
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Hoult	169	9.6
Majority			693	39.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Harrogate area


Party		Councillors				Votes
Party			Of total	Net			Of total	Net
	Liberal Democrats	10	47.6%		10 / 21	16,067	35.4%
	Conservative Party	9	42.9%		9 / 21	17,594	38.7%
	Independents	1	4.8%		1 / 21	4,711	10.4%
	Green	1	4.8%		1 / 21	3,945	8.7%
	Labour Party	0	0.0%		0 / 21	2,908	6.4%
	Yorkshire Party	0	0.0%		0 / 21	223	0.5%

Bilton & Nidd Gorge

Bilton & Nidd Gorge (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Haslam	1,017	51.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Graham Kempston-Parkes	663	33.7
	Labour	Deborah Anne Havercroft	285	14.5
Majority			354	18.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bilton Grange & New Park

Bilton Grange & New Park (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Monika Slater	968	50.2
	Conservative	Matt Scott	677	35.1
	Labour	Andrew Morris Zigmond	159	8.3
	Green	Tamsin Jade Worrall	123	6.4
Majority			291	15.1
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Boroughbridge & Claro

Boroughbridge & Claro (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Windass	936	44.2
	Independent	Jon Starkey	486	22.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Bell	433	20.4
	Green	Clark Pearson	169	8.0
	Independent	Noel Frank Evans	96	4.5
Majority			450	21.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Coppice Valley & Duchy

Coppice Valley & Duchy (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Charles Lacey	940	45.0
	Conservative	Graham Kevin Swift	739	35.4
	Independent	Daniel Jonathan James d’Arcy Thompson	199	9.5
	Labour	Patricia Ann Foxall	126	6.0
	Green	Leighton Regayre	84	4.0
Majority			201	9.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Fairfax & Starbeck

Fairfax & Starbeck (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Anthony Broadbank	921	51.1
	Conservative	Sue Lumby	442	24.5
	Labour	Christopher John Watt	337	18.7
	Green	Gordon Schallmo	103	5.7
Majority			479	26.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Harlow & St. Georges

Harlow & St. Georges (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Schofield	1,245	45.9
	Conservative	Steven Jackson	805	29.7
	Independent	Sarah Jane Hart	345	12.7
	Labour	John Charles Adams	169	6.2
	Green	Andrew Rickard	149	5.5
Majority			440	16.2
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

High Harrogate & Kingsley

High Harrogate & Kingsley (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Aldred	1,019	49.9
	Conservative	Tim Myatt	760	37.2
	Labour	Geoffrey Ronald David Foxall	263	12.9
Majority			250	12.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Killinghall, Hampsthwaite & Saltergate

Killinghall, Hampsthwaite & Saltergate (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Harrison	1,016	54.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Ryland Goode	465	25.1
	Labour	Edward Charles Clayson	251	13.5
	Green	Bill Rigby	124	6.7
Majority			551	29.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Knaresborough East

Knaresborough East (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Gostlow	1,169	52.8
	Conservative	Ed Darling	767	34.7
	Labour	Sharon-Theresa Calvert	276	12.5
Majority			402	18.1
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Knaresborough West

Knaresborough West (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Walker	1,316	50.0
	Conservative	Phil Ireland	988	37.5
	Labour	David Tom Crosthwaite	328	12.5
Majority			328	12.5
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Masham & Fountains

Masham & Fountains (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Edna Atkinson	1,076	44.2
	Independent	Felicity Cunliffe-Lister	738	30.3
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Mary Hooper	620	25.5
Majority			338	13.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Oatlands & Pannal

Oatlands & Pannal (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Mann	1,175	46.8
	Liberal Democrats	Justin James Peter Chan	820	32.7
	Green	Gillian Rosemary Charters	266	10.6
	Labour	Margaret Smith	250	10.0
Majority			355	14.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ouseburn

Ouseburn (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Arnold Francis Warneken	1,328	69.4
	Conservative	Richard Francis Thomas Musgrave	586	30.6
Majority			742	38.8
	Green win (new seat)

Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale

Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew James Murday	1,002	53.5
	Conservative	Stanley Lumley	807	43.1
	Yorkshire	Alison Harris	65	3.5
Majority			195	10.4
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ripon Minster & Moorside

Ripon Minster & Moorside (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Andrew Williams	1,453	69.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Cavell-Taylor	334	15.9
	Conservative	Thomas James Averre	312	14.9
Majority			1,119	53.3
	Independent win (new seat)

Ripon Ure Bank & Spa

Ripon Ure Bank & Spa (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Jean Brodigan	985	40.6
	Independent	Sidney James Hawke	734	30.3
	Conservative	Mike Chambers	556	22.9
	Green	Robin John Burgess	151	6.2
Majority			251	10.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith

Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andy Paraskos	929	54.1
	Green	Alexandra Graham Marsh	630	36.7
	Yorkshire	John Philip Hall	158	9.2
Majority			299	17.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone

Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Marsh	1,350	51.6
	Conservative	John Radcliffe Ennis	910	34.8
	Labour	Helen Burke	189	7.2
	Independent	Anna Risanna McIntee	167	6.4
Majority			440	16.8
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate

Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sam Gibbs	871	39.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Johnson	545	25.0
	Independent	Lucy Jayne Gardiner	331	15.2
	Labour	Andrew Williamson	275	12.6
	Green	Paul Ko Ferrigno	162	7.4
Majority			326	14.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Washburn & Birstwith

Washburn & Birstwith (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nathan Roger Hull	891	45.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Watson	713	36.2
	Green	Paul Geoffrey Trewhitt	201	10.2
	Independent	Ian Roger Galloway	162	8.2
Majority			178	9.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wathvale & Bishop Monkton

Wathvale & Bishop Monkton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nick Brown	1,334	56.8
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Knight	559	23.8
	Green	Hannah Katherine Gargett Corlett	455	19.4
Majority			775	33.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Richmondshire area


Party		Councillors				Votes
Party			Of total	Net			Of total	Net
	Conservative Party	5	71.4%		5 / 7	5,622	44.1%
	Independents	1	14.3%		1 / 7	2,985	23.4%
	Green	1	14.3%		1 / 7	1,025	8.0%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0.0%		0 / 7	2,701	21.2%
	Labour Party	0	0.0%		0 / 7	424	3.3%

Catterick Village & Brompton-on-Swale

Catterick Village & Brompton-on-Swale (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carl Anthony Les	760	56.5
	Independent	Leslie Anthony Rowe	417	31.0
	Labour	Mike Hill	169	12.6
Majority			343	25.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hipswell & Colburn

Hipswell & Colburn (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Kevin Foster	559	39.4
	Conservative	Jag Sharma	551	38.9
	Independent	Paul Cullen	309	21.8
Majority			8	0.6
	Green win (new seat)

Leyburn & Middleham

Leyburn & Middleham (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Karin Sedgwick	815	47.0
	Independent	John Ralph Amsden	663	38.3
	Labour Co-op	Thom Kirkwood	255	14.7
Majority			152	8.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

North Richmondshire

North Richmondshire (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Angus Thompson	1,335	53.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Elizabeth Parlour	1,140	46.1
Majority			195	7.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Richmond

Richmond (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Stuart Parsons	1,106	44.6
	Liberal Democrats	Philip David Wicks	981	39.6
	Conservative	Jimmy Wilson-Petch	393	15.8
Majority			125	5.0
	Independent win (new seat)

Scotton & Lower Wensleydale

Scotton & Lower Wensleydale (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tom Jones	643	45.5
	Independent	Helen Grant	490	34.7
	Green	Lisle Robert Dudley Ryder	176	12.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Stephen Dresser	103	7.3
Majority			153	10.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Upper Dales

Upper Dales (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Yvonne Peacock	1,125	59.5
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Smith	477	25.2
	Green	Margaret Lowndes	290	15.3
Majority			648	34.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ryedale area


Party		Councillors				Votes
Party			Of total	Net			Of total	Net
	Conservative Party	4	50.0%		4 / 8	7,175	44.5%
	Independents	2	25.0%		2 / 8	2,659	16.5%
	Liberal Democrats	1	12.5%		1 / 8	1,924	11.9%
	Liberal Party	1	12.5%		1 / 8	1,469	9.1%
	Green	0	0.0%		0 / 8	1,845	11.4%
	Labour Party	0	0.0%		0 / 8	1,014	6.3%
	Yorkshire Party	0	0.0%		0 / 8	50	0.3%

Amotherby & Ampleforth

Amotherby & Ampleforth (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Paul Mason	946	50.9
	Conservative	Jim Bailey	914	49.1
Majority			32	1.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Helmsley & Sinnington

Helmsley & Sinnington (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Jabbour	1,084	54.5
	Independent	Val Arnold	371	18.7
	Independent	Simon Noel Roy Thackray	189	9.5
	Green	Barbara Jane Hickman	186	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Alexandra Young	159	8.0
Majority			713	35.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kirkbymoorside & Dales

Kirkbymoorside & Dales (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Greg White	724	30.8
	Green	Richard George McLane	549	23.3
	Independent	Janet Frank	409	17.4
	Labour	Jill Louise Wells	254	10.8
	Liberal	Alasdair Iain Clark	221	9.4
	Independent	Tony Riby	195	8.3
Majority			175	7.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Malton

Malton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Lindsay Marie Burr	765	52.1
	Conservative	Fabia Celestine Tate	432	29.4
	Labour	Samson Musyoka Kitula Meteke	270	18.4
Majority			333	22.7
	Independent win (new seat)

Norton

Norton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keane Charles Duncan	1,416	63.4
	Liberal Democrats	Di Keal	819	36.6
Majority			597	26.8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Pickering

Pickering (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joy Andrews	804	39.3
	Conservative	Paul Littlewood	756	37.0
	Labour	Alan Philip Avery	248	12.1
	Green	Edward Whittle	187	9.1
	Yorkshire	George William Mueller-Waite	50	2.4
Majority			48	2.3
	Liberal win (new seat)

Sheriff Hutton & Derwent

Sheriff Hutton & Derwent (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Caroline Grant Goodrick	730	35.6
	Conservative	Claire Docwra	723	35.2
	Green	Ian Conlon	599	29.2
Majority			7	0.4
	Independent win (new seat)

Thornton Dale & Wolds

Thornton Dale & Wolds (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Janet Elaine Sanderson	1,126	52.7
	Liberal	Clive Miller Wass	444	20.8
	Green	Josie Downs	324	15.2
	Labour Co-op	Mick Johnston	242	11.3
Majority			682	31.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Scarborough area


Party		Councillors				Votes
Party			Of total	Net			Of total	Net
	Conservative Party	8	44.4%		8 / 18	9,916	35.3%
	Labour Party	7	38.9%		7 / 18	8,615	30.6%
	Independents	3	16.7%		3 / 18	4,855	17.3%
	Green	0	0.0%		0 / 18	1,857	6.6%
	Whitby Area Independents	0	0.0%		0 / 18	1,306	4.6%
	Liberal Democrats	0	0.0%		0 / 18	1,260	4.5%
	Reform UK	0	0.0%		0 / 18	130	0.5%
	Yorkshire Party	0	0.0%		0 / 18	111	0.4%
	SDP	0	0.0%		0 / 18	64	0.2%

Castle

Castle (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Janet Helen Jefferson	526	41.3
	Labour Co-op	Colin Robert Challen	453	35.6
	Conservative	Geoffrey Lambert	113	8.9
	Independent	Guy William Leslie Smith	113	8.9
	Green	David Edmund King	68	5.3
Majority			73	5.7
	Independent win (new seat)

Cayton

Cayton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roberta Florence Swiers	603	50.9
	Labour	Tina Marie Davy	322	27.2
	Reform UK	Robert Everall	130	11.0
	Green	Lynda Powell	129	10.9
Majority			281	23.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Danby & Mulgrave

Danby & Mulgrave (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Arthur Chance	668	48.5
	Labour	Peter Alexander Bolton	360	26.2
	Green	Annette Hudspeth	183	13.3
	Whitby Area Independents	Hero Katherine Sumner	165	12.0
Majority			338	22.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

Derwent Valley & Moor

Derwent Valley & Moor (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Colin Jeffels	740	48.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Graham Lockwood	505	32.8
	Labour	Moria Cunningham	231	15.0
	SDP	Kathy Bushell	64	4.2
Majority			235	15.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

Eastfield

Eastfield (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tony Randerson	703	73.3
	Conservative	Tracey Reeves	215	22.4
	Green	Cameron Powell Bairstow	41	4.3
Majority			488	50.9
	Labour win (new seat)

Esk Valley & Coast

Esk Valley & Coast (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Clive Graham Pearson	909	45.0
	Labour	Gerald Alick James Dennett	571	28.3
	Whitby Area Independents	Chris Riddolls	444	22.0
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Michael Stimson	94	4.7
Majority			338	16.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Falsgrave & Stepney

Falsgrave & Stepney (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Liz Colling	857	50.1
	Green	Nicola Elson	454	26.6
	Conservative	Mark Phillips	398	23.3
Majority			403	23.5
	Labour win (new seat)

Filey

Filey (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Sam Cross	809	43.3
	Conservative	Helen Gall Swiers	661	35.3
	Labour	Graham William Scott	400	21.4
Majority			148	8.0
	Independent win (new seat)

Hunmanby & Sherburn

Hunmanby & Sherburn (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Michelle Ellen Donohue-Moncrieff	790	46.4
	Conservative	Sue Graham	584	34.3
	Labour	Neil Maxwell Price	327	19.2
Majority			206	12.1
	Independent win (new seat)

Newby

Newby (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Subash Chunder Sharma	589	38.1
	Independent	Norman Kenneth Murphy	441	28.6
	Conservative	Charlie Allanson	383	24.8
	Green	Sara West Fenander	102	6.6
	Independent	Vanda Lee Inman	29	1.9
Majority			148	9.5
	Labour win (new seat)

Northstead

Northstead (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eric Broadbent	661	42.4
	Independent	John Eden Atkinson	459	29.4
	Conservative	Bonnie Purchon	329	21.1
	Green	Gabrielle Carol Mary Naptali	111	7.1
Majority			202	13.0
	Labour win (new seat)

Scalby & the Coast

Scalby & the Coast (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Derek James Bastiman	755	38.5
	Independent	Graham Andrew Backhouse	492	25.1
	Labour	Denise Ann Sangster	381	19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Helen Bore	230	11.7
	Independent	Des Langmead	103	5.3
Majority			263	13.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Seamer

Seamer (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Heather Phillips	479	43.9
	Labour	Louise Sheila Spivey	269	24.7
	Independent	Roxanne Kate Murphy	206	18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Jackman	136	12.5
Majority			210	19.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Weaponness & Ramshill

Weaponness & Ramshill (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rich Maw	802	38.0
	Conservative	Eric Batts	653	30.9
	Independent	Jim Grieve	335	15.9
	Green	Charlotte Lucinda Bonner	321	15.2
Majority			149	7.1
	Labour win (new seat)

Wharfedale

Wharfedale (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard William Foster	1,164	61.0
	Green	Tony Serjeant	311	16.3
	Labour	Chris Rose	279	14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Siân Elizabeth Wheal	153	8.0
Majority			853	44.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Whitby Streonshalh

Whitby Streonshalh (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neil Russell Swannick	398	33.8
	Whitby Area Independents	Sandra Mary Turner	317	26.9
	Conservative	Guy Coulson	304	25.8
	Independent	Linda Diane Wild	95	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Graham Harston	65	5.5
Majority			81	6.9
	Labour win (new seat)

Whitby West

Whitby West (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Phil Trumper	721	41.0
	Labour	Asa Joe Benjamin Jones	470	26.7
	Whitby Area Independent	Glen Goodberry	380	21.6
	Yorkshire	Lee Francis Derrick	111	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Simon Brown	77	4.4
Majority			251	14.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

Woodlands

Woodlands (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	John Ritchie	542	39.5
	Independent	Bill Chatt	457	33.3
	Conservative	John White	237	17.3
	Green	Chris Phillips	137	10.0
Majority			85	6.2
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Selby area


Party		Councillors				Votes
Party			Of total	Net			Of total	Net
	Conservative Party	6	42.9%		6 / 14	9,526	41.9%
	Labour Party	5	35.7%		5 / 14	8,415	37.0%
	Independents	3	21.4%		3 / 14	3,371	14.8%
	Green	0	0.0%		0 / 14	1,433	6.3%

Appleton Roebuck & Church Fenton

Appleton Roebuck & Church Fenton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Lee	903	52.6
	Labour	Emily Kate Pownall	575	33.5
	Green	Barry John Jones	240	14.0
Majority			326	19.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Barlby & Riccall

Barlby & Riccall (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephanie Annette Duckett	797	54.4
	Conservative	Charles Richardson	668	45.6
Majority			129	8.8
	Labour win (new seat)

Brayton & Barlow

Brayton & Barlow (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark John Crane	937	57.2
	Labour	Craig Laskey	701	42.8
Majority			236	14.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Camblesforth & Carlton

Camblesforth & Carlton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Jordan	839	58.6	7.8
	Labour	John Michael Duggan	593	41.4	18.6
Majority			246	17.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Changes are shown from the 2021 by-election to the identical Camblesforth & Carlton ward of Selby District Council.

Cawood & Escrick

Cawood & Escrick (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Cattanach	903	47.8
	Labour Co-op	Rich Harrison	524	27.7
	Conservative	Georgina Ashton	462	24.5
Majority			379	20.1
	Independent win (new seat)

Cliffe & North Duffield

Cliffe & North Duffield (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Karl Vincent Arthur	731	55.2
	Labour	Susannah Goodridge	593	44.8
Majority			138	10.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Monk Fryston & South Milford

Monk Fryston & South Milford (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tim Grogan	1,252	53.6
	Labour	Matt Burton	847	36.3
	Green	Cherry Elizabeth Waters	237	10.1
Majority			405	17.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

Osgoldcross

Osgoldcross (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John McCartney	1,066	66.4
	Conservative	Conor James Dickinson	323	20.1
	Labour	Eric Walter Beechey	217	13.5
Majority			743	46.3
	Independent win (new seat)

Selby East

Selby East (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack James Proud	636	53.7
	Conservative	David Buckle	379	32.0
	Green	Thomas Edward Beharrell	170	14.3
Majority			257	21.7
	Labour win (new seat)

Selby West

Selby West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Melanie Ann Davis	1,031	56.4
	Labour	Steve Shaw-Wright	938	51.3
	Conservative	Judith Ann Chilvers	678	37.1
	Conservative	Chris Pearson	659	36.1
	Green	Carol Crutchley	350	19.1
Majority
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Sherburn in Elmet

Sherburn in Elmet (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Packham	891	45.6
	Conservative	Alex Tant-Brown	721	36.9
	Green	Peter Michael James Baumann	340	17.4
Majority			170	8.7
	Labour win (new seat)

Tadcaster

Tadcaster (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kirsty Leanne Poskitt	868	35.1
	Conservative	Richard Hartley Sweeting	695	28.1
	Independent	Don Mackay	534	21.6
	Labour	David John Bowgett	279	11.3
	Green	Sarah Jane Baumann	96	3.9
Majority			173	7.0
	Independent win (new seat)

Thorpe Willoughby & Hambleton

Thorpe Willoughby & Hambleton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cliff Lunn	938	56.2
	Labour	Tracey Woods	731	43.8
Majority			207	12.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections

Masham and Fountains

Masham and Fountains: 9 February 2023
replacing Margaret Atkinson (deceased)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Felicity Cunliffe-Lister	1,349	62.7	+37.2
	Conservative	Brooke Hull	801	37.3	−6.9
Majority			548	25.4
Turnout			2,150	35.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+22.0

Eastfield

Eastfield: 25 May 2023
replacing Tony Randerson (resigned to seek re-election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent^[19]	Tony Randerson	499	46.4	46.4
	Liberal Democrats	Erica Willett	281	26.1	26.1
	Labour	David Thompson	169	15.7	57.6
	Conservative	Eric Batts	69	6.4	16
	Independent	Tim Thorne	39	3.6	3.6
	Green	Will Forbes	19	1.8	2.5
Majority			218	20.3
Turnout			1076
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Hutton Rudby & Osmotherley

Hutton Rudby & Osmotherly: 28 September 2023
replacing Bridget Fortune (resigned)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

References

^ "The new council". North Yorkshire County Council. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ "Local elections postponed in three English counties". BBC News. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
^ "Your Councillors by Party". northyorks.gov. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL - Election of a County Councillor for Knaresborough" (PDF). northyorks.gov. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ Swift, Nina (14 July 2019). "Tributes paid to long-serving councillor and Yorkshire Dales champion John Blackie". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL - Election of a County Councillor for Upper Dales" (PDF). northyorks.gov. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ Gavaghan, Carl (22 October 2019). "Yorkshire Conservative councillor: I was deselected for voting for Brexit Party in European elections". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ Gavaghan, Carl (28 November 2019). "Scarborough councillor Andrew Backhouse quits Conservative party". The Scarborough News. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ "Craven District Council pays tribute to Councillor Richard Welch". www.cravendc.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ "Councillor details - Councillor Geoff Webber". northyorks.gov. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Ribblesdale Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ Darley, Karen (7 February 2022). "Councillor resigns from Conservative Party over the Prime Minister's 'lack of integrity and competence'". Gazette & Herald. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ "Councillor details - Councillor Val Arnold". northyorks.gov. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ "Councillor details - Councillor David Hugill". northyorks.gov. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
^ "Local elections Statement of Persons Nominated". Harrogate Council. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "Local elections Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Ryedale Council. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "Local elections Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Selby Council. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ Randerson was a candidate of the Social Justice Party, but was listed as an independent on the ballot paper due to the party not being registered with the Electoral Commission.

[1] "The new council". North Yorkshire County Council. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[2] "Local elections postponed in three English counties". BBC News. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[3] "Your Councillors by Party". northyorks.gov. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[4] "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL - Election of a County Councillor for Knaresborough" (PDF). northyorks.gov. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[5] Swift, Nina (14 July 2019). "Tributes paid to long-serving councillor and Yorkshire Dales champion John Blackie". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[6] "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL - Election of a County Councillor for Upper Dales" (PDF). northyorks.gov. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[7] Gavaghan, Carl (22 October 2019). "Yorkshire Conservative councillor: I was deselected for voting for Brexit Party in European elections". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[8] Gavaghan, Carl (28 November 2019). "Scarborough councillor Andrew Backhouse quits Conservative party". The Scarborough News. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[9] "Craven District Council pays tribute to Councillor Richard Welch". www.cravendc.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[10] "Councillor details - Councillor Geoff Webber". northyorks.gov. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[11] "Local Elections Archive Project — Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[12] "Local Elections Archive Project — Ribblesdale Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[13] Darley, Karen (7 February 2022). "Councillor resigns from Conservative Party over the Prime Minister's 'lack of integrity and competence'". Gazette & Herald. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[14] "Councillor details - Councillor Val Arnold". northyorks.gov. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[15] "Councillor details - Councillor David Hugill". northyorks.gov. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

[16] "Local elections Statement of Persons Nominated". Harrogate Council. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[17] "Local elections Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Ryedale Council. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[18] "Local elections Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Selby Council. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[19] Randerson was a candidate of the Social Justice Party, but was listed as an independent on the ballot paper due to the party not being registered with the Electoral Commission.

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