The 2019 Selby District Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Selby District Council in England. It was the final election to the authority before its dissolution in 2023, and subsequent subsumption into the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
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![]() Map showing the results of the 2019 Selby District Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour, Light Blue showing the Yorkshire Party and Grey showing Independents. Striped wards have mixed representation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election saw the Conservative Party maintain overall control of the District Council with a reduced majority.[1]
Background
editAt the previous Selby District Council election, 22 seats were won by the Conservative Party, 8 seats were won by the Labour Party, and one independent candidate, Mary McCartney, was elected in the Eggborough ward. Over the next four years, the following seat changes occurred:
- Jack Crawford, elected as a Labour Party councillor for Byram and Brotherton, died in early 2016. The resulting by-election was won by Bryn Sage of the Conservative Party.
- Donald Bain-Mackay, elected as a Conservative Party councillor for Tadcaster, resigned from the Conservatives early in 2017 in order to run as an independent candidate for North Yorkshire County Council at that year's election.
- Michael Jordan, elected as a Conservative Party councillor for Camblesforth and Carlton, defected to the Yorkshire Party in July 2018.
Results summary
editSelby District Council election, 2019[1][2] | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Conservative | 26 | 16 | 6 | 51.6% | 47.9% | 15,156 | 6.8% | ||||||||
Labour | 24 | 8 | 25.8% | 33.2% | 10,496 | 0.2% | |||||||||
Yorkshire | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12.9% | 9.5% | 3,023 | N/A | ||||||||
Independent | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9.7% | 8.7% | 2,764 | 4.2% | ||||||||
Socialist Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.7% | 216 | N/A | |||||||
UKIP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.3% | 106 | 5.2% |
Results by Ward
editAppleton Roebuck and Church Fenton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Musgrave | 1,072 | 64.6 | ||
Conservative | Keith Ellis | 1,036 | 62.4 | ||
Labour | Andrew Lowe | 489 | 29.5 | ||
Labour | John Rushby | 465 | 28.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,729 | 37.71 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Barlby Village
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephanie Duckett | 295 | 52.7 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | Ian Lawton | 265 | 47.3 | +0.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 589 | 24.58 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Brayton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Crane | 898 | 61.2 | ||
Conservative | Ian Chilvers | 879 | 59.9 | ||
Labour | Eva Lambert | 553 | 37.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,506 | 30.85 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Byram and Brotherton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yorkshire | Eleanor Jordan | 320 | 45.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Bryn Sage | 245 | 34.7 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Craig Laskey | 142 | 20.1 | −23.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 719 | 31.69 | |||
Yorkshire gain from Labour | Swing |
Camblesforth and Carlton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Yorkshire | Paul Welburn | 799 | 55.3 | ||
Yorkshire | Michael Jordan | 702 | 48.6 | ||
Conservative | Craig Blakey | 365 | 25.3 | ||
Labour | David Leake | 345 | 23.9 | ||
Conservative | Connor Brocklesby | 330 | 22.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,469 | 31.85 | |||
Yorkshire gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Yorkshire gain from Conservative | Swing |
Cawood and Wistow
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cattanach | 582 | 75.1 | +2.7 | |
Labour | Susan Andrew | 193 | 24.9 | −2.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 805 | 33.06 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Derwent
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Topping | 781 | 64.2 | ||
Conservative | Karl Arthur | 657 | 54.0 | ||
Labour | Neal Seargent | 407 | 33.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,276 | 29.27 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Eggborough
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Mary McCartney | 673 | 84.4 | +23.2 | |
Conservative | Alexander Bruce | 124 | 15.6 | −6.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 815 | 34.49 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Escrick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neil Reader | 471 | 67.1 | −2.6 | |
Labour | Kevin Riley | 231 | 32.9 | +15.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 731 | 38.09 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hambleton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Pearson | 383 | 49.4 | −19.5 | |
Yorkshire | Scott Conor | 277 | 35.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Anne Riley | 116 | 14.9 | −16.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 779 | 36.30 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Monk Fryston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Mackman | 590 | 77.5 | +8.9 | |
Labour | Claire Stephenson | 171 | 22.5 | −8.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 788 | 33.43 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Riccall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Duggan | 357 | 50.3 | +24.71 | |
Conservative | Charles Richardson | 353 | 49.7 | +8.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 731 | 36.98 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
- 1 - Swing is compared to the Labour Party's performance in 2015, rather than Duggan's performance as an independent candidate that year.
Selby East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wendy Nichols | 570 | 58.3 | ||
Labour | Steven Shaw-Wright | 529 | 54.1 | ||
Labour | Paul Welch | 520 | 53.2 | ||
Conservative | Joshua Crane | 365 | 37.4 | ||
Conservative | Conor Dickinson | 355 | 36.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,032 | 19.09 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Selby West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Judith Chilvers | 875 | 49.6 | ||
Labour | Jennifer Shaw-Wright | 847 | 48.0 | ||
Labour | Keith Franks | 798 | 45.2 | ||
Labour | Malik Mohd Rofidi | 677 | 38.4 | ||
Socialist Labour | Ian Wilson | 216 | 12.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,833 | 24.68 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sherburn In Elmet
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Yorkshire | David Brook | 925 | 52.4 | ||
Conservative | David Buckle | 816 | 46.3 | ||
Labour | Robert Packham | 769 | 43.6 | ||
Conservative | Alexander Tant-Brown | 682 | 38.7 | ||
Labour | Dennis Baillie | 521 | 29.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,778 | 29.78 | |||
Yorkshire gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
South Milford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Timothy Grogan | 426 | 67.4 | +7.5 | |
Labour | Tracey Woods | 206 | 32.6 | +6.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 666 | 32.42 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Tadcaster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Donald Bain-Mackay | 1,526 | 72.7 | ||
Conservative | Richard Sweeting | 1,056 | 50.3 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Lee | 801 | 38.2 | ||
Labour | Stephen Cobb | 611 | 29.1 | ||
Labour | David Bowgett | 454 | 21.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,108 | 35.54 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Thorpe Willoughby
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Clifford Lunn | 480 | 67.6 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Gavin Harding | 230 | 32.4 | −4.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 742 | 29.76 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Whitley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John McCartney | 565 | 60.1 | +19.6 | |
Conservative | Laura Watkinson-Teo | 269 | 28.6 | −15.2 | |
UKIP | Neil Lockwood | 106 | 11.3 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 940 | 39.97 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Seat changes and By-elections
editIn-between this election and the council's dissolution, the following seat changes took place:
- Eleanor Jordan and Michael Jordan, elected as Yorkshire Party councillors for Byram and Brotherton and Camblesforth and Carlton respectively, both defected to the Conservative Party in August 2020.
- John Cattanach, elected as a Conservative Party councillor for Cawood and Wistow, was expelled from the party in April 2022 for declaring as an independent candidate at the 2022 North Yorkshire Council election, and subsequently sat as an independent.
- Neil Reader, elected as a Conservative Party councillor for Escrick, resigned from the party in May 2022, and subsequently sat as an independent.
- David Brook, elected as a Yorkshire Party councillor for Sherburn in Elmet, defected to the Labour Party in May 2022.
Camblesforth & Carlton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Richardson | 996 | 66.4 | +42.2 | |
Labour | David Bowgett | 342 | 22.8 | −0.1 | |
Green | Barry Jones | 162 | 10.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 654 | 43.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,511 | 32.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Yorkshire | Swing |
Byram & Brotherton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Georgina Ashton | 215 | 48.1 | +13.4 | |
Labour | Matthew Burton | 207 | 46.3 | +26.2 | |
Green | Cherry Waters | 25 | 5.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 8 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 448 | 19.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.4 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Council structure". Selby District Council. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "District Council Election Results" (PDF). Selby District Council. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.