2013 North Yorkshire County Council election

2013 North Yorkshire County Council election
All 72 seats to North Yorkshire County Council; 37 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2013 North Yorkshire County Council election. Striped divisions have mixed representation.
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

An election to North Yorkshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. 72 councillors were elected from 68 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The four divisions which elected two members were Harrogate Bilton & Nidd Gorge, Harrogate Central, Knaresborough, and Selby Barlby. Of those seats UKIP won its first ever seats on the council in Bilton and Nidd Gorge. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. The election saw the Conservative Party maintain overall control of the council.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[1] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[2]

Results

North Yorkshire County Council election, 2013^[3]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	45			-3	62.5%	40.6%	64,273
Liberal Democrats	8			-3	11.1%	11.4%	17,997
Labour	7			+6	9.7%	16.5%	26,094
UKIP	2	2	0	+2	2.7%	16.0%	25,358
Independent	8			-4	11.1%	11.5%	18,196
Liberal	2	1	0	+1	2.7%	1.4%	2,287
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.7%	4,228
National Front	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	9

Divisional results

Craven district

Airedale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Mulligan*	1,096	59.9	+12.2
	Labour	Graeme Hitchen	381	20.8	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wheeler	353	19.3	−22.2
Majority			715	39.1	+32.9
Turnout			1,830	28.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.1

Mid-Craven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shelagh Marshall*	1,445	57.0	−4.3
	Independent	Chris Beazley	676	26.6	N/A
	Labour	Jim Black	226	8.9	+0.8
	Green	David Noland	190	7.5	N/A
Majority			769	30.4	−14.7
Turnout			2,537	36.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-15.5

North Craven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Ireton*	1,117	55.4	−24.9
	Independent	Tony Macaulay	466	23.1	N/A
	Labour	John Matthew	308	15.3	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Pascal Jacquemain	124	6.2	N/A
Majority			651	32.3	−28.3
Turnout			2,015	32.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-24.0

Ribblesdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Welch*	997	45.6	−8.2
	Independent	Chris Moorby	883	40.4	N/A
	Labour	Christine Rose	308	14.1	+4.4
Majority			114	5.2	−12.1
Turnout			2,188	35.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-24.3

Skipton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Heseltine*	1,194	54.1	+7.6
	Conservative	James Stafford	329	14.9	−11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Jaquin	292	13.2	+3.1
	Labour	Duncan Hall	243	11.0	+3.0
	Green	Claire Nash	149	6.8	N/A
Majority			865	39.2	+18.9
Turnout			2,207	31.6
	Independent hold		Swing	+9.5

Skipton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Polly English*	572	28.7	−12.1
	Independent	Andy Solloway	471	23.6	N/A
	Conservative	Paul Whitaker	407	20.4	−16.9
	Green	Fiona Protheroe	312	15.6	N/A
	Labour	Peter Madeley	234	11.7	+0.1
Majority			101	5.1	+1.6
Turnout			1,996	33.5%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-17.9

South Craven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Philip Barrett*	1,133	63.5	−6.7
	UKIP	Roger Baxandall	508	28.5	+15.2
	Labour	Birdie Reeves	144	8.1	+4.1
Majority			625	35.0	−20.7
Turnout			1,785	29.3
	Independent hold		Swing	-11.0

Hambleton district

Bedale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Weighell*	1,204	52.8	−3.7
	Independent	Ian Watkins	466	20.4	−16.8
	UKIP	Graham Cullen	437	19.2	N/A
	Labour	Pam King	172	7.5	+1.2
Majority			738	32.4	+13.1
Turnout			2,279	34.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.6

Easingwold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Sowray*	1,327	71.2	+5.7
	Labour	Kathleen Mullen	538	28.8	+19.4
Majority			789	42.4	+2.0
Turnout			1,865	26.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.9

Great Ayton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Moorhouse*	1,059	52.0	−7.4
	UKIP	Stuart Lightwing	538	26.4	N/A
	Labour	Paul Spellman	274	13.5	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Short	165	8.1	−19.0
Majority			521	25.6	−6.7
Turnout			2,036	37.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-16.7

North Hambleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Swales*	1,257	64.6	−6.1
	UKIP	Harry Burton	402	20.7	N/A
	Labour	Mike Newton	286	14.7	+6.0
Majority			855	43.9	−6.2
Turnout			1,945	32.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-13.4

Northallerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Hall*	825	52.4	−21.0
	UKIP	Claire Palmer	489	31.1	N/A
	Labour	Gerry Ramsden	259	16.5	−10.1
Majority			336	21.3	−25.5
Turnout			1,573	24.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-26.1

Romanby and Broomfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Blades*	1,155	54.3	−10.4
	UKIP	Joseph Warfield	530	24.9	N/A
	Labour	Ann Hutchings	441	20.7	+6.4
Majority			625	29.4	−14.3
Turnout			2,126	31.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-17.7

Sowerby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Baker	1,031	59.1	+3.8
	Labour	Kate Fox	406	23.3	+5.6
	Green	Steve Hunter	307	17.6	N/A
Majority			625	37.8	+2.0
Turnout			1,744	26.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.8

Stillington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Patmore*	1,331	66.9	−0.9
	Green	Jonathan Tulloch	347	17.4	N/A
	Labour	Ewan Sommerville	311	15.6	+5.5
Majority			984	49.5	−2.2
Turnout			1,989	29.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-9.2

Stokesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Griffiths*	832	34.1	−19.3
	Conservative	Stephen Dickins	757	31.1	−10.6
	UKIP	David Troughton	427	17.5	N/A
	Labour	Eileen Driver	421	17.3	+12.4
Majority			75	3.0	−8.7
Turnout			2,437	40.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-4.4

Swale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Barker*	1,260	62.4	−11.2
	UKIP	Jacqueline Brakenberry	501	24.8	N/A
	Labour	Lenny Cornwall	259	12.8	+4.9
Majority			759	37.6	−17.5
Turnout			2,020	31.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-18.0

Thirsk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Dadd*	1,673	84.0	+2.9
	Labour	Jude Thurlow	319	16.0	N/A
Majority			1,354	68.0	+5.8
Turnout			1,992	31.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-9.5

Harrogate district

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Ainsty
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Savage*	989	37.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	Famida Wilson	897	34.2	−38.2
	UKIP	Robert Frendt	480	18.3	N/A
	Labour	John Fisher	258	9.8	+2.1
Majority			92	3.5	−49.0
Turnout			2,624	36.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+38.0

Cllr John Savage was the Incumbent Councillor, however left the Conservative Party in 2010, before then joining the Liberal Party. Savage's vote share change is shown with that of the Liberal Party in the last election, who did not stand in said election.

Boroughbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Windass	1,220	47.7	−14.5
	UKIP	Paul Hudson	759	29.7	N/A
	Liberal	Peter Philips	337	13.2	N/A
	Labour	Alec Hendry	242	9.5	+4.0
Majority			461	18.0	−11.9
Turnout			2,558	34.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-22.1

Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	David Simister	1,164	28.9	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Goss*	1,145	28.5	−17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Webber*	1,112
	UKIP	Mark Simpson	875
	Conservative	Steven Jackson	747	18.6	−15.3
	Conservative	Graham Swift	690
	Labour	Andrew Gray	642	16.0	+6.5
	Labour	Brian Summerson	542
	Green	Claire Hawkins	326	8.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout			7,243	56.8
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	-23.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-23.0

Harrogate Central (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Cooper	1,586	37.9	−6.1
	Conservative	Jean Butterball	1,551
	Liberal Democrats	John Fox*	1,539	36.8	−13.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Monaghan	1,330
	UKIP	Adrian Ludbrook	657	15.7	N/A
	UKIP	Gregory Peters	634
	Labour	Diane Maguire	398	9.5	+3.3
	Labour	Nicholas Knott	360
Majority
Turnout			8,055	59.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+3.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+3.5

Harrogate Harlow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Clark*	1,300	51.6	−9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Les Parkes	606	24.1	−14.7
	UKIP	Salvina Bashforth	413	16.4	N/A
	Labour	Kevin McNerney	200	7.9	+4.7
Majority			694	27.5	+2.3
Turnout			2,519	37.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.7

Harrogate Oatlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ennis	1,083	40.0	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Skardon	988	36.5	−14.3
	UKIP	Geoffrey Lumley	432	15.9	N/A
	Labour	Helen Burke	207	7.6	+4.2
Majority
Turnout				41
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Harrogate Saltergate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Don Mackenzie	1050	50
	UKIP	David Thompson	404	19
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Charlton	326	16
	Labour	Janet Isabella	165	8
	Green	Shaun Lowry	158	8
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout				32
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harrogate Starbeck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret-Ann De Courcey-Bayley	908	49
	UKIP	Steven O'Neill	403	22
	Conservative	Benjamin Johnson	310	17
	Labour	Geoffrey Foxall	214	12
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout				28
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Knaresborough (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Hoult	2084	23
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Jones	1861	20
	Conservative	John Batt	1219	13
	Conservative	Phil Ireland	1108	12
	UKIP	Matthew Joy	947	10
	UKIP	David Rimington	764	8
	Labour	Lorraine Ferris	399	4
	Labour	Jan Williams	376	4
	Green	Gillian Charters	330	4
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout				37
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Lower Nidderdale and Bishop Monkton
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	UKIP
	Labour
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Masham and Fountains
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	UKIP
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Pannal and Lower Wharfedale
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Pateley Bridge
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	UKIP
	Labour
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Ripon North
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	UKIP
	Labour
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Ripon South
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	UKIP
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Richmondshire district

Catterick Bridge
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Central Richmondshire
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Middle Dales
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Richmond
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Richmondshire North
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Upper Dales
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Ryedale district

Hovingham and Sheriff Hutton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour	Sam Prest
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Kirkbymoorside
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Malton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour	Tim Prest
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Norton
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Pickering
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Thornton Dale and The Wolds
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Scarborough district

Castle
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Eastfield and Osgodby
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Esk Valley
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Falsgrave and Stepney
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Filey
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Hertford and Cayton
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Newby
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Northstead
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Scalby and The Coast
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Seamer and Derwent Valley
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Weaponness and Ramshill
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Whitby/Mayfield Cum Mulgrave
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Whitby/Streonshalh
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Woodlands
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Selby district

Cawood and Saxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Lee	1041	67
	Labour	Rosie Corrigan	521	33
Turnout			1562	29
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Escrick
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Mid Selby
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Osgoldcross
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Selby Barlby
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Selby Brayton
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Sherburn in Elmet
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

South Selby
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

Tadcaster
Party		Votes
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Labour
	UKIP
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

By-elections

South Selby by-election 14 October 2013
replacing Margaret Hulme (deceased)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Jordan	592	37.0	−3.2
	Labour	Rod Price	525	32.8	−1.6
	UKIP	Colin Heath	282	17.6	N/A
	Independent	David McSherry	201	12.6	−5.7
Majority			67	4.2	−1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes

^ UKIP did not hold any prior representation on the council. Sam Cross became group leader following the election.

References

^ "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
^ "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
^ "Elections – results publication". North Yorkshire County Council. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ "ELECTION 2013: Harrogate district results in full". Harrogate Advertiser. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

[1] UKIP did not hold any prior representation on the council. Sam Cross became group leader following the election.

[2] "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.

[3] "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2011.

[4] "Elections – results publication". North Yorkshire County Council. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

[5] "ELECTION 2013: Harrogate district results in full". Harrogate Advertiser. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

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