Richmondshire District Council elections

Richmondshire District Council in North Yorkshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 34 councillors have been elected from 24 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]^[3]

Party in control	Years
Independent	1973 - 1999
No overall control	1999 – 2015
Conservative	2015 – present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2003 election.^[4]

Year	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|		style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	Notes
Year	Conservative	Independent	Liberal Democrats	Richmondshire Independent	Social Democrat	Notes
1991^[6]	1	30	3	0	0	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same^[7]^[8]
1995^[9]	2	23	8	0	1
1999^[10]	6	17	9	0	2
2003^[11]	11	9	8	5	1	New ward boundaries^[12]
2007^[13]	13	15	6	0	0
2011^[14]	14	16	4	0	0
2015^[3]	21	11	2	0	0
	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|		style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)/meta/color; width: 3px;" \|

District result maps

2003 results map
2007 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;^[15] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date	Incumbent party
Catterick and Tunstall	5 December 1996 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Hipswell	26 August 1997 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats
Hipswell	5 March 1998 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats
Lower Dale	2 April 1998 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Aysgarth	3 December 1998 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
Colburn by-election	9 September 1999 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
St Michael with St Luke by-election	22 February 2001 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
Middleham and Coverdale by-election	7 June 2001 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Catterick with Tunstall by-election	30 August 2001 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D25469;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)" \|	SDP style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats
Leyburn by-election	25 October 2001 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Gilling West by-election	2 November 2006 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
Newsham with Eppleby	7 August 2008 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Hipswell	15 October 2009 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Middleham	15 October 2009 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Hornby Castle	3 May 2012 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Hornby Castle	12 December 2013 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative
Reeth and Arkengarthdale	13 February 2014 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent
Richmond East	17 September 2015 style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative

2007-2011

Newsham with Eppleby By-Election 7 August 2008
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	295	59.4
	Liberal Democrats	130	26.2
	Independent	72	14.5
Majority		165	33.2
Turnout		497	46.8
	Conservative hold	Swing

Hipswell By-Election 15 October 2009^[16]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	144	39.0	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	126	34.1	+8.9
	Independent	99	26.8	−10.1
Majority		18	4.9
Turnout		369	12.5
	Conservative hold	Swing

Middleham By-Election 15 October 2009^[16]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	253	85.5	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	43	14.5	−10.0
Majority		210	71.0
Turnout		296	27.9
	Conservative hold	Swing

2011-2015

Retirement of District Councillor Lin Clarkson.^[17]

Hornby Castle by-election, 12th December 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Scott	127	46.2	N/A
	Independent	Helen Grant	98	35.6	N/A
	UKIP	Jacqueline Brakenberry	50	18.2	N/A
Majority			29	9.6
Turnout			275
	Conservative hold		Swing

Death of Independent Cllr Bob Gale.

Reeth and Arkengarthdale By-Election, 13th February 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Beal	127	46.2	N/A
	Conservative	Dave Morton	83	23.3	+11.3
Majority			44	22.9
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

References

^ "District Council Elections". Richmondshire District Council. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
^ "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
^ The District of Richmondshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
^ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cumbria, Northumberland and North Yorkshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Durham and North Yorkshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 6 May 1995. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ "Local Councils: Results round-up - Elections". The Times. NewsBank. 7 May 1999. p. 4. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ "District Council election" (PDF). Richmondshire District Council. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Richmondshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ "Results - Election 2007". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 2007. p. 83. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ "Local authority elections: England". The Guardian. NewsBank. 7 May 2011. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Council by-election results: Round-up". 24dash.com. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Malton police appealing for information after fuel theft". Darlington & Stockton Times. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

External links

Richmondshire District Council

[district-1] "District Council Elections". Richmondshire District Council. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

[vote2011-2] "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

[vote2015-3] "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

[vote2003-4] "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 August 2015.

[5] The District of Richmondshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977

[vote1991-6] "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[7] slation.gov.uk - The Cumbria, Northumberland and North Yorkshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[8] slation.gov.uk - The Durham and North Yorkshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[vote1995-9] "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 6 May 1995. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[vote1999-10] "Local Councils: Results round-up - Elections". The Times. NewsBank. 7 May 1999. p. 4. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[results2003-11] "District Council election" (PDF). Richmondshire District Council. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

[12] slation.gov.uk - The District of Richmondshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[vote2007-13] "Results - Election 2007". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 2007. p. 83. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[elections2011-14] "Local authority elections: England". The Guardian. NewsBank. 7 May 2011. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[byelection-15] "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 23 August 2015.

[round-16] "Council by-election results: Round-up". 24dash.com. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[17] "Malton police appealing for information after fuel theft". Darlington & Stockton Times. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

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