2007 Ryedale District Council election

Elections to Ryedale District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. 1 seat was vacant in Pickering East until a by-election in June.

Election result

Ryedale Local Election Result 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	14	3	2	+1	48.3	48.3	8,806	+7.7%
	Liberal Democrats	8	2	2	0	27.6	30.2	5,507	+2.7%
	Independent	6	2	2	0	20.7	15.7	2,865	-5.4%
	Liberal	1	0	1	-1	3.4	3.3	609	-0.2%
	Retired	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	461	+2.5%

3 Independent, 2 Conservative and 1 Liberal Democrat candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Amotherby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Wilford	314	51.7	+18.6
	Conservative	Pamela Anderson	293	48.3	−18.6
Majority			21	3.4
Turnout			607	42.8	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Ampleforth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Bailey	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cropton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Clark	342	46.9	−7.7
	Conservative	Ena Dent	301	41.3	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Clarke	86	11.8	+11.8
Majority			41	5.6	−3.6
Turnout			729	58.6	+2.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Dales

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Frank	372	54.9	+14.3
	Liberal	Nelly Trevelyan	267	39.4	−20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Abigail Beckett	39	5.8	+5.8
Majority			105	15.5
Turnout			678	58.5	+0.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Derwent (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Cottam	753
	Liberal Democrats	Marian Hodgson	444
	Independent	Nigel Wilson	401
Turnout			1,598	42.7	+6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Helmsley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Hawkins	706
	Conservative	Steve Arnold	596
	Retired	Tot Wardle	461
Turnout			1,763	43.6	−0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hovingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Wainwright	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Kirkbymoorside (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Cussons	811
	Conservative	Val Arnold	716
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lerew	448
Turnout			1,975	43.9	+0.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Malton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsay Burr	618
	Independent	Tony Hemesley	554
	Independent	Paul Andrews	485
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Preston	481
	Conservative	Stephen Shaw	392
	Independent	David Wright	333
	Conservative	Pauline Reeve	325
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Wain	274
Turnout			3,462	35.6	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Norton East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Shields	402
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Keal	384
	Conservative	Patricia Dumbill	249
Turnout			1,035	24.4	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Norton West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dinah Keal	408
	Independent	David Jackson	288
	Conservative	Patricia Moore	284
	Liberal Democrats	Mags Normington	216
Turnout			1,196	27.7	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Pickering East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Aslett	uncontested
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pickering West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Cowling	uncontested
	Independent	Natalie Warriner	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Rillington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Maud	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Ryedale South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Knaggs	442	78.9	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Allison Kerrison	118	21.1	−1.4
Majority			224	57.8	+2.8
Turnout			560	42.6	−2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sherburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Raper	316	55.4	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Pilgrim	254	44.6	−1.2
Majority			62	10.8	+2.4
Turnout			570	39.2	+1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sheriff Hutton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Wood	386	51.3	+35.7
	Independent	Gillian Stilwell	367	48.7	−35.7
Majority			19	2.6
Turnout			753	54.9	+0.6
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Sinnington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Snowy Windress	405	62.0	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Baxter	248	38.0	+6.4
Majority			157	24.0	−12.8
Turnout			653	47.0	+1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thornton Dale (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Acomb	617
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Fenton	540
	Conservative	Claire Hundsal	465
	Independent	David Porter	437
Turnout			2,059	46.6	+3.1
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wolds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Legard	377	61.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Beckett	233	38.2
Majority			144	23.6
Turnout			610	45.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

• 2007 Ryedale election result
• Articles on the Ryedale 2007 election
• Ward results
• Shock as Ryedale leader loses seat