2015 Ryedale District Council election

The 2015 Ryedale District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Ryedale District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Party results

Ryedale Local Election Result 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	20	2	2	0	66.6	45.1	16,943	-3.2
	Independent	5	2	1	+1	16.6	18.4	6,911	+2.7
	Liberal	3	0	1	-1	10.0	11.3	4,234	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	1	0	6.6	6.5	2,459	-23.7
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	7.4	2,794	+7.4
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	6.3	2,369	+6.3
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	1,875	+5.0

The Conservative Party fielded 26 candidates for the 30 vacancies - 20 of whom were elected. There were 13 Independent candidates with 5 elected. Two Independent Groups were formed on the Council - one with the three members for Malton and one with the two members for Hovingham and Rillington. The Liberal Party fielded 10 candidates with 3 elected and the Liberal Democrats fielded 6 candidates with 2 elected.

The Green Party fielded 8 candidates, non of whom were elected. Likewise, the Labour Party fielded 7 unsuccessful candidates and the UK Independence Party fielded 6 unsuccessful candidates.

Ward results

30 Members were elected across 20 Wards.

Amotherby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiona Farnell	570	54
	Independent	Darren Allanson	485	46
Turnout			1055	69	{{{change}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Ampleforth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Bailey	619	65
	Green	Barbara Hickman	334	35
Turnout			953	72	{{{change}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Cropton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Clark	526	53
	Conservative	Lorraine Allanson	471	47
Turnout			997	77	{{{change}}}
	Liberal hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Dales

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Frank	534	66
	Liberal	Nelly Trevelyan	281	34
Turnout			815	74	{{{change}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Derwent (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Cleary	1077	35
	Conservative	Phil Evans	750	25
	Independent	Stephen Shaw	659	22
	Liberal Democrats	Abigail Stokell-Beckett	574	19
Turnout			3,060	71	{{{change}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Helmsley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Arnold	982	35
	Conservative	Snowy Windress	832	30
	Independent	George Hawkins	584	21
	Green	Erica Rose	407	15
Turnout			2,805	65	{{{change}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Hovingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Wainwright	599	58
	Green	Nicholas Burton	439	42
Turnout			1,038	72	{{{change}}}
	Independent hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Kirkbymoorside (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Gardiner	763	25
	Conservative	David Cussons	757	25
	Green	Martin Brampton	477	15
	Labour	Jill Wells	436	14
	Liberal	Luke Richardson	374	12
	Liberal	Nicky Hollins	280	9
Turnout			3,087	66	{{{change}}}
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Malton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lindsay Burr	1020	18
	Independent	Paul Andrews	838	15
	Independent	Ed Jowitt	664	12
	Conservative	Kerry Ennis	624	11
	Conservative	David Hoggard	566	10
	Conservative	Ann Hopkinson	558	10
	UKIP	Peter Ash	532	9
	Labour	Sam Prest	456	8
	Labour	Tim Prest	385	7
Turnout			5,643	63	{{{change}}}
	Independent hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	{{{swing}}}

• Lindsay Burr was previously elected as a Liberal Democrat and retained her seat.

Norton East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keane Duncan	745	29
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Shields	440	17
	UKIP	Kevin Anderson	402	16
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Mehrtens	320	13
	Conservative	Jane Harrison	319	13
	Independent	Ray King	309	12
Turnout			2,535	53	{{{change}}}
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Norton West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Luke Ives	704	23
	Liberal Democrats	Di Keal	631	20
	Conservative	Liz Johnson	518	17
	Independent	Jeremy Powell	388	13
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Keal	325	11
	UKIP	Philip Mooring	200	6
	UKIP	Chris Cooper	181	6
	Liberal	Alasdair Clark	82	3
	Liberal	Eddie Thornton	52	2
Turnout			3,081	63	{{{change}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Pickering East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Will Oxley	739	26
	Liberal	Joy Andrews	643	23
	Liberal	Tommy Woodward	496	18
	Independent	Susan Cowan	373	13
	Labour	Eileen Randall	247	9
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Haigh	169	6
	Independent	Charles Hopkinson	163	6
Turnout			2,830	64	{{{change}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Liberal hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Pickering West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tim Thornton	893	34
	Conservative	Linda Cowling	817	31
	Liberal	Mike Potter	607	23
	Labour	Geoff Randall	314	12
Turnout			2,631	66	{{{change}}}
	Liberal hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Rillington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Maud	492	57
	UKIP	Trevor Golding	220	26
	Green	Janice Every	145	17
Turnout			857	63	{{{change}}}
	Independent hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Ryedale South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Goodrick	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Sherburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Raper	464	47
	UKIP	Barry Waite	340	34
	Green	Selma Khan	193	19
Turnout			997	65	{{{change}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Sheriff Hutton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Hope	726	68
	Independent	Chris Pickles	337	32
Turnout			1063	77	{{{change}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Sinnington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Val Arnold	664	63
	Green	Glyn Wild	289	27
	Labour	Mike Martin	106	10
Turnout			1,059	73	{{{change}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Thornton Dale (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoff Acomb	1099	36
	Conservative	Janet Sanderson	1045	34
	Green	Sandra Bell	510	17
	Labour	Mick Johnston	425	14
Turnout			3,079	93	{{{change}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

Wolds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tharik Jainu-Deen	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}