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][4]

Party in control	Years
Independent	1973 - 1999
No overall control	1999 – 2015
Conservative	2015 – 2019
No overall control	2019 – 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.[5]

• 1973 Richmondshire District Council election
• 1976 Richmondshire District Council election
• 1979 Richmondshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)[6]
• 1983 Richmondshire District Council election
• 1987 Richmondshire District Council election

Year	Conservative	Independent	Liberal Democrats	Richmondshire Independent	Social Democrat	Green	Notes
1991[7]	1	30	3	0	0	0	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[8][9]
1995[10]	2	23	8	0	1	0
1999[11]	6	17	9	0	2	0
2003[12]	11	9	8	5	1	0	New ward boundaries[13]
2007[14]	13	15	6	0	0	0
2011[15]	14	16	4	0	0	0
2015[3]	21	11	2	0	0	0
2019[4]	10	10	3	0	0	1	New ward boundaries, 10 fewer seats.[4]

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;[16] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Catterick and Tunstall	5 December 1996		Liberal Democrats		Conservative
Hipswell	26 August 1997		Independent		Liberal Democrats
Hipswell	5 March 1998		Independent		Liberal Democrats
Lower Dale	2 April 1998		Independent		Conservative
Aysgarth	3 December 1998		Independent		Independent
Colburn by-election	9 September 1999		Independent		Independent
St Michael with St Luke by-election	22 February 2001		Independent		Independent
Middleham and Coverdale by-election	7 June 2001		Conservative		Conservative
Catterick with Tunstall by-election	30 August 2001		SDP		Liberal Democrats
Leyburn by-election	25 October 2001		Liberal Democrats		Conservative
Gilling West by-election	2 November 2006		Independent		Independent
Newsham with Eppleby	7 August 2008		Conservative		Conservative
Hipswell	15 October 2009		Conservative		Conservative
Middleham	15 October 2009		Conservative		Conservative
Hornby Castle	3 May 2012		Conservative		Conservative
Hornby Castle	12 December 2013		Conservative		Conservative
Reeth and Arkengarthdale	13 February 2014		Independent		Independent
Richmond East	17 September 2015		Conservative		Conservative
Catterick	25 February 2016		Conservative		Conservative
Richmond Central	31 March 2016		Liberal Democrats		Independent
Catterick	18 August 2016		Independent		Conservative

2007-2011

Newsham with Eppleby By-Election 7 August 2008

Party		Candidate	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[17]

Party		Candidate	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[17]

Party		Candidate	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.[18]

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

2016

Death of Independent Cllr Tony Pelton.

Catterick By-Election, 18th August 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Wyrill	228	41.8	-12.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Coates	205	37.2	N/A
	Independent	Jill McMullon	112	20.5	-13.1
	Green	Robbie Kelly	3	0.5	-11.7
Majority			25	4.6
Turnout			564	27.95
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

References

1. "District Council Elections". Richmondshire District Council. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
2. "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
3. "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
4. "Richmondshire District Council Election Results for 2019". BBC. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
5. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
6. The District of Richmondshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
7. "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991. ISSN 0140-0460.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The Cumbria, Northumberland and North Yorkshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
9. legislation.gov.uk - The Durham and North Yorkshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
10. "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 6 May 1995. ISSN 0140-0460.
11. "Local Councils: Results round-up - Elections". The Times. NewsBank. 7 May 1999. p. 4. ISSN 0140-0460.
12. "District Council election" (PDF). Richmondshire District Council. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
13. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Richmondshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
14. "Results - Election 2007". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 2007. p. 83. ISSN 0140-0460.
15. "Local authority elections: England". The Guardian. NewsBank. 7 May 2011. ISSN 0261-3077.
16. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
17. "Council by-election results: Round-up". 24dash.com. 16 October 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
18. "Malton police appealing for information after fuel theft". Darlington & Stockton Times. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

External links

• Richmondshire District Council