Local Election Results 2005
North Yorkshire
New division boundaries came into force at this election. One Conservative councillor and one Independent councillor were elected unopposed.
Other results for North Yorkshire:
2009
2013
2017
By-elections for North Yorkshire (may be incomplete): 27th October 2011 (Thornton Dale & the Wolds)
— 3rd May 2012 (Central Richmondshire)
— 10th October 2013 (South Selby)
— 2nd July 2014 (Skipton W.)
— 26th May 2016 (Northallerton)
— 16th August 2018 (Knaresborough)
— 17th October 2019 (Upper Dales)
— 6th May 2021 (Harrogate Bilton & Nidd Gorge; Ribblesdale)
Results for district councils — Craven 2002
2003
2004
2006
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2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
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— Hambleton 2003
2007
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— Harrogate 2002
2003
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2008
2010
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2012
2014
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— Richmondshire 2003
2007
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— Ryedale 2003
2007
2011
2015
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— Scarborough 2003
2007
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2015
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— Selby 2003
2007
2011
2015
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Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
124418 |
45.0% |
41 |
| Liberal Democrat |
76067 |
27.5% |
18 |
| Labour |
47612 |
17.2% |
9 |
| Independent |
20827 |
7.5% |
4 |
| Green Party |
2360 |
0.9% |
0 |
| Liberal Party |
2297 |
0.8% |
0 |
| Richmondshire Independent Group |
1132 |
0.4% |
0 |
| Social Democratic Party |
906 |
0.3% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
468 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Pink Party |
276 |
0.1% |
0 |
| British National Party |
230 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Mark Wheeler |
LD |
2024 |
52.4% |
| John Binns |
C |
1840 |
47.6% |
| John Weighell |
C |
2736 |
66.1% |
| Claire Kelley |
LD |
1402 |
33.9% |
| John Watson |
C |
2553 |
52.2% |
| Peter Phillips |
LD |
1645 |
33.6% |
| Joseph Bentham |
Lab |
692 |
14.2% |
| Michelle Andrew |
Lab |
1040 |
36.9% |
| Janet Jefferson |
Ind |
710 |
25.2% |
| Anthony Threapleton |
C |
500 |
17.7% |
| Wendy Hopkinson |
LD |
430 |
15.3% |
| John Marsden |
Grn |
137 |
4.9% |
| Carl Les |
C |
1462 |
44.7% |
| Tony Pelton |
SDP |
906 |
27.7% |
| Amanda Adams |
LD |
522 |
16.0% |
| Claire Tupling |
Lab |
378 |
11.6% |
| Andrew Lee |
C |
2084 |
62.7% |
| Bob Packham |
Lab |
1242 |
37.3% |
| Melva Steckles |
C |
944 |
33.1% |
| John Harris |
LD |
656 |
23.0% |
| Helen Grant |
RIG |
648 |
22.7% |
| Bill Glover |
Ind |
604 |
21.2% |
| Peter Sowray |
C |
2481 |
57.4% |
| Trevor Smith |
LD |
1074 |
24.8% |
| Gerald Shaw |
Lab |
770 |
17.8% |
| Brian Simpson |
Lab |
1088 |
42.3% |
| Brian O'Flynn |
LD |
1001 |
38.9% |
| Eileen Vickers |
C |
369 |
14.3% |
| Gary Hill |
Ind |
115 |
4.5% |
| Elizabeth Casling |
C |
2495 |
60.2% |
| Jean Bills |
Lab |
1648 |
39.8% |
| Herbert Tindall |
C |
2150 |
56.3% |
| John Stonehouse |
LD |
1092 |
28.6% |
| Bill Miller |
Ind |
574 |
15.0% |
| Patricia Marsburg |
Lab |
1384 |
40.6% |
| Jane Mortimer |
C |
816 |
23.9% |
| Catherine McNulty |
LD |
486 |
14.2% |
| Jonathan Dixon |
Grn |
421 |
12.3% |
| Frank Wright |
Ind |
306 |
9.0% |
| Geoffrey Cullern |
C |
1165 |
39.4% |
| Betty Carrington |
Lab |
727 |
24.6% |
| Julie Dower |
LD |
535 |
18.1% |
| Samuel Cross |
Ind |
527 |
17.8% |
| John Fletcher |
C |
2462 |
61.1% |
| Nicholas Land |
LD |
966 |
24.0% |
| Kathryn MacColl |
Lab |
604 |
15.0% |
| Morris Lightfoot |
LD |
4344 |
57.7% |
| John Wren |
LD |
3745 |
|
| Robin Adderley |
C |
2101 |
27.9% |
| Dennis Collins |
C |
1660 |
|
| Daniel Maguire |
Lab |
1086 |
14.4% |
| John Marshall |
LD |
3578 |
51.1% |
| Stephen Macare |
LD |
3428 |
|
| Andrew Jones |
C |
2227 |
31.8% |
| Richard Cooper |
C |
2199 |
|
| Harry Mann |
Lab |
922 |
13.2% |
| Annette Austen-Meek |
Pink |
276 |
3.9% |
| Leslie Parkes |
LD |
2284 |
51.4% |
| Jim Clark |
C |
2158 |
48.6% |
| Keith Barnes |
LD |
2522 |
55.7% |
| Jean Butterfield |
C |
1860 |
41.1% |
| Keith Chapman |
Ind |
144 |
3.2% |
| Gordon Charlton |
LD |
2258 |
55.0% |
| David Simister |
C |
1844 |
45.0% |
| Margaret-Ann de Courcey-Bayley |
LD |
2131 |
56.3% |
| Richard Cain |
C |
874 |
23.1% |
| Geoffrey Foxall |
Lab |
564 |
14.9% |
| David Rimington |
UKIP |
216 |
5.7% |
| John Blackburn |
C |
2507 |
59.7% |
| Grace Ormerod |
LD |
1301 |
31.0% |
| Josephine Downs |
Grn |
393 |
9.4% |
| Clare Wood |
C |
2436 |
51.1% |
| Robin Barker |
Ind |
1547 |
32.5% |
| David Fearnhead |
Lab |
781 |
16.4% |
| Val Arnold |
C |
2477 |
56.6% |
| Ronald Butler |
Lib |
1128 |
25.8% |
| Judith Dixon |
Lab |
775 |
17.7% |
| Bill Hoult |
LD |
4147 |
53.6% |
| Richard Hall |
LD |
3911 |
|
| Robert Aspin |
C |
2398 |
31.0% |
| Michael Gallico |
C |
2147 |
|
| Alan Beatham |
Lab |
1193 |
15.4% |
| Heather Garnett |
C |
3064 |
64.1% |
| Philip Barlow |
LD |
1717 |
35.9% |
| Michael Knaggs |
C |
2140 |
52.0% |
| Ann Hopkinson |
LD |
1976 |
48.0% |
| Paul Richardson |
C |
2605 |
59.3% |
| Geoffrey Home |
LD |
1787 |
40.7% |
| Shelagh Marshall |
C |
2929 |
61.8% |
| David Beer |
LD |
1808 |
38.2% |
| Christopher Pearson |
C |
2121 |
53.2% |
| John Vause |
Lab |
1865 |
46.8% |
| Roger Harrison-Topham |
C |
2156 |
55.9% |
| Linda Curran |
LD |
1301 |
33.7% |
| John Southwell |
Lab |
400 |
10.4% |
| Andrew Backhouse |
C |
1143 |
32.3% |
| Mary Budda |
Lab |
940 |
26.6% |
| Michael Pitts |
LD |
739 |
20.9% |
| Philip McDonald |
Ind |
575 |
16.2% |
| Amanda Grant |
Grn |
143 |
4.0% |
| Timothy Swales |
C |
2473 |
58.8% |
| Simon Whitfield |
LD |
1184 |
28.2% |
| Janet Kirk |
Lab |
549 |
13.1% |
| Tony Hall |
C |
1311 |
40.7% |
| John Blevins |
Lab |
983 |
30.5% |
| Jack Dobson |
Ind |
925 |
28.7% |
| Eric Broadbent |
Lab |
1216 |
37.1% |
| Michael Kelly |
C |
717 |
21.9% |
| Peter Popple |
Ind |
692 |
21.1% |
| Christopher Walker |
LD |
484 |
14.8% |
| Christopher Phillips |
Grn |
167 |
5.1% |
| David Lloyd-Williams |
LD |
1544 |
40.9% |
| James Cleary |
C |
1539 |
40.7% |
| Karl Milner |
Lab |
695 |
18.4% |
| Gillian Ivey |
C |
2125 |
54.3% |
| Jack Davie |
Lab |
1787 |
45.7% |
| Cliff Trotter |
C |
3065 |
60.8% |
| Neil Gledhill |
LD |
1973 |
39.2% |
| William Fort |
C |
3467 |
75.8% |
| Eric Beechey |
Lab |
877 |
19.2% |
| Colin Banner |
BNP |
230 |
5.0% |
| Gregory White |
C |
1585 |
35.9% |
| John Clark |
Lib |
1169 |
26.5% |
| Karen Hartas |
LD |
1143 |
25.9% |
| Jill Murkett |
Lab |
515 |
11.7% |
| David Heather |
LD |
2262 |
55.8% |
| Richard Welch |
C |
1792 |
44.2% |
| Stuart Parsons |
LD |
2609 |
59.2% |
| Oliver Blease |
C |
983 |
22.3% |
| Paul Cullen |
RIG |
484 |
11.0% |
| Mark Thorpe |
Lab |
333 |
7.6% |
| Michael Heseltine |
C |
2775 |
65.5% |
| Jane Parlour |
LD |
1463 |
34.5% |
| Bernard Bateman |
LD |
1218 |
34.6% |
| Richard Thomas |
C |
901 |
25.6% |
| Charles Powell |
Ind |
673 |
19.1% |
| Stuart Martin |
Ind |
440 |
12.5% |
| Stanley Mackintosh |
Ind |
287 |
8.2% |
| Andrew Williams |
Ind |
1492 |
46.0% |
| John Stockdale |
LD |
517 |
15.9% |
| Andrew Burrell |
C |
497 |
15.3% |
| Sidney Hawke |
Ind |
427 |
13.2% |
| Roger Baker |
Lab |
313 |
9.6% |
| Peter Brown |
C |
2029 |
47.8% |
| Andrew Wake |
Ind |
1109 |
26.1% |
| Ann Hutchings |
Lab |
763 |
18.0% |
| Linda Parrish |
LD |
343 |
8.1% |
| Helen Swiers |
C |
2643 |
53.5% |
| James Martin |
LD |
1574 |
31.8% |
| Philip Wall |
Grn |
725 |
14.7% |
| David Jeffels |
C |
2416 |
48.4% |
| Barry Pearson |
Lab |
1295 |
25.9% |
| Zia Hussain |
LD |
670 |
13.4% |
| Norman Murphy |
Ind |
610 |
12.2% |
| Brian Marshall |
Lab |
4318 |
64.2% |
| Steven Shaw-Wright |
Lab |
3963 |
|
| Ruth Sayner |
C |
2411 |
35.8% |
| Wally Norton |
C |
2405 |
|
| Graham Gatman |
Lab |
2247 |
50.0% |
| Mark Crane |
C |
2246 |
50.0% |
| James Snowball |
Lab |
2385 |
58.3% |
| Donald Bain-Mackay |
C |
1705 |
41.7% |
| Robert Heseltine |
Ind |
1680 |
41.0% |
| Andy Solloway |
LD |
1363 |
33.2% |
| Alex Bentley |
C |
1057 |
25.8% |
| Polly English |
LD |
1714 |
48.8% |
| Paul Whitaker |
C |
1162 |
33.1% |
| Michael Hill |
Ind |
639 |
18.2% |
| Philip Barrett |
Ind |
2860 |
76.7% |
| Norman Spence |
C |
870 |
23.3% |
| Margaret Hulme |
C |
2129 |
53.0% |
| John Duggan |
Lab |
1886 |
47.0% |
| William Barton |
C |
1912 |
49.7% |
| Robert Adamson |
LD |
865 |
22.5% |
| Alan Woodhead |
Lab |
821 |
21.3% |
| John Follett |
UKIP |
252 |
6.5% |
| Caroline Patmore |
C |
2907 |
66.5% |
| Stanley Wilson |
LD |
1465 |
33.5% |
| Caroline Seymour |
LD |
2280 |
52.5% |
| Stephen Dickins |
C |
1647 |
37.9% |
| Gabrielle Carpenter |
Lab |
419 |
9.6% |
| Arthur Barker |
C |
2720 |
65.2% |
| Wayne Stephenson |
LD |
770 |
18.5% |
| Charles Hutchings |
Lab |
679 |
16.3% |
| Christopher Metcalfe |
C |
1434 |
37.6% |
| Ted Mansfield |
Lab |
1048 |
27.5% |
| Roderic Parker |
LD |
790 |
20.7% |
| Eric Helsdon |
Ind |
537 |
14.1% |
| Gareth Dadd |
C |
2274 |
61.3% |
| Janet Marshall |
Lab |
1436 |
38.7% |
| Ronald Haigh |
C |
1875 |
40.0% |
| Michael Beckett |
LD |
1126 |
24.0% |
| Brian Maud |
Ind |
1049 |
22.4% |
| Linda Brittain |
Lab |
635 |
13.6% |
| John Blackie |
C |
2044 |
61.0% |
| Richard Good |
LD |
1307 |
39.0% |
| Martin Smith |
C |
1301 |
36.0% |
| John Warburton |
Lab |
878 |
24.3% |
| Penny Marsden |
Ind |
743 |
20.6% |
| Duncan Grant |
LD |
530 |
14.7% |
| Paul Johnston |
Grn |
157 |
4.4% |
| Jane Kenyon |
C |
1753 |
39.7% |
| Dalton Peake |
Lab |
1261 |
28.6% |
| Graham Peirson |
LD |
901 |
20.4% |
| Thomas Brown |
Ind |
500 |
11.3% |
| Rob Broadley |
LD |
1823 |
45.7% |
| Barry Truman |
C |
935 |
23.5% |
| Dorothy Hurrell |
Lab |
926 |
23.2% |
| Peter Budd |
Ind |
303 |
7.6% |
| David Billing |
Lab |
1248 |
38.2% |
| Bill Chatt |
Ind |
759 |
23.2% |
| Jennifer Kelly |
C |
621 |
19.0% |
| Margaret Pitts |
LD |
423 |
12.9% |
| Dilys Cluer |
Grn |
217 |
6.6% |
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