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Local Election Results 2007

Richmondshire

Whole council up for election. Eleven councillors were elected unopposed (one Liberal Democrat, six Independent and four Conservative).

Other results for Richmondshire: 2003 2011 2015 2019
By-elections for Richmondshire (may be incomplete): 2nd November 2006 (Gilling W.) — 7th August 2008 (Newsham with Eppleby) — 15th October 2009 (Hipswell; Middleham) — 3rd May 2012 (Hornby Castle) — 12th December 2013 (Hornby Castle) — 13th February 2014 (Reeth & Arkengarthdale) — 17th September 2015 (Richmond E.) — 25th February 2016 (Catterick) — 31st March 2016 (Richmond C.) — 18th August 2016 (Catterick) — 18th May 2017 (Reeth & Arkengarthdale) — 17th October 2019 (Hawes, High Abbotside & Upper Swaledale)
Results for North Yorkshire county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017

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Consolidated results — Richmondshire 2007

Party Votes Percent Seats
Independent 4294 37.4% 15
Conservative 3655 31.9% 13
Liberal Democrat 2975 25.9% 6
Green Party 421 3.7% 0
British National Party 123 1.1% 0

Addlebrough [Ind gain from C]

Yvonne Peacock Ind 539 88.5%
John Weedon LD 70 11.5%

Barton [C gain from Ind]

Campbell Dawson C 345 66.2%
Amanda Adams LD 176 33.8%

Bolton Castle

Susan Fairhurst C unop.

Brompton-on-Swale and Scorton (2)

Michael Heseltine C 643 41.8%
James Fryer Ind 475 30.9%
Leslie Rowe Grn 421 27.4%

Catterick (2) [1 Ind gain from SDP]

Jane Branch C 403 36.9%
Rob Johnson Ind 318 29.1%
Patrick Brennan LD 247 22.6%
Chris Goodwin BNP 123 11.3%
Jack Goodwin BNP 98

Colburn (3) [1 Ind gain from RIG]

Bill Glover Ind unop.
Helen Grant Ind unop.
Peter Wood Ind unop.

Croft

Jane Parlour LD unop.

Gilling West [Ind gain from RIG]

William Heslop Ind unop.

Hawes and High Abbotside [Ind gain from C]

John Blackie Ind unop.

Hipswell (2) [C and Ind gain from RIG and LD]

Alicia Tye C 246 37.8%
Paul Cullen Ind 240 36.9%
Paula Quirie LD 164 25.2%
Mark Goff LD 141

Hornby Castle [C gain from Ind]

Melva Steckles C 294 65.0%
Tony Pelton Ind 158 35.0%

Leyburn (2) [1 C gain from LD]

Tony Duff C 516 51.9%
Fleur Butler C 478
Kitty Weedon LD 286 28.8%
Derek Wallace Ind 192 19.3%

Lower Wensleydale [Ind gain from C]

Keith Loadman Ind 462 86.2%
Bernard Borman Ind 74 13.8%

Melsonby [C gain from Ind]

Jimmy Wilson-Petch C 171 34.9%
Celia Catesby LD 165 33.7%
Tim Place Ind 154 31.4%

Middleham

Roger Harrison-Topham C 330 75.5%
Gillian Wilson LD 107 24.5%

Middleton Tyas

Jill McMullon C unop.

Newsham with Eppleby [C gain from RIG]

Hamish Newhouse C unop.

Penhill

Howard Thomas C unop.

Reeth and Arkengarthdale

Martin Bearpark Ind unop.

Richmond Central (2)

John Robinson LD 493 51.5%
Clive World LD 480
David Johnson C 465 48.5%

Richmond East (2) [1 Ind gain from RIG]

Russell Lord Ind 649 53.7%
John Harris LD 560 46.3%
Tom Burrows Ind 487

Richmond West (2)

Stuart Parsons LD 707 74.5%
Linda Curran LD 671
Clare Grainger C 242 25.5%

Scotton (2)

Mark Bradbury Ind 245 41.2%
Ken Lambert Ind 189 31.8%
Malcolm Spark Ind 161 27.1%

Swaledale [Ind gain from C]

Raymond Alderson Ind 342 78.1%
Patricia Whelan Ind 96 21.9%

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