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Local Election Results 2009

North Yorkshire

Whole council up for election.

AGS = Alliance for Green Socialism
RIG = Richmondshire Independent Group

Other results for North Yorkshire: 2005 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 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 — Hambleton 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — Harrogate 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 — Richmondshire 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — Ryedale 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — Scarborough 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — Selby 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019

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Consolidated results — North Yorkshire 2009

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 91410 51.8% 48
Liberal Democrat 37716 21.4% 11
Independent 19890 11.3% 11
Labour 18573 10.5% 1
British National Party 3018 1.7% 0
Green Party 2677 1.5% 0
Liberal Party 1636 0.9% 1
UK Independence Party 884 0.5% 0
Richmondshire Independent Group 432 0.2% 0
Alliance for Green Socialism 89 0.1% 0

Ainsty

John Savage C 2332 72.4%
Simon Oldroyd LD 642 19.9%
Stephen Cobb Lab 247 7.7%

Airedale [C gain from LD]

Patrick Mulligan C 1210 47.7%
Mark Wheeler LD 1054 41.5%
Graeme Hitchen Lab 273 10.8%

Bedale

John Weighell C 1609 56.5%
Ian Watkins Ind 1059 37.2%
Alan Richardson Lab 180 6.3%

Boroughbridge

John Watson C 1921 62.2%
Keith Rothwell LD 997 32.3%
Lorraine Ferris Lab 169 5.5%

Castle [Ind gain from Lab]

Janet Jefferson Ind 694 43.5%
Ros Fox C 319 20.0%
Michelle Andrew Lab 240 15.1%
Jason Mullen Grn 222 13.9%
Malcolm Short LD 119 7.5%

Catterick Bridge

Carl Les C 1057 50.9%
Jill McMullon Ind 566 27.3%
Leslie Rowe Grn 391 18.8%
Eric Beechey Lab 62 3.0%

Cawood and Saxton

Andrew Lee C 1570 76.1%
Jan Marshall Lab 493 23.9%

Central Richmondshire

Melva Steckles C 763 44.5%
Helen Grant RIG 432 25.2%
John Robinson LD 289 16.9%
Dave Dalton Grn 147 8.6%
Anne Mannix Lab 84 4.9%

Easingwold

Peter Sowray C 1699 65.5%
Robert Adamson LD 650 25.1%
Gerald Shaw Lab 245 9.4%

Eastfield and Osgodby [LD gain from Lab]

Brian Simpson LD 607 43.9%
Norman Murphy Ind 345 25.0%
Debbie Nock C 260 18.8%
Tracey White Lab 170 12.3%

Escrick

Elizabeth Casling C 1740 67.4%
Ian Cuthbertson LD 522 20.2%
Ted Mansfield Lab 320 12.4%

Esk Valley

Herbert Tindall C 1742 77.3%
Janet Peake Lab 512 22.7%

Falsgrave and Stepney [Ind gain from Lab]

Pat Marsburg Ind 531 25.8%
Robert Owens C 480 23.3%
David Malone Grn 433 21.0%
Andrew Sharp Lab 259 12.6%
Kev Riley LD 204 9.9%
Kevan Foulds BNP 151 7.3%

Filey [Ind gain from C]

Mike Cockerill Ind 709 35.5%
Colin Haddington C 609 30.5%
Sam Cross Ind 383 19.2%
Trisha Scott BNP 180 9.0%
Julia Gatie Lab 114 5.7%

Great Ayton

Heather Moorhouse C 1380 59.4%
John Tierney LD 629 27.1%
Michael Newton Lab 191 8.2%
Christopher Impett BNP 125 5.4%

Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge (2)

Geoffrey Webber LD 1947 45.5%
Andrew Goss LD 1930
Robin Adderley C 1451 33.9%
John Wren C 1220
Steven Gill BNP 476 11.1%
Paul Chitty BNP 459
Daniel Maguire Lab 405 9.5%

Harrogate Central (2)

John Fox LD 2176 49.8%
John Marshall LD 1948
Richard Cooper C 1922 44.0%
Jean Butterfield C 1892
Michael Docherty Lab 270 6.2%

Harrogate Harlow [C gain from LD]

Jim Clark C 1785 61.0%
Steve Macare LD 1048 35.8%
Andrew Gray Lab 93 3.2%

Harrogate Oatlands

Keith Barnes LD 1445 50.8%
David Simister C 1302 45.8%
Tony Pedel Lab 97 3.4%

Harrogate Saltergate [C gain from LD]

Don Mackenzie C 1502 58.5%
Gordon Charlton LD 951 37.0%
Janet Morrow Lab 114 4.4%

Harrogate Starbeck

Margaret-Ann de Courcey-Bayley LD 1124 58.2%
Richard Cain C 637 33.0%
Geoff Foxall Lab 171 8.9%

Hertford and Cayton

John Blackburn C 1403 55.0%
Gordon Johnson Ind 635 24.9%
Johan Zegstroo LD 267 10.5%
John White Lab 247 9.7%

Hovingham and Sheriff Hutton

Clare Wood C 2326 72.6%
Marian Hodgson LD 698 21.8%
Jean Bills Lab 179 5.6%

Kirkbymoorside

Val Arnold C 1730 65.0%
Nelly Trevelyan Lib 378 14.2%
Jack Wilford LD 324 12.2%
Judy Dixon Lab 229 8.6%

Knaresborough (2) [1 C gain from LD]

Bill Hoult LD 1985 37.1%
John Batt C 1765 33.0%
Ivor Fox C 1719
Andrew Willoughby LD 1659
Richard Hall Ind 1240 23.2%
David Crosthwaite Lab 355 6.6%

Lower Nidderdale and Bishop Monkton

Heather Garnett C 2176 71.4%
Phillip Barlow LD 745 24.5%
Janet Williams Lab 125 4.1%

Malton

Michael Knaggs C 1428 53.9%
Howard Keal LD 1043 39.4%
Cliff Williams Lab 178 6.7%

Masham and Fountains

Paul Richardson C 1878 70.0%
Angela Hosie LD 805 30.0%

Mid Craven

Shelagh Marshall C 2101 61.3%
Alexander Bentley UKIP 555 16.2%
Andrew Rankine LD 494 14.4%
James Black Lab 279 8.1%

Mid Selby

Chris Pearson C 1366 60.8%
Paul Harvey Lab 519 23.1%
Richard Hall LD 362 16.1%

Middle Dales

Roger Harrison-Topham C 1403 57.7%
Linda Curran LD 678 27.9%
Tony Pelton Ind 245 10.1%
Roy Hutchings Lab 105 4.3%

Newby

Andrew Backhouse C 685 34.0%
Phil McDonald Lab 406 20.2%
Liz Black LD 392 19.5%
Bill Miller Ind 370 18.4%
Sarah Priestley Grn 160 7.9%

North Craven [C gain from Ind]

David Ireton C 1978 80.3%
Christine Brackley Lab 484 19.7%

North Hambleton

Tim Swales C 1820 70.7%
Bryn Griffiths LD 531 20.6%
Janet Kirk Lab 223 8.7%

Northallerton

Tony Hall C 1191 73.4%
Kathryn MacColl Lab 431 26.6%

Northstead [Ind gain from Lab]

Peter Popple Ind 567 31.0%
Derek Bastiman C 504 27.5%
Eric Broadbent Lab 350 19.1%
Kate White Grn 228 12.5%
Chris Walker LD 182 9.9%

Norton [C gain from LD]

Stephen Shaw C 981 42.3%
David Lloyd-Williams LD 908 39.2%
Jeff Kelly BNP 238 10.3%
Heather Milner Lab 190 8.2%

Osgoldcross [Ind gain from C]

John McCartney Ind 1236 47.9%
Gillian Ivey C 1076 41.7%
Jack Davie Lab 267 10.4%

Pannal and Lower Wharfedale

Cliff Trotter C 2209 70.1%
Jack Duckworth LD 800 25.4%
Greg Lodge Lab 142 4.5%

Pateley Bridge

John Fort C 2459 86.3%
Deborah Havercroft Lab 390 13.7%

Pickering [Lib gain from C]

John Clark Lib 1258 44.0%
Greg White C 1200 42.0%
Chris Newsam Grn 280 9.8%
Doreen Davies Lab 120 4.2%

Ribblesdale [C gain from LD]

Richard Welch C 1325 53.8%
David Heather LD 899 36.5%
James Austin Lab 239 9.7%

Richmond

Stuart Parsons LD 1511 56.3%
Russell Lord C 1025 38.2%
Jeffrey King Lab 148 5.5%

Richmondshire North

Michael Heseltine C 1564 57.2%
Jane Parlour LD 819 30.0%
Emir Nader Grn 200 7.3%
Mark Thorpe Lab 150 5.5%

Ripon North [C gain from LD]

Bernard Bateman C 967 42.9%
John Stockdale LD 490 21.7%
Sid Hawke Ind 461 20.5%
Stanley Mackintosh Ind 238 10.6%
Althea Farmer Lab 98 4.3%

Ripon South

Andrew Williams Ind 1365 63.9%
Mike Chambers C 344 16.1%
Kenn Hart Ind 221 10.4%
Kathy Weidemann LD 205 9.6%

Romanby and Broomfield

David Blades C 1652 64.7%
Richard Short LD 536 21.0%
Ann Hutchings Lab 365 14.3%

Scalby and The Coast

Helen Swiers C 1915 61.5%
Magnus Johnson LD 919 29.5%
Jude Thurloe Lab 281 9.0%

Seamer and Derwent Valley

David Jeffels C 1387 46.7%
Mick Jay-Hanmer Ind 908 30.6%
Bob Jackman LD 498 16.8%
Subash Sharma Lab 176 5.9%

Selby Barlby (2) [1 C gain from Lab]

Karl Arthur C 1652 42.3%
Brian Marshall Lab 1643 42.1%
David Fagan C 1612
Steve Shaw-Wright Lab 1607
Stephen Ward BNP 608 15.6%
Duncan Lorriman BNP 555

Selby Brayton [C gain from Lab]

Dave Peart C 1379 52.4%
Graham Gatman Lab 616 23.4%
Kevin Hawkins LD 358 13.6%
Ernest Watts BNP 280 10.6%

Sherburn in Elmet [C gain from Lab]

Mike Jordan C 1399 53.4%
Jim Snowball Lab 946 36.1%
Belinda Robson BNP 274 10.5%

Skipton East

Robert Heseltine Ind 1224 46.5%
Christopher Harbron C 691 26.2%
Stephen Walpole LD 266 10.1%
Patricia Claughton BNP 241 9.1%
Duncan Hall Lab 212 8.0%

Skipton West

Polly English LD 956 40.8%
Paul Whitaker C 875 37.3%
Peter Madeley Lab 272 11.6%
Andrew Brons BNP 242 10.3%

South Craven

Philip Barrett Ind 1709 69.2%
John Garton C 334 13.5%
Ian Bannister UKIP 329 13.3%
Robert Battison Lab 99 4.0%

South Selby

Margaret Hulme C 1580 71.2%
Stephanie Duckett Lab 640 28.8%

Sowerby

Neville Huxtable C 1480 55.3%
David Bentley Ind 523 19.5%
Jonathan Roberts Lab 474 17.7%
Di Keal LD 199 7.4%

Stillington

Caroline Patmore C 1884 70.8%
Michael Beckett LD 507 19.1%
Rosemary Shaw Lab 270 10.1%

Stokesley

Caroline Seymour LD 1545 53.4%
Stephen Dickins C 1205 41.7%
Gerald Ramsden Lab 142 4.9%

Swale

Arthur Barker C 1823 73.6%
Jean Burdett LD 459 18.5%
Jane Richardson Lab 196 7.9%

Tadcaster

Chris Metcalfe C 1053 50.5%
Roderic Parker LD 640 30.7%
Sam Clayton BNP 203 9.7%
Brian Rogerson Lab 189 9.1%

Thirsk

Gareth Dadd C 1824 81.1%
Max Tanner LD 426 18.9%

Thornton Dale and the Wolds

Ron Haigh C 1665 61.5%
Janice William LD 804 29.7%
Rod Price Lab 239 8.8%

Upper Dales [Ind gain from C]

John Blackie Ind 1859 73.5%
Muriel Blythman C 369 14.6%
Robbie Kelly Grn 236 9.3%
Peter Cornwall Lab 66 2.6%

Weaponness and Ramshill [Ind gain from C]

Penny Marsden Ind 933 39.0%
Martin Smith C 797 33.3%
Rod Rodgers LD 305 12.7%
Barry Edwards Lab 185 7.7%
Judy Deans Grn 175 7.3%

Whitby/Mayfield cum Mulgrave

Jane Kenyon C 1055 46.5%
Mike Ward Ind 851 37.5%
Diana Jeuda Lab 362 16.0%

Whitby/Streonshalh [C gain from LD]

Joe Plant C 759 36.3%
Graham Peirson LD 395 18.9%
Sandra Tuner Ind 381 18.2%
Gerald Dennett Lab 273 13.0%
John Dickinson Ind 116 5.5%
Juliet Boddington AGS 89 4.3%
Steve Smith Ind 79 3.8%

Woodlands [Ind gain from Lab]

Bill Chatt Ind 442 24.4%
Peter Southward C 438 24.2%
David Billing Lab 364 20.1%
Geoffrey Evans LD 361 19.9%
Chris Philips Grn 205 11.3%

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