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Local Election Results 2015

Richmondshire

Whole council up for election. One Conservative councillor was elected unopposed.

RIG = Richmondshire Independent Group

Other results for Richmondshire: 2003 2007 2011 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 2015

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 10281 42.6% 21
Independent 6260 25.9% 7
Green Party 2877 11.9% 0
Richmondshire Independent Group 2607 10.8% 4
Liberal Democrat 1127 4.7% 2
Labour 512 2.1% 0
UK Independence Party 469 1.9% 0

Addlebrough

Yvonne Peacock C 555 67.5%
Mark Alder Ind 163 19.8%
Hugo Radice Lab 104 12.7%

Barton

Campbell Dawson C 505 72.5%
Kenneth Smith Lab 192 27.5%

Bolton Castle

John Amsden Ind 449 54.7%
Adrian Thornton-Berry C 372 45.3%

Brompton-on-Swale and Scorton (2)

Danny Gill C 972 65.8%
Ian Threlfall C 949
Leslie Rowe Grn 505 34.2%

Catterick (2)

Tony Pelton Ind 570 43.6%
Derek Sankey C 528 40.4%
Stephen Wyrill C 392
Ann Rowe Grn 208 15.9%

Colburn (3) [1 C gain from Ind, 1 RIG gain from Ind]

Angela Dale RIG 766 30.9%
William Glover C 732 29.5%
Beverly Partridge C 575
Peter Wood Ind 542 21.9%
Rupert d'Arcy Hildyard Grn 440 17.7%

Croft [C gain from LD]

Samuel Gibbs C 368 49.3%
Jane Parlour Ind 279 37.3%
Matthew Jeffrey Grn 100 13.4%

Gilling West [RIG gain from Ind]

William Heslop RIG 391 54.2%
Michael Renton C 331 45.8%

Hawes and High Abbotside

John Blackie Ind 669 89.9%
Brian Pocknee Ind 75 10.1%

Hipswell (2) [1 RIG gain from Ind]

Paul Cullen RIG 353 30.4%
Lawrence Grose C 332 28.6%
Kevin McGready C 318
Stephanie Todd UKIP 259 22.3%
Dave Dalton Grn 218 18.8%

Hornby Castle

Geoffrey Linehan C 589 72.2%
Patricia Tricker Grn 227 27.8%

Leyburn (2)

Karin Sedgwick C 668 47.7%
Charles Duff C 590
Andrew Brook Ind 522 37.3%
Bernard Borman-Schreiber Gf von Ullersdorf UKIP 210 15.0%

Lower Wensleydale

Richard Ormston C 657 74.6%
Lisle Ryder Grn 224 25.4%

Melsonby

James Wilson-Petch C 501 62.9%
Penelope Hillary Ind 295 37.1%

Middleham

Susan Fairhurst C unop.

Middleton Tyas [C gain from Ind]

Angus Thompson C 407 58.2%
Jill McMullon Ind 292 41.8%

Newsham with Eppleby [C gain from Ind]

James Cameron C 435 57.1%
Linda Dickinson Ind 250 32.8%
Philip Knowles LD 77 10.1%

Penhill [C gain from Ind]

Caroline Gardner C 324 45.0%
Matthew Wilkes Ind 312 43.3%
Julia Smyth LD 84 11.7%

Reeth and Arkengarthdale

Richard Beal Ind 544 76.0%
Robert Kelly Grn 116 16.2%
David Dixon Lab 56 7.8%

Richmond Central (2)

Clive World LD 673 48.7%
John Robinson LD 610
Jake Grose C 411 29.7%
David McDougall C 409
Fergus Brown Grn 298 21.6%

Richmond East (2)

Russell Lord Ind 541 26.8%
Karen Kirby C 513 25.4%
Muriel Blythman C 467
Lorraine Hodgson RIG 448 22.2%
Anne Simpson LD 293 14.5%
James Peters Grn 224 11.1%

Richmond West (2) [1 Ind gain from LD]

Stuart Parsons Ind 757 51.9%
Linda Curran Ind 692
Louise Dickens C 360 24.7%
Fleur Selwyn Sharpe C 320
Marita Staite Grn 182 12.5%
Ann Brewer Lab 160 11.0%
Amanda Adams Ind 99

Scotton (2) [1 C gain from Ind, 1 RIG gain from Ind]

Patricia Middlemiss C 436 51.5%
Helen Grant RIG 411 48.5%
Jagannath Sharma C 390
Margaret Smith RIG 364

Swaledale [C gain from Ind]

Richard Blows C 285 43.3%
Malcolm Gardner RIG 238 36.2%
Sharon De-Wit Grn 135 20.5%

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