Richmondshire District Council was the local authority for Richmondshire in North Yorkshire, England from 1974 to 2023. It was elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 34 councillors had been elected from 24 wards. [1]
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 | 2019–2023 |
The leaders of the council since 2001 have been: [5]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Blackie | Independent | 2001 | 2003 | |
Conservative | 2003 | 2007 | ||
Melva Steckles [6] | Conservative | 2007 | 2009 | |
Fleur Butler | Conservative | 2009 | 2011 | |
John Blackie [7] | Independent | 2011 | 2015 | |
Yvonne Peacock | Conservative | 19 May 2015 | 21 May 2019 | |
Angie Dale | Independent | 21 May 2019 | 31 Mar 2023 |
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. [8]
Year | Conservative | Independent | Liberal Democrats | Richmondshire Independent | Social Democrat | Green | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1991 [10] | 1 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same [11] [12] |
1995 [13] | 2 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
1999 [14] | 6 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2003 [15] | 11 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | New ward boundaries [16] |
2007 [17] | 13 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2011 [18] | 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] |
By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; [19] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
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 |
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 |
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 |
Retirement of District Councillor Lin Clarkson. [21]
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.
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 |
Death of Independent Cllr Tony Pelton.
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 |
Death of Independent Cllr Richard Beal. [22]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Scott | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Death of Independent Cllr John Blackie. [24]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jill McMullon | 409 | 58.7 | +58.7 | |
Conservative | Pat Kirkbride | 231 | 33.1 | +17.8 | |
Green | Margaret Lowndes | 57 | 8.2 | +8.2 | |
Majority | 178 | 25.5 | |||
Turnout | 697 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |