2007 Richmondshire District Council election

The 2007 Richmondshire District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Richmondshire District Council in North Yorkshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Independent	15	0	4	-4	44.1	34.6	4,781	+13.1%
Conservative	13	6	0	+6	38.2	29.9	4,133	+0.8%
Liberal Democrats	6	0	2	-2	17.6	30.9	4,267	+3.8%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	421	+3.0%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	221	+1.6%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Yvonne Peacock	539	88.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Weedon	70	11.5
Majority			469	77.0
Turnout			609	54.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Campbell Dawson	345	66.2	+66.2
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Adams	176	33.8	−8.7
Majority			169	32.4
Turnout			521	51.4	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Fairhurst	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election result

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Branch	403
	Independent	Rob Johnson	318
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Brennan	247
	BNP	Chris Goodwin	123
	BNP	Jack Goodwin	98
Turnout			1,189	42.4	+5.4
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Parlour	unopposed
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alicia Tye	246
	Independent	Paul Cullen	240
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Quirie	164
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Goff	141
Turnout			791	23.0	+6.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melva Steckles	294	65.0	+65.0
	Independent	Tony Pelton	158	35.0	−52.3
Majority			136	30.1
Turnout			452	41.7	+6.4
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Duff	516
	Conservative	Fleur Butler	478
	Liberal Democrats	Kitty Weedon	286
	Independent	Derek Wallace	192
Turnout			1,472	40.0	+8.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Keith Loadman	462	86.2
	Independent	Bernard Borman	74	13.8
Majority			388	72.4
Turnout			536	48.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jimmy Wilson-Petch	171	34.9	+34.9
	Liberal Democrats	Celia Catesby	165	33.7	+33.7
	Independent	Tim Place	154	31.4	−25.1
Majority			6	1.2
Turnout			490	43.9	+6.5
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Harrison-Topham	330	75.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Wilson	107	24.5
Majority			223	51.0
Turnout			437	41.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill McMullon	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swaledale^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Raymond Alderson	342	78.1	+51.1
	Independent	Patricia Whelan	96	21.9	+21.9
Majority			246	56.2
Turnout			438	46.1	−0.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Hipswell by-election 15 October 2009^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephanie Todd	144	39.0	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Bagley	126	34.1	+8.9
	Independent	Kim Menham	99	26.8	−10.1
Majority			18	4.9
Turnout			369	12.5	−10.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Middleham by-election 15 October 2009^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rachel Allen	253	85.5	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gina Ramsbottom	43	14.5	−10.0
Majority			210	70.9	+19.9
Turnout			296	27.9	−13.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamish Newhouse	unopposed
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard Thomas	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Martin Bearpark	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mick Griffiths	295	59.4
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Adams	130	26.2
	Independent	Tim Place	72	14.5
Majority			165	33.2
Turnout			497	46.8
	Conservative hold		Swing