2017 North Yorkshire County Council election

2017 North Yorkshire County Council election
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All 72 seats to North Yorkshire County Council; 37 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2017 North Yorkshire County Council election. Striped divisions have mixed representation.
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 2017 North Yorkshire County Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[1] All 72 councillors were elected from 68 electoral divisions which each returned either one or two county councillors by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

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In common with many other local elections that year, the election was highly successful for the ruling Conservative Party, who won the largest majority in the authority's history (they had previously won more seats in 1977, but this happened when the council still included the city of York, resulting in there being more seats on the council overall), primarily at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, who were reduced to just three seats and fell behind the Labour Party; Labour experienced similarly heavy losses, though not to quite the same extent as their nadir in 2009, when they had been reduced to just one seat. As a result, the North Yorkshire Independent group became the largest opposition grouping.

This was the last election in the council's form prior to the next election in 2022, when it was reformed as the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

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Results Map^[2]
Party		Councillors				Votes
Party			Of total	Net			Of total	Net
	Conservative Party	55	76.4%	+10	55 / 72	84,420	53.3%	+11.9%
	Labour Party	4	5.6%	-3	4 / 72	25,016	15.8%	-0.1%
	Liberal Democrats	3	4.2%	-5	3 / 72	17,862	11.3%	+1.9%
	Independent	10	13.9%	+2	10 / 72	15,068	9.5%	-3.1%
	Green	0	0.0%	0	0 / 72	8,509	5.4%	+2.5%
	UKIP	0	0.0%	-2	0 / 72	5,306	3.3%	-12.6%
	Liberal	0	0.0%	-2	0 / 72	1,792	1.1%	-0.7%
	Yorkshire	0	0.0%	New	0 / 72	473	0.3%	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Mulligan*	1,404	56.1	−3.8
	Labour	Bill Mercer	597	23.8	+3.0
	Green	Andrew Brown	503	20.1	N/A
Majority			807	32.3	−6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gill Quinn	2,201	75.7	+18.7
	Labour	John Pope	706	24.3	+15.4
Majority			1,495	51.4	+21.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Ireton*	1,648	65.6	+10.2
	Green	Sarah Wiltshire	866	34.4	N/A
Majority			782	31.2	−1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Welch	1,597	65.3	+19.7
	Labour	Michael Rose	847	34.7	+20.6
Majority			750	30.6	+25.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

2017 North Yorkshire County Council election

Results

Divisional results

Craven district (7 seats)

Hambleton district (11 seats)

Harrogate district (18 seats)

Richmondshire district (6 seats)

Ryedale district (6 seats)

Scarborough district (14 seats)

Selby district (9 seats)

By-elections between 2017 and 2022

References

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Timelines

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Fact Checks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Heseltine*	1,174	46.7	−7.4
	Conservative	Christopher Harbron	733	29.2	+14.3
	Labour	Chris Rose	382	15.2	+4.2
	Green	David Noland	225	8.9	+2.1
Majority			441	17.5	−21.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andy Solloway	782	30.8	+7.2
	Conservative	Jonathan Kerr	715	28.1	+7.7
	Labour	Peter Madeley	591	23.2	+11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Jaquin	274	10.8	−17.9
	Green	Claire Nash	181	7.1	−8.5
Majority			67	2.7	−2.4
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Philip Barrett	1,350	68.4	+4.9
	Conservative	Richard Foster	433	21.9	N/A
	Labour	Vin Keirle	190	9.6	+1.5
Majority			917	46.5	+11.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Weighell*	1,653	73.1	+20.3
	Green	Michael Chaloner	372	16.5	N/A
	Labour	Anne Mannix	235	10.4	+2.9
Majority			1,281	56.6	+24.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Sowray*	1,327	71.2	+0.1
	Independent	Richard Larder	665	28.7	N/A
Majority			662	42.5	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Moorhouse*	1,514	68.9	+16.9
	Labour	Alison Jarvis	339	15.4	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Land	281	12.8	+4.7
	Green	Jim Peters	63	2.9	N/A
Majority			1,175	53.5	+27.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hugill	1,508	68.8	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Hole	314	14.3	N/A
	Labour	Charmian Walter	243	11.1	−3.6
	Green	John Yorke	127	5.8	N/A
Majority			1,194	54.5	+10.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Dickinson	1,047	61.5	+9.1
	Labour	Hugo Radice	286	16.8	+0.3
	UKIP	Claire Palmer	259	15.2	−15.9
	Green	Margaret Lowndes	110	6.5	N/A
Majority			761	44.7	+23.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Blades*	1,347	54.4	+0.1
	Labour	Brian Hazeldine	400	16.2	−4.5
	Yorkshire	Chris Pearson	365	14.8	N/A
	UKIP	Stephen Place	217	8.8	−16.1
	Green	Patricia Tricker	145	5.9	N/A
Majority			947	38.2	+8.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Baker*	1,279	57.6	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Gammie	941	42.4	N/A
Majority			338	15.2	−20.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stokesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bryn Griffiths*	1,288	45.9	+11.8
	Conservative	Richard Hudson	1,278	45.5	+14.4
	Labour	Kathryn Maccoll	240	8.6	−8.7
Majority			10	0.4	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Swale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Annabel Wilkinson	1,682	75.1	+12.7
	Green	Fiona Yorke	316	14.0	N/A
	Labour	John Blevins	245	10.9	−1.9
Majority			1,376	61.1	+23.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ainsty
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Paraskos	1,922	68.0	+33.8
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Oldroyd	396	14.0	N/A
	Labour	Guy Allanson	329	11.6	+1.8
	Green	Elizabeth Collins	178	6.3	N/A
Majority			1,526	54.0	+51.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Haslam	1,618	38.0
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Webber	1,414	33.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark McDermid	1,285	30.2
	Conservative	Graham Swift	1,207	28.4
	Independent	Andrew Goss*	951	22.3
	Labour	David Humphries	660	15.5
	Labour	Nicholas Knott	544	12.8
	UKIP	Bob Frendt	378	8.9
Majority
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Caroline Patmore*	Unopposed
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Gareth Dadd	Unopposed
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Windass*	2,032	75.5	+27.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Gavins	435	16.2	N/A
	Labour	Monica Uden	225	8.4	−1.1
Majority			1597	59.3	+41.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Cooper*	2,278	55.3
	Conservative	John Mann	1,967	47.8
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret-Ann de Courcey-Bayley	1,098	26.7
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Bush	1,091	26.5
	Labour	Kevin Bolt	609	14.8
	Labour	Paul Whitmore	559	13.6
	UKIP	Hugh Whiteside	261	6.3
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Clark*	1,746	68.5	+16.9
	Green	Kathy Foley	441	17.3	N/A
	Labour	Liz Charnley	362	14.2	+6.3
Majority			1,305	51.2	+23.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ennis*	1,446	51.1	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Marsh	1,151	40.6	+4.1
	Labour	Patricia Foxall	140	4.9	−2.7
	Green	Boadecea Macleod	95	3.4	N/A
Majority			295	10.5	+7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Don Mackenzie*	1,426	61.7	+11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Webber	485	21.0	+5.5
	Labour	Catherine Carter	186	8.0	+0.2
	UKIP	David Thompson	120	5.2	−14.0
	Green	Shaun Lowry	94	4.1	−3.4
Majority			941	40.7	+10.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Broadbank	1,134	53.4	+3.9
	Conservative	Philip Dixon	624	29.4	+12.5
	Labour	Geoff Foxall	202	9.5	−2.2
	UKIP	Chris Royston	90	4.2	−17.8
	Green	Greig Sharman	72	3.4	N/A
Majority			510	24.0	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicola Wilson	1,829	40.3
	Conservative	Zoe Metcalfe	1,676	36.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Goode	1,645	36.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Monaghan	1,618	35.7
	Labour	Paul Burns	537	11.8
	Labour	Diane Maguire	474	10.4
	Green	Shan Oakes	405	8.9
	Green	Bill Rigby	336	7.4
	UKIP	Tim Hunter	322	7.1
Majority
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Harrison*	2,056	79.8	+24.6
	Green	Paul Trewhitt	309	12.0	N/A
	Labour	Matt Forth	213	8.3	−0.9
Majority			1,747	67.8	+37.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Atkinson*	1,788	71.5	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Hosie	372	14.9	+5.8
	Labour	Alan Woodhead	229	9.2	−0.5
	UKIP	Emma Quigley	113	4.5	−18.9
Majority			1,416	56.6	+22.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cliff Trotter*	2,007	74.0	+12.4
	Green	Gillian Charters	455	16.8	+8.2
	Labour	Helen Evison	251	9.3	±0.0
Majority			1,552	57.2	+16.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanley Lumley	1,618	56.5	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Flynn	1,030	36.0	+18.5
	Labour	David Brackley	153	5.3	−2.9
	UKIP	Harvey Alexander	64	2.2	−17.5
Majority			588	20.5	−14.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Chambers	985	43.9	+10.2
	Independent	Sid Hawke	684	30.5	+2.8
	Green	Elizabeth Barclay	215	9.6	N/A
	Labour	Kieran Young	210	9.4	−2.1
	UKIP	Malcolm Gatford	149	6.6	−20.5
Majority			301	13.4	+7.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Martin	902	46.2	+15.4
	Independent	Peter Horton	760	39.0	+4.4
	Labour	Lorna Jasper	119	6.1	−0.1
	UKIP	Jeremy Banyard	93	4.8	−19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Flynn	77	3.9	−0.6
Majority			242	7.2	+3.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carl Les	1,187	64.4	+17.5
	Independent	Angie Dale	284	15.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Parlour	176	9.6	N/A
	Labour	Gill Page	110	6.0	+1.9
	Green	Dave Walton	85	4.6	+0.1
Majority			903	49.0	+30.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Helen Grant*	693	40.7	+1.2
	Conservative	Lawrence Grose	573	33.7	+9.4
	Labour	Ian Davidson	134	7.9	+2.2
	UKIP	Dave Robertson	112	6.6	−23.9
	Independent	Martin Smith	92	5.4	N/A
	Green	Rupert Hildyard	59	3.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert Hildyard	38	2.2	N/A
Majority			120	7.0	−2.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karin Sedgwick	1,590	73.1	+33.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Wicks	225	10.3	+1.9
	Labour	Owain Gardner	212	9.8	+2.4
	Green	Lisle Ryder	147	6.8	+2.6
Majority			1,365	62.8	+45.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stuart Parsons*	1,250	53.2	−1.5
	Conservative	Louise Dickins	604	25.7	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Knowles	185	7.9	N/A
	Labour	Ann Brewer	180	7.7	+2.1
	Green	Anna Jackson	130	5.5	N/A
Majority			646	27.5	−1.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angus Thompson	1,629	71.5	+28.5
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Atkins	254	11.1	N/A
	Green	Leslie Rowe	208	9.1	+5.3
	Labour	Ken Smith	188	8.2	+2.0
Majority			1,374	60.4	+44.8
	Conservative hold		Swing