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2023 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election

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The 2023 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 67 members of East Riding of Yorkshire Council in England.[2][3][4] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Quick facts All 67 seats to East Riding of Yorkshire Council 34 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
2023 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election
← 2019
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
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All 67 seats to East Riding of Yorkshire Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout29.3%
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Anne Handley Denis Healy N/A[a]
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 49 seats, 44.3% 8 seats, 15.7% 8 seats, 13.2%
Seats before 42 13 10
Seats won 29 22 9
Seat change Decrease20 Increase14 Increase1
Popular vote 69,544 57,637 15,907
Percentage 35.7% 29.6% 8.2%
Swing Decrease8.7% Increase13.9% Decrease5.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party
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Leader n/a Andy Walker
Party Labour Yorkshire
Last election 0 seats, 18.3% 2 seats, 2.5%
Seats before 0 2
Seats won 4 3
Seat change Increase4 Increase1
Popular vote 41,282 4,126
Percentage 21.2% 2.1%
Swing Increase2.9% Decrease0.4%
Map of the results of the election by ward
Leader before election

Jonathan Owen
Conservative

 Leader after election

Anne Handley
Conservative
No overall control

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The Conservatives lost their majority on the council at this election, which saw the council go under no overall control.[5]

The Conservatives remained the largest party and managed to form a minority administration. Immediately after the election the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats both changed their group leaders. The Conservative leader Jonathan Owen was replaced by Anne Handley, who was then appointed the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 18 May 2023.[6] The Liberal Democrats replaced their leader David Nolan with Denis Healy.[7] There had been no Labour councillors prior to the election; there were four afterwards and they appointed Steve Gallant as their leader.[1]

Results summary

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2023 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election[8]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 60 29 0 20 Decrease 20 43.2 35.7 69,544 -8.7
  Liberal Democrats 65 22 14 0 Increase 14 32.8 29.6 57,637 +13.9
  Labour 59 4 4 0 Increase 4 6.0 21.2 41,282 +2.9
  Independent 17 9 1 0 Increase 1 13.4 8.2 15,907 -5.0
  Yorkshire 6 3 1 0 Increase 1 4.5 2.1 4,126 -0.4
  Green 9 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.0 3,868 -1.6
  Reform 3 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.6 1,259 New
  SDP 3 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 398 New
  TUSC 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 276 New
  ADF 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 182 New
  Freedom Alliance (UK) 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 98 New
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Almost a quarter of the 67 councillors prior to the election did not stand for re-election.[9]

Ward results

Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Beverley Rural

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Beverley Rural (3 seats)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Diana Stewart* 2,131 53.3 +29.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Smith 1,870 46.8 +20.6
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Wilcock 1,786 44.7 +25.5
Conservative Madeleine Horton 1,494 37.4 −12.3
Conservative Richard Warren 1,412 35.3 −12.4
Conservative Richard Royal 1,314 32.9 −12.2
Labour Wendy Cross 464 11.6 −1.4
Labour Clare Wildey 400 10.0 −1.4
Labour John Fawcett 397 9.9 −0.4
Registered electors 11,216
Rejected ballots 22 0.6
Turnout 4,000 35.7 −0.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
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Bridlington Central and Old Town

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Bridlington Central and Old Town (2 seats)[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liam Dealtry* 830 42.9 +0.7
Conservative Maria Ibbotson 622 32.1 −4.4
Liberal Democrats Ray Pollard 619 32.0 +22.5
Liberal Democrats John Arthur 501 25.9 N/A
Labour David Sweet 350 18.1 −0.5
SDP Carlo Verda 228 11.8 N/A
Registered electors 8,355
Rejected ballots 15 0.8
Turnout 1,936 23.17 −2.33
Independent hold
Conservative hold
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Bridlington North

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Bridlington North (3 seats)[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jayne Phoenix* 2,055 55.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mike Heslop-Mullens* 1,994 53.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Thomas Robson 1,710 45.9 N/A
Conservative John Copsey 1,130 30.4 −31.4
Conservative Jonathan Bibb 1,089 29.3 −31.0
Conservative Bob Taylor 990 26.6 −30.2
Labour Carol Williams 394 10.6 −14.6
Independent Malcolm Milns 250 6.7 N/A
Reform Tommy Cawkwell 239 6.4 N/A
SDP Joy Verda 118 3.2 N/A
Registered electors 11,334
Rejected ballots 12 0.3
Turnout 3,723 32.85 +3.45
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
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Bridlington South

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Bridlington South (3 seats)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Yorkshire Andy Walker* 762 37.5 +2.2
Yorkshire Tim Norman* 699 34.4 −1.1
Yorkshire Rick Arrand 576 28.3 N/A
Labour Jakey Anderson 550 27.0 −0.3
Conservative Jaya Authunuri 481 23.6 −5.4
Conservative Kimberley-Nicholle Thomas 472 23.2 −1.9
Labour Hollie Devanney 435 21.4 −0.5
Independent Thelma Milns 261 12.8 −12.1
Liberal Democrats Angela Walker 209 10.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ingrid Haywood 172 8.5 N/A
Reform Sean Cooper 157 7.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ed King 108 5.3 N/A
Freedom Alliance Alan Thompson 98 4.8 N/A
SDP Chris Daniels 52 2.6 N/A
Registered electors 10,662
Rejected ballots 38 1.9
Turnout 2,034 19.08 −4.92
Yorkshire hold
Yorkshire hold
Yorkshire gain from Conservative
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Cottingham North

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Cottingham North (2 seats)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Phillip Redshaw 877 37.1 +29.7
Labour Alex Duke 776 32.9 +18.5
Liberal Democrats Graham Johnson 763 32.3 +25.1
Labour Danny Marten 722 30.6 +16.6
Conservative George Bennett 572 24.2 +9.2
Conservative Owen McConaghy 516 21.8 +7.2
Reform Roger Hoe 232 9.8 N/A
Registered electors 6,727
Rejected ballots 6 0.3
Turnout 2,362 35.11 −0.29
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Labour gain from Independent
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Cottingham South

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Cottingham South (2 seats)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carolyn Cantrell 1,263 47.7 +21.3
Labour Kevin Casson 1,239 46.8 +24.0
Conservative Mike Medini* 955 36.1 +3.7
Conservative Helen Green* 948 35.8 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Keith Stubbs 395 14.9 +0.6
Liberal Democrats Fran Hessen 296 11.2 −1.6
Registered electors 7,503
Rejected ballots 21 0.8
Turnout 2,647 35.28 +1.88
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
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Dale

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Dale (3 seats)[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Terry Gill* 2,179 48.6 −5.3
Conservative Richard Meredith* 2,153 48.0 +5.6
Independent Coleen Gill 2,065 46.1 N/A
Conservative Pat Smith* 1,680 37.5 −6.2
Conservative Marinos Loizides 1,157 25.8 −15.2
Labour Paul Cantrell 767 17.1 +3.7
Labour Stephanie Haywood 752 16.8 N/A
Labour Ann Wordingham 663 14.8 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Mukesh Tirkoti 592 13.2 −6.2
Registered electors 13,838
Rejected ballots 22 0.5
Turnout 4,484 32.40 −1.8
Independent hold
Conservative hold
Independent gain from Conservative
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Driffield and Rural

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Driffield and Rural (3 seats)[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mark Blakeston 1,718 50.8 +21.4
Conservative Matt Rogers* 1,202 35.5 −3.5
Conservative Michael Lee* 1,038 30.7 −4.6
Conservative Andrew Frost 949 28.1 −13.0
Labour Wendy Phillips 873 25.8 +8.3
Labour Thomas Watson 767 22.7 +3.0
Labour Richard Phillips 764 22.6 +5.8
Independent David Thorley 680 20.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jenny Aspden 330 9.8 −0.1
Liberal Democrats Hollie Haeney 324 9.6 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Richard Hawkins 224 6.6 −1.1
Registered electors 12,640
Rejected ballots 10 0.3
Turnout 3,383 26.76 −1.34
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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East Wolds and Coastal

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East Wolds and Coastal (3 seats)[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charlie Dewhirst* 1,941 53.8 −3.7
Conservative Jonathan Owen* 1,802 50.0 −3.1
Conservative Denise Howard 1,653 45.8 −1.8
Labour Judy Dickinson 862 23.9 +10.5
Labour Bill Meadows 769 21.3 +7.9
Green Mike Jackson 650 18.0 −13.3
Green John Scullion 485 13.4 −6.0
Yorkshire Peter Garforth 451 12.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Butt 407 11.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ellie Ripton 402 11.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Hoskins 339 9.4 N/A
Registered electors 11,960
Rejected ballots 14 0.4
Turnout 3,606 30.15 −2.85
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Goole North

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Goole North (2 seats)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Handley* 830 51.0 +4.5
Conservative Nick Coultish* 807 49.6 +2.6
Labour John Frost 426 26.2 −11.4
Labour Iain Ball 387 23.8 −5.6
Liberal Democrats Ray Kilcoyne 208 12.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Liam Moiser 168 10.3 N/A
Independent Terry Fisher 161 9.9 N/A
Registered electors 8,227
Rejected ballots 14 0.9
Turnout 1,627 19.78 −9.52
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Goole South

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Goole South (2 seats)[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Barbara Jeffreys* 634 59.9 +8.3
Independent David Jeffreys* 620 58.5 +14.5
Labour Judi Armitage 362 34.2 +13.2
Labour Jackie Huntington 309 29.2 +11.7
Liberal Democrats Annie Nolan 47 4.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Tom Nolan 36 3.4 N/A
Registered electors 7,321
Rejected ballots 10 0.9
Turnout 1,059 14.47 −11.53
Independent hold
Independent hold
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Hessle

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Hessle (3 seats)[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Nolan* 1,414 43.8 −5.8
Liberal Democrats Simon Pickering 1,376 42.6 −10.5
Liberal Democrats John Bovill* 1,373 42.5 −6.7
Labour Paul Toogood 1,207 37.4 +9.1
Labour Sally Waters 1,196 37.0 +10.2
Labour Janet Worrell 1,156 35.8 +8.2
Conservative Christine Mackay 462 14.3 +1.4
Conservative Daniel Bond 396 12.3 +0.6
Conservative Michael Whitehead 364 11.3 −0.8
Registered electors 12,221
Rejected ballots 34 1.1
Turnout 3,231 26.44 −1.96
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
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Howden

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Howden (1 seat)[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Howard 933 61.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Charlie Bayram* 245 16.0 −25.6
Conservative Julian Hakes 227 14.8 −26.8
Labour Julia Marten 124 8.1 −1.2
Registered electors 4,645
Rejected ballots 3 0.2
Turnout 1,531 32.96 −0.24
Independent gain from Conservative
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* Elected as a Conservative, but defected to the Liberal Democrats mid term

Howdenshire

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Howdenshire (3 seats)[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victoria Aitken* 1,856 57.4 +3.0
Conservative Linda Bayram* 1,593 49.3 +6.2
Conservative Nigel Wilkinson* 1,438 44.5 +4.8
Labour Stephen Clarke 913 28.3 +12.3
Labour Nicola Booth 833 25.8 +11.2
Labour Bernard Singleton 687 21.3 +7.6
Liberal Democrats Matt Nolan 488 15.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Emma Dolman 469 14.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Richard Weighill 421 13.0 N/A
Registered electors 12,148
Rejected ballots 35 1.1
Turnout 3,231 26.60 −4.3
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Mid Holderness

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Mid Holderness (3 seats)[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Holtby* 1,481 45.3 +0.4
Conservative Amanda Talbot 1,222 37.3 −1.2
Conservative Samantha Whyte 1,194 36.5 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Matthew Grove 1,161 35.5 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Diana Hoskins 965 29.5 +15.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Williams 958 29.3 N/A
Labour Rachael Tomlinson 757 23.1 +5.1
Labour Peter Welch 632 19.3 +3.4
Registered electors 11,066
Rejected ballots 19 0.6
Turnout 3,272 29.57 −2.13
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Minster and Woodmansey

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Minster and Woodmansey (3 seats)[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Astell 1,783 42.0 +16.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Astell 1,764 41.5 +15.9
Liberal Democrats Eliza Whitaker 1,603 37.8 +13.8
Conservative David Elvidge* 1,137 26.8 −9.7
Labour Ron Laden 1,137 26.8 −4.3
Labour Margaret Pinder 1,131 26.6 −3.2
Conservative Kerri Harold* 1,117 26.3 −6.0
Conservative Harry Bulmer 1,104 26.0 −6.0
Labour Tony Maione 996 23.5 −3.9
ADF John Ottaway 182 4.3 N/A
Registered electors 13,304
Rejected ballots 25 0.6
Turnout 4,246 31.92 −2.28
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
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North Holderness

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North Holderness (2 seats)[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Barbara Jefferson* 1,680 63.0 +20.5
Independent John Whittle* 1,235 46.3 +11.0
Conservative June Greensmith 818 30.7 +11.4
Labour Brian Stockdale 274 10.3 +2.4
Green Tessa Coombes 240 9.0 −2.7
Labour Nidge Thornton 219 8.2 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Chris Smith 200 7.5 +3.2
Liberal Democrats John Rebecchi 70 2.6 N/A
Registered electors 8,406
Rejected ballots 3 0.1
Turnout 2,668 31.74 −4.26
Independent hold
Independent hold
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Pocklington Provincial

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Pocklington Provincial (3 seats)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gareth Shepherd 1,991 38.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Andrew Cousins 1,864 36.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Dale Needham 1,653 32.3 N/A
Conservative Andy Burton 1,552 30.3 −3.9
Conservative Kay West* 1,424 27.8 −8.4
Labour Richard Bryon 1,185 23.1 +1.2
Labour Dafydd Ap-Williams 1,108 21.6 +4.2
Labour Liam Draycott 965 18.8 N/A
Independent Andy Strangeway 710 13.9 −14.0
Green Ged Leach 658 12.8 −7.7
Green Peter McClymont 347 6.8 −9.3
TUSC Steve Scott 117 2.3 N/A
Registered electors 15,280
Rejected ballots 23 0.4
Turnout 5,124 33.53 +1.23
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
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Snaith, Airmyn and Rawcliffe and Marshland

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Snaith, Airmyn and Rawcliffe and Marshland (2 seats)[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Fox* 1,185 56.9 −10.3
Conservative Liz Sargeantson* 1,080 51.8 −9.4
Labour Ann Gilbert 527 25.3 +0.7
Independent Shona Wade 425 20.4 N/A
TUSC Andy Hiles 159 7.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Tom Codling 158 7.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Shaun Chaplin 152 7.3 N/A
Registered electors 7,868
Rejected ballots 7 0.3
Turnout 2,083 26.47 −7.33
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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South East Holderness

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South East Holderness (3 seats)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lyn Healing* 1,312 46.4 −6.1
Conservative Claire Holmes* 1,215 43.0 −3.9
Conservative Sean McMaster 903 31.9 −11.3
Labour Ian Blackburn 796 28.2 −0.6
Labour Martin Devanney 731 25.9 +0.6
Reform Jon Dimberline 631 22.3 N/A
Yorkshire Ricky Hoggard 605 21.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Cheryl Giles 406 14.4 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Daniel Whitaker 283 10.0 −2.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Luckraft 248 8.8 N/A
Registered electors 11,399
Rejected ballots 11 0.4
Turnout 2,827 24.8 −2.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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South Hunsley

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South Hunsley (2 seats)[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Corless* 1,449 47.0 +32.9
Conservative Paul Hopton 1,274 41.4 −26.4
Liberal Democrats Sandra Mills 1,172 38.1 +24.9
Conservative Soraya Hutchinson 1,045 33.9 −23.8
Green Duncan Ross 292 9.5 N/A
Green Stewart Arnold 238 7.7 N/A
Labour Dafydd Taylor 230 7.5 −4.2
Labour Mark Ward 175 5.7 −3.9
Registered electors 8,568
Rejected ballots 12 0.4
Turnout 3,080 36.0 +1.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
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South West Holderness

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South West Holderness (3 seats)[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Dennis* 1,263 46.3 +0.9
Labour Steve Gallant 1,125 41.2 +14.7
Conservative Sue Steel* 1,096 40.2 +1.7
Labour Colin Billany 1,069 39.2 +11.3
Conservative David Winter* 1,057 38.7 −1.5
Labour Elisha Heslop 1,023 37.5 +17.7
Liberal Democrats Abigail Bell 363 13.3 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Stewart Willie 319 11.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Tucker 268 9.8 N/A
Registered electors 11,274
Rejected ballots 19 0.7
Turnout 2,729 24.2 −1.7
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
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St Mary's

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St Mary's (3 seats)[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Johnson* 2,832 58.0 +8.5
Liberal Democrats Denis Healy* 2,819 57.7 +2.8
Liberal Democrats David Boynton* 2,739 56.1 +7.1
Conservative Elaine Aird 1,309 26.8 −0.2
Conservative Bethany Needham 1,184 24.2 +0.1
Conservative Peter Stevens 1,162 23.8 +1.1
Labour Jim Whitfield 803 16.4 +5.0
Labour Ann Willis 775 15.9 +5.2
Registered electors 12,672
Rejected ballots 23 0.5
Turnout 4,883 38.5 −4.2
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
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Tranby

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Tranby (2 seats)[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Viv Padden* 1,207 55.7 +13.7
Liberal Democrats Margot Sutton* 1,115 51.5 +10.5
Labour Chay Bell 496 22.9 N/A
Conservative Waqar Khan 467 21.6 −13.8
Labour Barrie Green 423 19.5 +6.0
Green Jane Robinson 201 9.3 N/A
Registered electors 8,148
Rejected ballots 13 0.6
Turnout 2,167 26.6 −4.7
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
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Willerby and Kirk Ella

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Willerby and Kirk Ella (3 seats)[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary McMaster* 1,606 50.7 +0.1
Conservative Zahra Saribal 1,432 45.2 −6.5
Conservative David Tucker 1,346 42.5 −8.0
Labour Roger Coates 823 26.0 +10.8
Liberal Democrats Pat Ellis 775 24.4 +8.9
Labour Jane Redpath 761 24.0 +11.5
Labour Malcolm Stather 732 23.1 +11.7
Liberal Democrats Tony McCobb 724 22.8 +7.7
Liberal Democrats Lilian McCobb 722 22.8 +8.9
Registered electors 10,950
Rejected ballots 21 0.7
Turnout 3,170 29.0 −3.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Wolds Weighton

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Wolds Weighton (3 seats)[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leo Hammond* 2,019 47.2 +4.2
Conservative Derek Cary 1,612 37.7 −10.2
Conservative Paul West 1,385 32.4 −15.1
Yorkshire Peter Hemmerman 1,033 24.1 −7.6
Labour Bridget Cooper 825 19.3 +0.2
Independent Mike Stathers* 801 18.7 −28.8
Labour Mike Cooper 757 17.7 −1.0
Green Gill Leek 757 17.7 N/A
Independent Catherine Simpson 725 16.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Gill Healy 586 13.7 −7.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Healy 521 12.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Bob Morgan 418 9.8 N/A
Registered electors 12,955
Rejected ballots 13 0.3
Turnout 4,278 33.0 −1.8
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Changes 2023–2027

  • David Nolan, elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2023, joined Labour in January 2024.[36] Nolan resigned from Labour in September 2025, in opposition to the government's identity card plans, and said he intended to sit as an independent.[37]
  • Maria Bowtell, elected as a Conservative in 2023, joined Reform UK in February 2024.[38] Bowtell proceeded to resign from Reform UK in March 2025,[39] and later joined Restore Britain in February 2026, becoming their first councillor nationally.[40]
  • Caroline Fox, elected as a Conservative, left the party in May 2024 to sit as an independent.[41]
  • Samantha Whyte (later Samantha Christon-Whyte), elected as a Conservative in 2023, left the party to sit as an independent, before joining Reform UK on 26 February 2026.[42][43]
  • Andy Walker and Tim Norman, both elected for the Yorkshire Party in 2023, left the party in July 2025 to form East Riding Council's first Green Party group; their Bridlington South ward colleague Rick Arrand also left the Yorkshire Party at the same time but sits as an independent.[44]
  • Denise Howard, elected as a Conservative in 2023, defected to Reform UK in October 2025.[45]

By-elections

Minster and Woodmansey

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Minster and Woodmansey by-election: 29 February 2024[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tony Henderson 1,438 50.7 +9
Conservative David Keith Elvidge 706 24.9 −4
Labour Ron Laden 495 17.4 −12
Green Jonathan Stephenson 198 7.0 New
Majority 732 25.8
Registered electors 13,543
Rejected ballots 17 0.6
Turnout 2,854 21.1 −10.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.5
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The by-election followed the death of the sitting Liberal Democrat councillor, Peter Astell, a former mayor of Beverley first elected to the ward in May 2023, who died suddenly on 3 December 2023.[47]

Tranby

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Tranby by-election, 29 February 2024[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ross Douglas Harrison 958 55.3 +4.1
Labour Malcolm Stather 408 23.6 +3.1
Conservative Michael Whitehead 268 15.5 +3.7
Green Jane Nicola Robinson 97 5.6 −2.5
Majority 550 31.7
Registered electors 8,045
Rejected ballots 6 0.3
Turnout 1,737 21.6 −5.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.5
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The by-election followed the death of the sitting Liberal Democrat councillor, Viv Padden, who died on the same day as Astell, 3 December 2023, after an illness resulting from a stroke.[47]

East Wolds and Coastal

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East Wolds and Coastal by-election, 4 July 2024[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Colin Bibb 3,105 41.6 −12.2
Liberal Democrats Gary Lugg 1,823 24.5 +13.2
Labour Mike Dixon 1,144 15.3 −8.6
Yorkshire Peter Garforth 634 8.5 −4.0
Green Jane Elizabeth Lloyd 451 6.1 −11.9
Independent Andrew Frost 300 4.0 New
Majority 1,282 20.1
Registered electors 12,043
Rejected ballots 10 0.1
Turnout 7,548 62.68 +32.53
Conservative hold Swing -12.7
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The by-election followed the resignation of the sitting Conservative councillor, Charlie Dewhirst, who stood down in June 2024 ahead of his election, on the same day as the by-election, as Member of Parliament for Bridlington and The Wolds.[50][51]

South East Holderness

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South East Holderness by-election, 4 July 2024[52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Jon Dimberline 2,027 34.8 +12.5
Conservative David Winter 1,755 30.1 −16.3
Labour Ian Blackburn 1,550 26.6 −1.6
Liberal Democrats Matthew Grove 498 8.5 −5.9
Majority 272 4.7
Registered electors 11,357
Rejected ballots 4 0.1
Turnout 5,859 51.6 +28.8
Reform gain from Conservative Swing +14.4
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The by-election followed the resignation of the sitting Conservative councillor, Claire Holmes.[50]

Notes

  1. [a]
    Of the nine independent councillors after the election, eight formed the "Independent Group" led by Barbara Jefferson.[1]

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