Harrogate Borough Council elections

One third of Harrogate Borough Council in North Yorkshire, England was elected each year, followed by one year without election. From the final boundary changes in 2002, 54 councillors were elected from 35 wards.^[1] The last elections were held in 2018, ahead of the abolition of Harrogate Borough Council on 31 March 2023. Its functions transferred to North Yorkshire Council.^[2] The first elections to the North Yorkshire Council took place on 5 May 2022, when 21 councillors were elected from 21 divisions in the Borough of Harrogate.^[3]

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Party in control		Years
	Conservative	1974–1990
	No overall control	1990–1994
	Liberal Democrats	1994–2002
	No overall control	2002–2004
	Conservative	2004–2006
	No overall control	2006–2010
	Conservative	2010–2023

Councillor		From	To
Freddie Rotherham^[7]	Conservative		Jan 1985
Alec McCarroll^[8]^[9]	Conservative	1985	May 1988
Nigel Kitson^[9]^[10]	Conservative	27 May 1988	May 1990
Phil Willis^[11]^[12]^[a]	Liberal Democrats	May 1990	May 1997
Michael Johnston^[13]^[14]	Liberal Democrats	May 1997	11 Oct 2000
Geoff Webber^[15]	Liberal Democrats	11 Oct 2000	May 2003
Mike Gardner^[16]^[17]	Conservative	16 May 2003	May 2011
Don Mackenzie^[18]^[19]	Conservative	20 May 2011	21 May 2012
Anthony Alton^[19]^[20]	Conservative	21 May 2012	12 Jun 2014
Richard Cooper^[21]^[22]	Conservative	12 Jun 2014	31 Mar 2023

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	196	54.2	−24.0
	Conservative	166	45.6	+45.6
Majority		30	8.6
Turnout		362
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	290	41.3	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	255	36.3	+36.3
	Labour	157	22.4	−33.1
Majority		35	5.0
Turnout		702	17.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	461	59.9	−3.0
	Conservative	309	40.1	+3.0
Majority		152	19.8
Turnout		770
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Harrogate Borough Council elections

Political control

Leadership

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1997-2001

2001-2005

2005-2010

2010-2018

2018-2023

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Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	378	50.3	+12.1
	Conservative	353	47.0	−6.8
	Labour	20	2.7	−5.3
Majority		25	3.3
Turnout		751
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	486	61.4	+24.4
	Conservative	278	35.1	−15.9
	Labour	27	3.4	−8.6
Majority		208	26.3
Turnout		791
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	506	58.6	+2.4
	Conservative	345	39.9	+1.7
	Labour	13	1.5	−4.1
Majority		161	18.7
Turnout		864	43.6
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	639	45.8	−24.9
	Liberal Democrats	285	20.4	+20.4
	Independent	285	20.4	+20.4
	Labour	187	13.4	−16.0
Majority		354	25.4
Turnout		1,396
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	910	65.4	−0.3
	Conservative	417	30.0	+3.1
	Independent	33	2.4	+2.4
	Labour	31	2.2	−5.3
Majority		493	35.4
Turnout		1,391	34.9
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Webber	843	61.1	−14.2
	Conservative	Sharon Bentley	491	35.6	+20.9
	Labour	Andrew Gray	45	3.3	+3.3
Majority			352	25.5
Turnout			1,379	33.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clare McKenzie	902	50.4	+1.0
	Conservative	Sharon Bentley	673	37.6	−6.9
	BNP	Steven Gill	164	9.2	+3.0
	Labour	Andrew Gray	51	2.8	+2.8
Majority			229	12.8
Turnout			1,790	42.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Law	886	63.4	−8.8
	Conservative	Dennis Pinchen	252	18.0	+5.0
	Independent	David Rimington	178	12.7	+12.7
	Labour	Geoff Foxall	82	5.9	+0.8
Majority			634	45.4
Turnout			1,398	31.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Greta Knight	688	62.6	+4.1
	Conservative	Heather Adderley	246	22.4	+7.5
	BNP	Steven Gill	92	8.4	−4.1
	Labour	Daniel Maguire	73	6.6	−7.5
Majority			442	40.2
Turnout			1,099	27.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Siddans	807	46.3	+22.3
	Conservative	Rebecca Burnett	704	40.4	−24.2
	UKIP	Salvina Bashforth	127	7.3	+7.3
	Labour	Patricia Foxall	106	6.1	−5.3
Majority			103	7.9
Turnout			1,744
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Washburn By-Election 28 September 2017^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victoria Oldham	363	74.5	−0.5
	Labour	Laura Dinning	61	12.5	−0.9
	Green	Paul Trewhitt	44	9.0	+9.0
	Yorkshire	Jack Render	19	3.9	+3.9
Majority			302	62.0
Turnout			487
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knaresborough Scriven Park By-Election 29 July 2021^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Gostlow	635	56.6	+19.5
	Conservative	Jacqueline Renton	384	34.3	−4.1
	Labour	Sharon-Theresa Calvert	91	8.1	−16.4
	UKIP	Harvey Alexander	11	1.0	N/A
Turnout			1,124	31.16
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Wathvale By-Election 5 May 2022^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Green	686	52.6	−13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Knight	321	24.6	+3.8
	Green	Hannah Corlett	297	22.8	+22.8
Majority			365	28.0
Turnout			1,304
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Val Rodgers	623	46.0	+8.8
	Conservative	Neil Bentley	395	29.2	−16.1
	Labour	Andrew Gray	208	15.4	+2.1
	UKIP	David Simister	127	9.4	+9.4
Majority			228	16.8
Turnout			1,353
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Skardon	886	51.7	+9.1
	Conservative	Phil Headford	551	32.1	−1.9
	UKIP	Alan Henderson	206	12.0	−4.3
	Labour	Pat Foxall	71	4.1	−3.1
Majority			335	19.5
Turnout			1,714
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing