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North Yorkshire Council elections are generally held every four years. From 1974 until 2023 the council was called North Yorkshire County Council and it was an upper tier county council, with district-level functions being provided by the area's district councils. The districts were all abolished with effect from 1 April 2023, at which point the county council became a unitary authority, taking on the functions of the abolished district councils. The county council changed its name to North Yorkshire Council to coincide with the change in its powers.

Council elections

There was no election in 2021 because of proposals to turn the county council into a unitary authority. The council elected in 2022 will remain in post until 2027, after which elections will revert to being every four years.[1]

County result maps

  • 2005 results map
    2005 results map
  • 2009 results map
    2009 results map
  • 2013 results map
    2013 results map
  • 2017 results map
    2017 results map
  • 2022 results map
    2022 results map

By-election results

The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to North Yorkshire County Council.

2001–2005

More information Party, Candidate ...
Cayton by-election, 15 July 2004[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Blackburn 1,466 75.1 +39.2
Labour Simon Turner 485 24.9 +3.2
Majority 981 50.3
Turnout 1,951
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Close

By-election following death of Denis Pedder.[2]

2009–2013

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Thornton Dale and the Wolds by-election, 27 October 2011[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Sanderson 1,122 66.2 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Beckett 574 33.8 +4.1
Majority 548 32.3
Turnout 1,696
Conservative hold Swing
Close

By-election following resignation of Ron Haigh.[3]

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Central Richmondshire by-election, 3 May 2012[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Helen Grant 588 43.7 +43.7
Conservative Steph Todd 553 41.1 −3.4
Labour Eric Beechey 205 15.2 +10.3
Majority 35 2.6
Turnout 1,346
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
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By-election following resignation of Melva Steckles.[4]

2013–2017

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South Selby by-election, 10 October 2013[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Jordan 592 37.0 −3.2
Labour Rod Price 525 32.8 −1.6
UKIP Colin Heath 282 17.6 +17.6
Independent David McSherry 201 12.6 −5.7
Majority 67 4.2
Turnout 1,600
Conservative hold Swing
Close

By-election following death of Margaret Hulme.[6]

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Skipton West by-election, 2 July 2014[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andrew Solloway 391 23.4 −0.2
Conservative Paul Whitaker 355 21.3 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Paul English 309 18.5 −10.1
UKIP Roger Baxandall 238 14.3 +14.3
Green Claire Nash 194 11.6 −4.0
Labour Andrew Rankine 181 10.9 −0.9
Majority 36 2.2
Turnout 1,668
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Close

By-election following death of Polly English.[8]

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Northallerton by-election, 26 May 2016[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Dickinson 654 48.3 −4.1
UKIP Stephen Place 278 20.5 −10.6
Labour David Tickle 233 17.2 +0.7
Yorkshire First Christopher Pearson 131 9.7 +9.7
Green Michael Chaloner 58 4.3 +4.3
Majority 376 27.8
Turnout 1,354
Conservative hold Swing
Close

By-election following death of Tony Hall.[10]

2017–2022

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Knaresborough by-election, 16 August 2018[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Goode 2,051 54.9 +20.1
Conservative Philip Ireland 1,313 35.2 −3.3
Labour Sharon-Theresa Calvert 369 9.9 −1.4
Majority 738 19.7
Turnout 3,744 30.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +11.7%
Close

By-election following resignation of Nicola Faris.

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Upper Dales by-election, 17 October 2019[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Yvonne Peacock 884 45.7 +16.2
Independent Jill McMullon 741 38.3 +38.3
Liberal Democrats Simon Crosby 204 10.5 +10.5
Green Kevin Foster 107 5.5 +0.4
Majority 143 7.4
Turnout 1,936 41.5
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Close

By-election following death of John Blackie.[13]

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Bilton and Nidd Gorge by-election, 6 May 2021[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matt Scott 1,991 42.6 +10.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Kempston-Parkes 1,639 35.1 +6.9
Labour Tyler Reeton 434 9.3 −3.8%
Green Arnold Warneken 430 9.2 New
Yorkshire John Hall 136 2.9 New
Independent Harvey Alexander 46 1 −17.9
Majority 352 7.5
Turnout 4,696 37.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +14.15%
Close

By-election following death of Geoff Webber.[15]

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Ribblesdale by-election, 6 May 2021[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Staveley 1,537 54.2 −11.1
Labour Brian McDaid 475 16.7 −18.0
Liberal Democrats Luke Allan 430 15.2 +15.2
Green David Noland 395 13.9 +13.9
Majority 1,062 37.4
Turnout 2,837 44.0
Conservative hold Swing
Close

By-election following death of Richard Welch.[17]

2022–2026

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Masham and Fountains by-election, 9 February 2023[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Felicity Cunliffe-Lister 1,349 62.7 +37.2
Conservative Victoria Brooke Hull 801 37.3 −6.9
Majority 548 25.5
Turnout 2,150 35.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +37.2
Close

By-election following death of Margaret Atkinson.[19]

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Eastfield by-election, 25 May 2023[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tony Randerson 499 46.4 +46.4
Liberal Democrats Erica Willett 281 26.1 +26.1
Labour David Thompson 169 15.7 −57.6
Conservative Eric Batts 69 6.4 −16.0
Independent Tim Thorne 39 3.6 +3.6
Green Will Forbes 19 1.8 −2.5
Majority 218 20.3
Turnout 1,076
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Close

By-election following resignation of Tony Randerson, who contested the by-election as an independent.[21]

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Hutton Rudby and Osmotherley by-election, 28 September 2023[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Hugill 954 48.4 +8.9
Liberal Democrats Duncan Ross Russell 747 37.9 +14.2
Green Allan Mortimer 243 12.3 +12.3
Yorkshire Lee Derrick 27 1.4 +1.4
Majority 207 10.5
Turnout 1,971
Conservative hold Swing
Close

By-election following resignation of Bridget Fortune.[23]

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Sowerby and Topcliffe by-election, 30 November 2023[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dan Sladden 764 41.2 +41.2
Conservative Dave Elders 480 25.9 −22.2
Green John Law 306 16.5 −35.4
Labour Helen Tomlinson 250 13.5 +13.5
Yorkshire John Hall 35 1.9 +1.9
Monster Raving Loony Stew Exotic 20 1.1 +1.1
Majority 284 15.3
Turnout 1,855
Liberal Democrats gain from Green Swing
Close

By-election following resignation of Dave Whitfield.[25]

More information Party, Candidate ...
Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone by-election, 11 April 2024[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Timothy 1,094 43.8 −7.8
Conservative John Ennis 768 30.8 −4.0
Green Gilly Charters 376 15.1 +15.1
Reform Jonathan Swales 141 5.7 +5.7
Labour Geoff Foxall 116 4.6 −2.6
Majority 326 13.1
Turnout 2,495
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Close

By-election following resignation of Patricia Marsh.[27]

More information Party, Candidate ...
Eastfield by-election, 19 June 2025[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Tom Seston 538 62.7 +62.7
Labour Hazel Smith 121 14.1 −1.6
Social Justice Party Helen Williams 118 13.8 +13.8
Conservative Helen Baker 40 4.7 −1.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Harrison 24 2.8 −23.3
Green Kieran Wade 17 2.0 +0.2
Majority 417 20.3
Turnout 858
Reform gain from Independent Swing
Close

By-election following resignation of Tony Randerson.[29]

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