Scarborough Borough Council elections

Scarborough Borough Council in North Yorkshire, England was established in 1974 and abolished in 2023. It was elected once every four years.

Councillor		From	To
Ernest Pilgrim^[4]	Conservative	1974	May 1979
David Jenkinson^[5]^[6]	Conservative	May 1979	21 Nov 1986
Ernest Pilgrim^[7]^[8]^[4]	Conservative	Dec 1986	Apr 1988
Bob Bedford^[9]^[10]	Conservative	1988	May 1991
Ian Stubbs^[11]^[12]	Labour	May 1991	May 1992
Mavis Don^[13]^[14]^[15]	Labour	14 May 1992	May 1999
Eileen Bosomworth^[16]^[17]	Conservative	27 May 1999	4 Sep 2006
Tom Fox^[18]^[19]	Conservative	4 Sep 2006	May 2015
Derek Bastiman^[20]^[21]	Conservative	12 May 2015	May 2019
Steve Siddons^[22]^[23]	Labour	7 May 2019	31 Mar 2023

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Green	UKIP	Independent	Council control after election
Year							Council control after election
1999	17	13	5	0	0	14		No overall control
2003	27	8	2	0	0	13		Conservative
2007	23	4	6	2	0	15		No overall control
2011	25	6	3	2	0	14		Conservative
2015	26	14	0	2	5	3		Conservative
2019	16	13	0	2	1	14		No overall control

Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	685
	Independent	502
	Labour	445
	Labour	362
	Conservative	300
	Conservative	275
	Independent	272
	Independent	180
Turnout		3,021	33.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	Swing
	Independent gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	415	49.5	+9.7
	Independent	227	26.9	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	150	17.8	−3.0
	Conservative	51	6.0	−13.5
Majority		188	22.6
Turnout		843	21.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Political control

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Lowe	500	35.9	+0.3
	Labour	Carol Slater	483	34.7	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Gledhill	346	24.8	+24.8
	Independent	Ian Waller	64	4.6	−31.3
Majority			17	1.2
Turnout			1,393	23.6
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bull	417	48.6	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Peacock	242	28.2	−7.8
	Independent	Patricia Colling	144	16.8	+16.8
	Labour	Paul Murphy	55	6.4	−4.8
Majority			175	20.4
Turnout			858	41.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Philip McDonald	274	38.6	−8.2
	Labour	Angela Andrew	198	27.9	−3.5
	Conservative	Mark Gay	138	19.5	−2.3
	Green	Dilys Cluer	69	9.7	+9.7
	Socialist Alliance	Rachel Boyes	30	4.2	+4.2
Majority			76	10.7
Turnout			709	22.9
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Stubbs	750	36.1	+6.6
	Conservative	Keith Burnett	546	26.3	−5.0
	Green	Jonathan Dixon	425	20.5	+5.5
	Independent	Frank Wright	242	11.6	−12.6
	Independent	Neil Buglass	115	5.5	+5.5
Majority			204	9.8
Turnout			2,078
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eileen Vickers	258	34.5	−13.6
	Independent	Amanda Robinson	244	32.7	+32.7
	Labour	Andrew Sharp	174	23.3	−28.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Heslop-Mullens	71	9.5	+9.5
Majority			14	1.8
Turnout			747	26.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jonathan Dixon	341	27.6	+12.2
	Conservative	Heather Phillips	253	20.5	−10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Pitts	209	16.9	+16.9
	Labour	Patricia Marsburg	181	14.7	−14.6
	BNP	Patricia Scott	154	12.5	+12.5
	Independent	Neil Buglass	96	7.8	−16.3
Majority			88	7.1
Turnout			1,234	32.3
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Cullern	322	22.8	−12.6
	Independent	Michael Cockerill	312	22.1	−23.4
	Independent	Samuel Cross	282	20.0	+20.0
	BNP	Patricia Scott	181	12.8	+12.8
	Independent	Gordon Johnson	127	9.0	+9.0
	Labour	Elizabeth Carrington	126	8.9	−10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Heslop-Mullens	62	4.4	+4.4
Majority			10	0.7
Turnout			1,412	26.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Chambers	736	73.4	+18.3
	BNP	Patricia Scott	267	26.6	+26.6
Majority			469	46.8
Turnout			1,003	25.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Nick Harvey	894	66.5	+41.7
	Conservative	Chris Hodgson	356	26.5	−9.3
	Independent	Gordon Johnson	94	7.0	+7.0
Majority			538	40.0
Turnout			1,344	32.7
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sandra Turner	246	45.3	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Peirson	95	17.5	−29.6
	Conservative	Barry Gregson	80	14.7	−4.9
	Labour	John Chilton	74	13.6	+13.6
	Independent	John Dickinson	48	8.8	+8.8
Majority			151	27.8
Turnout			543	14.8
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Esk Valley By-Election 20 September 2012^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy Coulson	606	67.6	+7.8
	Independent	Mike Ward	151	16.8	+16.8
	Labour	Simon Parkes	87	9.7	−9.5
	UKIP	Michael James	35	3.9	+3.9
	English Democrat	Ed Scott	18	2.0	+2.0
Majority			455	50.7
Turnout			897
	Conservative hold		Swing

Esk Valley By-Election 2 May 2013^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Ward	698	67.1	+67.1
	Labour	Simon Parkes	178	17.1	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Jackman	164	15.8	+15.8
Majority			520	50.0
Turnout			1,040
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Newby By-Election 22 August 2013^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Backhouse	380	35.2	+8.5
	UKIP	Andy Smith	285	26.4	+26.4
	Labour	Carl Maw	197	18.2	−1.0
	Independent	Bonnie Purchon	143	13.2	+13.2
	Green	Helen Kindness	76	7.0	−5.2
Majority			95	8.8
Turnout			1,081
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Eastfield By-Election 21 November 2013^[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Randerson	310	48.8	+19.8
	UKIP	Jonathan Dodds	175	27.6	+27.6
	Independent	Carole Gerarda	97	15.3	+3.9
	Conservative	William Barnes	32	5.0	−4.7
	Green	Annette Hudspeth	11	1.7	+1.7
	Independent	Dawn Maxwell	10	1.6	+1.6
Majority			135	21.3
Turnout			635
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steven Leadley	436	38.5
	Independent	Derek Robinson	282	24.9
	Labour	Janet Peake	238	21.0
	Independent	Bill Miller	112	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Cawood	65	5.7
Majority			154	13.6
Turnout			1,133	30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Johan Zegstroo	182	31
	Labour	John Warburton	159	27
	Independent	Nick Butterworth	110	19
	Conservative	Martin Morris	100	17
	BNP	Trisha Scott	27	5
	Green	Mick Cutler	13	2
Majority			23	3.9
Turnout			591
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michelle Donohue-Moncrieff	663	60.5	+22.6
	Labour	Vanda Inman	208	19.0	+6.9
	UKIP	Michael James	126	11.5	+11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Jackman	99	9.0	+9.0
Majority			455	41.5
Turnout			1,096
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tina Davy	229	29.7	−4.0
	Independent	Derek Robinson	209	27.1	+27.1
	UKIP	John Thistle	209	27.1	+27.1
	Conservative	Janet MacDonald	125	16.2	−27.8
Majority			20	2.6
Turnout			772
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Siddons	190	32.5	+15.3
	UKIP	Michael James	149	25.5	+25.5
	Conservative	Peter Southward	122	20.9	−2.3
	Green	Mark Vesey	67	11.5	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lana Rodgers	56	9.6	−7.6
Majority			41	7.0
Turnout			584
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Phillips	632	42.1	−4.5
	UKIP	Michael James	383	25.5	+25.5
	Labour	Marcus Missen	183	12.2	+12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Lockwood	109	7.3	−10.6
	Green	Michael Cutler	99	6.6	+6.6
	Independent	David Wright	96	6.4	+6.4
Majority			249	16.6
Turnout			1,502
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marion Watson	395	46.5	+11.4
	Labour	Hugo Fearnley	299	35.2	+19.6
	Independent	John Armsby	118	13.9	−7.9
	Yorkshire	Lee Derrick	37	4.4	+4.4
Majority			96	11.3
Turnout			849
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Nock	268	45.8	−1.5
	Labour	Gerald Dennett	142	24.3	−6.7
	Independent	Linda Wild	122	20.9	+20.9
	Yorkshire	Lee Derrick	53	9.1	+9.1
Majority			126	21.5
Turnout			585
	Conservative hold		Swing