2015 Ryedale District Council election

The 2015 Ryedale District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Ryedale District Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Party results
Ryedale Local Election Result 2015
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 20 2 2 0 66.6 45.1 16,943 -3.2
  Independent 5 2 1 +1 16.6 18.4 6,911 +2.7
  Liberal 3 0 1 -1 10.0 11.3 4,234 +7.0
  Liberal Democrats 2 1 1 0 6.6 6.5 2,459 -23.7
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 7.4 2,794 +7.4
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 6.3 2,369 +6.3
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 1,875 +5.0

The Conservative Party fielded 26 candidates for the 30 vacancies - 20 of whom were elected. There were 13 Independent candidates with 5 elected. Two Independent Groups were formed on the Council - one with the three members for Malton and one with the two members for Hovingham and Rillington. The Liberal Party fielded 10 candidates with 3 elected and the Liberal Democrats fielded 6 candidates with 2 elected.

The Green Party fielded 8 candidates, non of whom were elected. Likewise, the Labour Party fielded 7 unsuccessful candidates and the UK Independence Party fielded 6 unsuccessful candidates.

Ward results

30 Members were elected across 20 Wards.[2]

Amotherby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fiona Farnell 570 54
Independent Darren Allanson 485 46
Turnout 1055 69 {{{change}}}
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Ampleforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim Bailey 619 65
Green Barbara Hickman 334 35
Turnout 953 72 {{{change}}}
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Cropton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Clark 526 53
Conservative Lorraine Allanson 471 47
Turnout 997 77 {{{change}}}
Liberal hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Dales
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Frank 534 66
Liberal Nelly Trevelyan 281 34
Turnout 815 74 {{{change}}}
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Derwent (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Cleary 1077 35
Conservative Phil Evans 750 25
Independent Stephen Shaw 659 22
Liberal Democrats Abigail Stokell-Beckett 574 19
Turnout 3,060 71 {{{change}}}
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Helmsley (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Arnold 982 35
Conservative Snowy Windress 832 30
Independent George Hawkins 584 21
Green Erica Rose 407 15
Turnout 2,805 65 {{{change}}}
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Hovingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Wainwright 599 58
Green Nicholas Burton 439 42
Turnout 1,038 72 {{{change}}}
Independent hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Kirkbymoorside (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bob Gardiner 763 25
Conservative David Cussons 757 25
Green Martin Brampton 477 15
Labour Jill Wells 436 14
Liberal Luke Richardson 374 12
Liberal Nicky Hollins 280 9
Turnout 3,087 66 {{{change}}}
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing {{{swing}}}
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Malton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Lindsay Burr 1020 18
Independent Paul Andrews 838 15
Independent Ed Jowitt 664 12
Conservative Kerry Ennis 624 11
Conservative David Hoggard 566 10
Conservative Ann Hopkinson 558 10
UKIP Peter Ash 532 9
Labour Sam Prest 456 8
Labour Tim Prest 385 7
Turnout 5,643 63 {{{change}}}
Independent hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing {{{swing}}}
Independent gain from Conservative Swing {{{swing}}}
  • Lindsay Burr was previously elected as a Liberal Democrat and retained her seat.
Norton East (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keane Duncan 745 29
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Shields 440 17
UKIP Kevin Anderson 402 16
Liberal Democrats Ben Mehrtens 320 13
Conservative Jane Harrison 319 13
Independent Ray King 309 12
Turnout 2,535 53 {{{change}}}
Conservative gain from Independent Swing {{{swing}}}
Liberal Democrats hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Norton West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Luke Ives 704 23
Liberal Democrats Di Keal 631 20
Conservative Liz Johnson 518 17
Independent Jeremy Powell 388 13
Liberal Democrats Howard Keal 325 11
UKIP Philip Mooring 200 6
UKIP Chris Cooper 181 6
Liberal Alasdair Clark 82 3
Liberal Eddie Thornton 52 2
Turnout 3,081 63 {{{change}}}
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing {{{swing}}}
Pickering East (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Will Oxley 739 26
Liberal Joy Andrews 643 23
Liberal Tommy Woodward 496 18
Independent Susan Cowan 373 13
Labour Eileen Randall 247 9
Liberal Democrats Jane Haigh 169 6
Independent Charles Hopkinson 163 6
Turnout 2,830 64 {{{change}}}
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Liberal hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Pickering West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Tim Thornton 893 34
Conservative Linda Cowling 817 31
Liberal Mike Potter 607 23
Labour Geoff Randall 314 12
Turnout 2,631 66 {{{change}}}
Liberal hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Rillington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Brian Maud 492 57
UKIP Trevor Golding 220 26
Green Janice Every 145 17
Turnout 857 63 {{{change}}}
Independent hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Ryedale South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Goodrick unopposed
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Sherburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Raper 464 47
UKIP Barry Waite 340 34
Green Selma Khan 193 19
Turnout 997 65 {{{change}}}
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Sheriff Hutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eric Hope 726 68
Independent Chris Pickles 337 32
Turnout 1063 77 {{{change}}}
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Sinnington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Val Arnold 664 63
Green Glyn Wild 289 27
Labour Mike Martin 106 10
Turnout 1,059 73 {{{change}}}
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Thornton Dale (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoff Acomb 1099 36
Conservative Janet Sanderson 1045 34
Green Sandra Bell 510 17
Labour Mick Johnston 425 14
Turnout 3,079 93 {{{change}}}
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}
Wolds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tharik Jainu-Deen unopposed
Conservative hold Swing {{{swing}}}

References
  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  2. "Ryedale District Council election results 2015". Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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