# 2019 Richmondshire District Council election

The 2019 Richmondshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Richmondshire District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. At the election, the Conservatives lost control of the council.

## Ward Results
### Catterick and Brompton-on-Swale

Catterick and Brompton-on-Swale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Paul Spencer | 677 | 48.0 | |
| | Conservative | Ian Threlfall* | 616 | 43.7 | |
| | Independent | Leslie Rowe | 599 | 42.5 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Wyrill | 510 | 36.1 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Heylings | 406 | 28.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 89 | 6.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,431 | 29.63 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Colburn

Colburn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Angie Dale* | 392 | 58.4 | |
| | Green | Kevin Foster | 307 | 45.8 | |
| | Conservative | Bill Glover* | 228 | 34.0 | |
| | Conservative | Jane Wyrill | 74 | 11.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 79 | 11.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 682 | 24.81 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) |

### Croft and Middleton Tyas

Croft and Middleton Tyas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Angus Thompson* | 535 | 44.0 | |
| | Conservative | Campbell Dawson* | 522 | 42.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Parlour | 400 | 32.9 | |
| | Independent | Bev Partridge* | 285 | 23.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harold Millar | 265 | 21.8 | |
| | Labour | Ken Smith | 122 | 10.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 122 | 10.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,222 | 42.08 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Gilling West

Gilling West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | William Heslop* | 440 | 64.9 | |
| | Conservative | Jamie Cameron* | 238 | 35.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 202 | 29.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 688 | 39.59 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Hawes, High Abbotside and Upper Swaledale

Hawes, High Abbotside and Upper Swaledale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Blackie* | 709 | 84.7 | |
| | Conservative | Pat Kirkbride | 128 | 15.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 581 | 69.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 843 | 55.13 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Hipswell

Hipswell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Paul Cullen* | 326 | 63.8 | |
| | Conservative | Lawrence Grose* | 192 | 37.6 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Blows* | 167 | 32.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25 | 4.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 515 | 16.95 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Leyburn

Leyburn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Amsden* | 742 | 60.3 | |
| | Conservative | Karin Sedgwick* | 579 | 47.1 | |
| | Conservative | Tony Duff* | 385 | 31.3 | |
| | Labour | Marian Knowles | 252 | 20.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 194 | 15.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,237 | 39.67 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Lower Swaledale and Arkengarthdale

Lower Swaledale and Arkengarthdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Good | 316 | 46.9 | |
| | Conservative | Ian Scott | 236 | 35.0 | |
| | Green | Robbie Kelly | 81 | 12.0 | |
| | Labour | David Dixon | 41 | 6.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 80 | 11.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 675 | 47.10 | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Lower Wensleydale

Lower Wensleydale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Ormston* | 335 | 57.9 | |
| | Green | Lisle Ryder | 244 | 42.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 91 | 15.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 588 | 39.41 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Melsonby

Melsonby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jimmy Wilson-Petch* | 364 | 67.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Knowles | 176 | 32.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 188 | 34.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 550 | 34.61 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Middleham

Middleham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Susan Fairhurst* | 406 | 79.1 | |
| | Labour | Nigel Hopper | 107 | 20.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 299 | 58.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 529 | 35.53 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Richmond East

Richmond East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Wicks | 408 | 60.5 | |
| | Conservative | Hazel Leah | 266 | 39.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 142 | 21.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 708 | 43.25 | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Richmond North

Richmond North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Lorraine Hodgson | 274 | 51.2 | |
| | Conservative | David Johnson | 161 | 30.1 | |
| | Green | Anna Jackson | 58 | 10.8 | |
| | Labour | Gill Page | 42 | 7.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 113 | 21.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 536 | 33.13 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |

### Richmond West

Richmond West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Stuart Parsons* | 703 | 54.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive World* | 592 | 46.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jo Foster | 350 | 27.3 | |
| | Green | Dave Dalton | 275 | 21.5 | |
| | Conservative | Muriel Blythman | 200 | 15.6 | |
| | Conservative | Alexander Grose | 181 | 14.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 242 | 18.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,297 | 39.60 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |

### Scotton

Scotton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Helen Grant* | 434 | 52.8 | |
| | Conservative | Pat Middlemiss* | 335 | 40.8 | |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Linehan* | 281 | 34.2 | |
| | UKIP | Martin Smith | 214 | 26.0 | |
| | Labour | Mark Smith | 123 | 15.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 74 | 6.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 826 | 28.54 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Yoredale

Yoredale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Yvonne Peacock* | 578 | 80.7 | |
| | Labour | Hugo Radice | 138 | 19.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 440 | 61.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 743 | 47.39 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |