# 2009 North Yorkshire County Council election

Elections to North Yorkshire County Council took place on 4 June 2009, having been delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament.

## Results

North Yorkshire County Council election, 2009 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 48 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 66.6 | 51.9 | 100,032 |
| Liberal Democrats | 11 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 15.3 | 22.45 | 43,253 |
| Independent | 11 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 15.3 | 10.2 | 19,573 |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 1.4 | 10.5 | 20,180 |
| Liberal | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.4 | 0.85 | 1,636 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 4,032 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 2,677 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.45 | 884 |
| Richmondshire Independent Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.22 | 432 |
| "No Party Specified" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 267 |
| Alliance for Green Socialism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 | 89 |

## Divisional results
### Craven district

Airedale division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Patrick Thomas Mulligan | 1,210 | 46.86 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Andrew Wheeler | 1,054 | 40.82 |
| | Labour | Graeme John Hitchen | 273 | 10.58 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 45 | 1.74 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 156 | 6.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,582 | 41.32 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Mid-Craven division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Shelagh Marshall | 2,101 | 61.04 |
| | UKIP | Alexander Bentley | 555 | 16.12 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Rankine | 494 | 14.35 |
| | Labour | James Steed Black | 279 | 8.11 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.38 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,546 | 44.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,442 | 50.34 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
North Craven division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Lloyd Ireton | 1,978 | 77.81 |
| | Labour | Christine Elsie Brackley | 484 | 19.04 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 80 | 3.15 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,494 | 58.77 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,542 | 40.87 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Ribblesdale division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard Charles Welch | 1,325 | 53.00 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Albert Heather | 899 | 35.96 |
| | Labour | James David Austin | 239 | 9.56 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 37 | 1.48 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 426 | 17.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,500 | 40.08 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Skipton East division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Robert Geoffrey Heseltine | 1,224 | 46.10 |
| | Conservative | Christopher James Harbron | 691 | 26.03 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Walpole | 266 | 10.02 |
| | BNP | Patricia Margaret Claughton | 241 | 9.08 |
| | Labour | Duncan John Hall | 212 | 7.98 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.79 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 533 | 20.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,655 | 38.17 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Skipton West division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Polly English | 956 | 40.46 |
| | Conservative | Paul Howard Whitaker | 875 | 37.03 |
| | Labour | Peter Madeley | 272 | 11.51 |
| | BNP | Andrew Henry William Brons | 242 | 10.24 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.76 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 81 | 3.43 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,363 | 41.09 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
South Craven division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Philip Melvin Barrett | 1,709 | 68.91 |
| | Conservative | John Francis Garton | 334 | 13.47 |
| | UKIP | Ian Bannister | 329 | 13.27 |
| | Labour | Robert Charles Battison | 99 | 3.99 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.36 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1375 | 55.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,480 | 41.44 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

### Hambleton district

Bedale division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Keith Weighell | 1,609 | 56.30 |
| | Independent | Ian Watkins | 1,059 | 37.05 |
| | Labour | Alan Richardson | 180 | 6.30 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.35 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 550 | 19.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,858 | 43.34 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Easingwold division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter George Sowray | 1,699 | 64.95 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Adamson | 650 | 24.85 |
| | Labour | Gerald Shaw | 245 | 9.36 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 22 | 0.84 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,049 | 40.10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,616 | 38.82 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Great Ayton division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Heather Moorhouse | 1,380 | 58.90 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Tierney | 629 | 26.85 |
| | Labour | Michael Edward Newton | 191 | 8.15 |
| | BNP | Christopher Lawrence Impett | 125 | 5.33 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.77 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 751 | 32.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,343 | 43.00 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
North Hambleton division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Tim Swales | 1,820 | 69.95 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryn Griffiths | 531 | 20.41 |
| | Labour | Janet Seymour Kirk | 223 | 8.57 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 28 | 1.07 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,289 | 49.54 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,602 | 42.77 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Northallerton division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Tony Hall | 1,191 | 70.81 |
| | Labour | Kathryn Jayne MacColl | 431 | 25.62 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 60 | 3.57 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 760 | 45.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,682 | 26.60 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Romanby and Broomfield division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Maurice Blades | 1,652 | 64.16 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Thomas Short | 536 | 20.82 |
| | Labour | Ann Hutchings | 365 | 14.17 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 22 | 0.85 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,116 | 43.34 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,575 | 37.94 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Sowerby division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Neville William Huxtable | 1,480 | 55.08 |
| | Independent | David Stuart Bentley | 523 | 19.46 |
| | Labour | Jonathan Roberts | 474 | 17.64 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Di Keal | 199 | 7.41 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.41 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 957 | 35.62 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,687 | 41.59 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Stillington division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Caroline Patmore | 1,884 | 69.50 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Beckett | 507 | 18.70 |
| | Labour | Rosemary Shaw | 270 | 9.96 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 50 | 1.84 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,377 | 50.79 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,711 | 41.04 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Stokesley division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Margaret Seymour | 1,545 | 53.06 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Philip Dickins | 1,205 | 41.38 |
| | Labour | Gerald Ramsden | 142 | 4.88 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 20 | 0.68 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 340 | 11.68 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,912 | 48.30 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Swale division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Arthur William Barker | 1,823 | 72.78 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Lesley Burdett | 459 | 18.32 |
| | Labour | Jane Elizabeth Richardson | 196 | 7.82 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 27 | 1.08 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,364 | 54.45 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,505 | 39.45 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Thirsk division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Gareth Wedgwood Dadd | 1,824 | 80.32 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Max Tanner | 426 | 18.76 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.92 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,398 | 61.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,271 | 36.84 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Harrogate district

Ainsty division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Savage | 2,332 | 71.62 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon James Oldroyd | 642 | 19.72 |
| | Labour | Stephen Cobb | 247 | 7.59 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 35 | 1.07 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,690 | 51.90 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,256 | 46.30 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Boroughbridge division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Watson | 1,921 | 61.53 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Rothwell | 997 | 31.94 |
| | Labour | Lorraine Marie Ferris | 169 | 5.41 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 35 | 1.12 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 924 | 29.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,122 | 42.55 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Frederick Webber | 1,947 | 24.54 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Martin Goss | 1,930 | 24.33 |
| | Conservative | Robin Adderley | 1,451 | 18.29 |
| | Conservative | John Wren | 1,220 | 15.37 |
| | BNP | Steven Daniel Gill | 476 | 6.00 |
| | BNP | Paul Kevin Chitty | 459 | 5.79 |
| | Labour | Daniel Paul Joseph Maguire | 405 | 5.10 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 23 | 0.58 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17 | 0.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,967 | 31.67 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Harrogate Central division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Michael Fox | 2,176 | 26.10 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Walter Marshall | 1,948 | 23.37 |
| | Conservative | Richard Cooper | 1,922 | 23.06 |
| | Conservative | Jean Mary Butterfield | 1,892 | 22.70 |
| | Labour | Michael Docherty | 270 | 3.24 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 64 | 1.53 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 228 | 2.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,168 | 31.56 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Harrogate Harlow division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jim Clark | 1,785 | 60.16 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Macare | 1,048 | 35.32 |
| | Labour | Andrew Philip Gray | 93 | 3.14 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 41 | 1.38 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 737 | 24.84 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,967 | 45.97 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Harrogate Oatlands division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Stephen Barnes | 1,445 | 50.16 |
| | Conservative | David Gilbert Simister | 1,302 | 45.19 |
| | Labour | Tony Pedel | 97 | 3.37 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 37 | 1.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 143 | 4.96 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,881 | 43.94 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Harrogate Saltergate division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Don Mackenzie | 1,502 | 57.64 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Brian Charlton | 951 | 36.49 |
| | Labour | Janet Isabella Morrow | 114 | 4.37 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 39 | 1.50 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 551 | 21.14 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,606 | 39.48 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Harrogate Starbeck division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret-Ann De Courcey-Bayley | 1,124 | 57.03 |
| | Conservative | Richard John Cain | 637 | 32.32 |
| | Labour | Geoff Foxall | 171 | 8.67 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 39 | 1.98 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 487 | 24.71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,971 | 30.40 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Knaresborough division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bill Hoult | 1,985 | 21.00 |
| | Conservative | John Batt | 1,765 | 18.67 |
| | Conservative | Ivor Fox | 1,719 | 18.18 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Christopher Willoughby | 1,659 | 17.54 |
| | Independent | Robert Geoffrey Heseltine | 1,240 | 13.11 |
| | Labour | David Crosthwaite | 355 | 3.75 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 31 | 0.65 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 220 | 2.33 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,728 | 39.36 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Lower Nidderdale and Bishop Monkton division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Heather Joyce Garnett | 2,176 | 70.28 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phillip Stephen Barlow | 745 | 24.06 |
| | Labour | Janet Elizabeth Williams | 125 | 4.04 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 50 | 1.62 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,431 | 46.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,096 | 44.36 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Masham and Fountains division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Paul Aidan Richardson | 1,878 | 69.12 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela June Hosie | 805 | 29.63 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 34 | 1.25 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,073 | 39.49 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,717 | 41.18 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Pannal and Lower Wharfedale division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Cliff Trotter | 2,209 | 69.66 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jack Duckworth | 800 | 25.23 |
| | Labour | Greg Lodge | 142 | 4.48 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 20 | 0.63 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,409 | 44.43 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,171 | 46.91 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Pateley Bridge division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Fort | 2,459 | 83.41 |
| | Labour | Deborah Ann Havercroft | 390 | 13.23 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 99 | 3.36 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,069 | 70.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,948 | 44.26 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Ripon North division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Bernard Arthur Bateman | 967 | 42.56 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Stockdale | 490 | 21.57 |
| | Independent | Sid Hawke | 461 | 20.29 |
| | Party not declared | Stanley Mackintosh | 238 | 10.48 |
| | Labour | Althea Farmer | 98 | 4.31 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.79 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 477 | 20.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,272 | 35.31 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Ripon South division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Andrew Williams | 1,365 | 63.64 |
| | Conservative | Mike Chambers | 344 | 16.04 |
| | Independent | Kenn Hart | 221 | 10.30 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathy Weidemann | 205 | 9.56 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.46 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,021 | 47.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,145 | 37.13 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

### Richmondshire district

Catterick Bridge division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Carl Anthony Les | 1,057 | 50.67 |
| | Independent | Jill McMullon | 566 | 27.13 |
| | Green | Leslie Rowe | 391 | 18.75 |
| | Labour | Eric Walter Beechey | 62 | 2,97 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.48 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 491 | 23.54 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,086 | 37.71 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Central Richmondshire division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Melva Jean Steckles | 763 | 44.13 |
| | The Richmondshire Independent Group | Helen Mary Grant | 432 | 24.99 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Robinson | 289 | 16.71 |
| | Green | Dave Dalton | 147 | 8.50 |
| | Labour | Anne Evelyn Mannix | 84 | 4.86 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.81 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 331 | 19.14 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,729 | 22.57 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Middle Dales division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Roger Harrison-Topham | 1,403 | 57.24 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Curran | 678 | 27.66 |
| | Independent | Tony Pelton | 245 | 10.00 |
| | Labour | Roy Hutchings | 105 | 4.28 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 20 | 0.82 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 725 | 29.58 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,451 | 42.93 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Richmond division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Parsons | 1,511 | 55.45 |
| | Conservative | Russell Frederick Lord | 1,025 | 37.62 |
| | Labour | Jeffrey Edward King | 148 | 5.43 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 41 | 1.50 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 486 | 17.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,725 | 41.89 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Richmondshire North division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Heseltine | 1,564 | 57.02 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Elizabeth Parlour | 819 | 29.86 |
| | Green | Emir Nader | 200 | 7.29 |
| | Labour | Mark Thorpe | 150 | 5.47 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.36 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 745 | 27.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,743 | 44.78 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Upper Dales division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | John Blackie | 1,859 | 73.39 |
| | Conservative | Muriel Rose Blythman | 369 | 14.57 |
| | Green | Robbie Kelly | 236 | 9.32 |
| | Labour | Peter Leonard Cornwall | 66 | 2.60 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.12 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,490 | 58.82 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,533 | 52.46 |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Ryedale district

Hovingham and Sheriff Hutton division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Clare Launa Wood | 2,326 | 71.77 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marian Hodgson | 698 | 21.54 |
| | Labour | Jean Bills | 179 | 5.52 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 38 | 1.17 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,628 | 50.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,241 | 47.99 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Kirkbymoorside division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Val Arnold | 1,730 | 64.24 |
| | Liberal | Nelly Trevelyan | 378 | 14.04 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jack Wilford | 324 | 12.03 |
| | Labour | Judy Dixon | 229 | 8.50 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 32 | 1.19 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,352 | 50.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,693 | 42.18 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Malton division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Knaggs | 1,428 | 53.20 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Leslie Keal | 1,043 | 38.86 |
| | Labour | Cliff Williams | 178 | 6.63 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 35 | 1.31 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 385 | 14.34 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,684 | 39.62 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Norton division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stephen Shaw | 981 | 42.14 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Lloyd-Williams | 908 | 39.00 |
| | BNP | Jeff Kelly | 238 | 10.23 |
| | Labour | Heather Milner | 190 | 8.16 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.47 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 73 | 3.14 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,328 | 32.97 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Pickering division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | John Samuel Clark | 1,258 | 43.65 |
| | Conservative | Greg White | 1,200 | 41.64 |
| | Green | Chris Newsam | 280 | 9.72 |
| | Labour | Doreen Davies | 120 | 4.16 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 25 | 0.87 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 58 | 2.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,882 | 42.58 |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Thornton Dale and The Wolds division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ron Haigh | 1,665 | 60.81 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janice William | 804 | 29.36 |
| | Labour | Rod Price | 239 | 8.73 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 30 | 1.10 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 861 | 31.45 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,738 | 39.19 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Scarborough district

Castle division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Janet Helen Jefferson | 694 | 43.08 |
| | Conservative | Ros Fox | 319 | 19.80 |
| | Labour | Michelle Andrew | 240 | 14.90 |
| | Green | Jason Frank Mullen | 222 | 13.78 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Short | 119 | 7.39 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 17 | 1.05 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 375 | 23.28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,611 | 31.51 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | |
Eastfield and Osgodby division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Simpson | 607 | 43.08 |
| | Independent | Norman Kenneth Murphy | 345 | 24.48 |
| | Conservative | Debbie Nock | 260 | 18.45 |
| | Labour | Tracey Ann White | 170 | 12.07 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 27 | 1.92 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 264 | 18.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,409 | 27.56 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
Esk Valley division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Herbert Tindall | 1,742 | 74.86 |
| | Labour | Janet Peake | 512 | 22.00 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 73 | 3.14 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,230 | 52.86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,327 | 43.56 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Falsgrave and Stepney division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Pat Marsburg | 531 | 25.73 |
| | Conservative | Robert John Owens | 480 | 23.25 |
| | Green | David Hugh Malone | 433 | 20.98 |
| | Labour | Andrew Phillip Sharp | 259 | 12.55 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kev Riley | 204 | 9.88 |
| | BNP | Kevan Foulds | 151 | 7.32 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.29 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 51 | 2.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,064 | 32.64 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | |
Filey division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Mike Cockerill | 709 | 35.27 |
| | Conservative | Colin Haddington | 609 | 30.30 |
| | Independent | Sam Cross | 383 | 19.05 |
| | BNP | Trisha Scott | 180 | 8.96 |
| | Labour | Julia Gatie | 114 | 5.67 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 100 | 4.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,010 | 36.55 |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Hertford and Cayton division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Stephen Blackburn | 1,403 | 54.42 |
| | Independent | Gordon Johnson | 635 | 24.63 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Johan Zegstroo | 267 | 10.36 |
| | Labour | John White | 247 | 9.58 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 26 | 1.01 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 768 | 29.79 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,578 | 38.86 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Newby division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Andrew Backhouse | 685 | 33.94 |
| | Labour | Phil McDonald | 406 | 20.12 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liz R Black | 392 | 19.43 |
| | Independent | Bill Miller | 370 | 18.33 |
| | Green | Sarah Joanne Priestley | 160 | 7.93 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.25 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 279 | 13.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,018 | 38.33 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Northstead division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Peter Popple | 567 | 30.72 |
| | Conservative | Derek James Bastiman | 504 | 27.30 |
| | Labour | Eric Broadbent | 350 | 18.96 |
| | Green | Kate White | 228 | 12.35 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Walker | 182 | 9.86 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.81 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 63 | 3.41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,846 | 30.61 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | |
Scalby and The Coast division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Helen Gail Swiers | 1,915 | 60.76 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Magnus Laurence Johnson | 919 | 29.16 |
| | Labour | Jude Thurlow | 281 | 8.91 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 37 | 1.17 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 996 | 31.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,152 | 44.66 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Seamer and Derwent Valley division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Colin Jeffels | 1,387 | 46.61 |
| | Independent | Mick Jay-Hanmer | 908 | 30.51 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bob Jackman | 498 | 16.73 |
| | Labour | Subash Chunder Sharma | 176 | 5.91 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.24 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 479 | 16.10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,976 | 39.51 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Weaponness and Ramshill division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Penny Marsden | 933 | 38.76 |
| | Conservative | Martin Smith | 797 | 33.11 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rod Rodgers | 305 | 12.67 |
| | Labour | Barry John Edwards | 185 | 7.69 |
| | Green | Judy Deans | 175 | 7.27 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.50 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 136 | 5.65 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,407 | 35.82 |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Whitby/Mayfield Cum Mulgrave division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jane Margaret Kenyon | 1,055 | 46.15 |
| | Independent | Mike Ward | 851 | 37.23 |
| | Labour | Diana Jeuda | 362 | 15.83 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.79 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 204 | 8.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,286 | 34.02 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Whitby/Streonshalh division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joe Plant | 759 | 36.11 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Peirson | 395 | 18.79 |
| | Independent | Sandra Tuner | 381 | 18.12 |
| | Labour | Gerald Alick James Dennett | 273 | 12.99 |
| | Independent | John Dickinson | 116 | 5.52 |
| | Alliance for Green Socialism | Juliet Marie Boddington | 89 | 4.23 |
| | Independent | Steve Smith | 79 | 3.76 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.48 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 364 | 17.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,102 | 30.43 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Woodlands division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Bill Chatt | 442 | 24.23 |
| | Conservative | Peter Russell Southward | 438 | 24.01 |
| | Labour | David Lawrence Billing | 364 | 19.96 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Evans | 361 | 19.79 |
| | Green | Chris Philips | 205 | 11.24 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.77 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4 | 0.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,824 | 31.84 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Selby district

Cawood and Saxton division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Andrew Lee | 1,570 | 73.33 |
| | Labour | Jan Marshall | 493 | 23.03 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 78 | 3.64 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,077 | 50.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,141 | 41.36 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Escrick division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Ann Casling | 1,740 | 66.62 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Michael Cuthbertson | 522 | 19.98 |
| | Labour | Ted Mansfield | 320 | 12.25 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 30 | 1.15 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,218 | 46.63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,612 | 42.44 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Mid Selby division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Chris Pearson | 1,366 | 59.65 |
| | Labour | Paul Harvey | 519 | 22.66 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Hall | 362 | 15.81 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 43 | 1.88 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 847 | 36.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,290 | 38.10 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Osgoldcross division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | John Burgess McCartney | 1,236 | 47.69 |
| | Conservative | Gillian Carol Ivey | 1,076 | 41.51 |
| | Labour | Jack Davie | 267 | 10.30 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.50 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 160 | 6.17 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,592 | 41,87 |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Selby Barlby division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Karl Vincent Arthur | 1,652 | 20.08 |
| | Labour | Brian Marshall | 1,643 | 19.97 |
| | Conservative | David Arthur Fagan | 1,612 | 19.59 |
| | Labour | Steve Shaw-Wright | 1,607 | 19.53 |
| | BNP | Stephen Ward | 608 | 7.39 |
| | BNP | Duncan Lorriman | 555 | 6.75 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 50 | 1.22 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9 | 0.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,114 | 30.81 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Selby Brayton division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Dave Peart | 1,379 | 52.02 |
| | Labour | Graham Gatman | 616 | 23.24 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Brian Hawkins | 358 | 13.50 |
| | BNP | Ernest Watts | 280 | 10.56 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 20 | 0.75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 763 | 28.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,651 | 39.09 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
Sherburn in Elmet division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mike Jordan | 1,399 | 52.83 |
| | Labour | Jim Snowball | 946 | 35.73 |
| | BNP | Belinda Robson | 274 | 10.35 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 30 | 1.13 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 453 | 17.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,648 | 39.65 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
South Selby division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Margaret Hulme | 1,580 | 69.12 |
| | Labour | Stephanie Duckett | 640 | 27.99 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 66 | 2.89 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 940 | 41.12 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,286 | 35.93 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Tadcaster division :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Chris Metcalfe | 1,053 | 50.09 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roderic Parker | 640 | 30.45 |
| | BNP | Sam Matthew Clayton | 203 | 9.66` |
| | Labour | Brian Rogerson | 189 | 8.99 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.81 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 413 | 19.65 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,102 | 36.32 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |