# 2014 Harrogate Borough Council election

Elections to Harrogate Borough Council were held on 22 May 2014. A third of the council was up for election, with voting only in the urban wards of Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon. The elections were held on the same day as the British local elections and the European Parliament elections. Each ward up for election returned a councillor for a four-year term of office.

## Electoral system

All locally-registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.

## Campaign

The elections saw new parties contest Harrogate for the first time, such as the TUSC and a number of Independents. The Conservatives and Labour fielded a full slate of the 19 candidates, UK Independence Party fielding 17, 16 Liberal Democrats, the Green Party 8, 3 Independents and 1 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition candidate.

## Results

Harrogate Borough Council election, 2014 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 9 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 37.0% | 11,195 | −4.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 26.7% | 8,077 | -25.4 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 17.7% | 5,363 | +17.7 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 10.4% | 3,145 | +10.4 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3.3% | 988 | +3.3 |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.2% | 66 | +0.2 |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3.1% | 1,410 | -2.2 |

### By electoral division

A total of 19 wards in Harrogate Borough Council were up for election in Harrogate, Ripon and Knaresborough. The last election was held in the 2010 local elections.

#### Bilton

Bilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Haslam | 500 | 30.4% | −9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert O'Neill | 488 | 29.6% | −24.3 |
| | UKIP | David Simister | 435 | 26.4% | +26.4 |
| | Labour | Andrew Gray | 130 | 7.9% | +7.9 |
| | Green | Claire Hawkins | 93 | 5.7% | +5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

#### Granby

Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Fox | 731 | 47.5% | −23.2 |
| | Conservative | Steve Marshall | 333 | 21.6% | −18.6 |
| | UKIP | Hugh Whiteside | 284 | 18.5% | +18.5 |
| | Labour | Robert Darlington | 160 | 10.4% | +10.4 |
| | Independent | Arif Ahmad | 31 | 2.0% | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

#### Harlow Moor

Harlow Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Justin Chan | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | UKIP | David Thompson | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Conservative | Don Mackenzie | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Labour | Kevin McNerney | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |

#### High Harrogate

High Harrogate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Helen Burke | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | UKIP | Philip Burke | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Conservative | Ben Johnson | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Stokes | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | TUSC | Paul Viney | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |

#### Hookstone

Hookstone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lorraine Ferris | 128 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Conservative | Phil Headford | 607 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pat Marsh | 760 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | UKIP | Steven O'Neill | 291 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,786 | 00.0% | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |

#### Knaresborough East

Knaresborough East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sue Batt | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | UKIP | Carolina Bruce | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Labour | David Bulmer | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Willoughby | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |

#### Knaresborough King James

Knaresborough King James :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Nick Bates | 126 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | UKIP | Laurence Bruce | 367 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Goode | 614 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Labour | Diane Maguire | 130 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Conservative | Mike Renton | 603 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |

#### Knaresborough Scriven Park

Knaresborough Scriven Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tony Handley | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Jones | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | UKIP | Chris Royston | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Labour | Jan Williams | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |

#### Low Harrogate

Low Harrogate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Radcliffe | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeanette Marshall | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Labour | Marlene Shreeve | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | UKIP | Ruth Whiteside | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |

#### New Park

New Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Radcliffe | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Dennis | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Green | Conor Hawkins | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Labour | Nicholas Knott | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Webber | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |

#### Pannal

Pannal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Helen Evison | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Kempston-Parkes | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Conservative | John Mann | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | UKIP | Ben Stockburn | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Green | Richard Wilson | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |

#### Ripon Minster

Ripon Minster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Elizabeth Barclay | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Labour | Vivienne Graham | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Independent | Sid Hawke | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Conservative | Stuart Martin | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |

#### Ripon Moorside

Ripon Moorside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UKIP | Jeremy Banyard | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Independent | Pauline McHardy | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Labour | Nick Murray | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Conservative | Mick Stanley | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |

#### Ripon Spa

Ripon Spa :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UKIP | Alan Henderson | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Labour | Andrew Murday | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Conservative | Alan Skidmore | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |

#### Rossett

Rossett :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UKIP | Salvina Bashforth | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Labour | Kevin Bolt | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Conservative | Rebecca Burnett | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Siddans | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |

#### Saltergate

Saltergate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UKIP | Paul Bramley | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Green | Shaun Lowry | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Labour | Janet Morrow | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan Reynolds | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Conservative | Graham Swift | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |

#### Starbeck

Starbeck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Broadbank | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Green | Gillian Charters | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Conservative | Phillip Dixon | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Labour | Geoff Foxall | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |

#### Stray

Stray :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Pat Foxall | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | UKIP | John Hanson | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clare Skardon | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Conservative | Cliff Trotter | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |

#### Woodfield

Woodfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UKIP | Harvey Alexander | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Green | Helen Compton | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Conservative | Mary Dilworth | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Goss | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| | Labour | Brian Summerson | 0,000 | 00.0% | +0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 0,000 | 00.0% | |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | | |