2022 North Yorkshire Council election

2022 North Yorkshire County Council election

The 2022 North Yorkshire Council election took place on 5 May 2022, alongside the other local elections. These were the last elections to North Yorkshire County Council, and the elected councillors would also serve as the first councillors on the North Yorkshire Council (a new unitary authority), which replaced the existing county council in April 2023.^[1]

The scheduled 2021 North Yorkshire County Council elections were not held due to the restructure of local government in the county.^[2]

The North Yorkshire County Council was led by a Conservative Party majority prior to the election.

Previous council composition

Changes:

• July 2018: Michael Jordan leaves Conservatives to join the Yorkshire Party.^[4]
• August 2018: David Goode gains seat for Liberal Democrats from Conservatives in by-election^[5]
• July 2019: John Blackie (independent) dies; by-election held October 2019^[6]
• October 2019: Yvonne Peacock gains seat for Conservatives from independent in by-election^[7]
• October 2019: Andrew Jenkinson leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent^[8]
• November 2019: Andrew Backhouse leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent^[9]
• August 2020: Michael Jordan returns from the Yorkshire Party to the Conservatives.
• January 2021: Richard Welch (Conservative) dies; by-election held in May 2021^[10]
• March 2021: Geoff Weber (Liberal Democrats) dies; by-election held in May 2021^[11]
• May 2021: Matt Scott gains seat for Conservatives from Liberal Democrats in by-election,^[12] David Staveley retains seat for Conservatives in by-election^[13]
• February 2022: Caroline Goodrick leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent^[14]
• Val Arnold leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent^[15]
• David Hugill leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent^[16]

Results summary

Candidates

Statements of persons nominated were published on 6 April.^{[17] [18][19]}

Craven area

Aire Valley

Bentham & Ingleton

Changes are shown from 2017 with the identical North Craven division of North Yorkshire County Council.

Glusburn, Cross Hills & Sutton-in-Craven

Mid Craven

Settle & Penyghent

Skipton East & South

Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby

Skipton West & West Craven

¹ - Solloway and Madeley were both tied on 503 votes; Solloway won the seat via drawing of lots.

Hambleton area

Aiskew & Leeming

Bedale

Easingwold

Great Ayton

Hillside & Raskelf

Huby & Tollerton

Hutton Rudby & Osmotherley

Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske

Northallerton North & Brompton

Northallerton South

Romanby

Sowerby & Topcliffe

Stokesley

Thirsk

Harrogate area

Bilton & Nidd Gorge

Bilton Grange & New Park

Boroughbridge & Claro

Coppice Valley & Duchy

Fairfax & Starbeck

Harlow & St. Georges

High Harrogate & Kingsley

Killinghall, Hampsthwaite & Saltergate

Knaresborough East

Knaresborough West

Masham & Fountains

Oatlands & Pannal

Ouseburn

Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale

Ripon Minster & Moorside

Ripon Ure Bank & Spa

Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith

Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone

Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate

Washburn & Birstwith

Wathvale & Bishop Monkton

Richmondshire area

Catterick Village & Brompton-on-Swale

Hipswell & Colburn

Leyburn & Middleham

North Richmondshire

Richmond

Scotton & Lower Wensleydale

Upper Dales

Ryedale area

Amotherby & Ampleforth

Helmsley & Sinnington

Kirkbymoorside & Dales

Malton

Norton

Pickering

Sheriff Hutton & Derwent

Thornton Dale & Wolds

Scarborough area

Castle

Cayton

Danby & Mulgrave

Derwent Valley & Moor

Eastfield

Esk Valley & Coast

Falsgrave & Stepney

Filey

Hunmanby & Sherburn

Newby

Northstead

Scalby & the Coast

Seamer

Weaponness & Ramshill

Wharfedale

Whitby Streonshalh

Whitby West

Woodlands

Selby area

Appleton Roebuck & Church Fenton

Barlby & Riccall

Brayton & Barlow

Camblesforth & Carlton

Changes are shown from the 2021 by-election to the identical Camblesforth & Carlton ward of Selby District Council.

Cawood & Escrick

Cliffe & North Duffield

Monk Fryston & South Milford

Osgoldcross

Selby East

Selby West

Sherburn in Elmet

Tadcaster

Thorpe Willoughby & Hambleton

Changes 2022–2027

Masham and Fountains

Eastfield

Tony Randerson, who had been elected in 2022 for Labour, was a candidate of the Social Justice Party, but was listed as an independent on the ballot paper due to the party not being registered with the Electoral Commission.^[20] The party was subsequently formally registered in February 2024.^[21][22]

• In June 2023, Mike Jordan, elected as a Conservative in 2022, left the party to contest the 2023 Selby and Ainsty by-election as an independent candidate, causing the council to go under no overall control.^[23] He subsequently joined Reform UK in February 2024.^[24]
• Also in June 2023, Mike Schofield, elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2022, left the party to sit as an independent.^[25]

• Joseph Body was originally nominated by the Labour Party, but withdrew as a candidate prior to the closing of nominations.^[26]

• In February 2024, Pat Marsh, elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2022, was expelled from the Liberal Democrat group due to comments made about the Israel–Hamas war on social media. She then sat as an independent until her resignation from the council later that month.^[27]
• In March 2024, Paul Haslam, elected as a Conservative in 2022, left the party to contest the 2024 York and North Yorkshire mayoral election as an independent candidate.^[28]

References

1. Broadbent was the prior Labour group leader on North Yorkshire County Council, but did not continue in the role after the election and was replaced by Steve Shaw-Wright.
2. The Green Party did not hold any prior representation on North Yorkshire County Council. Kevin Foster was chosen as group leader after the election.
3. The Liberal Party sits in a group with the Liberal Democrats, and does not have its own leader.

1. "The new council". North Yorkshire County Council. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
2. "Local elections postponed in three English counties". BBC News. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
3. "Your Councillors by Party". northyorks.gov. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
4. "Senior Tory councillor Mike Jordan joins Yorkshire Party in protest at Government's devolution stance". Yorkshire Post. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
5. "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL - Election of a County Councillor for Knaresborough" (PDF). northyorks.gov. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
6. Swift, Nina (14 July 2019). "Tributes paid to long-serving councillor and Yorkshire Dales champion John Blackie". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
7. "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL - Election of a County Councillor for Upper Dales" (PDF). northyorks.gov. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
8. Gavaghan, Carl (22 October 2019). "Yorkshire Conservative councillor: I was deselected for voting for Brexit Party in European elections". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
9. Gavaghan, Carl (28 November 2019). "Scarborough councillor Andrew Backhouse quits Conservative party". The Scarborough News. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
10. "Craven District Council pays tribute to Councillor Richard Welch". www.cravendc.gov.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
11. "Councillor details - Councillor Geoff Webber". northyorks.gov. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
12. "Local Elections Archive Project — Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
13. "Local Elections Archive Project — Ribblesdale Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
14. Darley, Karen (7 February 2022). "Councillor resigns from Conservative Party over the Prime Minister's 'lack of integrity and competence'". Gazette & Herald. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
15. "Councillor details - Councillor Val Arnold". northyorks.gov. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
16. "Councillor details - Councillor David Hugill". northyorks.gov. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
17. "Local elections Statement of Persons Nominated". Harrogate Council. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
18. "Local elections Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Ryedale Council. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
19. "Local elections Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Selby Council. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
20. Numminen, Anttoni James (31 May 2023). "Tony Randerson "absolutely thrilled" to be re-elected in Scarborough's Eastfield by-election". Scarborough News. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
21. "Social Justice Party". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
22. Numminen, Anttoni James (15 February 2024). "Social Justice Party gains first seat on North Yorks Council". Gazette and Herald. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
23. Minting, Stuart; Dale, Tim (13 June 2023). "North Yorkshire: Conservatives lose majority after councillor quits". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
24. Boothroyd, David (9 February 2024). "Quartet of change". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
25. Barrett, Thomas (13 June 2023). "'I feel liberated': Harrogate Lib Dem councillor goes independent". The Stray Ferret. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
26. Statement of Persons Nominated - Hutton Rudby & Osmotherley
27. Barrett, Thomas (26 February 2024). "Former Harrogate mayor and Liberal Democrat councillor Pat Marsh resigns following antisemitism row". Harrogate Advertiser. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
28. Boothroyd, David (22 March 2024). "In like Flintshire". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 6 May 2024.