Ryedale local elections

Ryedale District Council in North Yorkshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 30 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Ryedale Council election, 2003 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by 7)^[3]

Sheriff Hutton By-Election 18 September 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		439	77.2	-7.2
	Conservative		130	22.8	+7.2
Majority			309	54.4
Turnout			569	41.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Pickering East By-Election 21 June 2007^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Woodward	577	53.7	+53.7
	Conservative	Ena Dent	313	29.1	+4.7
	Independent	Juliet Hepworth	185	17.2	-15.7
Majority			264	24.6
Turnout			1,075	40.3
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing

Sheriff Hutton By-Election 16 August 2007^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Hope	348	53.8	+2.5
	Independent	Gillian Stilwell	299	46.2	-2.5
Majority			49	7.6
Turnout			647	46.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pickering East By-Election 8 October 2009^[6]^[7]</ref>
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sue Cowan	392	42.8
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Downes	274	29.9
	Independent	William Oxley	213	23.3
	Independent	Ann Hopkinson	37	4.0
Majority			118	12.9
Turnout			916	34.3
	Liberal gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Norton West By-Election 6 May 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Spencer	579	50.7
	Conservative	Judith Denniss	455	39.9
	BNP	Trevor Moss	107	9.4
Majority			124	10.8
Turnout			1141
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing