Richmondshire District Council elections

Richmondshire District Council in North Yorkshire, England is elected every four years.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
Independent	1973 - 1999
No overall control	1999–present

Council elections

Richmondshire District Council election, 1999
Richmondshire District Council election, 2003 (boundary changes took place for this election)^[2]
Richmondshire District Council election, 2007
Richmondshire District Council election, 2011
Richmondshire District Council election, 2015

By-election results

1995-1999

Catterick & Tunstall By-Election 5 December 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		368	65.4
	Social Democratic		195	34.6
Majority			173	30.8
Turnout			563	27.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Hipswell By-Election 26 August 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		61	38.9
	Independent		49	31.2
	Conservative		47	29.9
Majority			12	7.7
Turnout			157	18.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Hipswell By-Election 5 March 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		92	57.5
	Conservative		68	42.5
Majority			24	15.0
Turnout			160	12.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Lower Dale By-Election 2 April 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Aysgarth By-Election 3 December 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		251	67.7
	Liberal Democrat		120	32.3
Majority			131	35.4
Turnout			371	42.0
	Independent hold		Swing

1999-2003

Colburn By-Election 9 September 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		176	31.6
	Hospital Closure Candidate		127	22.8
	Conservative		125	22.4
	Independent		105	18.9
	Hospital Closure Candidate		24	4.3
Majority			49	8.8
Turnout			557
	Independent hold		Swing

St Michael with St Luke By-Election 22 February 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		211	41.9
	Conservative		175	34.8
	Liberal Democrat		117	23.3
Majority			36	7.1
Turnout			503	44.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Middleham & Coverdale By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		599	68.4	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat		226	25.8	-7.7
	Independent		51	5.8	+5.8
Majority			373	42.6
Turnout			876
	Conservative hold		Swing

Catterick & Tunstall By-Election 30 August 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		285	42.9	+35.3
	Conservative		244	37.9	+11.7
	Independent		135	21.0	-3.1
Majority			41	5.0
Turnout			664	29.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Social Democratic		Swing

Leyburn By-Election 25 October 2001^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Morton	295	50.3	+8.1
	Liberal Democrat		291	49.7	-8.1
Majority			4	0.6
Turnout			586	32.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

2003-2007

Gilling West By-Election 2 November 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		258	64.5	-2.5
	Conservative		142	35.5	+2.5
Majority			116	29.0
Turnout			400	40.4
	Independent hold		Swing

2007-2011

Newsham with Eppleby By-Election 7 August 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		295	59.4
	Liberal Democrat		130	26.2
	Independent		72	14.5
Majority			165	33.2
Turnout			497	46.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hipswell By-Election 15 October 2009^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		144	39.0	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat		126	34.1	+8.9
	Independent		99	26.8	-10.1
Majority			18	4.9
Turnout			369	12.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Middleham By-Election 15 October 2009^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		253	85.5	+10.0
	Liberal Democrat		43	14.5	-10.0
Majority			210	71.0
Turnout			296	27.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Retirement of District Councillor Lin Clarkson.^[5]

Hornby Castle by-election, 12th December 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Scott	127	46.2	N/A
	Independent	Helen Grant	98	35.6	N/A
	UKIP	Jacqueline Brakenberry	50	18.2	N/A
Majority			29	9.6
Turnout			275
	Conservative hold		Swing

Death of Independent Cllr Bob Gale.

Reeth and Arkengarthdale By-Election, 13th February 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Beal	127	46.2	N/A
	Conservative	Dave Morton	83	23.3	+11.3
Majority			44	22.9
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

References

↑ "Richmondshire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
↑ "Tories win Richmondshire". guardian.co.uk. 2001-10-26. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Council by-election results: Round-up". 24dash.com. 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
↑ Darlington & Stockton Times. 27 December 2013 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/10901540.Malton_police_appealing_for_information_after_fuel_theft/. Retrieved 23 July 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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