2011 Ryedale District Council election

The 2011 Ryedale District Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect all 30 members of Ryedale District Council to a four-year term, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. It was preceded by the 2007 election and followed by the 2015 election. The Conservative Party gained the council from no overall control. ^[1] The turnout across the contested wards was 50.2%. ^[2]

Results summary

2011 Ryedale District Council election [2] [3] [4]
Party		Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	20	6	66.7
	Independent	4	2	13.3
	Liberal	4	2	13.3
	Liberal Democrats	2	6	6.7
	Labour	0		0.0

Ward results

Amotherby

Amotherby (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hicks	451	64.1	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Wilford*	253	35.9	15.8
Majority			198	28.1	N/A
Total valid votes			704	98.5
Rejected ballots			11	1.5
Turnout			715	45.6
Registered electors			1,568
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	15.8

Ampleforth

Ampleforth (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Bailey*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,512
	Conservative hold

Cropton

Cropton (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Clark*	359	46.7	0.2
	Conservative	Ena Dent	353	45.9	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Reynolds	57	7.4	4.4
Majority			6	0.8	4.8
Total valid votes			769	99.4
Rejected ballots			5	0.6
Turnout			774	60.6
Registered electors			1,278
	Liberal hold		Swing	2.4

Dales

Dales (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Frank*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,194
	Conservative hold

Derwent

Derwent (2 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Fraser	719
	Conservative	Caroline Goodrick	628
	Independent	Judith Scott	410
	Liberal Democrats	Marian Hodgson*	329
	Labour	Heather Milner	265
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots			9
Turnout
Registered electors			2,786
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Helmsley

Helmsley (2 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Arnold*	Unopposed
	Conservative	George Hawkins*	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,595
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hovingham

Hovingham (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Wainwright*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,447
	Independent hold

Kirkbymoorside

Kirkbymoorside (2 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sarah Ward	730
	Conservative	David Cussons*	662
	Conservative	Val Arnold*	632
	Liberal	Nelly Trevelyan	562
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lerew	129
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots			12
Turnout
Registered electors			2,829
	Liberal gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Malton

Malton (3 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Andrews*	639
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsay Burr*	559
	Conservative	Ann Hopkinson	518
	Independent	Howard Croft	451
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Preston	361
	Conservative	Martin Beaumont	351
	Liberal Democrats	David White	292
	Labour	Tim Prest	260
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots			2
Turnout
Registered electors			3,923
	Independent hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative gain from Independent

Norton East

Norton East (2 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Walker	418
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Shields*	405
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Keal*	332
	Conservative	Stephen Shaw	270
	Conservative	Hilary Lockwood	154
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots			10
Turnout
Registered electors			3,065
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats
	Liberal Democrats hold

Norton West

Norton West (2 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Denniss	353
	Conservative	Luke Ives	327
	Liberal Democrats	Dinah Keal*	306
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Spencer	287
	Independent	Jeremy Powell	263
	Labour	Karl Reveley	137
	Liberal	Phil Hancock	102
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots			2
Turnout
Registered electors			2,723
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative gain from Independent

Pickering East

Pickering East (2 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vivienne Knaggs	529
	Liberal	Tommy Woodward	474
	Conservative	Nick King	432
	Liberal	Sue Cowan	419
	Liberal Democrats	John Stott	192
	Labour	Geoff Randall	181
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots			32
Turnout
Registered electors			2,690
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Liberal hold

Pickering West

Pickering West (2 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Cowling*	588
	Liberal	Luke Richardson	472
	Independent	Natalie Warriner*	360
	Labour	Fred Downes	225
	Independent	Adrian Wilford	76
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots			11
Turnout
Registered electors			2,871
	Conservative hold
	Liberal gain from Independent

Rillington

Rillington (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Maud*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,446
	Independent hold

Ryedale South West

Ryedale South West (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Knaggs*	458	64.1	14.8
	Independent	Denys Townsend	256	35.9	New
Majority			202	28.3	29.6
Total valid votes			714	98.8
Rejected ballots			9	1.2
Turnout			723	53.0
Registered electors			1,363
	Conservative hold		Swing	25.3

Sherburn

Sherburn (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Raper*	362	65.6	10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Beckett	190	34.4	10.1
Majority			172	31.2	20.3
Total valid votes			552	96.8
Rejected ballots			18	3.2
Turnout			570	36.0
Registered electors			1,582
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.1

Sheriff Hutton

Sheriff Hutton (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Hope	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,431
	Conservative hold

Sinnington

Sinnington (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Snowy Windress*	533	73.8	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Abigail Stokell Beckett	189	26.2	11.8
Majority			344	47.6	23.6
Total valid votes			722	96.1
Rejected ballots			29	3.9
Turnout			751	52.4
Registered electors			1,434
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.8

Thornton Dale

Thornton Dale (2 seats) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Sanderson	794
	Conservative	Geoff Acomb*	763
	Liberal Democrats	David Porter	557
Total valid votes
Rejected ballots			24
Turnout
Registered electors			2,732
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
	Conservative hold

Wolds

Wolds (1 seat) ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Legard*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,426
	Conservative hold

References

1. Tetteh, Edmund (24 May 2011). "Local elections 2011" (PDF). The House of Commons Library. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
3. Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2011 - Ryedale". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
4. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Ryedale District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
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6. "Candidates - Ryedale". The York Press. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2025.