2018 Harrogate Borough Council election

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The 2018 Harrogate Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Harrogate Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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Ward results

Bishop Monkton and Newby

Bishop Monkton and Newby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Brown 866 82.2
Labour Matthew Forth18717.8

Boroughbridge

Boroughbridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Windass 639 74.0
Labour Diane Maguire11813.5
Green Shan Oakes10712.4

Claro

Claro
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Zoe Metcalfe 786 66.4
Liberal Democrats Simon Oldroyd19916.8
Labour James Roberts1079.0
Green Bill Rigby927.8

Fountains & Ripley

Fountains & Ripley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Atkinson 875 69.4
Liberal Democrats Judith Hooper24619.5
Green Rachel Congdon13911.0

Harrogate Bilton Grange

Harrogate Bilton Grange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Trevor Chapman 412 36.9
Conservative George Grant39935.8
Labour Peter Jordan22820.4
Green Tamsin Worrall776.9

Harrogate Bilton Woodfield

Harrogate Bilton Woodfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matt Scott 417 41.6
Liberal Democrats Monika Slater26626.5
Labour Nicholas Knott23323.2
Green Verity Glendenning474.7
UKIP Harvey Alexander404.0

Harrogate Central

Harrogate Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Cooper 587 56.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Kempston-Parkes31830.3
Labour Kevin Bolt14413.7

Harrogate Coppice Valley

Harrogate Coppice Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sue Lumby 382 38.8
Liberal Democrats Mark McDermid37037.6
Labour Jonny Paylor16516.8
Green Charlie Johnson676.8

Harrogate Duchy

Harrogate Duchy
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Swift 726 67.7
Liberal Democrats Josy Thompson20018.6
Labour Debbie Dilasser857.9
Green Peter Turner625.8

Harrogate Fairfax

Harrogate Fairfax
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Aldred 372 37.4
Labour Paul Whitmore33033.2
Conservative Linkson Jack29329.4

Harrogate Harlow

Harrogate Harlow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jim Clark 630 58.0
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Marshall26624.5
Labour Elizabeth Charnley19117.6

Harrogate High Harrogate

Harrogate High Harrogate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tim Myatt 462 46.7
Liberal Democrats Andy Northey25826.1
Labour Reiner Hoffmann21621.8
Green Helen Compton535.4

Harrogate Hookstone

Harrogate Hookstone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Pat Marsh 576 50.8
Conservative Andrew Davidson44639.3
Labour Charlotte Barker1129.9

Harrogate Kingsley

Harrogate Kingsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Middlemass 371 38.8
Liberal Democrats Simon Bush32534.0
Labour Helen Burke21422.4
Green Greig Sharman464.8

Harrogate New Park

Harrogate New Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Matthew Webber 326 40.6
Conservative Tyson Taylor32039.9
Labour Brian Summerson15619.5

Harrogate Oatlands

Harrogate Oatlands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alex Raubitschek 697 52.1
Liberal Democrats Steven Skinner32524.3
Labour Helen Evison19014.2
Green Jo Webb1259.3

Harrogate Old Bilton

Harrogate Old Bilton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Haslam 623 51.3
Liberal Democrats Geoff Webber47839.3
Labour David Humphries1149.4

Harrogate Pannal

Harrogate Pannal
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Mann 768 66.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Brown20017.4
Green Adam Watson1049.0
Labour Pat Foxall786.8

Harrogate Saltergate

Harrogate Saltergate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steven Jackson 582 59.4
Liberal Democrats David Johnson21822.3
Labour Ben Rothery12713.0
Green Ben Parker525.3

Harrogate St Georges

Harrogate St Georges
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rebecca Reeve-Burnett 763 58.7
Liberal Democrats Margaret McCarthy26520.4
Labour Andrew Zigmond14411.1
Women's Equality Jean Laight1289.8

Harrogate Starbeck

Harrogate Starbeck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Broadbank 403 39.9
Conservative Cliff Trotter36135.8
Labour Geoff Foxall16616.5
Green Gordon Schmallmo424.2
Yorkshire John Hall373.7

Harrogate Stray

Harrogate Stray
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ennis 761 50.4
Liberal Democrats Charlie McCarthy49432.7
Labour Christopher Watt1177.7
Women's Equality Helen Shay946.2
Yorkshire Alexander Howell453.0

Harrogate Valley Gardens

Harrogate Valley Gardens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sam Gibbs 687 54.1
Liberal Democrats Clare McKenzie34727.3
Labour Margaret Smith14311.3
Green Tim Ellis927.2

Killinghall & Hampsthwaite

Killinghall & Hampsthwaite
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Harrison 571 72.0
Liberal Democrats Allan Reynolds10313.0
Labour Sharon Calvert668.3
Green Penny Hartley536.7

Knaresborough Aspin & Calcutt

Knaresborough Aspin & Calcutt
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phil Ireland 685 51.1
Liberal Democrats Alistair Gavins51238.2
Labour Monica Uden14410.7

Knaresborough Castle

Knaresborough Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ed Darling 615 46.9
Liberal Democrats David Goode45634.8
Labour Paul Burns24018.3

Knaresborough Eastfield

Knaresborough Eastfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Willoughby 450 46.4
Conservative John Batt40541.8
Labour Jan Williams11511.9

Knaresborough Scriven Park

Knaresborough Scriven Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samantha Mearns 457 38.4
Liberal Democrats Matt Walker44137.1
Labour Andrew Wright29124.5

Marston Moor

Marston Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Waller 910 76.8
Liberal Democrats Pamela Godsell937.8
Green Gilly Charters927.8
Labour Gary Williams907.6

Masham & Kirkby Malzeard

Masham & Kirkby Malzeard
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Simms 723 69.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Coppack18017.3
Labour Sarah Whittington13913.3

Nidd Valley

Nidd Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Watson 604 49.3
Conservative Ian Roger49140.0
Green Paul Trewhitt756.1
Labour Ashley North564.6

Ouseburn

Ouseburn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Myatt 795 68.2
Labour Alan Beatham14912.8
Green Arnold Warneken11910.2
Liberal Democrats Angela Thompson1028.8

Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale Moors

Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale Moors
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stanley Lumley 690 58.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Murday38132.1
Labour David Brackley1169.8

Ripon Minster

Ripon Minster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Pauline McHardy 424 41.7
Conservative Mick Stanley30429.9
Liberal Democrats Sara Trewhitt21220.9
Labour Anthony Woodhead767.5

Ripon Moorside

Ripon Moorside
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Martin 643 48.0
Independent Andrew Williams47635.5
Liberal Democrats Karen Mayo1239.2
Labour Laura Dinning987.3

Ripon Spa

Ripon Spa
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Chambers 592 53.9
Liberal Democrats Tom Cavell-Taylor26023.7
Labour Nick Murray11810.7
Green Brian McHugh817.4
UKIP Malcolm Gatford484.4

Ripon Ure Bank

Ripon Ure Bank
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Sid Hawke 460 37.3
Conservative Nathan Hull31825.8
Liberal Democrats Gerry Johnson25320.5
Labour Christine Brackley1229.9
Yorkshire Jack Render816.6

Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale

Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andy Paraskos 834 68.3
Labour Jules Lewis19616.1
Liberal Democrats Mavis Clemmitt766.2
Yorkshire Alexander Hall584.8
Green Alex Marsh443.6
Democrats and Veterans Clive Aldred131.1

Washburn

Washburn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Victoria Oldham 941 72.0
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Hayhurst36628.0

Wathvale

Wathvale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bernard Bateman 836 66.5
Liberal Democrats David Aldous26220.8
Labour Alan Woodhead16012.7

By-Elections

A by-election was held in Knaresborough Scriven Park on 29 July 2021.

Knaresborough Scriven Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hannah Gostlow 635 56.6 +19.5
Conservative Jacqueline Renton38434.3−4.1
Labour Sharon-Theresa Calvert918.1−16.4
UKIP Harvey Alexander111.0N/A
Turnout 1,12431.16
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. "2018 District election results". harrogate.gov.uk. Harrogate Borough Council. 4 May 2018. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.