The 2019 Richmondshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Richmondshire District Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections. At the election, the Conservatives lost control of the council.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Paul Spencer | 677 | 48.0 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Threlfall* | 616 | 43.7 | ||
| Independent | Leslie Rowe | 599 | 42.5 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Wyrill | 510 | 36.1 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Heylings | 406 | 28.8 | ||
| Majority | 89 | 6.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,431 | 29.63 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Angie Dale* | 392 | 58.4 | ||
| Green | Kevin Foster | 307 | 45.8 | ||
| Conservative | Bill Glover* | 228 | 34.0 | ||
| Conservative | Jane Wyrill | 74 | 11.0 | ||
| Majority | 79 | 11.8 | |||
| Turnout | 682 | 24.81 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Green win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Angus Thompson* | 535 | 44.0 | ||
| Conservative | Campbell Dawson* | 522 | 42.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Parlour | 400 | 32.9 | ||
| Independent | Bev Partridge* | 285 | 23.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Harold Millar | 265 | 21.8 | ||
| Labour | Ken Smith | 122 | 10.0 | ||
| Majority | 122 | 10.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,222 | 42.08 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | William Heslop* | 440 | 64.9 | ||
| Conservative | Jamie Cameron* | 238 | 35.1 | ||
| Majority | 202 | 29.8 | |||
| Turnout | 688 | 39.59 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Blackie* | 709 | 84.7 | ||
| Conservative | Pat Kirkbride | 128 | 15.3 | ||
| Majority | 581 | 69.4 | |||
| Turnout | 843 | 55.13 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Paul Cullen* | 326 | 63.8 | ||
| Conservative | Lawrence Grose* | 192 | 37.6 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Blows* | 167 | 32.7 | ||
| Majority | 25 | 4.9 | |||
| Turnout | 515 | 16.95 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Amsden* | 742 | 60.3 | ||
| Conservative | Karin Sedgwick* | 579 | 47.1 | ||
| Conservative | Tony Duff* | 385 | 31.3 | ||
| Labour | Marian Knowles | 252 | 20.5 | ||
| Majority | 194 | 15.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,237 | 39.67 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Good | 316 | 46.9 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Scott | 236 | 35.0 | ||
| Green | Robbie Kelly | 81 | 12.0 | ||
| Labour | David Dixon | 41 | 6.1 | ||
| Majority | 80 | 11.9 | |||
| Turnout | 675 | 47.10 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Ormston* | 335 | 57.9 | ||
| Green | Lisle Ryder | 244 | 42.1 | ||
| Majority | 91 | 15.8 | |||
| Turnout | 588 | 39.41 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jimmy Wilson-Petch* | 364 | 67.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Knowles | 176 | 32.6 | ||
| Majority | 188 | 34.8 | |||
| Turnout | 550 | 34.61 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Susan Fairhurst* | 406 | 79.1 | ||
| Labour | Nigel Hopper | 107 | 20.9 | ||
| Majority | 299 | 58.2 | |||
| Turnout | 529 | 35.53 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Wicks | 408 | 60.5 | ||
| Conservative | Hazel Leah | 266 | 39.5 | ||
| Majority | 142 | 21.0 | |||
| Turnout | 708 | 43.25 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Lorraine Hodgson | 274 | 51.2 | ||
| Conservative | David Johnson | 161 | 30.1 | ||
| Green | Anna Jackson | 58 | 10.8 | ||
| Labour | Gill Page | 42 | 7.9 | ||
| Majority | 113 | 21.1 | |||
| Turnout | 536 | 33.13 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Stuart Parsons* | 703 | 54.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Clive World* | 592 | 46.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jo Foster | 350 | 27.3 | ||
| Green | Dave Dalton | 275 | 21.5 | ||
| Conservative | Muriel Blythman | 200 | 15.6 | ||
| Conservative | Alexander Grose | 181 | 14.1 | ||
| Majority | 242 | 18.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,297 | 39.60 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Helen Grant* | 434 | 52.8 | ||
| Conservative | Pat Middlemiss* | 335 | 40.8 | ||
| Conservative | Geoffrey Linehan* | 281 | 34.2 | ||
| UKIP | Martin Smith | 214 | 26.0 | ||
| Labour | Mark Smith | 123 | 15.0 | ||
| Majority | 74 | 6.6 | |||
| Turnout | 826 | 28.54 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Yvonne Peacock* | 578 | 80.7 | ||
| Labour | Hugo Radice | 138 | 19.3 | ||
| Majority | 440 | 61.4 | |||
| Turnout | 743 | 47.39 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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