City of York Council is the unitary authority for the City of York, Yorkshire. It is responsible for all local government services within the City of York, except for services provided by York's town and parish councils.
A local election was held in May 1992 to elect members of York City Council. Fifteen seats, previously contested in 1988, were up for election: eleven were won by the Labour Party, three by the Conservative Party and one by the Liberal Democrats. [2] [3] The Labour Party retained overall control of the council; the composition of the council after the election was: Labour Party 34 seats, Conservative Party seven seats and Liberal Democrats four seats. [2]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 11 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | - | 45.1 | - | - | |
Conservative | 3 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | - | 38.1 | - | - | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 13.3 | - | - | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 3.5 | - | - | |
A local election took place in May 1994 to elect members of York City Council. Fifteen seats, previously contested in 1990, were up for election: twelve were won by the Labour Party, two by the Liberal Democrats and one by the Conservative Party. [4] [5]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 12 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | - | 53.2 | - | - | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | - | 21.6 | - | - | |
Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 23.5 | - | - | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1.7 | - | - | |
Year | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Conservatives | Green | Independent |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
1999 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
2003 | 15 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
2007 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
2011 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
2015 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 |
2019 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
2023 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Elections to the new City of York unitary authority were held on 4 May 1995. Following the creation of the expanded authority, 22 councillors were returned to parished areas that were part of district council areas previously outside the boundaries of the former York City Council and 31 councillors were returned to the former York City Council wards. [6] All 53 council seats were up for election. Labour won thirty seats, the Liberal Democrats won 18 seats, the Conservatives won three seats and two Independent councillors were also elected. The Labour Party won overall control of the council.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 30 | 56.6 | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | 18 | 34 | |||||||
Conservative | 3 | 5.7 | |||||||
Independent | 2 | 3.8 | |||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Madeleine Kirk | 767 | 46.1 | ||
Conservative | 580 | 34.9 | |||
Labour | 317 | 19.1 | |||
Majority | 187 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,664 | 33.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 661 | 55.5 | |||
Labour | 347 | 29.1 | |||
Conservative | 183 | 15.4 | |||
Majority | 314 | 26.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,191 | 50.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 847 | 53.0 | +2.2 | ||
Conservative | 529 | 32.1 | -6.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 244 | 14.8 | +3.8 | ||
Majority | 345 | 20.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,647 | 33.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections to City of York Council were held on 6 May 1999. All 53 council seats in the city were up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 27 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 50.9 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 22 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 41.5 | ||||
Conservative | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.7 | ||||
Independent | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1.9 | ||||
A by-election was held in Bootham Ward following the resignation through ill-health of sitting Labour councillor Ken Cooper. The seat was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate, Kim Tarry. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Kim Tarry | 813 | 47.6 | +25.1 | |
Labour | Alexander Fraser | 635 | 37.2 | -23.8 | |
Conservative | William Bennett | 184 | 10.8 | -5.8 | |
Green | Andrea Black | 59 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Graham Cambridge | 18 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 178 | ||||
Turnout | 1710 | 35.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour councillor Peter Dodd resigned his Monk Ward seat in 2000 due to ill health. [8] The seat was won in the by-election by the Liberal Democrat candidate, Nick Blitz. [9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nick Blitz | 1,180 | 46.9 | +17.7 | |
Labour | Alistair MacDonald | 708 | 28.2 | -15.8 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Creek | 545 | 21.7 | -5.2 | |
Green | Gillian Cossham | 81 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 472 | ||||
Turnout | 2519 | 42.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
A by-election was held following the death of Labour councillor Carol Wallace in 2000. [10] David Evans retained the seat for the Labour Party. [11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Evans | 686 | 36.9 | -9.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Bartlett | 556 | 29.9 | +12.7 | |
Green | Andy Chase | 370 | 19.9 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Bill Bennett | 246 | 13.2 | -4.5 | |
Majority | 130 | 7.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,858 | 36.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Local elections for City of York Council took place on 1 May 2003. Boundary changes reduced the number of seats from 53 to 47. [12] [13] The Liberal Democrats won 29 seats, Labour won 15 seats, the Green Party won two seats and an independent candidate won one seat. [14] The Liberal Democrats won overall control of the council.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Liberal Democrats | 29 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 61.7 | 42.5 | 25,142 | ||
Labour | 15 | 0 | 12 | -12 | 31.9 | 22.6 | 13,361 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 18.0 | 10,643 | ||
Green | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4.3 | 8.8 | 5,192 | ||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Local elections for City of York Council took place on 3 May 2007. Of the 47 seats contested, the Liberal Democrats won 19 seats, Labour won 18 seats, Conservatives won eight seats and the Green Party won two seats. [15] The Liberal Democrats lose ten seats and overall control of the council.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Liberal Democrats | 19 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 40.43 | ||||
Labour | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 38.30 | ||||
Conservative | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 17.02 | ||||
Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | ||||
Following the death of Conservative councillor Bill Bennett in 2007, the Heworth Without seat was won by Liberal Democrat, Nigel Ayre. [16] [17]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Nigel Ayre | 914 | 46.7 | +11.0 | |
Conservative | Adam Sinclair | 703 | 35.9 | -1.8 | |
Labour | Margaret Wells | 219 | 11.2 | -5.8 | |
BNP | Michaela Knight | 63 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Green | Charles Everett | 58 | 3.0 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 211 | 10.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,957 | 61.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour councillor Paul Blanchard resigned for personal reasons in 2009. [18] His Heworth seat was retained for Labour by Barbara Boyce. [19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barbara Boyce | 876 | 34.0 | -2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Ayre | 608 | 23.6 | +11.5 | |
Conservative | Andrew Whitney | 591 | 23.0 | +2.3 | |
Green | Denise Craghill | 302 | 11.7 | -6.2 | |
BNP | Jeff Kelly | 172 | 6.7 | -5.9 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Eddie Vee | 25 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 268 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,581 | 26.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour Councillor Dr. Roger Pierce resigned in 2010 due to ill health. [21] His Hull Road seat was retained for Labour by Mick Hoban. [22]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mick Hoban | 860 | 58.7 | +24.5 | |
Conservative | Robin Dickson | 296 | 20.2 | -4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rachael Williams | 183 | 12.5 | -3.3 | |
Green | John Cossham | 84 | 5.7 | -8.3 | |
BNP | Trevor Brown | 42 | 2.9 | -8.1 | |
Majority | 564 | 38.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,468 | 18.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Local elections for City of York Council took place on 5 May 2011. Of the 47 seats contested, Labour won 26 seats, Conservatives won ten seats, the Liberal Democrats won eight seats, the Green Party won two seats and an independent candidate won one seat. [23] The Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 26 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 55.3 | 31.6 | 20,297 | +9.2% | |
Conservative | 10 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 24.1 | 21.9 | 15,472 | -2.7% | |
Liberal Democrats | 8 | 0 | 12 | -12 | 17 | 26.4 | 16,888 | -3.8% | |
Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 14.6 | 9,349 | -0.4% | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 630 | +0.4% | |
A by-election was held in October 2014 following the death of Councillor Lynn Jefferies. The seat was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate and former Council Leader Andrew Waller. [24]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Waller | 1,804 | 60.2 | +25.8 | |
Labour | Louise Corson | 588 | 19.6 | -23.8 | |
UKIP | Judith Morris | 398 | 13.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jason Brown | 113 | 3.8 | -10.0 | |
Green | Alison Webb | 87 | 2.9 | -5.5 | |
English Democrat | Sam Kelly | 5 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,216 | 40.6 | |||
Turnout | 2995 | 28.5 | -9.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 24.8 | |||
Local elections for City of York Council took place on 7 May 2015. New ward boundaries came into effect. [26] Of the 47 seats contested, Labour won 15 seats to form the largest group on the council, Conservatives won 14 seat, the Liberal Democrats won 12 seats, the Green Party won four seats and two independent candidates won seats. [27] Following talks between the political groups after the election, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats agreed to run the council as a joint administration. [27]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 15 | 0 | 11 | -11 | 31.9 | 23.1 | 25,311 | -8.5 | |
Conservative | 14 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 29.8 | 27.9 | 30,572 | +8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 12 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 25.5 | 21.4 | 23,444 | -5 | |
Green | 4 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 8.5 | 14.9 | 16,286 | +0.3 | |
Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 6,715 | +5.7 | |
NB For wards with multiple seats, the total shown is for each party's highest-polling candidate.
Labour Councillors Julie Gunnell and David Levene resigned in 2017 for personal reasons, [28] [29] their seats were retained by Labour candidates Jonny Crawshaw and Michael Pavlovic. [30]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Pavlovic | 3,408 | |||
Conservative | Matt Freckelton | 1,199 | |||
Green | John Scobell Cossham | 826 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alex Nowis | 407 | |||
Majority | 2,209 | ||||
Turnout | 5,876 | 56.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jonny Crawshaw | 3,772 | |||
Green | Rosie Baker | 1,581 | |||
Conservative | Paul Healey | 1,460 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Aileen Alison Hingston | 634 | |||
Majority | 2,191 | ||||
Turnout | 7,468 | 75.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour councillor and former Lord Mayor Sonja Crisp stepped down in 2018 due to ill health, her seat was retained by Labour candidate Kallum Taylor. [33] [34]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kallum Mark Taylor | 1,521 | 50.0 | +22.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Emma Claire Keef | 982 | 32.3 | +19.5 | |
Conservative | Joe Pattinson | 334 | 11.0 | -8.0 | |
Green | Andreas Heinemeyer | 203 | 6.7 | -9.3 | |
Majority | 2,209 | ||||
Turnout | 539 | 34 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Local elections for City of York Council took place on 2 May 2019. Of the 47 seats contested, the Liberal Democrats won 21, Labour won 17, the Green Party won 4, independents won 3, and the Conservatives won 2. [36] Following the election, the Liberal Democrats and Green Party formed a coalition. [37]
York Local Election Result 2019 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | 47 | 21 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 44.7 | 34.5 | 48,247 | +10.6 | ||||||
Labour | 47 | 17 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 36.2 | 28.4 | 39,750 | +2.8 | ||||||
Green | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 17.0 | 23,842 | +1.4 | ||||||
Independent | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 6.4 | 3.7 | 5,183 | +0.3 | ||||||
Conservative | 47 | 2 | 0 | 12 | -12 | 4.3 | 15.5 | 21,707 | -12.8 | ||||||
UKIP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 662 | -1.9 | ||||||
Women's Equality | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 389 | N/A | ||||||
Socialist Alternative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 148 | N/A |
Local elections for City of York Council took place on 4 May 2023. Of the 47 seats contested, Labour won 24, the Liberal Democrats won 19, the Conservatives won 3, and independents won 1. Following the election, Labour formed a majority administration.
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Labour | 47 | 24 | 7 | 0 | ![]() | 51.1 | 42.4 | 55,995 | +14.0 | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | 47 | 19 | 1 | 3 | ![]() | 40.4 | 31.1 | 41,080 | –3.4 | ||||||
Conservative | 45 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ![]() | 6.4 | 13.8 | 18,191 | –1.7 | ||||||
Independent | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ![]() | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1,898 | –2.3 | ||||||
Green | 47 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ![]() | 0.0 | 11.1 | 14,655 | –5.9 | ||||||
Yorkshire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.1 | 154 | N/A | ||||||
TUSC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.1 | 141 | N/A |
Labour Councillor Sophie Kelly resigned for personal reasons triggering a by-election on Thursday, 4 July 2024, the same day as the 2024 United Kingdom general election. [38] John Moroney retained the seat for Labour. [39]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Moroney | 1,203 | 38.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Mortimer | 1,008 | 32.2 | ||
Green | Ben Ffrench | 602 | 19.3 | ||
Conservative | Ellis Holden | 314 | 10.0 | ||
Majority | 195 | ||||
Turnout | 3,127 | 36 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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