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Ryedale District Council in North Yorkshire, England was established in 1974 and abolished in 2023. It was elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 30 councillors were elected from 20 wards. [1]
Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: [2]
| Party in control | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| Independent | 1973–1987 | |
| No overall control | 1987–1995 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1995–1999 | |
| No overall control | 1999–2011 | |
| Conservative | 2011–2017 | |
| No overall control | 2017–2023 | |
Ryedale operated on a committee system, and decided at each annual meeting whether to appoint a leader of the council that year or not. When no leader was appointed, political leadership was exercised by the chair of the policy and resources committee; the role of chair of the council was largely ceremonial. Since 2007, the leaders, or chairs of the policy and resources committee when there was no leader, were: [3] [4]
| Councillor | Party | From | To | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Knaggs [5] | Conservative | 17 May 2007 | December 2012 | Leader | |
| Linda Cowling [6] | Conservative | 10 January 2013 | 18 May 2017 | Leader | |
| Luke Ives [7] | Conservative | 18 May 2017 | 5 May 2019 | Chair of policy and resources committee | |
| Keane Duncan [8] | Conservative | 16 May 2019 | 25 February 2021 | Leader | |
| John Clark [9] | Liberal | 18 March 2021 | 11 August 2021 | Chair of policy and resources committee | |
| Dinah (Di) Keal [10] | Liberal Democrats | 9 September 2021 | 31 March 2023 | Chair of policy and resources committee | |
| Year | Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Liberal | Independent | Council control after election | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 7 | No overall control | |
| 2007 | 14 | 8 | 1 [a] | 6 | No overall control | |
| 2011 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 4 | Conservative | |
| 2015 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Conservative | |
| 2019 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 11 | No overall control | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 439 | 77.2 | −7.2 | ||
| Conservative | 130 | 22.8 | +7.2 | ||
| Majority | 309 | 54.4 | |||
| Turnout | 569 | 41.5 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 232 | 55.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Beckett | 183 | 44.1 | ||
| Majority | 49 | 11.8 | |||
| Turnout | 415 | 31.9 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Thomas Woodward | 577 | 53.7 | +53.7 | |
| Conservative | Ena Dent | 313 | 29.1 | +4.7 | |
| Independent | Juliet Hepworth | 185 | 17.2 | −15.7 | |
| Majority | 264 | 24.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,075 | 40.3 | |||
| Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Eric Hope | 348 | 53.8 | +2.5 | |
| Independent | Gillian Stilwell | 299 | 46.2 | −2.5 | |
| Majority | 49 | 7.6 | |||
| Turnout | 647 | 46.9 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sue Cowan | 392 | 42.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Charles Downes | 274 | 29.9 | ||
| Independent | William Oxley | 213 | 23.3 | ||
| Independent | Ann Hopkinson | 37 | 4.0 | ||
| Majority | 118 | 12.9 | |||
| Turnout | 916 | 34.3 | |||
| Liberal gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Hugh Spencer | 579 | 50.7 | ||
| Conservative | Judith Denniss | 455 | 39.9 | ||
| BNP | Trevor Moss | 107 | 9.4 | ||
| Majority | 124 | 10.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1141 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Mike Potter | 283 | 35 | ||
| Conservative | Kerry Ennis | 278 | 35 | ||
| Independent | Stephen Shaw | 124 | 16 | ||
| Independent | Darren Allanson | 81 | 10 | ||
| Yorkshire | Tobias Barran | 32 | 4 | ||
| Majority | 5 | 0 | |||
| Turnout | 798 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Alasdair Clark | 202 | 39.6 | −15.5 | |
| Conservative | Greg White | 155 | 30.4 | +10.9 | |
| Green | Richard McLane | 121 | 23.7 | +23.7 | |
| Labour | Jill Wells | 32 | 6.3 | 6.3 | |
| Majority | 47 | 9.2 | |||
| Turnout | 510 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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