Ryedale District Council elections

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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]

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Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: [2]

Party in controlYears
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

Leadership

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]

CouncillorPartyFromToTitle
Keith Knaggs [5] Conservative 17 May 2007December 2012Leader
Linda Cowling [6] Conservative 10 January 201318 May 2017Leader
Luke Ives [7] Conservative 18 May 20175 May 2019Chair of policy and resources committee
Keane Duncan [8] Conservative 16 May 201925 February 2021Leader
John Clark [9] Liberal 18 March 202111 August 2021Chair of policy and resources committee
Dinah (Di) Keal [10] Liberal Democrats 9 September 202131 March 2023Chair of policy and resources committee

Council elections

Council composition

Year Conservative Liberal Democrats Liberal Independent Council control
after election
2003 13827 No overall control
2007 1481 [lower-alpha 1] 6 No overall control
2011 20244Conservative
2015 20235Conservative
2019 122511 No overall control

By-election results

2003–2007

Sheriff Hutton By-Election 18 September 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent 43977.2-7.2
Conservative 13022.8+7.2
Majority30954.4
Turnout 56941.5
Independent hold Swing
Wolds By-Election 15 July 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 23255.9
Liberal Democrats Mike Beckett18344.1
Majority4911.8
Turnout 41531.9
Conservative hold Swing

2007–2011

Pickering East By-Election 21 June 2007 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Woodward57753.7+53.7
Conservative Ena Dent31329.1+4.7
Independent Juliet Hepworth18517.2-15.7
Majority26424.6
Turnout 1,07540.3
Liberal gain from Independent Swing
Sheriff Hutton By-Election 16 August 2007 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Hope34853.8+2.5
Independent Gillian Stilwell29946.2-2.5
Majority497.6
Turnout 64746.9
Conservative hold Swing
Pickering East By-Election 8 October 2009 [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sue Cowan39242.8
Liberal Democrats Charles Downes27429.9
Independent William Oxley21323.3
Independent Ann Hopkinson374.0
Majority11812.9
Turnout 91634.3
Liberal gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Norton West By-Election 6 May 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hugh Spencer57950.7
Conservative Judith Denniss45539.9
BNP Trevor Moss1079.4
Majority12410.8
Turnout 1141
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

2015–2019

Derwent By-Election 17 December 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Mike Potter28335
Conservative Kerry Ennis27835
Independent Stephen Shaw12416
Independent Darren Allanson8110
Yorkshire Tobias Barran324
Majority50
Turnout 798
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

2019–2023

Cropton By-Election 18 November 2021 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alasdair Clark20239.6-15.5
Conservative Greg White15530.4+10.9
Green Richard McLane12123.7+23.7
Labour Jill Wells326.36.3
Majority479.2
Turnout 510
Liberal hold Swing

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  1. ↑ Only 1 candidate nominated for the 2-seat ward of Pickering East. The Liberal Party won the subsequent by-election held on 21 June 2007. [14]
  1. ↑ "Elections – Voting". Ryedale District Council. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "Ryedale". BBC News Online . Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "Council constitution". Ryedale District Council. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Council minutes". Ryedale District Council. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Former Ryedale council leader made honorary alderman". Northern Echo. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Six councillors resign from Ryedale council". Yorkshire Post. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Councillor Luke Ives steps down after eight years". Gazette and Herald. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Ryedale District Council leader and deputy quit over council tax rise". BBC News. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  9. ↑ Gavaghan, Carl (13 August 2021). "John Clark, 'leader' of Ryedale Council and a politician for 40 years, dies in hospital". Scarborough News. Retrieved 19 June 2022. Cllr Clark was the chairman of Ryedale Council's Policy and Resources Committee, which made him the de facto leader of the authority after councillors chose not to elect a councillor to the official role of leader.
  10. ↑ Gavaghan, Carl (16 September 2021). "Ryedale Council elects Cllr Dinah Keal as new 'leader' following death of John Clark". Scarborough News. Retrieved 19 June 2022. Ryedale councillors this year chose not to elect a councillor to the official role of leader which means the chairman of the Policy and Resources committee represents the authority in situations previously reserved for the leader.
  11. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Ryedale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  13. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Ryedale (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Pickering East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  15. ↑ "New councillor for Pickering East". Ryedale District Council. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  16. ↑ "Eric is following in footsteps of his lifelong good friend". Malton and Pickering Mercury. 22 August 2007. p. 41.
  17. ↑ "Tories get mixed response from voters in latest council by-elections". 24dash.com. 9 October 2009. Archived from the original on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  18. ↑ "Election of a councillor for the Pickering East district ward" (PDF). Ryedale District Council. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  19. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cropton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
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