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The 2015 City of York Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of City of York Council in England. [1] The whole council was up for election. Turnout was substantially up across the city due to the election being held on the same day as the general election and other local elections in England.
Since the previous election in 2011 a review of ward boundaries had affected some wards, although the total number of councillors remained at 47. The following wards remained unchanged from 2011: Acomb, Bishopthorpe, Dringhouses and Woodthorpe, Haxby and Wigginton, Holgate, Huntington and New Earswick, Micklegate, Strensall, Westfield and Wheldrake. All other wards saw boundary changes and a new ward, Copmanthorpe, was created from the former Rural West York Ward.
The election saw heavy losses for the ruling Labour Party, which had won overall control of the council in 2011, losing more than 40% of the 26 seats won at the previous election. Several senior Labour councillors were defeated including the party's deputy leader Tracey Simpson-Laing and Cabinet members Dave Merrett and Linsay Cunningham. [2] The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Greens all made gains and two Independent councillors were also elected. A record number of new councillors were elected, almost half of the entire Council, with the York Press reporting that "of the 47 seats contested, 25 were won by candidates with council experience while 22 were won by debutants." [3] Following talks between the political groups after the election, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats agreed to run the Council as a joint administration. [4]
City of York Council election 2015 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Labour | 47 | 15 | n/a | n/a | -11 | 31.9% | 25.6% | 59,164 | -12.0% | ||||||
Conservative | 47 | 14 | n/a | n/a | +4 | 29.8% | 28.3% | 65,507 | +6.0% | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | 47 | 12 | n/a | n/a | +4 | 25.5% | 23.9% | 55,331 | -2.5% | ||||||
Green | 47 | 4 | n/a | n/a | +2 | 8.5% | 15.6% | 36,114 | +3.4% | ||||||
Independent | 10 | 2 | n/a | n/a | +1 | 4.3% | 3.5% | 7,986 | +3.0% | ||||||
UKIP | 9 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0% | 2.3% | 5,432 | +2.2% | ||||||
TUSC | 8 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0% | 0.7% | 1,711 | +0.6% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | Stuart James Barnes | 1,462 | 32.3 | ||
Conservative | Keith Robert Myers | 1,440 | 31.9 | ||
Labour | Tracey Louise Simpson-Laing * | 1,292 | 28.6 | ||
Conservative | Jason Brown | 1,286 | 28.5 | ||
UKIP | Vincent Scaum | 679 | 15.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Reuban Alexander Mayne | 636 | 14.1 | ||
Green | Alice Rowan | 506 | 11.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Thomas Ballantine | 462 | 10.2 | ||
Green | Andy Wilson | 382 | 8.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,552 | 67.3 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
The parishes of Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Christopher Galvin * | 1,274 | 49.3 | −0.7 | |
Independent | Carole Ann Green | 606 | 23.4 | 23.4 | |
Labour | Bob Scrase † | 407 | 15.7 | −2.3 | |
Green | David Williams | 154 | 6.0 | 0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Yameen Prakash Khan | 144 | 5.6 | −21.3 | |
Turnout | 2,585 | 77.5 | 21.6 | ||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | Danny Myers | 1,554 | 37.6 | ||
Labour | Margaret Wells | 1,175 | 28.4 | ||
Conservative | Bill Gambold | 826 | 20.0 | ||
Conservative | Jan Powell | 705 | 17.0 | ||
Green | Candy Spillard | 658 | 15.9 | ||
Green | John Walford | 584 | 14.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tobie James Abel | 550 | 13.3 | ||
Independent | Ken King * | 479 | 11.6 | ||
UKIP | David Scullion | 465 | 11.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Derek Wann | 302 | 7.3 | ||
Independent | David Lee Scott † | 279 | 6.7 | ||
TUSC | Martin Readle | 131 | 3.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,185 | 60.4 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
The parish of Copmanthorpe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | David Terry Carr | 1,339 | 50.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Charles Alfred Brown | 689 | 26.0 | ||
Labour | David Anthony Horton * | 442 | 16.7 | ||
Green | Jennifer Aitken | 184 | 6.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,654 | 75.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ann Lorraine Reid * | 3,104 | 46.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Daniel Fenton | 2,649 | 40.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ashley Robert Mason | 2,368 | 35.7 | ||
Conservative | Daniel James Donnor | 1,728 | 26.1 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Litten | 1,569 | 23.7 | ||
Conservative | Matt Freckelton | 1,461 | 22.0 | ||
Labour | Gerard Paul Hodgson † | 1,238 | 18.7 | ||
Labour | Rita Milne | 1,159 | 17.5 | ||
Labour | William Joseph Owen | 1,022 | 15.4 | ||
UKIP | Paul Abbott | 792 | 11.9 | ||
Green | Bronwen Gray | 635 | 9.6 | ||
Green | John Gray | 512 | 7.7 | ||
Green | Caleb John Wooding | 459 | 6.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,709 | 72.4 | 21.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Green | Andy D'Agorne * | 2,241 | 60.6 | ||
Green | Dave Taylor † | 1,997 | 54.0 | ||
Labour | George Harold Norman | 974 | 26.3 | ||
Labour | Susan Elizabeth Watson | 785 | 21.2 | ||
Conservative | Hugo Graham | 587 | 15.9 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Redfern | 573 | 15.5 | ||
UKIP | Thomas Turton | 315 | 8.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Charlie Kingsbury | 275 | 7.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Shawn Richard Imeson | 154 | 4.2 | ||
TUSC | Jamie Anthony Chatfield | 103 | 2.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,743 | 66.2 | |||
Green win (new seat) | |||||
Green win (new seat) |
The parish of Fulford and part of the parish of Heslington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | Keith Richard James Aspden * | 1,188 | 55.6 | ||
Conservative | Calum James Stewart | 437 | 20.5 | ||
Labour | Geoff Fletcher | 355 | 16.6 | ||
Green | Tess McMahon | 156 | 7.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,136 | 70.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Green | Denise Craghill | 1,895 | 34.8 | ||
Labour | James Alexander Flinders | 1,625 | 29.9 | ||
Labour | Janet Mary Looker * | 1,621 | 29.8 | ||
Labour | Kate Pilling | 1,407 | 25.9 | ||
Green | Andy Law | 1,253 | 23.0 | ||
Conservative | Jan Keenan | 1,209 | 22.2 | ||
Conservative | Jack Robinson | 1,112 | 20.4 | ||
Green | June Lesley Tranmer | 1,060 | 19.5 | ||
Conservative | Janette Robinson | 984 | 18.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nick Love | 672 | 12.3 | ||
UKIP | John Brittlebank | 520 | 9.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Joseph Green | 511 | 9.4 | ||
Independent | Brian Walter Joseph Edward Watson † | 416 | 7.6 | ||
Independent | Gordon Campbell-Thomas | 386 | 7.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Derek Waudby | 254 | 4.7 | ||
TUSC | Andrew Dickenson | 214 | 3.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,503 | 53.8 | |||
Green win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
The parishes of Haxby and Wigginton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ian Michael Cuthbertson * | 2,707 | 37.5 | ||
Conservative | Tony Richardson † | 2,640 | 36.5 | ||
Conservative | John Edwin Gates | 2,582 | 35.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Lewis Crosby | 2,432 | 33.7 | ||
Conservative | Roy Watson-Smith | 2,395 | 33.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sue Willer | 2,113 | 29.2 | ||
Labour | Ian Craven | 1,129 | 15.6 | ||
Labour | Stephen Alexander Johnstone | 963 | 13.3 | ||
Labour | Denise Wendy Bowgett ‡ | 926 | 12.8 | ||
Green | Alan Philip Robertshaw | 606 | 8.4 | ||
Independent | Neil Andrew Charles Wyatt | 420 | 5.8 | ||
Green | Paul Donovan | 414 | 5.7 | ||
Green | Henry David Hale | 344 | 4.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,309 | 71.7 | 23.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | Barbara Boyce * | 2,166 | 35.8 | ||
Labour | Christina Mary Funnell † | 2,101 | 34.8 | ||
Labour | Dafydd Emlyn Williams ‡ | 2,001 | 33.1 | ||
Conservative | Jennifer Gambold | 1,448 | 24.0 | ||
Conservative | Teri Rhodes | 1,377 | 22.8 | ||
Green | Jessica Grace Dixon | 1,283 | 21.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew John Smithson | 1,174 | 19.4 | ||
Green | Nicola Clare Normandale | 1,047 | 17.3 | ||
Green | Ginevra Gordon | 907 | 15.0 | ||
UKIP | Kenneth Guest | 907 | 15.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Ernest Packington | 696 | 11.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Benedict Samuel Rich | 480 | 7.9 | ||
TUSC | Nigel Fenwick Smith | 385 | 6.4 | ||
Conservative | Terry Smith | 276 | 4.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,123 | 61.3 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
The parish of Heworth Without
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | Nigel John Ayre * | 1,420 | 52.4 | ||
Conservative | Andrew George Whitney | 603 | 22.3 | ||
Labour | Simon Mark Winch | 374 | 13.8 | ||
UKIP | Fred Bowron | 163 | 6.0 | ||
Green | Doug Doherty | 150 | 5.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,710 | 75.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | Sonja Crisp * | 2,183 | 33.9 | ||
Labour | Mary Cannon | 2,037 | 31.7 | ||
Labour | Fiona Derbyshire | 1,789 | 27.8 | ||
Conservative | Adam Daniel Cook | 1,516 | 23.6 | ||
Green | Pam Hanley | 1,273 | 19.8 | ||
Conservative | Kirston Ovenden | 1,221 | 19.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Moray Adamson | 1,018 | 15.8 | ||
Conservative | Petra Sobotkova | 957 | 14.9 | ||
Green | Andreas Heinemeyer | 954 | 14.8 | ||
UKIP | Judith Mary Morris | 924 | 14.4 | ||
Green | Pete Harris | 876 | 13.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Jonathan Reid | 849 | 13.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Peter Morely | 812 | 12.6 | ||
Independent | Christian Maurice Vassie † | 729 | 11.3 | ||
TUSC | Gwen Vardigans | 326 | 5.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,470 | 65.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Part of the parish of Heslington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour Co-op | Neil Barnes * | 1,999 | 36.5 | ||
Labour Co-op | Hilary Shepherd | 1,672 | 30.5 | ||
Labour Co-op | David Toby Levene † | 1,599 | 29.2 | ||
Green | John Scobell Cossham | 1,408 | 25.7 | ||
Conservative | Cameron Smith | 1,256 | 22.9 | ||
Conservative | Bethany Hannah Wright | 1,237 | 22.6 | ||
Conservative | Jordon Hennessy | 1,195 | 21.8 | ||
Green | John Patrick Heawood | 1,031 | 18.8 | ||
Green | Stuart Harry Maule | 857 | 15.6 | ||
UKIP | Keith Philip Anderson | 667 | 12.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Sarah Edwards | 609 | 11.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Alexander Davies | 492 | 9.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lizzy Roberts | 457 | 8.3 | ||
TUSC | Megan Jessica Ollerhead | 201 | 3.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,547 | 44.7 | |||
Labour Co-op win (new seat) | |||||
Labour Co-op win (new seat) | |||||
Labour Co-op win (new seat) |
The parishes of Huntington and New Earswick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Keith Orrell * | 2,885 | 45.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Cullwick | 2,859 | 44.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Carol Elizabeth Runciman † | 2,814 | 44.0 | ||
Labour | Michael Healy | 1,427 | 22.3 | ||
Conservative | Susan Vaughan | 1,388 | 21.7 | ||
Conservative | Tet Powell | 1,263 | 19.8 | ||
Labour | Lucas Jacob Pearce | 1,136 | 17.8 | ||
Conservative | Gavin Michael Shillito | 1,133 | 17.7 | ||
Labour | Jason Rose | 1,132 | 17.7 | ||
Green | Charles Dixon Everett | 693 | 10.8 | ||
Green | Clive Barker Woolley | 621 | 9.7 | ||
Green | Clive Millard | 569 | 8.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,617 | 63.7 | 23.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Johnny Hayes | 2,843 | 42.4 | ||
Labour | Julie Christine Gunnell * | 2,393 | 35.7 | ||
Green | Lars Kramm | 1,919 | 28.6 | ||
Labour | Nick Button | 1,611 | 24.0 | ||
Green | Mark Havercroft | 1,526 | 22.7 | ||
Green | Helen Johnson | 1,495 | 22.3 | ||
Labour | Dave Merrett † | 1,425 | 21.2 | ||
Conservative | Marc Lee Allinson | 1,332 | 19.9 | ||
Conservative | Bill Hanbury | 1,105 | 16.5 | ||
Conservative | Paul Stratford Healey ‡ | 1,091 | 16.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Bartlett § | 466 | 6.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Carlotta Allum | 448 | 6.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Aileen Alison Hingston | 290 | 4.3 | ||
TUSC | Amanda Robinson | 236 | 3.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,774 | 69.5 | 22.4 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Green gain from Labour |
The parishes of Dunnington, Holtby, Kexby, Murton, and Osbaldwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Jenny Mary Brooks * | 1,989 | 46.4 | ||
Independent | Mark Jonathan Warters † | 1,167 | 27.2 | ||
Conservative | Robin Nicholas Dickson ‡ | 1,162 | 27.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rosalind Anne Maggs | 934 | 21.8 | ||
Labour | Callum John Shannon | 684 | 15.9 | ||
Labour | Mark Alan Windmill | 458 | 10.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Ian Hill | 421 | 9.8 | ||
Green | Sally Heather Brooks | 400 | 9.3 | ||
Green | Derek Ross Bennett | 310 | 7.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,351 | 71.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
The parishes of Clifton Without and Rawcliffe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Peter Anthony Dew | 2,325 | 37.2 | ||
Conservative | Stuart Richard Rawlings | 2,085 | 33.4 | ||
Conservative | Samuel Douglas Lisle | 1,905 | 30.5 | ||
Labour | Linsay Dawn Cunningham * | 1,662 | 26.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Ceri Shrimpton | 1,576 | 25.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Kelsall Waudby † | 1,561 | 25.0 | ||
Labour | Neil Edward McIlveen * | 1,441 | 23.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Samantha Jane Waudby | 1,407 | 22.5 | ||
Labour | Ian Frederick Panter | 1,347 | 21.6 | ||
Green | Caroline Leonora Boreham | 556 | 8.9 | ||
Green | Rodney James Bell | 481 | 7.7 | ||
Green | Robin Louis Brabham | 426 | 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,391 | 65.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
The parishes of Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Hessay, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth with Knapton, Skelton, and Upper Poppleton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | John Ian Gillies * | 2,428 | 51.7 | ||
Conservative | Christopher David Steward † | 2,052 | 43.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jayne Bradley | 1,022 | 21.8 | ||
Labour | Paul Kind | 663 | 14.1 | ||
Independent | Joseph David Watt ‡ | 661 | 14.1 | ||
Labour | Victoria Prior | 541 | 11.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Glyn Morgan | 454 | 9.7 | ||
Green | Sally Hind | 373 | 7.9 | ||
Green | Gillian Cossham | 358 | 7.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,741 | 73.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
The parishes of Earswick, Stockton-on-the-Forest, and Strensall with Towthorpe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Anthony Doughty * | 2,385 | 54.8 | ||
Conservative | Lorraine Helen Douglas † | 1,886 | 43.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Hainsworth Fisher ‡ | 1,369 | 31.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Murray Goodall | 775 | 17.8 | ||
Labour | Ann Hilary Moxon | 605 | 13.9 | ||
Labour | John Anthony Gorner | 574 | 13.2 | ||
Green | Robbie Bennett | 314 | 7.2 | ||
Green | Matthew John Durrant | 245 | 5.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,411 | 67.4 | 25.2 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Andrew Waller * | 2,866 | 49.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Hunter | 2,369 | 40.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sheena Jackson | 2,106 | 36.1 | ||
Labour | Louise Elizabeth Corson | 1,564 | 26.8 | ||
Labour | Stephen Andrew Burton † | 1,464 | 25.1 | ||
Labour | Reece Goscinski | 1,185 | 20.3 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Andrew Gilchrist Brooks | 784 | 13.4 | ||
Conservative | Victoria Donnor | 770 | 13.2 | ||
Conservative | Helen Jane Steward | 655 | 11.2 | ||
Green | Alison Jane Webb | 650 | 11.1 | ||
Green | Catherine Rachel Heinemeyer | 575 | 9.8 | ||
Green | Sebastian James Butterworth | 545 | 9.3 | ||
TUSC | John Pau Handforth | 224 | 3.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,941 | 58.5 | 20.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
The parishes of Deighton, Elvington, Naburn, and Wheldrake
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Susan Norma Mercer | 1,638 | 64.1 | 7.9 | |
Labour | Caroline Susan Hind | 405 | 15.8 | 2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Peter Stott | 281 | 11.0 | −15.5 | |
Green | William Robert Hilary Dyson | 232 | 9.1 | 5.3 | |
Turnout | 2,556 | 76.4 | 22.8 | ||
Conservative hold |
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The 2015 City of York Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of City of York Council in England. [1] The whole council was up for election. Turnout was substantially up across the city due to the election being held on the same day as the general election and other local elections in England.
Since the previous election in 2011 a review of ward boundaries had affected some wards, although the total number of councillors remained at 47. The following wards remained unchanged from 2011: Acomb, Bishopthorpe, Dringhouses and Woodthorpe, Haxby and Wigginton, Holgate, Huntington and New Earswick, Micklegate, Strensall, Westfield and Wheldrake. All other wards saw boundary changes and a new ward, Copmanthorpe, was created from the former Rural West York Ward.
The election saw heavy losses for the ruling Labour Party, which had won overall control of the council in 2011, losing more than 40% of the 26 seats won at the previous election. Several senior Labour councillors were defeated including the party's deputy leader Tracey Simpson-Laing and Cabinet members Dave Merrett and Linsay Cunningham. [2] The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Greens all made gains and two Independent councillors were also elected. A record number of new councillors were elected, almost half of the entire Council, with the York Press reporting that "of the 47 seats contested, 25 were won by candidates with council experience while 22 were won by debutants." [3] Following talks between the political groups after the election, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats agreed to run the Council as a joint administration. [4]
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Labour | 47 | 15 | n/a | n/a | -11 | 31.9% | 25.6% | 59,164 | -12.0% | ||||||
Conservative | 47 | 14 | n/a | n/a | +4 | 29.8% | 28.3% | 65,507 | +6.0% | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | 47 | 12 | n/a | n/a | +4 | 25.5% | 23.9% | 55,331 | -2.5% | ||||||
Green | 47 | 4 | n/a | n/a | +2 | 8.5% | 15.6% | 36,114 | +3.4% | ||||||
Independent | 10 | 2 | n/a | n/a | +1 | 4.3% | 3.5% | 7,986 | +3.0% | ||||||
UKIP | 9 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0% | 2.3% | 5,432 | +2.2% | ||||||
TUSC | 8 | 0 | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0% | 0.7% | 1,711 | +0.6% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | Stuart James Barnes | 1,462 | 32.3 | ||
Conservative | Keith Robert Myers | 1,440 | 31.9 | ||
Labour | Tracey Louise Simpson-Laing * | 1,292 | 28.6 | ||
Conservative | Jason Brown | 1,286 | 28.5 | ||
UKIP | Vincent Scaum | 679 | 15.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Reuban Alexander Mayne | 636 | 14.1 | ||
Green | Alice Rowan | 506 | 11.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Thomas Ballantine | 462 | 10.2 | ||
Green | Andy Wilson | 382 | 8.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,552 | 67.3 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
The parishes of Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Christopher Galvin * | 1,274 | 49.3 | −0.7 | |
Independent | Carole Ann Green | 606 | 23.4 | 23.4 | |
Labour | Bob Scrase † | 407 | 15.7 | −2.3 | |
Green | David Williams | 154 | 6.0 | 0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Yameen Prakash Khan | 144 | 5.6 | −21.3 | |
Turnout | 2,585 | 77.5 | 21.6 | ||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | Danny Myers | 1,554 | 37.6 | ||
Labour | Margaret Wells | 1,175 | 28.4 | ||
Conservative | Bill Gambold | 826 | 20.0 | ||
Conservative | Jan Powell | 705 | 17.0 | ||
Green | Candy Spillard | 658 | 15.9 | ||
Green | John Walford | 584 | 14.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tobie James Abel | 550 | 13.3 | ||
Independent | Ken King * | 479 | 11.6 | ||
UKIP | David Scullion | 465 | 11.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Derek Wann | 302 | 7.3 | ||
Independent | David Lee Scott † | 279 | 6.7 | ||
TUSC | Martin Readle | 131 | 3.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,185 | 60.4 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
The parish of Copmanthorpe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | David Terry Carr | 1,339 | 50.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Charles Alfred Brown | 689 | 26.0 | ||
Labour | David Anthony Horton * | 442 | 16.7 | ||
Green | Jennifer Aitken | 184 | 6.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,654 | 75.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ann Lorraine Reid * | 3,104 | 46.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Daniel Fenton | 2,649 | 40.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ashley Robert Mason | 2,368 | 35.7 | ||
Conservative | Daniel James Donnor | 1,728 | 26.1 | ||
Conservative | Matthew Litten | 1,569 | 23.7 | ||
Conservative | Matt Freckelton | 1,461 | 22.0 | ||
Labour | Gerard Paul Hodgson † | 1,238 | 18.7 | ||
Labour | Rita Milne | 1,159 | 17.5 | ||
Labour | William Joseph Owen | 1,022 | 15.4 | ||
UKIP | Paul Abbott | 792 | 11.9 | ||
Green | Bronwen Gray | 635 | 9.6 | ||
Green | John Gray | 512 | 7.7 | ||
Green | Caleb John Wooding | 459 | 6.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,709 | 72.4 | 21.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Andy D'Agorne * | 2,241 | 60.6 | ||
Green | Dave Taylor † | 1,997 | 54.0 | ||
Labour | George Harold Norman | 974 | 26.3 | ||
Labour | Susan Elizabeth Watson | 785 | 21.2 | ||
Conservative | Hugo Graham | 587 | 15.9 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Redfern | 573 | 15.5 | ||
UKIP | Thomas Turton | 315 | 8.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Charlie Kingsbury | 275 | 7.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Shawn Richard Imeson | 154 | 4.2 | ||
TUSC | Jamie Anthony Chatfield | 103 | 2.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,743 | 66.2 | |||
Green win (new seat) | |||||
Green win (new seat) |
The parish of Fulford and part of the parish of Heslington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Keith Richard James Aspden * | 1,188 | 55.6 | ||
Conservative | Calum James Stewart | 437 | 20.5 | ||
Labour | Geoff Fletcher | 355 | 16.6 | ||
Green | Tess McMahon | 156 | 7.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,136 | 70.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Denise Craghill | 1,895 | 34.8 | ||
Labour | James Alexander Flinders | 1,625 | 29.9 | ||
Labour | Janet Mary Looker * | 1,621 | 29.8 | ||
Labour | Kate Pilling | 1,407 | 25.9 | ||
Green | Andy Law | 1,253 | 23.0 | ||
Conservative | Jan Keenan | 1,209 | 22.2 | ||
Conservative | Jack Robinson | 1,112 | 20.4 | ||
Green | June Lesley Tranmer | 1,060 | 19.5 | ||
Conservative | Janette Robinson | 984 | 18.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nick Love | 672 | 12.3 | ||
UKIP | John Brittlebank | 520 | 9.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Joseph Green | 511 | 9.4 | ||
Independent | Brian Walter Joseph Edward Watson † | 416 | 7.6 | ||
Independent | Gordon Campbell-Thomas | 386 | 7.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Derek Waudby | 254 | 4.7 | ||
TUSC | Andrew Dickenson | 214 | 3.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,503 | 53.8 | |||
Green win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
The parishes of Haxby and Wigginton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ian Michael Cuthbertson * | 2,707 | 37.5 | ||
Conservative | Tony Richardson † | 2,640 | 36.5 | ||
Conservative | John Edwin Gates | 2,582 | 35.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Lewis Crosby | 2,432 | 33.7 | ||
Conservative | Roy Watson-Smith | 2,395 | 33.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sue Willer | 2,113 | 29.2 | ||
Labour | Ian Craven | 1,129 | 15.6 | ||
Labour | Stephen Alexander Johnstone | 963 | 13.3 | ||
Labour | Denise Wendy Bowgett ‡ | 926 | 12.8 | ||
Green | Alan Philip Robertshaw | 606 | 8.4 | ||
Independent | Neil Andrew Charles Wyatt | 420 | 5.8 | ||
Green | Paul Donovan | 414 | 5.7 | ||
Green | Henry David Hale | 344 | 4.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,309 | 71.7 | 23.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Boyce * | 2,166 | 35.8 | ||
Labour | Christina Mary Funnell † | 2,101 | 34.8 | ||
Labour | Dafydd Emlyn Williams ‡ | 2,001 | 33.1 | ||
Conservative | Jennifer Gambold | 1,448 | 24.0 | ||
Conservative | Teri Rhodes | 1,377 | 22.8 | ||
Green | Jessica Grace Dixon | 1,283 | 21.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew John Smithson | 1,174 | 19.4 | ||
Green | Nicola Clare Normandale | 1,047 | 17.3 | ||
Green | Ginevra Gordon | 907 | 15.0 | ||
UKIP | Kenneth Guest | 907 | 15.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Ernest Packington | 696 | 11.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Benedict Samuel Rich | 480 | 7.9 | ||
TUSC | Nigel Fenwick Smith | 385 | 6.4 | ||
Conservative | Terry Smith | 276 | 4.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,123 | 61.3 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
The parish of Heworth Without
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nigel John Ayre * | 1,420 | 52.4 | ||
Conservative | Andrew George Whitney | 603 | 22.3 | ||
Labour | Simon Mark Winch | 374 | 13.8 | ||
UKIP | Fred Bowron | 163 | 6.0 | ||
Green | Doug Doherty | 150 | 5.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,710 | 75.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sonja Crisp * | 2,183 | 33.9 | ||
Labour | Mary Cannon | 2,037 | 31.7 | ||
Labour | Fiona Derbyshire | 1,789 | 27.8 | ||
Conservative | Adam Daniel Cook | 1,516 | 23.6 | ||
Green | Pam Hanley | 1,273 | 19.8 | ||
Conservative | Kirston Ovenden | 1,221 | 19.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Moray Adamson | 1,018 | 15.8 | ||
Conservative | Petra Sobotkova | 957 | 14.9 | ||
Green | Andreas Heinemeyer | 954 | 14.8 | ||
UKIP | Judith Mary Morris | 924 | 14.4 | ||
Green | Pete Harris | 876 | 13.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Jonathan Reid | 849 | 13.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Peter Morely | 812 | 12.6 | ||
Independent | Christian Maurice Vassie † | 729 | 11.3 | ||
TUSC | Gwen Vardigans | 326 | 5.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,470 | 65.7 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Part of the parish of Heslington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Neil Barnes * | 1,999 | 36.5 | ||
Labour Co-op | Hilary Shepherd | 1,672 | 30.5 | ||
Labour Co-op | David Toby Levene † | 1,599 | 29.2 | ||
Green | John Scobell Cossham | 1,408 | 25.7 | ||
Conservative | Cameron Smith | 1,256 | 22.9 | ||
Conservative | Bethany Hannah Wright | 1,237 | 22.6 | ||
Conservative | Jordon Hennessy | 1,195 | 21.8 | ||
Green | John Patrick Heawood | 1,031 | 18.8 | ||
Green | Stuart Harry Maule | 857 | 15.6 | ||
UKIP | Keith Philip Anderson | 667 | 12.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Sarah Edwards | 609 | 11.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Alexander Davies | 492 | 9.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lizzy Roberts | 457 | 8.3 | ||
TUSC | Megan Jessica Ollerhead | 201 | 3.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,547 | 44.7 | |||
Labour Co-op win (new seat) | |||||
Labour Co-op win (new seat) | |||||
Labour Co-op win (new seat) |
The parishes of Huntington and New Earswick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Keith Orrell * | 2,885 | 45.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Cullwick | 2,859 | 44.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Carol Elizabeth Runciman † | 2,814 | 44.0 | ||
Labour | Michael Healy | 1,427 | 22.3 | ||
Conservative | Susan Vaughan | 1,388 | 21.7 | ||
Conservative | Tet Powell | 1,263 | 19.8 | ||
Labour | Lucas Jacob Pearce | 1,136 | 17.8 | ||
Conservative | Gavin Michael Shillito | 1,133 | 17.7 | ||
Labour | Jason Rose | 1,132 | 17.7 | ||
Green | Charles Dixon Everett | 693 | 10.8 | ||
Green | Clive Barker Woolley | 621 | 9.7 | ||
Green | Clive Millard | 569 | 8.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,617 | 63.7 | 23.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Johnny Hayes | 2,843 | 42.4 | ||
Labour | Julie Christine Gunnell * | 2,393 | 35.7 | ||
Green | Lars Kramm | 1,919 | 28.6 | ||
Labour | Nick Button | 1,611 | 24.0 | ||
Green | Mark Havercroft | 1,526 | 22.7 | ||
Green | Helen Johnson | 1,495 | 22.3 | ||
Labour | Dave Merrett † | 1,425 | 21.2 | ||
Conservative | Marc Lee Allinson | 1,332 | 19.9 | ||
Conservative | Bill Hanbury | 1,105 | 16.5 | ||
Conservative | Paul Stratford Healey ‡ | 1,091 | 16.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Bartlett § | 466 | 6.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Carlotta Allum | 448 | 6.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Aileen Alison Hingston | 290 | 4.3 | ||
TUSC | Amanda Robinson | 236 | 3.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,774 | 69.5 | 22.4 | ||
Independent gain from Labour | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Green gain from Labour |
The parishes of Dunnington, Holtby, Kexby, Murton, and Osbaldwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jenny Mary Brooks * | 1,989 | 46.4 | ||
Independent | Mark Jonathan Warters † | 1,167 | 27.2 | ||
Conservative | Robin Nicholas Dickson ‡ | 1,162 | 27.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rosalind Anne Maggs | 934 | 21.8 | ||
Labour | Callum John Shannon | 684 | 15.9 | ||
Labour | Mark Alan Windmill | 458 | 10.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Ian Hill | 421 | 9.8 | ||
Green | Sally Heather Brooks | 400 | 9.3 | ||
Green | Derek Ross Bennett | 310 | 7.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,351 | 71.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
The parishes of Clifton Without and Rawcliffe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Anthony Dew | 2,325 | 37.2 | ||
Conservative | Stuart Richard Rawlings | 2,085 | 33.4 | ||
Conservative | Samuel Douglas Lisle | 1,905 | 30.5 | ||
Labour | Linsay Dawn Cunningham * | 1,662 | 26.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Ceri Shrimpton | 1,576 | 25.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Kelsall Waudby † | 1,561 | 25.0 | ||
Labour | Neil Edward McIlveen * | 1,441 | 23.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Samantha Jane Waudby | 1,407 | 22.5 | ||
Labour | Ian Frederick Panter | 1,347 | 21.6 | ||
Green | Caroline Leonora Boreham | 556 | 8.9 | ||
Green | Rodney James Bell | 481 | 7.7 | ||
Green | Robin Louis Brabham | 426 | 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,391 | 65.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
The parishes of Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Hessay, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth with Knapton, Skelton, and Upper Poppleton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Ian Gillies * | 2,428 | 51.7 | ||
Conservative | Christopher David Steward † | 2,052 | 43.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jayne Bradley | 1,022 | 21.8 | ||
Labour | Paul Kind | 663 | 14.1 | ||
Independent | Joseph David Watt ‡ | 661 | 14.1 | ||
Labour | Victoria Prior | 541 | 11.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Glyn Morgan | 454 | 9.7 | ||
Green | Sally Hind | 373 | 7.9 | ||
Green | Gillian Cossham | 358 | 7.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,741 | 73.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
The parishes of Earswick, Stockton-on-the-Forest, and Strensall with Towthorpe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Anthony Doughty * | 2,385 | 54.8 | ||
Conservative | Lorraine Helen Douglas † | 1,886 | 43.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Hainsworth Fisher ‡ | 1,369 | 31.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Murray Goodall | 775 | 17.8 | ||
Labour | Ann Hilary Moxon | 605 | 13.9 | ||
Labour | John Anthony Gorner | 574 | 13.2 | ||
Green | Robbie Bennett | 314 | 7.2 | ||
Green | Matthew John Durrant | 245 | 5.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,411 | 67.4 | 25.2 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Waller * | 2,866 | 49.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Hunter | 2,369 | 40.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sheena Jackson | 2,106 | 36.1 | ||
Labour | Louise Elizabeth Corson | 1,564 | 26.8 | ||
Labour | Stephen Andrew Burton † | 1,464 | 25.1 | ||
Labour | Reece Goscinski | 1,185 | 20.3 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Andrew Gilchrist Brooks | 784 | 13.4 | ||
Conservative | Victoria Donnor | 770 | 13.2 | ||
Conservative | Helen Jane Steward | 655 | 11.2 | ||
Green | Alison Jane Webb | 650 | 11.1 | ||
Green | Catherine Rachel Heinemeyer | 575 | 9.8 | ||
Green | Sebastian James Butterworth | 545 | 9.3 | ||
TUSC | John Pau Handforth | 224 | 3.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,941 | 58.5 | 20.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
The parishes of Deighton, Elvington, Naburn, and Wheldrake
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Susan Norma Mercer | 1,638 | 64.1 | 7.9 | |
Labour | Caroline Susan Hind | 405 | 15.8 | 2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Peter Stott | 281 | 11.0 | −15.5 | |
Green | William Robert Hilary Dyson | 232 | 9.1 | 5.3 | |
Turnout | 2,556 | 76.4 | 22.8 | ||
Conservative hold |