The 2019 Selby District Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Selby District Council in England. It was the final election to the authority before its dissolution in 2023, and subsequent subsumption into the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
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Map showing the results of the 2019 Selby District Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour, Light Blue showing the Yorkshire Party and Grey showing Independents. Striped wards have mixed representation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election saw the Conservative Party maintain overall control of the District Council with a reduced majority.[1]
Background edit
At the previous Selby District Council election, 22 seats were won by the Conservative Party, 8 seats were won by the Labour Party, and one independent candidate, Mary McCartney, was elected in the Eggborough ward. Over the next four years, the following seat changes occurred:
- Jack Crawford, elected as a Labour Party councillor for Byram and Brotherton, died in early 2016. The resulting by-election was won by Bryn Sage of the Conservative Party.
- Donald Bain-Mackay, elected as a Conservative Party councillor for Tadcaster, resigned from the Conservatives early in 2017 in order to run as an independent candidate for North Yorkshire County Council at that year's election.
- Michael Jordan, elected as a Conservative Party councillor for Camblesforth and Carlton, defected to the Yorkshire Party in July 2018.
Results summary edit
Selby District Council election, 2019[1][2] | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Conservative | 26 | 16 | 6 | 51.6% | 47.9% | 15,156 | 6.8% | ||||||||
Labour | 24 | 8 | 25.8% | 33.2% | 10,496 | 0.2% | |||||||||
Yorkshire | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12.9% | 9.5% | 3,023 | N/A | ||||||||
Independent | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9.7% | 8.7% | 2,764 | 4.2% | ||||||||
Socialist Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.7% | 216 | N/A | |||||||
UKIP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.3% | 106 | 5.2% |
Results by Ward edit
Appleton Roebuck and Church Fenton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Musgrave | 1,072 | 64.6 | ||
Conservative | Keith Ellis | 1,036 | 62.4 | ||
Labour | Andrew Lowe | 489 | 29.5 | ||
Labour | John Rushby | 465 | 28.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,729 | 37.71 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Barlby Village edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephanie Duckett | 295 | 52.7 | -0.6 | |
Conservative | Ian Lawton | 265 | 47.3 | +0.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 589 | 24.58 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Brayton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Crane | 898 | 61.2 | ||
Conservative | Ian Chilvers | 879 | 59.9 | ||
Labour | Eva Lambert | 553 | 37.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,506 | 30.85 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Byram and Brotherton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Yorkshire | Eleanor Jordan | 320 | 45.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Bryn Sage | 245 | 34.7 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Craig Laskey | 142 | 20.1 | -23.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 719 | 31.69 | |||
Yorkshire gain from Labour | Swing |
Camblesforth and Carlton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Yorkshire | Paul Welburn | 799 | 55.3 | ||
Yorkshire | Michael Jordan | 702 | 48.6 | ||
Conservative | Craig Blakey | 365 | 25.3 | ||
Labour | David Leake | 345 | 23.9 | ||
Conservative | Connor Brocklesby | 330 | 22.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,469 | 31.85 | |||
Yorkshire gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Yorkshire gain from Conservative | Swing |
Cawood and Wistow edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Cattanach | 582 | 75.1 | +2.7 | |
Labour | Susan Andrew | 193 | 24.9 | -2.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 805 | 33.06 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Derwent edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Topping | 781 | 64.2 | ||
Conservative | Karl Arthur | 657 | 54.0 | ||
Labour | Neal Seargent | 407 | 33.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,276 | 29.27 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Eggborough edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Mary McCartney | 673 | 84.4 | +23.2 | |
Conservative | Alexander Bruce | 124 | 15.6 | -6.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 815 | 34.49 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Escrick edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Neil Reader | 471 | 67.1 | -2.6 | |
Labour | Kevin Riley | 231 | 32.9 | +15.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 731 | 38.09 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hambleton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Pearson | 383 | 49.4 | -19.5 | |
Yorkshire | Scott Conor | 277 | 35.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Anne Riley | 116 | 14.9 | -16.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 779 | 36.30 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Monk Fryston edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Mackman | 590 | 77.5 | +8.9 | |
Labour | Claire Stephenson | 171 | 22.5 | -8.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 788 | 33.43 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Riccall edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Duggan | 357 | 50.3 | +24.71 | |
Conservative | Charles Richardson | 353 | 49.7 | +8.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 731 | 36.98 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
- 1 - Swing is compared to the Labour Party's performance in 2015, rather than Duggan's performance as an independent candidate that year.
Selby East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Wendy Nichols | 570 | 58.3 | ||
Labour | Steven Shaw-Wright | 529 | 54.1 | ||
Labour | Paul Welch | 520 | 53.2 | ||
Conservative | Joshua Crane | 365 | 37.4 | ||
Conservative | Conor Dickinson | 355 | 36.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,032 | 19.09 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Selby West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Judith Chilvers | 875 | 49.6 | ||
Labour | Jennifer Shaw-Wright | 847 | 48.0 | ||
Labour | Keith Franks | 798 | 45.2 | ||
Labour | Malik Mohd Rofidi | 677 | 38.4 | ||
Socialist Labour | Ian Wilson | 216 | 12.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,833 | 24.68 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sherburn In Elmet edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Yorkshire | David Brook | 925 | 52.4 | ||
Conservative | David Buckle | 816 | 46.3 | ||
Labour | Robert Packham | 769 | 43.6 | ||
Conservative | Alexander Tant-Brown | 682 | 38.7 | ||
Labour | Dennis Baillie | 521 | 29.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,778 | 29.78 | |||
Yorkshire gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
South Milford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Timothy Grogan | 426 | 67.4 | +7.5 | |
Labour | Tracey Woods | 206 | 32.6 | +6.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 666 | 32.42 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Tadcaster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Donald Bain-Mackay | 1,526 | 72.7 | ||
Conservative | Richard Sweeting | 1,056 | 50.3 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Lee | 801 | 38.2 | ||
Labour | Stephen Cobb | 611 | 29.1 | ||
Labour | David Bowgett | 454 | 21.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,108 | 35.54 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Thorpe Willoughby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Clifford Lunn | 480 | 67.6 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Gavin Harding | 230 | 32.4 | -4.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 742 | 29.76 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Whitley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John McCartney | 565 | 60.1 | +19.6 | |
Conservative | Laura Watkinson-Teo | 269 | 28.6 | -15.2 | |
UKIP | Neil Lockwood | 106 | 11.3 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 940 | 39.97 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Seat changes and By-elections edit
In-between this election and the council's dissolution, the following seat changes took place:
- Eleanor Jordan and Michael Jordan, elected as Yorkshire Party councillors for Byram and Brotherton and Camblesforth and Carlton respectively, both defected to the Conservative Party in August 2020.
- John Cattanach, elected as a Conservative Party councillor for Cawood and Wistow, was expelled from the party in April 2022 for declaring as an independent candidate at the 2022 North Yorkshire Council election, and subsequently sat as an independent.
- Neil Reader, elected as a Conservative Party councillor for Escrick, resigned from the party in May 2022, and subsequently sat as an independent.
- David Brook, elected as a Yorkshire Party councillor for Sherburn in Elmet, defected to the Labour Party in May 2022.
Camblesforth & Carlton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Richardson | 996 | 66.4 | +42.2 | |
Labour | David Bowgett | 342 | 22.8 | -0.1 | |
Green | Barry Jones | 162 | 10.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 654 | 43.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,511 | 32.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Yorkshire | Swing |
Byram & Brotherton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Georgina Ashton | 215 | 48.1 | +13.4 | |
Labour | Matthew Burton | 207 | 46.3 | +26.2 | |
Green | Cherry Waters | 25 | 5.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 8 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 448 | 19.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.4 |
References edit
- ^ a b "Council structure". Selby District Council. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "District Council Election Results" (PDF). Selby District Council. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.