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East Riding of Yorkshire Council elections

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The East Riding of Yorkshire is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was created on 1 April 1996 replacing East Yorkshire, East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley, Holderness, part of Boothferry and Humberside County Council.

The East Riding of Yorkshire Council is fully elected every four years.

The council consists of 67 councillors who are elected from 26 wards. Each ward elects one, two or three councillors.^[1]

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Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1995–2007
	Conservative	2007–2023
	No overall control	2023–present

Party		Votes	%
	Independent	945	28.9
	Conservative	901	27.5
	Liberal Democrats	768	23.5
	Labour	657	20.1
Majority		44	1.4
Turnout		3,271
	Independent hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	672	46.3	+40.9
	Conservative	525	36.1	+10.0
	Independent	157	10.8	-25.3
	Labour	99	6.8	-25.6
Majority		147	10.2
Turnout		1,453	43.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,036	48.0	+39.4
	Labour	617	28.6	-24.0
	Independent Labour	315	14.6	-14.5
	Conservative	175	8.1	-1.3
	Independent	15	0.7	+0.7
Majority		419	19.4
Turnout		2,158	32.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,085	47.5	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	2,081	47.4	-5.2
	Labour	227	5.1	-4.4
Majority		4	0.1
Turnout		4,393	42.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

East_Riding_of_Yorkshire_Council_elections

East Riding of Yorkshire Council elections

Political control

Leadership

Council elections

By-election results

1995–1999

1999–2003

2003–2007

2011–2015

2015–2019

2019–2023

2023–2026

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Councillor		From	To
Stephen Parnaby^[6]	Conservative	1 Apr 1996	5 May 2019
Richard Burton^[7]	Conservative	16 May 2019	13 May 2021
Jonathan Owen^[8]	Conservative	13 May 2021	18 May 2023
Anne Handley^[9]	Conservative	18 May 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Neal	853	60.2	-3.9
	Conservative		450	31.8	+7.9
	UKIP		114	8.0	+8.0
Majority			403	28.4
Turnout			1,417	41.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,542	61.4	+24.4
	Labour	670	26.7	-12.9
	Conservative	172	6.9	-5.6
	Independent	118	4.7	+4.7
	Independent	8	0.3	+0.3
Majority		872	34.7
Turnout		2,510	31.0
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,515	46.5	-7.1
	Liberal Democrats	1,318	40.4	+14.3
	Labour	426	13.1	+0.0
Majority		197	6.1
Turnout		3,259	33.1
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	2,108
	Liberal Democrats	2,043
	Liberal Democrats	2,029
	Conservative	472
	Conservative	472
	Conservative	452
	Labour	343
	Labour	318
	Labour	298
	UKIP	255
Turnout		8,535	26.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Preston	644	48.7	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid Ridley	621	47.0	-6.5
	Labour	John Frost	57	4.3	+0.2
Majority			23	1.7
Turnout			1,322	36.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevan Hough	1,187	37.5	+1.5
	Labour	Jed Lee	1,011	32.0	+11.3
	Independent	John Windas	971	30.6	+30.6
Majority			176	5.5	-5.6
Turnout			3,169	26.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Victoria Aitken	1,573	43.6	-1.8
	UKIP	Clive Waddington	1,260	34.9	+34.9
	Labour	Mike Whitley	563	15.6	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Luckraft	212	5.9	-1.3
Majority			313	8.7	-19.3
Turnout			3,608	30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Holtby	1,353	38.9	-10.1
	UKIP	Gary Shores	1,269	36.5	+36.5
	Labour Co-op	George McManus	852	24.5	-7.3
Majority			84	2.4	-14.8
Turnout			3,474	30.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Malcolm Milns	401	30.8	+30.8
	Conservative	John Copsey	352	27.1	-2.0
	Independent	Liam Dealtry	217	16.7	+16.7
	Independent	Terry Dixon	214	16.5	+16.5
	Independent	Neil Tate	116	8.9	+8.9
Majority			49	3.7	+3.7
Turnout			1,300	15.2
	UKIP gain from SDP		Swing

Howdenshire by-election 27 November 2014^[13]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Wilkinson	1,020	46.2	+0.8
	UKIP	Clive Waddington	891	40.3	+40.3
	Labour	Danny Marten	298	13.5	-0.5
Majority			129	5.9	-22.1
Turnout			2,209	18.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Willerby and Kirk Ella by-election 27 November 2014^[15]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mick Burchill	1,522	55.6	+9.4
	UKIP	Robert Skinner	699	25.5	+25.5
	Labour	Daniel Palmer	515	18.8	+2.7
Majority			823	30.1	+13.5
Turnout			2,736	24.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pocklington Provincial by-election 7 April 2016^[18]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andy Strangeway	1,032	38.0	+38.0
	Conservative	Paul West	980	36.1	-8.1
	Labour	Lucie Spadone	490	18.0	-2.0
	UKIP	Neil Tate	215	7.9	-11.6
Majority			52	1.9	+1.9
Turnout			2,717	21.2
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

East Wolds and Coastal by-election 5 May 2016^[20]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Lisseter	1,885	52.7	-11.8
	Labour	Tom Lee	860	24.0	+9.1
	UKIP	Peter Watts	835	23.3	+3.0
Majority			1,025	28.7	+8.1
Turnout			3,580	31.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Tucker	917	38.5	+3.6
	Labour	Patrick Wilkinson	806	33.8	+7.9
	UKIP	Andrew Weaver	390	16.4	-13.2
	Independent	Dave Edwards	173	7.3	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Wright	97	4.1	+4.1
Majority			111	4.7	-0.6
Turnout			2,383	20.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Denis Healy	1,497	40.0	+28.7
	Conservative	Roy Begg	947	25.3	-3.2
	Labour	Margaret Pinder	689	18.4	+0.6
	Beverley Party	Bea Willar	364	9.7	-1.2
	Independent	Christine Harrod	141	3.8	+3.8
	UKIP	John Kitchener	101	2.7	-10.3
Majority			550	14.7
Turnout			3,739	29
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Heslop-Mullens	1,308	42.7
	Conservative	Martin Burnhill	815	26.6
	Yorkshire	Paul Walker	349	11.4
	UKIP	Gary Shores	196	6.4
	Labour	Mike Dixon	135	4.4
	Independent	Terry Dixon	125	4.1
	Independent	David Robson	76	2.5
	Independent	Thelma Milns	56	1.9
Majority			493
Turnout			3,072	26.73
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Claire Holmes	1,624	52.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Edwards	691	22.2
	Labour	James Ireland	396	12.7
	Yorkshire	Ricky Hoggard	317	10.2
	Reform UK	Rich Kelly	89	2.9
Majority			933
Turnout			3,143	27.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Winter	1,304	39.9
	Labour	Steve Gallant	814	24.9
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Grove	626	19.1
	Independent	James Baron	525	16.1
Majority			490
Turnout			3,282	28.81
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Corless	1,351	54.7
	Conservative	Paul Kenneth Hopton	907	36.8
	Labour	Dafydd Taylor	110	4.5
	Green	Stewart Arnold	100	4.1
Majority			444
Turnout			2,472	29.42
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Phoenix	1,950	57.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Bibb	1,077	31.5
	Labour	David Butland	171	5.0
	SDP	Carlo Verda	125	3.7
	Yorkshire	Kimberley Thomas	93	2.7
Majority			873
Turnout			3,422
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Stewart	1,948	59.4
	Conservative	Peter Stevens	1,116	34.1
	Labour	Clare Wildey	213	6.5
Majority			832
Turnout			3,294
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Henderson	1,438	50.7	+9
	Conservative	David Keith Elvidge	706	24.9	-4
	Labour	Ron Laden	495	17.4	-12
	Green	Jonathan Stephenson	198	7.0	New
Majority			732	25.8
Turnout			2.854	21.1	-10.8
Registered electors			13,543
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+6.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Harrison	958	55.3	+4.1
	Labour	Malcolm Richard Stather	408	23.6	+3.1
	Conservative	Michael Stephen Whitehead	268	15.5	+3.7
	Green	Jane Nicola Robinson	97	5.6	-2.5
Majority			550	31.7
Turnout			1,737	21.6	-5.0
Registered electors			8,045
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.5