1892 North Riding County Council election

North Riding (red) within Yorkshire (green) and England

The second elections to the North Riding County Council were held on Thursday, 3 March 1892. The North Riding was one of three divisions of the historic county of Yorkshire in England. The county council consisted of 59 members (one for each of 59 divisions - having decreased from 60 with the transfer of Norton to the East Riding in 1889), with 20 more voting aldermen to be elected by the new council. 12 of the seats were contested while 47 were uncontested. The election saw control of the council being retained by the Conservatives, although again with a large majority of unaffiliated members.

Following the election, John Dundas and George Lascelles were re-elected as the chairman and vice-chairman of the council at its first meeting, held on 16 March 1892.^[1] Lascelles succeeded Dundas in the chair following his death that September.

Results

North Riding County Council election, 1892
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	16	4	2	2	27.1	54.0	4,442
Liberal	6	2	4	2	10.2	33.1	2,720
Labour	0				0	6.3	520
Unknown party	37	2	2	1	62.7	6.6	547

Results by division

Incumbent councillors are marked by an asterisk (*).

Aysgarth

Aysgarth^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Winn*	Uncontested

Bedale

Bedale^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry Monson De La Poer Beresford-Peirse*	Uncontested

Brompton

Brompton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Benjamin Wilford*	Uncontested

Brotton

Brotton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Lancaster	410	51.2	*New*
	Conservative	Thomas Hugh Bell*	383	47.8	−8.5
Majority			27	3.4	−9.3
Rejected ballots			9	1.1
Turnout			802
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Catterick

Catterick^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Charge Booth*	Uncontested

Clifton

Clifton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Melrose*	Uncontested

Croft

Croft^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wilson-Todd*	Uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Easingwold

Easingwold^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry Hawking*	Uncontested

Eskdaleside

Eskdaleside^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Robinson	Uncontested

Eston North

Eston North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Seymour*	Uncontested

Eston South

Eston South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Elisha Beacham*	Uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Flaxton

Flaxton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Abel Wood*	Uncontested

Gilling

Gilling^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Rowlandson*	Uncontested

Great Ayton

Great Ayton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Winn*	Uncontested

Guisborough

Guisborough^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Edward Pease*	Uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Helmsley

Helmsley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham*	Uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hinderwell

Hinderwell^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Palmer*	Uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Hovingham

Hovingham^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Cayley Worsley*	284	56.1
	Liberal	Thomas Watts	218	43.1
Majority			66	13.1
Rejected ballots			4	0.8
Turnout			506	81.4
Registered electors			622
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirbymoorside

Kirbymoorside^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Cecil Duncombe*	Uncontested

Kirkleatham

Kirkleatham^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Eden Walker*	Uncontested

Leyburn

Leyburn^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Orde-Powlett, 5th Baron Bolton*	Uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loftus

Loftus^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Henry Anderson*	Uncontested

Lythe

Lythe^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Walter Herbert Septimus Pyman	Uncontested

Malton

Malton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Metcalfe	404	54.9	*New*
	Liberal	Joshua Hartley*	329	44.7	−31.6
Majority			75	10.2	−43.1
Rejected ballots			3	0.4	-0.3
Turnout			736	85.6	+11.8
Registered electors			860
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Marske

Marske^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland*	476	64.6
	Labour	Alfred Jabez Strong	257	34.9
Majority			219	29.7
Rejected ballots			4	0.5
Turnout			737
	Conservative hold		Swing

Masham

Masham^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Powlett Milbank	Uncontested
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Middleham

Middleham^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles James Burrill	Uncontested

Normanby

Normanby^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Glen*	Uncontested

Northallerton

Northallerton^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hutton*	Uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ormesby

Ormesby^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Isaac Wilson*	Uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Osmotherley

Osmotherley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John James Emerson*	Uncontested

Pickering

Pickering^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Mitchelson Mitchelson*	345	54.2	+3.5
	Liberal	John Frank	292	45.8	−3.5
Majority			53	8.3	+7.0
Turnout			637
	Conservative hold		Swing

Redcar and Saltburn

Redcar and Saltburn^[2]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Dorman	403	51.8	*New*
	Liberal	Joseph Walton	370	47.6	−2.8
Majority			33	4.2	+3.4
Rejected ballots			5	0.6
Turnout			778
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Reeth

Reeth^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edmund Alderson Knowles*	Uncontested

Richmond

Richmond^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Walker*	Uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ruswarp

Ruswarp^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Henry Harrowing	Uncontested

Scalby

Scalby^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Francis Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone*	Uncontested

Scarborough Central

Scarborough Central^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Woodall Woodall*	Uncontested

Scarborough East

Scarborough East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles William Woodall*	Uncontested

Scarborough North

Scarborough North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Eden Heywood Gawne	Uncontested

Scarborough North West

Scarborough North West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Greaves Smirthwaite*	Uncontested

Scarborough South

Scarborough South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry Darley*	Uncontested

Scarborough West

Scarborough West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Stephenson	Uncontested
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Sheriff Hutton

Sheriff Hutton^[4]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	John Coates	388	70.9	+35.8
	Thomas John Kinnear*	159	29.1	−7.6
Majority		229	41.9	+40.3
Turnout		547

Skelton

Skelton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Henry Anthony Wharton*	494	64.8	−3.0
	Labour	George Hobbs	263	34.5	New
Majority			231	30.3	−5.3
Rejected ballots			5	0.7
Turnout			762
	Conservative hold		Swing

Snainton

Snainton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Francis Baker	282	56.2
	Liberal	Robert Atkinson	220	43.8
Majority			62	12.4
Turnout			502
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

South Otterington

South Otterington^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Newsome Baxter*	Uncontested

Startforth

Startforth^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Barker*	Uncontested

Stillington

Stillington^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Souter	331	52.4	+20.4
	Conservative	John Newton*	298	47.2	+6.7
Majority			33	5.2	−3.3
Rejected ballots			3	0.5
Turnout			632	76.1
Registered electors			830
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Stokesley

Stokesley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward Wynne-Finch*	Uncontested

Thirsk

Thirsk^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Bell*	Uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thornaby North

Thornaby North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Whitwell*	Uncontested

Thornaby South

Thornaby South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Arthur Head*	Uncontested

Thornton

Thornton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Scoby*	694	68.8
	Liberal	T J Mintoft	315	31.2
Majority			379	37.6
Turnout			1,009
	Conservative hold		Swing

Topcliffe

Topcliffe^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John I'Anson*	Uncontested

Wath

Wath^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Hawking*	Uncontested

Whitby East

Whitby East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edmund Henry Turton	Uncontested
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Whitby West

Whitby West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Elliott Pannett*	Uncontested

Yarm

Yarm^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Hedley*	379	61.2	+9.2
	Liberal	D H Hird	235	38.2	New
Majority			144	23.5	+19.6
Turnout			614
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "North Riding County Council". York Herald. 17 March 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 13 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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1 2 "The Forthcoming County Council Elections". York Herald. No. 12686. 1 February 1892. p. 3. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "County Council Elections: The Polling in the North Riding". Daily Gazette For Middlesbrough. 4 March 1892. p. 3. Retrieved 13 May 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 "North Riding of Yorkshire: Election of County Councillors". York Herald. 7 March 1892. p. 1. Retrieved 13 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "County Council Elections: North Riding". York Herald. 12 February 1892. p. 6. Retrieved 14 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "County Council Elections". York Herald. 5 March 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 14 May 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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