2019 Selby District Council election

2019 Selby District Council Council election
2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 31 seats to Selby District Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Con
Lab
Leader Mark Crane Robert Packham
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seat Brayton Sherburn in Elmet
Last election 22 seats, 54.7% 8 seats, 33.0%
Seats won 16 8
Seat change Decrease 6 Steady
Popular vote 15,156 10,496
Percentage 47.7% 33.0%
Swing Decrease 7.0% ±0.0%
  Third party Fourth party
 
YP
Ind
Leader Michael Jordan
Party Yorkshire Independent
Leader's seat Camblesforth and Carlton
Last election Did not stand 1 seat, 4.5%
Seats won 4 3
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 2
Popular vote 3,023 2,764
Percentage 9.5% 8.7%
Swing Increase 9.5% Increase 4.2%
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.
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

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.

The election saw the Conservative Party maintain overall control of the District Council with a reduced majority.[1]

The election was noted for the surprise success of the Yorkshire Party, who won four seats on the council, which remains their best performance to date in a local authority election. However, two of the four councillors elected for the party would rejoin the Conservative Party the following year, a third would resign with their seat being won by the Conservatives in the ensuing by-election, while the fourth would eventually join the Labour Party, leaving the Yorkshire Party with no representation on the council by 2022.

Background

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

Selby District Council election, 2019[1][2]
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Conservative 26 16 Decrease 6 51.6% 47.7% 15,156 Decrease 7%
  Labour 24 8 Steady 25.8% 33.0% 10,496 ±0.0%
  Yorkshire 5 4 Increase 4 12.9% 9.5% 3,023 N/A
  Independent 3 3 Increase 2 9.7% 8.7% 2,764 Increase4.2%
  Socialist Labour 1 0 0 0 Steady 0% 0.7% 216 N/A
  UKIP 1 0 0 0 Steady 0% 0.3% 106 Decrease 5.2%

Results by Ward

Appleton Roebuck and Church Fenton

Appleton Roebuck and Church Fenton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 547 33.0
Registered electors 4,585
Turnout 1,729 37.71
Rejected ballots 70 4.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Barlby Village

Barlby Village
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephanie Duckett 295 52.7 −0.6
Conservative Ian Lawton 265 47.3 +0.6
Majority 30 5.4
Registered electors 2,396
Turnout 589 24.58
Rejected ballots 29 4.9
Labour hold Swing

Brayton

Brayton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Crane 898 61.2
Conservative Ian Chilvers 879 59.9
Labour Eva Lambert 553 37.7
Majority 326 22.2
Registered electors 4,882
Turnout 1,506 30.85
Rejected ballots 38 2.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Byram and Brotherton

Byram and Brotherton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 75 10.6
Registered electors 2,269
Turnout 719 31.69
Rejected ballots 12 1.7
Yorkshire gain from Labour Swing

Camblesforth and Carlton

Camblesforth and Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 337 23.3
Registered electors 4,612
Turnout 1,469 31.85
Rejected ballots 25 1.7
Yorkshire gain from Conservative Swing
Yorkshire gain from Conservative Swing

Cawood and Wistow

Cawood and Wistow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Cattanach 582 75.1 +2.7
Labour Susan Andrew 193 24.9 −2.7
Majority 389 50.2
Registered electors 2,435
Turnout 805 33.06
Rejected ballots 30 3.7
Conservative hold Swing

Derwent

Derwent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Topping 781 64.2
Conservative Karl Arthur 657 54.0
Labour Neal Seargent 407 33.5
Majority 250 20.6
Registered electors 4,359
Turnout 1,276 29.27
Rejected ballots 60 4.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Eggborough

Eggborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mary McCartney 673 84.2 +23.2
Conservative Alexander Bruce 124 15.5 −6.7
Majority 549 68.7
Registered electors 2,363
Turnout 815 34.49
Rejected ballots 16 2.0
Independent hold Swing

Escrick

Escrick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Reader 471 67.1 −2.6
Labour Kevin Riley 231 32.9 +15.1
Majority 240 34.2
Registered electors 1,919
Turnout 731 38.09
Rejected ballots 29 4.0
Conservative hold Swing

Hambleton

Hambleton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 106 13.7
Registered electors 2,146
Turnout 779 36.30
Rejected ballots 3 0.4
Conservative hold Swing

Monk Fryston

Monk Fryston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Mackman 590 77.5 +8.9
Labour Claire Stephenson 171 22.5 −8.9
Majority 419 55.1
Registered electors 2,357
Turnout 788 33.43
Rejected ballots 27 3.4
Conservative hold Swing

Riccall

Riccall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Duggan 357 50.3 +24.71
Conservative Charles Richardson 353 49.7 +8.6
Majority 4 0.6
Registered electors 1,977
Turnout 731 36.98
Rejected ballots 21 2.9
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

Selby East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 155 15.9
Registered electors 5,407
Turnout 1,032 19.09
Rejected ballots 55 5.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Selby West

Selby West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 121 6.9
Registered electors 7,427
Turnout 1,833 24.68
Rejected ballots 68 3.7
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Sherburn In Elmet

Sherburn In Elmet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 87 4.9
Registered electors 5,970
Turnout 1,778 29.78
Rejected ballots 14 0.8
Yorkshire gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

South Milford

South Milford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Grogan 426 67.4 +7.5
Labour Tracey Woods 206 32.6 +6.2
Majority 220 34.8
Registered electors 2,054
Turnout 666 32.42
Rejected ballots 34 5.1
Conservative hold Swing

Tadcaster

Tadcaster
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 190 9.1
Registered electors 5,931
Turnout 2,108 35.54
Rejected ballots 10 0.5
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Thorpe Willoughby

Thorpe Willoughby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clifford Lunn 480 67.6 +4.7
Labour Gavin Harding 230 32.4 −4.7
Majority 250 35.2
Registered electors 2,493
Turnout 742 29.76
Rejected ballots 32 4.3
Conservative hold Swing

Whitley

Whitley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 296 31.5
Registered electors 2,352
Turnout 940 39.97
Rejected ballots 0 0.0
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Changes 2019–2023

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.[3][4][5][6]
  • 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.[7]
  • Neil Reader, elected as a Conservative Party councillor for Escrick, resigned from the party in May 2022, and subsequently sat as an independent.[8][9]
  • David Brook, elected as a Yorkshire Party councillor for Sherburn in Elmet, defected to the Labour Party in May 2022.[10][11]

By-elections

Camblesforth & Carlton

A by-election was held in Camblesforth and Carlton ward on 6 May 2021 following the resignation of Yorkshire Party councillor Paul Welburn.[12]

Camblesforth & Carlton: 6 May 2021[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Registered electors 4,727
Turnout 1,511 32.0
Rejected ballots 11 0.7
Conservative gain from Yorkshire Swing

Byram & Brotherton

A by-election was held in Byram and Brotherton ward on 20 January 2022 following the resignation of Conservative councillor Eleanor Jordan, who had been elected for the Yorkshire Party in 2019 before defecting.[14][15]

Byram & Brotherton: 20 January 2022[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Registered electors 2,307
Turnout 448 19.4
Rejected ballots 1 0.2
Conservative hold Swing Decrease6.4

References

  1. 1 2 "Council structure". Selby District Council. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "District Council Election Results" (PDF). Selby District Council. 3 May 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Councillor Eleanor Jordan". Selby District Council. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Councillor Eleanor Jordan". Selby District Council. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Councillor Mike Jordan". Selby District Council. Archived from the original on 17 January 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Councillor Mike Jordan". Selby District Council. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  7. ↑ Cooper, Joe (6 May 2022). "Councillor kicked out of Conservative Party after 52 years for standing as independent". Yorkshire Live. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Councillor Neil Reader". Selby District Council. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Councillor Neil Reader". Selby District Council. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Councillor Dave Brook". Selby District Council. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Councillor Dave Brook". Selby District Council. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  12. ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Camblesforth and Carlton Ward — Selby". Local Elections Archive Project. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Selby local election: The 3 candidates in Camblesforth & Carlton". WhoCanIVoteFor. Democracy Club. Archived from the original on 24 May 2026. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  14. ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Byram and Brotherton Ward — Selby". Local Elections Archive Project. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Selby: Conservatives hold Byram and Brotherton seat". BBC News. 21 January 2022. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll: Byram and Brotherton, 20 January 2022" (PDF). Selby District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
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