Selby District Council elections

Selby District Council was the local authority for the district of Selby from 1974 to 2023. It was elected every four years.

Political control

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Party in control Years
No overall control 1973–1979
Conservative 1979–1991
No overall control 1991–1995
Labour 1995–1999
No overall control 1999–2003
Conservative 2003–2023

Leadership

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The leaders of the council have included:

Councillor Party From To
Arthur Cawood Conservative 1979 1995
Geoff Lynch[1] Labour 1995 2000
Dean Howson[2] Labour 2000 2003
Mark Crane[3] Conservative 2003 2023

Council elections

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Council composition

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Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Yorkshire Independent Council control
after election
1995 9 26 1 0 5 Labour
1999 15 20 1 0 5 No overall control
2003 23 14 1 0 3 Conservative
2007 29 9 0 0 3 Conservative
2011 29 10 0 0 2 Conservative
2015 22 8 0 0 1 Conservative
2019 16 8 0 4 3 Conservative

Results maps

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  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map
  • 2019 results map
    2019 results map

By-election results

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1995-1999

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Cawood with Wistow By-Election 30 January 1997
replacing Archie Paton (resigned)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Aston 408 48.2
Conservative John Cattanach 395 46.7
Liberal Democrats John Eastwood 43 5.1
Majority 13 1.5
Turnout 846 44.0
Labour hold Swing
Camblesforth By-Election 17 July 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Bedworth 317 59.7 −0.7
Conservative Ann Spetch 180 33.9 −6.0
Liberal Democrats John Eastwood 34 6.4 +6.4
Majority 137 25.8
Turnout 531 31.8
Labour hold Swing
Tadcaster West By-Election 30 April 1998
replacing William Parnaby (deceased)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Wilson 205 30.0 +7.7
Independent Richard Sweeting 204 29.9 +0.3
Conservative Terry Welsh 172 25.2 +9.8
Liberal Democrats Roderic Parker 102 14.9 −17.3
Majority 1 0.1
Turnout 683
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Hambleton By-Election 7 January 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Pearson 278 52.3 +18.1
Labour J. Sutcliffe 254 47.7 +5.2
Majority 24 4.6
Turnout 532 29.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

1999-2003

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Fairburn & Brotherton By-Election 25 January 2001
replacing Geoff Lynch (deceased)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Wilson 239 80.2 +2.9
Conservative Keith Bradley 59 19.8 −2.9
Majority 180 60.4
Turnout 298 26.4
Labour hold Swing
Carlton By-Election 15 November 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rod Price 282 46.6 −6.6
Conservative Margaret Hulme 211 34.9 −11.9
Independent Maria Morris 112 18.5 +18.5
Majority 71 11.7
Turnout 605 34.9
Labour hold Swing

2003-2007

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North Duffield By-Election 14 September 2006
replacing Maurice Patrick (deceased)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Inness 316 79.0
Labour Jean Bills 84 21.0
Majority 232 58.0
Turnout 400 28.4
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

2015-2019

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Byram and Brotherton By-Election 14 July 2016
replacing Jack Crawford (deceased)[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bryn Sage 251 44.3 +11.7
Labour Steven Shaw-Wright 224 39.6 −4.4
Yorkshire First Chris Whitwood 91 16.1 +16.1
Majority 27 4.8
Turnout 566
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

2019-2023

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Camblesforth and Carlton By-Election 6 May 2021
replacing Paul Welburn (resigned)[12]
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 +10.8
Majority 654 43.6
Turnout 1,500
Conservative gain from Yorkshire Swing
Byram and Brotherton By-Election 20 January 2022
replacing Eleanor Jordan (resigned)[13]
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 +5.6
Majority 8 1.8
Turnout 447
Conservative hold Swing Decrease6.4

References

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  1. ^ Selby faces £1m funding shortfall
  2. ^ Selby in depth
  3. ^ "LGA Governance". Local Governance Association. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  4. ^ The District of Selby (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  5. ^ The Humberside and North Yorkshire (Areas) Order 1984
  6. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  7. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire (County Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  8. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The North, South and West Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  9. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Selby (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  10. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Selby (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Byram and Brotherton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Camblesforth and Carlton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Byram and Brotherton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
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