2019 Selby District Council election

2019 Selby District Council Council election | <- 2015 | 2 May 2019 (2019-05-02) |

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All 31 seats to Selby District Council
16 seats needed for a majority
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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  |  6  |
Popular vote  | 15,156 | 10,496
Percentage  | 47.9% | 33.2%
Swing  |  6.8%  |  0.2%

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| Third party  | Fourth party

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  |  4  |  2
Popular vote  | 3,023  | 2,764
Percentage  | 9.5%  | 8.7%
Swing  |  9.5%  |  4.2%

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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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| Council control before election

Conservative

| Council control after election

Conservative

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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]

## 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]

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]

Appleton Roebuck and Church Fenton  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]

Barlby Village  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]

Brayton  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]

Byram and Brotherton  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]

Camblesforth and Carlton  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]

Cawood and Wistow  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]

Derwent  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]

Eggborough  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]

Escrick  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]

Hambleton  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]

Monk Fryston  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]

Riccall  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]

Selby East  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]

Selby West  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]

Sherburn In Elmet  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]

South Milford  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]

Tadcaster  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]

Thorpe Willoughby  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]

Whitley  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]

Camblesforth & Carlton: 6 May 2021
replacing Paul Welburn (resigned) 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]

Byram & Brotherton: 20 January 2022
replacing Eleanor Jordan (resigned) 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]

1. ^ a b "Council structure". Selby District Council. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
2. ^ "District Council Election Results" (PDF). Selby District Council. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

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