The UK Independence Party (UKIP) have won their first seat in North Yorkshire with David Simister taking a seat in the County Council Elections for Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge ward.
The Conservatives gained 3 seats while the Liberal Democrats lost 2.
Harrogate District
Pre-election figures in brackets.
Labour Party – 0 (0)
UK Independence Party (UKIP) – 1 (0)
Conservative Party – 11 (8)
Liberal Democrat Party – 4 (6)
Liberal Party 1 (1)
Independent – 1 (2)
Overall in North Yorkshire
Conservative, 45 seats, (46)
Liberal Democrat, 8 seats, (9)
Labour, 7 seats (1)
Independent, 7 seats (14)
Independent (Save the Friarage) , 1 (0)
Liberals 2 seats (2)
UKIP 2 seats (0)
from a total of 72 seats
Harrogate Results in detail
Pre-election seats marked with **
Ainsty – held by Liberal Party
FISHER, John – Labour Party 258
FRENDT, Robert Bernard – UK Independence Party (UKIP) 480
**SAVAGE, John – The Liberal Party 989
WILSON, Famida Annissa – Conservative Party 897
Boroughbridge – held by Conservative Party
HENDRY, Alec – Labour Party 242
HUDSON, Paul Stephen – UK Independence Party (UKIP) 759
PHILLIPS, Peter – Liberal Party 337
WINDASS, Robert – Conservative Party 1220
**J Watson – Conservative Party is retiring
Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge – swing from Liberal Democrats to Liberal Democrats/UKIP
**GOSS, Andrew Martin – Liberal Democrats 1145
GRAY, Andrew Philip – Labour Party 642
HAWKINS, Claire – Green Party 326
JACKSON, Steven Paul – Conservative Party 747
SIMISTER, David Gilbert – UK Independence Party (UKIP) 1164
SIMPSON, Mark George – UK Independence Party (UKIP) 875
SUMMERSON, Brian Robert – Labour Party 542
SWIFT, Graham Kevin – The Conservative Party 690
**WEBBER, Geoff – Liberal Democrats 1123
Harrogate Central – swing from Liberal Democrats to Conservative Party
BUCKLEY, Adrian James Ludbrook – UK Independence Party (UKIP) 658
BUTTERFIELD, Jean Mary – The Conservative Party 1550
COOPER, Richard – The Conservative Party 1585
**FOX, John Michael – Liberal Democrats 1539
KNOTT, Nicholas James – Labour Party Candidate 339
MAGUIRE, Diane Patricia – Labour Party 388
MONAGHAN, James – Liberal Democrats 1330
PETERS, Gregory Michael – UK Independence Party (UKIP) 635
**MARSHALL, John – Liberal Democrats (retired)
Harrogate Harlow – held by Conservative Party
BASHFORTH, Salvina Caterina Maria – UK Independence Party (UKIP) 413
**CLARK, Jim – Conservative Party 1300
MCNERNEY, Kevin John – Labour Party 200
PARKES, Les – Liberal Democrats – elected 606
Harrogate Oatlands – swing from Liberal Democrats to Conservative
BURKE, Helen – Labour Party 207
ENNIS, John Radcliffe – Conservative Party 1083
LUMLEY, Geoffrey Mark – UK Independence Party (UKIP) 432
SKARDON, Peter James – Liberal Democrats 988
**BARNES, Keith – Liberal Democrats (retired)
Harrogate Saltergate – held by Conservative Party
CHARLTON, Gordon – Liberal Democrats 326
D`ARCY THOMPSON, David – UK Independence Party (UKIP) 404
LOWRY, Shaun Patrick – Green Party 158
**MACKENZIE, Don – Conservative Party 1050
MORROW, Janet Isabella – Labour Party Candidate 165
Harrogate Starbeck – held by Liberal Democrats
**DE COURCEY-BAYLEY, Margaret-Ann – Liberal Democrats 908
FOXALL, Geoffrey Ronald David – Labour Party 214
JOHNSON, Benjamin Christopher – Conservative Party 310
O`NEILL, Steven – UK Independence Party (UKIP) 403
Knaresborough swing from Conservative/ Liberal Democrat to Liberal Democrat
**BATT, John – Conservative Party 1219
CHARTERS, Gillian Rosemary – Green Party 330
FERRIS, Lorraine – Labour Party 399
**HOULT, Bill – Liberal Democrats 2084
IRELAND, Phil – Conservative Party 1108
JONES, Anne – Liberal Democrats 1861
JOY, Matthew Robert Alexander – UK Independence Party (UKIP) 947
RIMINGTON, David – UK Independence Party (UKIP) 764
WILLIAMS, Jan – Labour Party 376
Lower Nidderdale and Bishop Monkton – held by Conservatives
HARRISON, Michael – Conservative Party 1344
MURDAY, Andrew James – Labour Party 225
WATSON, Tom – Independent 261
WELLS, Jeffrey – UK Independence Party (UKIP) 605
**Garnett, Heather – Cons (retired)
Masham & Fountains – Conservative swing from Independent
ATKINSON, Margaret Edna – Conservative Party 1232
FORTH, Matthew – Labour Party 206
HOSIE, Angela June – Liberal Democrats 193
WHITESIDE, Hugh Cecil Hamilton – UK Independence Party (UKIP) 498
**Paul Richardson – Independent (retired)
Pannal and Lower Wharfedale – held by Conservatives
DARLINGTON, Robert Ashley – Labour Party 223
**TROTTER, Cliff – Conservative Party 1472
UPEX, John Randle – UK Independence Party (UKIP) 490
WILSON, Richard Miles – Green Party 205
Pateley Bridge – held by Conservatives
BOYDEN, Stephen Michael Williams – Labour Party 193
FLYNN, Pete, Liberal Democrats Flynn 413
**FORT, John – Conservative Party 1288
WHITESIDE, Ruth Marian – UK Independence Party (UKIP) 466
Ripon North – held by Conservatives
**BATEMAN, Bernard Arthur – Conservative Party 658
GRAHAM, Vivienne, Labour Party 224
HAWKE, Sid – Independent 540
SWINDELLS, Stephen Robert – UK Independence Party (UKIP) 466
Ripon South – held by Independent
BANYARD, Jeremy Maxwell-UK Independence Party (UKIP) 412
BRACKLEY, Christine Elsie – Labour Party 108
HORTON, Peter – Independent 599
MARTIN, Stuart Andrew – Conservative Party 532
STOCKDALE, John – Liberal Democrats 78
**WILLIAMS, Andrew – Independent (retired)
