2014 Harrogate Borough Council election

2014 UK local government election April 2014 April 2014 2014 Harrogate Borough Council election England Parliamentary no yes 2012 Harrogate Borough Council election 2012 2015 Harrogate Borough Council election 2015 One third of seats (19) are up for election 22 May 2014 Conservative Party (UK) 9 2 11,195 37.0% -4.3% Liberal Democrats (UK) 8 3 8,077 26.7% -25.4% File:Harrogate wards 2014.svg 450px Map showing the results of the 2014 Harrogate Borough Council elections. Elections to Harrogate Borough Council were held on 22 May 2014. A third of the council was up for election, with voting only in the urban wards of Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon. The elections were held on the same day as the British local elections and the European Parliament elections. Each ward up for election returned a councillor for a four-year term of office. Electoral system All locally-registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 22 May 2014 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1694/schedule/made The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1 Legislation.gov.uk 13 October 2011 18 April 2012 although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/i-have-two-homes.-can-i-register-to-vote-at-both-addresses I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses? The Electoral Commission 5 January 2011 15 November 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081115141233/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/i-have-two-homes.-can-i-register-to-vote-at-both-addresses dead Campaign The elections saw new parties contest Harrogate for the first time, such as the TUSC and a number of Independents. The Conservatives and Labour fielded a full slate of the 19 candidates, UK Independence Party fielding 17, 16 Liberal Democrats, the Green Party 8, 3 Independents and 1 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition candidate. Results Harrogate Borough Council election, 2014 Conservative Party (UK) 9 3 1 +2 37.0 11,195 −4.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) 8 0 3 -3 26.7 8,077 -25.4 United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 17.7 5,363 +17.7 Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 10.4 3,145 +10.4 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 3.3 988 +3.3 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 0 0 0.2 66 +0.2 Independent (politician) 2 1 0 +1 3.1 1,410 -2.2 |} By electoral division A total of 19 wards in Harrogate Borough Council were up for election in Harrogate, Ripon and Knaresborough. The last election was held in the 2010 local elections. Bilton Bilton Conservative Party (UK) Paul Haslam 500 30.4% -9.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert O'Neill 488 29.6% -24.3 United Kingdom Independence Party David Simister 435 26.4% +26.4 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Gray 130 7.9% +7.9 Green Party of England and Wales Claire Hawkins 93 5.7% +5.7 0,000 00.0% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Granby Granby Liberal Democrats (UK) John Fox 731 47.5% -23.2 Conservative Party (UK) Steve Marshall 333 21.6% -18.6 United Kingdom Independence Party Hugh Whiteside 284 18.5% +18.5 Labour Party (UK) Robert Darlington 160 10.4% +10.4 Independent (politician) Arif Ahmad 31 2.0% +2.0 0,000 00.0% Liberal Democrats (UK) Harlow Moor Harlow Moor Liberal Democrats (UK) Justin Chan 0,000 00.0% +0.0 United Kingdom Independence Party David Thompson 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Don Mackenzie 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Labour Party (UK) Kevin McNerney 0,000 00.0% +0.0 0,000 00.0% High Harrogate High Harrogate Labour Party (UK) Helen Burke 0,000 00.0% +0.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Philip Burke 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Ben Johnson 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Diane Stokes 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Paul Viney 0,000 00.0% +0.0 0,000 00.0% Hookstone Hookstone Labour Party (UK) Lorraine Ferris 128 00.0% +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Phil Headford 607 00.0% +0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Pat Marsh 760 00.0% +0.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Steven O'Neill 291 00.0% +0.0 1,786 00.0% Knaresborough East Knaresborough East Conservative Party (UK) Sue Batt 0,000 00.0% +0.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Carolina Bruce 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Labour Party (UK) David Bulmer 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Willoughby 0,000 00.0% +0.0 0,000 00.0% Knaresborough King James Knaresborough King James Green Party of England and Wales Nick Bates 126 00.0% +0.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Laurence Bruce 367 00.0% +0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Goode 614 00.0% +0.0 Labour Party (UK) Diane Maguire 130 00.0% +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Mike Renton 603 00.0% +0.0 0,000 00.0% Knaresborough Scriven Park Knaresborough Scriven Park Conservative Party (UK) Tony Handley 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Jones 0,000 00.0% +0.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Chris Royston 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Labour Party (UK) Jan Williams 0,000 00.0% +0.0 0,000 00.0% Low Harrogate Low Harrogate Conservative Party (UK) John Radcliffe 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jeanette Marshall 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Labour Party (UK) Marlene Shreeve 0,000 00.0% +0.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Ruth Whiteside 0,000 00.0% +0.0 0,000 00.0% New Park New Park Conservative Party (UK) John Radcliffe 0,000 00.0% +0.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Andrew Dennis 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Green Party of England and Wales Conor Hawkins 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Labour Party (UK) Nicholas Knott 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Matthew Webber 0,000 00.0% +0.0 0,000 00.0% Pannal Pannal Labour Party (UK) Helen Evison 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Kempston-Parkes 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) John Mann 0,000 00.0% +0.0 United Kingdom Independence Party Ben Stockburn 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Green Party of England and Wales Richard Wilson 0,000 00.0% +0.0 0,000 00.0% Ripon Minster Ripon Minster Green Party of England and Wales Elizabeth Barclay 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Labour Party (UK) Vivienne Graham 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Independent (politician) Sid Hawke 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Stuart Martin 0,000 00.0% +0.0 0,000 00.0% Ripon Moorside Ripon Moorside United Kingdom Independence Party Jeremy Banyard 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Independent (politician) Pauline McHardy 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Labour Party (UK) Nick Murray 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Mick Stanley 0,000 00.0% +0.0 0,000 00.0% Ripon Spa Ripon Spa United Kingdom Independence Party Alan Henderson 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Murday 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Skidmore 0,000 00.0% +0.0 0,000 00.0% Rossett Rossett United Kingdom Independence Party Salvina Bashforth 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Labour Party (UK) Kevin Bolt 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Rebecca Burnett 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Siddans 0,000 00.0% +0.0 0,000 00.0% Saltergate Saltergate United Kingdom Independence Party Paul Bramley 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Green Party of England and Wales Shaun Lowry 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Labour Party (UK) Janet Morrow 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Allan Reynolds 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Graham Swift 0,000 00.0% +0.0 0,000 00.0% Starbeck Starbeck Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip Broadbank 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Green Party of England and Wales Gillian Charters 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Phillip Dixon 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Labour Party (UK) Geoff Foxall 0,000 00.0% +0.0 0,000 00.0% Stray Stray Labour Party (UK) Pat Foxall 0,000 00.0% +0.0 United Kingdom Independence Party John Hanson 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Clare Skardon 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Cliff Trotter 0,000 00.0% +0.0 0,000 00.0% Woodfield Woodfield United Kingdom Independence Party Harvey Alexander 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Green Party of England and Wales Helen Compton 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Dilworth 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Goss 0,000 00.0% +0.0 Labour Party (UK) Brian Summerson 0,000 00.0% +0.0 0,000 00.0% References 2014 Harrogate Category:2010s in North Yorkshire