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Conservatives Lose Control of East Riding of Yorkshire Council

The Conservatives have lost control of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

Counting has taken place throughout the day on Friday after yesterday's local government elections.

In the East Riding of Yorkshire there is now no one party with overall control of the council after the conservative party lost seats. They remain the single biggest party but lost 20 seats in the election leaving them without a majority.

The Liberal Democrats gained 14 seats, Labour gained 4, The Yorkshire Party gained 1 and there is now one more Independent Councillor.

Party Seats Seats (%) Change (%) Change
Alliance For Democracy And Freedom 0 0.00 0.00 0
Conservatives 29 43.28 -29.85 -20
Freedom Alliance 0 0.00 0.00 0
Greens 0 0.00 0.00 0
Independent 9 13.43 1.49 1
Labour 4 5.97 5.97 4
Liberal Democrats 22 32.84 20.90 14
Reform UK 0 0.00 0.00 0
Social Democratic 0 0.00 0.00 0
Trade Unionist And Socialist Coalition 0 0.00 0.00 0
Yorkshire 3 4.48 1.49 1

Overall there were 79,381 votes cast in the East Riding election a turnout of 29.33%

Party Votes Votes (%) Change (%) Change
Alliance For Democracy And Freedom 182 0.09%   182
Conservatives 69,544 35.74% -8.56 -16,955
Freedom Alliance 98 0.05%   98
Greens 3,868 1.99% -1.61 -3,155
Independent 15,907 8.18% -5.03 -9,869
Labour 41,282 21.22% 1.94 3,642
Liberal Democrats 57,637 29.62% 13.95 27,033
Reform UK 1,259 0.65%   1,259
Social Democratic 398 0.20%   398
Trade Unionist And Socialist Coalition 276 0.14%   276
Yorkshire 4,126 2.12% -0.42 -839

 

In the Bridlington Central and Old Town ward independent candidate Liam Dealtry took one of the seats with the second seat going to Conservative candidate Maria Ibbotson who beat Lib Dem candidate Ray Pollard by just three votes.

Candidate Party Votes Elected Votes (%)
John Arthur Liberal Democrats 501   15.9%
Liam Dealtry Independent 830 Elected 26.3%
Maria Ibbotson Conservatives 622 Elected 19.7%
Ray Pollard Liberal Democrats 619   19.7%
David Sweet Labour 350   11.1%
Carlo Verda Social Democratic 228   7.2%

 

In the Bridlington North ward the Liberal Democrats took all three seats with victories for Jayne Phoenix, Mike Heslop-Mullens and Thomas Robson

Candidate Party Votes Elected Votes (%)
Jonathan Bibb Conservatives 1,089   10.9%
Tommy Cawkwell Reform UK 239   2.4%
John Copsey Conservatives 1,130   11.3%
Mike Heslop-Mullens Liberal Democrats 1,994 Elected 20.0%
Malcolm Milns Independent 250   2.5%
Jayne Phoenix Liberal Democrats 2,055 Elected 20.6%
Thomas Robson Liberal Democrats 1,710 Elected 17.2%
Bob Taylor Conservatives 990   9.9%
Joy Verda Social Democratic 118   1.2%
Carol Williams Labour 394   4.0%

 

In the Bridlington South ward the Yorkshire Party secured all three seats with election victories for Andy Walker, Tim Norman and Rick Arrand.

Candidate Party Votes Elected Votes (%)
Jakey Anderson Labour 550   10.9%
Rick Arrand Yorkshire 576 Elected 11.4%
Jaya Authunuri Conservatives 481   9.6%
Sean Cooper Reform UK 157   3.1%
Chris Daniels Social Democratic 52   1.0%
Hollie Devanney Labour 435   8.6%
Ingrid Haywood Liberal Democrats 172   3.4%
Ed King Liberal Democrats 108   2.1%
Thelma Milns Independent 261   5.2%
Tim Norman Yorkshire 699 Elected 13.9%
Kimberley-Nicholle Thomas Conservatives 472   9.4%
Alan Thompson Freedom Alliance 98   1.9%
Andy Walker Yorkshire 762 Elected 15.1%
Angela Walker Liberal Democrats 209   4.2%

 

In the East Wolds and Coastal ward the Conservative Party took all three seats with wins for Jonathan Owen, Charlie Dewhirst and Denise Howard

Candidate Party Votes Elected Votes (%)
David Butt Liberal Democrats 407   4.2%
Charlie Dewhirst Conservatives 1,941 Elected 19.9%
Judy Dickinson Labour 862   8.8%
Peter Garforth Yorkshire 451   4.6%
David Hoskins Liberal Democrats 339   3.5%
Denise Howard Conservatives 1,653 Elected 16.9%
Mike Jackson Greens 650   6.7%
Bill Meadows Labour 769   7.9%
Jonathan Owen Conservatives 1,802 Elected 18.5%
Ellie Ripton Liberal Democrats 402   4.1%
John Scullion Greens 485   5.0%

 

 

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