2014 Harrogate Borough Council election

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One third of seats (19) are up for election

	First party	Second party
Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Seats won	9	8
Seat change	Increase2	Decrease3
Popular vote	11,195	8,077
Percentage	37.0%	26.7%
Swing	-4.3	-25.4

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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.

All locally-registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 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,^[1] 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.^[2]

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.

Harrogate Borough Council election, 2014

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	3	1	+2	37.0%	11,195	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	8	0	3	-3	26.7%	8,077	-25.4
	UKIP	0	0	0	17.7%	5,363	+17.7
	Labour	0	0	0	10.4%	3,145	+10.4
	Green	0	0	0	3.3%	988	+3.3
	TUSC	0	0	0	0.2%	66	+0.2
	Independent	2	1	0	+1	3.1%	1,410	-2.2

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Paul Haslam	500	30.4%	−9.8
Liberal Democrats	Robert O'Neill	488	29.6%	−24.3
UKIP	David Simister	435	26.4%	+26.4
Labour	Andrew Gray	130	7.9%	+7.9
Green	Claire Hawkins	93	5.7%	+5.7
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	John Fox	731	47.5%	−23.2
Conservative	Steve Marshall	333	21.6%	−18.6
UKIP	Hugh Whiteside	284	18.5%	+18.5
Labour	Robert Darlington	160	10.4%	+10.4
Independent	Arif Ahmad	31	2.0%	+2.0
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Harlow Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Justin Chan	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
UKIP	David Thompson	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Conservative	Don Mackenzie	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Labour	Kevin McNerney	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
gain from		Swing

High Harrogate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Helen Burke	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
UKIP	Philip Burke	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Conservative	Ben Johnson	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Liberal Democrats	Diane Stokes	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
TUSC	Paul Viney	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
gain from		Swing

Hookstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Lorraine Ferris	128	00.0%	+0.0
Conservative	Phil Headford	607	00.0%	+0.0
Liberal Democrats	Pat Marsh	760	00.0%	+0.0
UKIP	Steven O'Neill	291	00.0%	+0.0
Majority
Turnout			1,786	00.0%
gain from		Swing

Knaresborough East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Sue Batt	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
UKIP	Carolina Bruce	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Labour	David Bulmer	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Liberal Democrats	Christine Willoughby	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
gain from		Swing

Knaresborough King James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Green	Nick Bates	126	00.0%	+0.0
UKIP	Laurence Bruce	367	00.0%	+0.0
Liberal Democrats	David Goode	614	00.0%	+0.0
Labour	Diane Maguire	130	00.0%	+0.0
Conservative	Mike Renton	603	00.0%	+0.0
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
gain from		Swing

Knaresborough Scriven Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	Tony Handley	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Liberal Democrats	Anne Jones	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
UKIP	Chris Royston	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Labour	Jan Williams	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
gain from		Swing

Low Harrogate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	John Radcliffe	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Liberal Democrats	Jeanette Marshall	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Labour	Marlene Shreeve	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
UKIP	Ruth Whiteside	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
gain from		Swing

New Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	John Radcliffe	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
UKIP	Andrew Dennis	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Green	Conor Hawkins	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Labour	Nicholas Knott	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Liberal Democrats	Matthew Webber	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
gain from		Swing

Pannal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Helen Evison	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Liberal Democrats	Andrew Kempston-Parkes	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Conservative	John Mann	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
UKIP	Ben Stockburn	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Green	Richard Wilson	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
gain from		Swing

Ripon Minster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Green	Elizabeth Barclay	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Labour	Vivienne Graham	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Independent	Sid Hawke	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Conservative	Stuart Martin	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
gain from		Swing

Ripon Moorside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
UKIP	Jeremy Banyard	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Independent	Pauline McHardy	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Labour	Nick Murray	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Conservative	Mick Stanley	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
gain from		Swing

Ripon Spa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
UKIP	Alan Henderson	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Labour	Andrew Murday	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Conservative	Alan Skidmore	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
gain from		Swing

Rossett

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
UKIP	Salvina Bashforth	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Labour	Kevin Bolt	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Conservative	Rebecca Burnett	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Liberal Democrats	David Siddans	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
gain from		Swing

Saltergate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
UKIP	Paul Bramley	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Green	Shaun Lowry	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Labour	Janet Morrow	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Liberal Democrats	Allan Reynolds	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Conservative	Graham Swift	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
gain from		Swing

Starbeck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	Philip Broadbank	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Green	Gillian Charters	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Conservative	Phillip Dixon	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Labour	Geoff Foxall	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
gain from		Swing

Stray

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	Pat Foxall	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
UKIP	John Hanson	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Liberal Democrats	Clare Skardon	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Conservative	Cliff Trotter	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
gain from		Swing

Woodfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
UKIP	Harvey Alexander	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Green	Helen Compton	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Conservative	Mary Dilworth	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Liberal Democrats	Andrew Goss	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Labour	Brian Summerson	0,000	00.0%	+0.0
Majority
Turnout			0,000	00.0%
gain from		Swing