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Parish council election results May 2023

Local elections to appoint councillors for parish councils in the City of York area were held on Thursday 4 May 2023.

Details of elected candidates, announced by the Returning Officer on Friday 5 May, are shown on this page listed as:


Contested parish council election results

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Uncontested parish council election results

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Acaster Malbis Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Rob Jones Uncontested -
Jimmy Newark Uncontested -
Ian Nilsson-Forrest Uncontested Landlord of the Ship Inn
Jane Redfearn Uncontested -
Garry Taylor Uncontested -
David Walker Uncontested -
Lesley Jayne Welch Uncontested Retired GP

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Askham Bryan Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Julie Patricia Barber Uncontested -
Jason Carrington Boakes Uncontested -
Helen Dawson Uncontested -
Simon Timothy Peers Uncontested -
Kathryn Margaret Smith Uncontested Councillor seeking re-election
Markk Walker Uncontested -
David Michael Wiseman Uncontested -

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Askham Richard Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Alan Robert Hall Uncontested -
Abigail Wilson Uncontested -

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Bishopthorpe Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Sally Astbury Uncontested -
Christine Gajewicz Uncontested -
Ian Clive George Uncontested -
Carole Ann Green Uncontested -
Stewart Peter Harrison Uncontested -
Ian Arthur Jemison Uncontested -
Michael Nicholls Uncontested -
Kim Stephen Uncontested Retired civil servant
Lisa Jayne Thornton Uncontested -

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Central Ward of Haxby Town Council (contested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any) Number of votes
Thomas Iain Carmichael No - 71
Ian Michael Cuthbertson Yes Liberal Democrats Party 418
Chris Hogg Yes Liberal Democrats Party 428
Ruth Elaine Pearson Yes Liberal Democrats Party 440
Ian Thompson Yes Liberal Democrats Party 410
Neil Andrew Charles Wyatt No - 176

The number of Ballot Papers rejected is as follows:

  • Want of Official Mark: 0
  • Voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 3
  • Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified: 0
  • Unmarked or void for uncertainty: 23

The total number of Ballot Papers rejected: 26

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Clifton Without Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Abigail Brogan Uncontested Independent
Andy Dearden Uncontested Green Party
Tom Franklin Uncontested Green Party
Susan Richardson Uncontested -
Nigel Paul Sanderson Uncontested -
Darryl Joshua Smalley Uncontested Liberal Democrats Party
Derek Alan Wann Uncontested Liberal Democrats Party
Sam Waudby Uncontested Liberal Democrats Party

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Copmanthorpe Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Graham Auton Uncontested -
David Terry Carr Uncontested -
John Dobson Uncontested -
Lars Martin Kramm Uncontested Green Party
David Andrew Smith Uncontested -
Megan Taylor Uncontested -
Robert Michael West Uncontested -
Peter John Whitfield Uncontested -

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Deighton Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Trevor Bartram Uncontested -
Sally Clarke Uncontested -
Kevin Dixon Uncontested -
Eve Hale Uncontested -
John Hale Uncontested -
Alan Henshall Uncontested -
Elizabeth Lewis Uncontested -

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Dunnington Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Keith Philip Anderson Uncontested -
Andrew Charles Dykes Uncontested -
Nick Ford Uncontested -
Karen Lesley Jackson Uncontested -
Charles Mortimer Kay Uncontested -
John Kenneth Maggs Uncontested -
Zoe Rees-Gay Uncontested -
Martin Andrew Rowley Uncontested -
Marian Ruston Uncontested -
Gill Shaw Uncontested -
David Mark Swallow Uncontested -
Mick Thompson Uncontested -

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Earswick Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Andrew William Bell Uncontested -
Derek John Jones Uncontested -
Pat Leveson Uncontested -
Gill Offler Uncontested -

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East Ward of Haxby Town Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Ian Paul Craven Uncontested Labour Party
Tony Richardson Uncontested -

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Elvington Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Jonathan Mark Laverack Uncontested -
Stuart Neville Lloyd Uncontested -
Joanne Claire Young Uncontested -

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Fulford Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Keith Richard James Aspden Uncontested Liberal Democrats Party
Vivienne Jean Clare Uncontested -
Karin De Vries Uncontested -
Juliet Koprowska Uncontested -
Simon Marsh Uncontested -
Mary Maureen Urmston Uncontested -
Andrew Michael Vevers Uncontested -

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Heslington Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
David Kenneth Blacketer Uncontested -
Pauline Bramley Uncontested -
Richard William Bramley Uncontested -
John Garner Uncontested Resident of Heslington
Bev Heap Uncontested Parish councillor seeking re-election
Rose Hilton Uncontested Retired health professional; resident 7 years

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Hessay Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
- Uncontested -

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Heworth Without Parish Council (contested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any) Number of votes
Nigel John Ayre Yes - 496
Asha Nayar Basu Yes - 330
Andrew David Garbutt Yes - 344
Emma Victoria Hardy Yes - 209
Angela Jane Harrison Yes - 229
David Harrison Yes - 197
Kin Last Yes - 319
Richard Morrice No - 107
Caloe Andrew James Thomas Wallace Pheonix No - 162
Samantha Alice Pheonix Yes - 177
Melanie Kate Starkey Yes - 368

The number of Ballot Papers rejected is as follows:

Want of Official Mark: 0
Voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 1
Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified: 0
Unmarked or void for uncertainty: 10

The total number of Ballot Papers rejected: 11

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Holtby Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Mairi Susanne Hollands Bailes Uncontested Seeking re-election
Peter David Broadley Uncontested Seeking re-election
Judith Mary Heels Uncontested Seeking re-election
Jonathan Gordon Kay Uncontested Seeking re-election
Gregory Noel Smith Uncontested -

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Huntington Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Malcolm Duncanson Uncontested Councillor seeking re-election
Diane Jane Geogheghan-Breen Uncontested Councillor seeking re-election
Allan Hawxby Uncontested Councillor seeking re-election
John Keith Orrell Uncontested Liberal Democrats Party
Yasmin Safder Uncontested -
Darren Smith Uncontested -
Jean Muriel Willis Uncontested -

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Kexby with Scoreby Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Andy Cole Uncontested -
Kevin Henry Daniel Uncontested -
Anne Martina Longmore Uncontested -
John Mackfall Uncontested -
Terence Charles Marran Uncontested -
Andrew John Wilkinson Uncontested -

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Knapton Ward of Rufforth with Knapton Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Linda Young Uncontested -

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Murton Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
- Uncontested -

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Naburn Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Philip Ashworth Uncontested -
Keith Gordon Atkinson Uncontested -
Andrew Mark Bean Uncontested -
John Britton Uncontested -
Anne Margaret Mary Clark Uncontested -
Sallie Gray Uncontested -
Laurence Peter Gunson Uncontested -
Andrew Holmes Uncontested -
John Malcolm Jefferson Uncontested -
Vincent Phillips Uncontested -
Susanna Raimes Uncontested -

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Nether Poppleton Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Gordon Bates Uncontested Teacher
Richard Alan Harper Uncontested -
Julie Anne Hook Uncontested -
Edie Jones Uncontested Retired teacher

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New Earswick Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Christine Elizabeth Cooke Uncontested Retired
Christine Denise Durrant Uncontested Retired
Sue Glenton Uncontested -
Roy Love Uncontested -
Yvonne Orton Uncontested -
Carol Elizabeth Runciman Uncontested Liberal Democrats Party
Audrey Steel Uncontested Retired

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North Ward of Haxby Town Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Grant Alexander James Cockburn Uncontested Independent

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Osbaldwick Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Suzanne Cambridge Uncontested -
Ian Alexander Beaupré Eiloart Uncontested -
Mary Griffiths Uncontested Registered nurse
Kevin James Lamb Uncontested -
Wendy Maddocks Uncontested -
Laurence Pye Uncontested -
Helen Ripley Uncontested -
Martin Andrew Rowley Uncontested -
Jan Starzynski Uncontested -
Mark Jonathan Warters Uncontested -

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Rawcliffe Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any) Decision of the Returning Officer
Jane Kolton Uncontested - Invalid - Elector Numbers for the Proposer and Seconder not from the parish.
Darryl Joshua Smalley Uncontested Liberal Democrats Party  
Emma Louise Thornton Uncontested -  
Derek Alan Wann Uncontested Liberal Democrats Party  
Mark Kelsall Waudby Uncontested Liberal Democrats Party  
Sam Waudby Uncontested Liberal Democrats Party  

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Rufforth Ward of Rufforth with Knapton Parish Council (contested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any) Number of votes
Helen Diane Butterworth Yes - 121
Frank Di Lorenzo Yes - 139
Terry Edmonds Yes Independent 102
Victoria Jane Kirk No - 88
Nick Murray Yes Councillor seeking re-election 129
Peter John Rollings Yes Current Parish Council Chairman 123

The number of Ballot Papers rejected is as follows:

Want of Official Mark: 0
Voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 0
Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified: 0
Unmarked or void for uncertainty: 8

The total number of Ballot Papers rejected: 8

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Skelton Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
John Anthony Linfoot Uncontested Councillor seeking re-election
Christopher Michael Linfoot Uncontested Councillor seeking re-election
Linda Christine Mansell Uncontested Councillor seeking re-election
Stephen Timothy Stead Uncontested Councillor seeking re-election
Julie Denise Watson Uncontested Councillor seeking re-election

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South West Ward of Haxby Town Council (contested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any) Number of votes
Tony Fisher Yes Liberal Democrats Party 338
Mark LeRoy Guilford No Haxby Town Councillor 157
Andrew Graham Hollyer Yes Liberal Democrats Party 419
Ed Pearson Yes Liberal Democrats Party 425

The number of Ballot Papers rejected is as follows:

Want of Official Mark: 0
Voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 1
Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified: 0
Unmarked or void for uncertainty: 6

The total number of Ballot Papers rejected: 7

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Stockton on the Forest Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Brian Cockerill Uncontested -
David Michael Crossley Uncontested -
Russell Charles Allen Dowson Uncontested -
Rosey Dunn Uncontested -
Chris Small Uncontested -

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Strensall with Towthorpe Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Andrew John Bolton Uncontested -
Christopher Rex Chambers Uncontested -
Tony Fisher Uncontested -
Lawrence Stephen Mattinson Uncontested -
Susan Nunn Uncontested -
Kevin Graham Ogilvy Uncontested -
Chris Tetley Uncontested -

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Upper Poppleton Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Alan Catterick Uncontested -
Ian James Clark Uncontested -
William Shield Hall Uncontested -
Anne Hook Uncontested -
David Keith Johnson Uncontested -
Neil Lawrence Uncontested -
Richard Robson Uncontested Teacher, Scout Leader and Parent
Sheri Scruton Uncontested -
Sue Tominson Uncontested -

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Wheldrake Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any)
Paul Batchelor Uncontested -
Andrea Jane Brown Uncontested -
Shawn Peter Buckle Uncontested -
Shelley Lisa Cranfield Uncontested -
Emma Rebecca Elsey-Jeffree Uncontested -
James William Myers Uncontested -
Aidan Edward Cambridge Nelson Uncontested -
Helen Beverley Southern Uncontested -
Tim Surtees Uncontested -
Graeme Urwin Uncontested -
Jane Elizabeth White Uncontested -
Tim Wilkinson Uncontested -
Robert Wood Uncontested -

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Wigginton Parish Council (uncontested)

Candidate Elected Description (if any) Decision of the Returning Officer
Richard Charles Denton Uncontested -  
Hughie Douglas Ferguson Uncontested - Invalid – Proposer and Seconder Electoral roll numbers not supplied
John Gates Uncontested -  
Peter Raymond Lakey Uncontested -  
Jonathan Paul Leaf Uncontested -  
Linda Shirley Louise Pepper Uncontested -  
Carol Elizabeth Runciman Uncontested Liberal Democrats Party  
Jack Wreglesworth Uncontested -  

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