title: 2016 Harrogate Borough Council election
text: # 2016 Harrogate Borough Council election
  
  The 2016 Harrogate Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Harrogate Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
  
  ## Ward results
  
  ### Bishop Monkton
  
  784
  
  Bishop Monkton 2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Ian Roger Galloway | 556 | 70.9 |
  | | Green | Greig John Sharman | 116 | 14.8 |
  | | Labour | Laura Ann Dinning | 112 | 14.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 440 | 56.1 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Boroughbridge
  
  819
  
  Boroughbridge 2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Robert Windass | 588 | 71.8 |
  | | Green | Shan Oakes | 82 | 10.0 |
  | | Labour | Paul Martin Burns | 81 | 9.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Hannah Gostlow | 68 | 8.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 506 | 61.8 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Claro
  
  1063
  
  Claro 2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Nick Duxbury | 673 | 63.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Emma Jane Walsh | 195 | 18.3 |
  | | Green | Adam Richard Harper | 122 | 11.5 |
  | | Labour | David Anthony Bulmer | 73 | 6.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 478 | 45.0 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Killinghall
  
  812
  
  Killinghall 2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Michael Harrison | 559 | 68.9 |
  | | UKIP | Kenn Hart | 105 | 12.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Bill Hoult | 79 | 9.7 |
  | | Labour | Rio Sebastian Justin Goldhammer | 69 | 8.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 454 | 56.0 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Kirkby Malzeard
  
  917
  
  Kirkby Malzeard 2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Margaret Edna Atkinson | 713 | 77.8 |
  | | Labour | Vivienne Graham | 204 | 22.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 509 | 55.6 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Lower Nidderdale
  
  797
  
  Lower Nidderdale 2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Nathan Roger Hull | 561 | 70.4 |
  | | Green | Paul Geoffrey Trewhitt | 143 | 17.9 |
  | | Labour | Ian Crabbe | 93 | 11.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 418 | 52.5 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Marston Moor
  
  Marston Moor 2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Tim Myatt | 768 | 79.3 |
  | | Labour | Guy Allanson | 200 | 20.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 568 | 58.6 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Mashamshire
  
  Mashamshire 2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Nigel Simms | 538 | 76.1 |
  | | Labour | Christine Elsie Brackley | 169 | 23.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 369 | 52.2 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Newby
  
  845
  
  Newby 2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Nick Brown | 689 | 81.5 |
  | | Labour | Matthew David Forth | 156 | 18.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 533 | 63.0 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Nidd Valley
  
  844
  
  Nidd Valley 2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Tom Watson | 447 | 53.0 |
  | | Conservative | Mick Stanley | 321 | 38.0 |
  | | Labour | Andrew James Murday | 76 | 9.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 126 | 15.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Ouseburn
  
  938
  
  Ouseburn 2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Ash Teague | 678 | 72.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Brian Hawkins | 131 | 14.0 |
  | | Labour | Dave Wheeler | 129 | 13.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 547 | 58.3 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Pateley Bridge
  
  Pateley Bridge 2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Stanley Lumley | 392 | 47.5 |
  | | Independent | Stan Beer | 319 | 38.7 |
  | | Labour | David Brackley | 77 | 9.3 |
  | | Green | Gillian Rosemary Charters | 37 | 4.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 73 | 8.8 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Ribston
  
  876
  
  Ribston 2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Andy Paraskos | 518 | 59.1 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Simon James Oldroyd | 159 | 18.2 |
  | | Labour | Alan Beatham | 118 | 13.5 |
  | | Green | Elizabeth Collins | 81 | 9.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 359 | 40.9 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale
  
  835
  
  Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale 2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Shirley Patricia Fawcett | 643 | 77.0 |
  | | Labour | Carol Walker | 116 | 13.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Pamela Godsell | 76 | 9.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 527 | 63.1 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Washburn
  
  1015
  
  Washburn 2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Christine Anne Ryder | 761 | 75.0 |
  | | Labour | Nick Murray | 136 | 13.4 |
  | | UKIP | Harvey Alexander | 118 | 11.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 625 | 61.6 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Wathvale
  
  697
  
  Wathvale 2016 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Bernard Arthur Bateman | 507 | 72.7 |
  | | Labour | Alan Peter Woodhead | 190 | 27.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 317 | 45.4 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  