East Riding
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
Council composition (approx.)
No opencouncildata snapshot for this council yet — falling back to our approximation: 67 councillors elected across cycles 2019, summed by party. Approximate: by-thirds councils mid-term, boundary reviews, and partial-cycle elections all mean this can be a few seats off the live council count. Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2019)
In 2019, 67 seats were up across 26 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 67 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 86,499 | 44.3% | 49 | 73.1% | 31 | 46.3% | +18 |
| Labour Party | 37,640 | 19.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 13 | 19.4% | -13 |
| Liberal Democrats | 30,604 | 15.7% | 8 | 11.9% | 11 | 16.4% | -3 |
| Independent | 25,776 | 13.2% | 8 | 11.9% | 9 | 13.4% | -1 |
| Green Party | 7,023 | 3.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 3.0% | -2 |
| Yorkshire Party | 4,965 | 2.5% | 2 | 3.0% | 1 | 1.5% | +1 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 2,356 | 1.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| DVP | 399 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 195,262 | 100.0% | 67 | 100.0% | 67 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2019 →
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2016 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Beverley Rural | 55% | |
| Bridlington Central and Old Town | 52% | |
| Bridlington North | 91% | |
| Bridlington South | 44% | |
| Cottingham North | 65% | |
| Cottingham South | 37% | |
| Dale | 67% | |
| Driffield and Rural | 45% | |
| East Wolds and Coastal | 53% | 66% |
| Goole North | 59% | |
| Goole South | 60% | |
| Hessle | 56% | |
| Howden | 42% | |
| Howdenshire | 66% | |
| Mid Holderness | 57% | |
| Minster and Woodmansey | 41% | |
| North Holderness | 48% | |
| Pocklington Provincial | 41% | |
| Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe and Marshland | 77% | |
| South East Holderness | 63% | |
| South Hunsley | 74% | |
| South West Holderness | 57% | |
| St Mary's | 59% | |
| Tranby | 53% | |
| Willerby and Kirk Ella | 58% | |
| Wolds Weighton | 59% |