Harrogate
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Council composition as of 2021
40 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council on 1 January 2021 including by-elections and defections. Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2018)
In 2018, 40 seats were up across 40 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 40 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 | 24,231 | 53.6% | 31 | 77.5% | 22 | 55.0% | +9 |
| Liberal Democrats | 11,738 | 26.0% | 7 | 17.5% | 11 | 27.5% | -4 |
| Labour Party | 5,741 | 12.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 12.5% | -5 |
| Green Party | 1,569 | 3.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 2.5% | -1 |
| Independent | 1,360 | 3.0% | 2 | 5.0% | 1 | 2.5% | +1 |
| WEP | 222 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Yorkshire Party | 221 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 88 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| DVP | 13 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 45,183 | 100.0% | 40 | 100.0% | 40 | 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.
Council composition: what this election replaced
The 2018 cycle was an all-out election — every seat was contested. The two opencouncildata snapshots below show the council immediately after the 2018 election (current) and on the eve of it (2017), so you can see what the result replaced.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2018 →
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 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop Monkton | 71% | |
| Bishop Monkton and Newby | 82% | |
| Boroughbridge | 72% | 74% |
| Claro | 63% | 66% |
| Fountains and Ripley | 69% | |
| Harrogate Bilton Grange | 37% | |
| Harrogate Bilton Woodfield | 42% | |
| Harrogate Central | 56% | |
| Harrogate Coppice Valley | 39% | |
| Harrogate Duchy | 68% | |
| Harrogate Fairfax | 38% | |
| Harrogate Harlow | 58% | |
| Harrogate High Harrogate | 47% | |
| Harrogate Hookstone | 51% | |
| Harrogate Kingsley | 39% | |
| Harrogate New Park | 41% | |
| Harrogate Oatlands | 52% | |
| Harrogate Old Bilton | 51% | |
| Harrogate Pannal | 67% | |
| Harrogate Saltergate | 59% | |
| Harrogate St Georges | 59% | |
| Harrogate Starbeck | 40% | |
| Harrogate Stray | 50% | |
| Harrogate Valley Gardens | 54% | |
| Killinghall | 69% | |
| Killinghall and Hampsthwaite | 72% | |
| Kirkby Malzeard | 78% | |
| Knaresborough Aspin and Calcutt | 51% | |
| Knaresborough Castle | 47% | |
| Knaresborough Eastfield | 46% | |
| Knaresborough Scriven Park | 38% | |
| Lower Nidderdale | 70% | |
| Marston Moor | 79% | 77% |
| Masham and Kirkby Malzeard | 69% | |
| Mashamshire | 76% | |
| Newby | 82% | |
| Nidd Valley | 53% | 49% |
| Ouseburn | 72% | 68% |
| Pateley Bridge | 48% | |
| Pateley Bridge and Nidderdale Moors | 58% | |
| Ribston | 59% | |
| Ripon Minster | 42% | |
| Ripon Moorside | 48% | |
| Ripon Spa | 54% | |
| Ripon Ure Bank | 37% | |
| Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale | 77% | 68% |
| Washburn | 75% | 72% |
| Wathvale | 73% | 66% |