York Council - Wards and Councillors

Unitary authority · Yorkshire and the Humber · 47 seats in 21 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 6 May 2027

Labour have a majority on York Council. The council has 47 councillors in 21 wards. Seats by party: Labour 24, Lib Dem 19, Conservative 3, Restore Britain 1. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

Control

Seats by party

Labour (Majority)

47 seats - 24 for a majority

Labour 24Conservative 3Lib Dem 19Restore Britain 1

Seat changes since the 4 May 2023 election Restore Britain +1 Other −1

Vote share at the 4 May 2023 election (47 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Labour38.9%24

Lib Dem29.8%19

Conservative16.0%3

Green11.6%0

Other3.7%1

Next election

6 May 2027

all 47 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Labour 24

majority of 1; 24 needed

Closest result

Westfield

Labour won the last seat by 15 votes over another Labour candidate, 4 May 2023

Latest by-election

Heworth

Labour hold, 15 January 2026 (3 since 2021)

Constituencies

2 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

42%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourConservativeLib Dem

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 21 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Acomb Katie Lomas, Jason Rose	4 May 2023 Labour 68.2% lead 51.3 pts
Bishopthorpe Michael Nicholls	4 May 2023 Conservative 34.4% lead 2.5 pts
Clifton Margaret Wells, Danny Myers	4 May 2023 Labour 62.8% lead 49.1 pts
Copmanthorpe Chris Steward	4 May 2023 Conservative 29.1% lead 2.3 pts
Dringhouses & Woodthorpe Ashley Mason, Paula Widdowson, Stephen Fenton	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 58.1% lead 35.2 pts
Fishergate Sarah Wilson, Conrad Whitcroft	4 May 2023 Labour 59.9% lead 29.8 pts
Fulford & Heslington Kate Ravilious	4 May 2023 Labour 47.3% lead 11.5 pts
Guildhall Rachel Melly, Tony Clarke, Dave Merrett	4 May 2023 Labour 54.5% lead 25.7 pts
Haxby & Wigginton Andrew Hollyer, Ian Cuthbertson, Richard Watson	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 52.9% lead 30.1 pts
Heworth Claire Douglas, Anna Perrett, Robert Webb	4 May 2023 Labour 64.3% lead 48.9 pts
Heworth Without Nigel Ayre	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 61.9% lead 41.3 pts
Holgate Kallum Taylor, Jenny Kent, Lucy Steels-Walshaw	4 May 2023 Labour 71.3% lead 60.3 pts
Hull Road Michael Pavlovic, Anna Baxter, John Moroney	4 May 2023 Labour 54.0% lead 30.8 pts
Huntington & New Earswick Carol Runciman, Keith Orrell, Chris Cullwick	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 42.7% lead 9.9 pts
Micklegate Jonny Crawshaw, Peter Kilbane, Jane Burton	4 May 2023 Labour 63.9% lead 45.7 pts
Osbaldwick & Derwent Mark Warters, Martin Rowley	4 May 2023 Independent 31.0% lead 5.7 pts
Rawcliffe & Clifton Without Sam Waudby, Derek Wann, Darryl Smalley	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 53.8% lead 26.0 pts
Rural West York Emilie Knight, Anne Hook	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 54.1% lead 24.9 pts
Strensall Paul Healey, Tony Fisher	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 51.2% lead 17.7 pts
Westfield Emily Nelson, Jo Coles, Andrew Waller	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 43.8% lead 0.9 pts
Wheldrake Christian Vassie	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 43.2% lead 10.0 pts

Acomb

Jason Rose LabourKatie Lomas Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour68.2%

Conservative16.9%

Green8.6%

Lib Dem6.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Katie Lomas Elected	Labour	1,506
Jason Rose Elected	Labour	1,364
Nigel David Bromley	Conservative	373
Matthew Keith Greenwood	Conservative	343
Luke Derek Richardson	Green	189
Michael Robin Kearney	Green	173
Tobie Abel	Lib Dem	141
Matthew John Smithson	Lib Dem	112

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bishopthorpe

Michael Nicholls Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative34.4%

Green31.9%

Lib Dem21.4%

Labour12.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Michael Nicholls Elected	Conservative	590	34.4%
Carole Green	Green	546	31.9%
Chris Gammie	Lib Dem	367	21.4%
Steven Paul Spencer	Labour	210	12.3%

Clifton

Danny Myers LabourMargaret Wells Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour62.8%

Lib Dem13.7%

Conservative9.8%

Green8.4%

Independent5.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Danny Myers Elected	Labour	1,371
Margaret Wells Elected	Labour	1,221
Michael John Mayers Maybridge	Lib Dem	298
Mark Waudby	Lib Dem	269
Charlotte Mary Milligan	Conservative	214
Joe Pattinson	Conservative	212
Amanda Brook	Green	183
Andrew Dickinson	Independent	117
Richard John Sharp	Green	114

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Copmanthorpe

Chris Steward Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative29.1%

Independent26.8%

Lib Dem17.6%

Labour13.7%

Green12.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Chris Steward Elected	Conservative	421	29.1%
David Terry Carr	Independent	388	26.8%
Richard Brown	Lib Dem	255	17.6%
Ann Hilary Moxon	Labour	198	13.7%
Lars Kramm	Green	187	12.9%

Dringhouses & Woodthorpe

Ashley Mason Lib DemPaula Widdowson Lib DemStephen Fenton Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem58.1%

Labour22.9%

Conservative12.5%

Green6.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Stephen Fenton Elected	Lib Dem	2,233
Paula Widdowson Elected	Lib Dem	2,026
Ashley Mason Elected	Lib Dem	1,955
Samuel Kind	Labour	880
Bob Scrase	Labour	840
Kataya McKever-Willis	Labour	828
Clive John Hibbert	Conservative	479
David Malcolm Stuart	Conservative	405
Timothy John Ashman	Conservative	403
Bronwen Gray	Green	253
Ginevra House	Green	247
John Gray	Green	192

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Fishergate

Conrad Whitcroft LabourSarah Wilson Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour59.9%

Green30.1%

Conservative7.0%

Lib Dem3.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sarah Wilson Elected	Labour	1,704
Conrad Whitcroft Elected	Labour	1,447
Andy d'Agorne	Green	855
Liam Simon Clegg	Green	737
Judith Mary Morris	Conservative	198
Peter Stephenson Reineck	Conservative	157
Katharine Macy	Lib Dem	87
Connor Fitzgerald	Lib Dem	79

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Fulford & Heslington

Kate Ravilious Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Labour47.3%

Lib Dem35.8%

Conservative10.8%

Green6.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kate Ravilious Elected	Labour	678	47.3%
Pamela Joy Cullwick	Lib Dem	514	35.8%
Jordan Clark Hennessy	Conservative	155	10.8%
Rachel Lindley Davies	Green	87	6.1%

Guildhall

Dave Merrett LabourRachel Melly LabourTony Clarke Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour54.5%

Green28.8%

Conservative11.3%

Lib Dem5.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rachel Melly Elected	Labour	1,707
Tony Clarke Elected	Labour	1,593
Dave Merrett Elected	Labour	1,501
Denise Craghill	Green	901
Martina Weitsch	Green	716
Henry James Stevens	Green	677
David William Barratt	Conservative	353
Matthew Freckelton	Conservative	323
Geoffrey John Widdows	Conservative	320
Felix Daniel Harris Andrew	Lib Dem	172
Brandon Masih	Lib Dem	134
Scarlett Roberta Wighton	Lib Dem	132

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Haxby & Wigginton

Andrew Hollyer Lib DemIan Cuthbertson Lib DemRichard Watson Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem52.9%

Conservative22.8%

Labour14.5%

Green5.2%

Independent4.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ed Pearson Elected	Lib Dem	2,056
Andrew Hollyer Elected	Lib Dem	2,023
Ian Cuthbertson Elected	Lib Dem	2,013
Jessie Dawn Secker	Conservative	887
David William Miller	Conservative	828
James Anthony Bailey	Conservative	735
Ian Craven	Labour	562
Janet Mather	Labour	537
Anthony Mark Lewis	Labour	500
Ian Lowson	Green	203
Jess Dixon	Green	196
Neil Andrew Charles Wyatt	Independent	177
Liz Scurfield	Green	121

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 28 November 2024

Lib Dem64.0%

Conservative15.1%

Reform11.3%

Labour7.0%

Green2.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Richard Watson Elected	Lib Dem	1,848	64.0%
Jessie Dawn Secker	Conservative	435	15.1%
John Edward Crispin-Bailey	Reform	325	11.3%
James Alexander Flinders	Labour	203	7.0%
Ian Lowson	Green	76	2.6%

Heworth

Anna Perrett LabourClaire Douglas LabourRobert Webb Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour64.3%

Green15.4%

Conservative12.8%

Lib Dem7.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Claire Elizabeth Douglas Elected	Labour	2,149
Ben Burton Elected	Labour	1,890
Bob Webb Elected	Labour	1,867
Erin Dyson	Green	515
Susan Vaughan	Conservative	428
Robert James	Conservative	421
Sabine Janssen-Havercroft	Green	340
Andy Wilson	Green	286
Jonathan Morley	Lib Dem	252
Samantha Alice Phoenix	Lib Dem	240
Ian Murphy	Lib Dem	140

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 15 January 2026

Labour36.7%

Reform20.1%

Green19.8%

Lib Dem17.7%

Conservative4.0%

Independent1.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Anna Catherine Perrett Elected	Labour	1,096	36.7%
John Edward Crispin-Bailey	Reform	601	20.1%
Ben Ffrench	Green	591	19.8%
Ian Eiloart	Lib Dem	528	17.7%
Emma Dolben	Conservative	118	4.0%
Emma Victoria Hardy	Independent	49	1.6%

Heworth Without

Nigel Ayre Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem61.9%

Labour20.6%

Conservative12.1%

Green5.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Nigel Ayre Elected	Lib Dem	966	61.9%
John Moroney	Labour	321	20.6%
Mark Carlton Fox	Conservative	188	12.1%
David Gibbon	Green	85	5.4%

Holgate

Jenny Kent LabourKallum Taylor LabourLucy Steels-Walshaw Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour71.3%

Green11.0%

Conservative10.8%

Lib Dem6.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kallum Taylor Elected	Labour	2,471
Jenny Kent Elected	Labour	2,319
Lucy Steels-Walshaw Elected	Labour	2,236
Pam Hanley	Green	383
Paul Francis Bilton	Conservative	375
Joanne Audrey Fox	Conservative	318
Eleanor Jane Glanvill	Green	306
Paul Henry Williams	Conservative	288
Ken Cox	Lib Dem	238
David John Booth	Lib Dem	216
Nick Cox	Green	185
Niall McFerran	Lib Dem	136

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Hull Road

Anna Baxter LabourJohn Moroney LabourMichael Pavlovic Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour54.0%

Lib Dem23.2%

Green15.1%

Conservative7.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sophie Kelly Elected	Labour	1,316
Anna Baxter Elected	Labour	1,289
Michael Pavlovic Elected	Labour	1,228
Andrew David Mortimer	Lib Dem	565
Danielle Mason	Lib Dem	526
Caleb Daniel Pell	Lib Dem	497
John Cossham	Green	367
Nicola Normandale	Green	336
Candy Spillard	Green	285
Ellis Holden	Conservative	189
Liping Hu	Conservative	161
Ivan Zhou	Conservative	150

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 4 July 2024

Labour38.5%

Lib Dem32.2%

Green19.3%

Conservative10.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John Moroney Elected	Labour	1,203	38.5%
Andrew David Mortimer	Lib Dem	1,008	32.2%
Ben Ffrench	Green	602	19.3%
Ellis Holden	Conservative	314	10.0%

Huntington & New Earswick

Carol Runciman Lib DemChris Cullwick Lib DemKeith Orrell Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem42.7%

Labour32.8%

Conservative12.6%

Green7.5%

Yorkshire Party4.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Keith Orrell Elected	Lib Dem	1,492
Carol Runciman Elected	Lib Dem	1,476
Chris Cullwick Elected	Lib Dem	1,473
Hughie Ferguson	Labour	1,148
Diane Jane Geoghegan-Breen	Labour	1,115
Joan Margaret Whitehead	Labour	1,096
Stuart Richard Rawlings	Conservative	439
John Wrightson	Conservative	401
Thomas Charles Marshall	Conservative	368
Charles Everett	Green	262
Clive Woolley	Green	219
James Howard	Yorkshire Party	154
Dan Staples	Green	152

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Micklegate

Jane Burton LabourJonny Crawshaw LabourPeter Kilbane Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour63.9%

Green18.2%

Conservative9.5%

Lib Dem5.4%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition2.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jonny Crawshaw Elected	Labour	3,063
Pete Kilbane Elected	Labour	2,795
Jane Frances Burton Elected	Labour	2,746
Daniella Chelsea Findlay	Green	874
Andreas Heinemeyer	Green	826
David Williams	Green	624
Damian Anthony Edwards	Conservative	457
John Martin Brewin	Conservative	444
Martin Richard Barlett	Lib Dem	258
Harrison James Daubeney	Lib Dem	154
Karl Alan Henderson	Lib Dem	145
Ali Mansfield	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	141

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Osbaldwick & Derwent

Mark Warters Restore BritainMartin Rowley Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Independent31.0%

Conservative25.3%

Lib Dem20.2%

Labour14.3%

Green9.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mark Warters Elected	Independent	1,138
Martin Andrew Rowley Elected	Conservative	927
Ian Eiloart	Lib Dem	739
Jack Edward Pritchard Worrall	Lib Dem	578
Jude Powell	Labour	524
Max Abdulgani	Labour	467
Ginnie Shaw	Green	339
Harvey Walker	Conservative	326
Paul Hutchinson	Green	153

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Rawcliffe & Clifton Without

Darryl Smalley Lib DemDerek Wann Lib DemSam Waudby Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem53.8%

Labour27.8%

Conservative11.3%

Green5.0%

Independent2.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Darryl Joshua Smalley Elected	Lib Dem	2,099
Derek Wann Elected	Lib Dem	1,918
Sam Waudby Elected	Lib Dem	1,910
Andy Hagon	Labour	1,087
Sam Perry	Labour	981
Tracy White	Labour	884
Peter Anthony Dew	Conservative	443
John Stuart Betteridge	Conservative	393
Graham James Whyatt	Conservative	359
Andy Dearden	Green	197
Jill Armstrong	Green	172
Tom Franklin	Green	130
Richard Daniel Coffey	Independent	78

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Rural West York

Anne Hook Lib DemEmilie Knight Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem54.1%

Conservative29.2%

Labour12.0%

Green4.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Anne Hook Elected	Lib Dem	1,666
Emilie Knight Elected	Lib Dem	1,366
Arif Kassam Khalfe	Conservative	899
Keith Robert Myers	Conservative	813
Tracey Karen Hamling	Labour	370
Gerard Paul Hodgson	Labour	320
Ginevra Gordon	Green	147
Mark Havercroft	Green	110

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Strensall

Paul Healey Lib DemTony Fisher Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem51.2%

Conservative33.5%

Labour10.3%

Green5.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Tony Fisher Elected	Lib Dem	1,342
Paul Stratford Healey Elected	Lib Dem	919
Paul Anthony Doughty	Conservative	877
Teri Rhodes	Conservative	586
Chloe Anderson	Labour	270
Andy Carter	Labour	182
Catherine Sarah Love-Smith	Green	130
Ashleigh Stevens	Green	64

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Westfield

Andrew Waller Lib DemEmily Nelson LabourJo Coles Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem43.8%

Labour42.9%

Conservative7.0%

Green6.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Andrew Waller Elected	Lib Dem	1,504
Jo Coles Elected	Labour	1,471
Emily Nelson Elected	Labour	1,469
Kerron Cross	Labour	1,454
Pippa Jane Hepworth	Lib Dem	1,341
Simon Daubeney	Lib Dem	1,264
Patrick David Ellis	Conservative	241
Gillian Mary Cossham	Green	216
Janet Christine Powell	Conservative	193
Tet Powell	Conservative	185
Mikael Hanson	Green	164
Jonathan Tyler	Green	155

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wheldrake

Christian Vassie Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem43.2%

Conservative33.2%

Labour19.6%

Green4.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Christian Vassie Elected	Lib Dem	603	43.2%
Alan Nathaniel Crowe	Conservative	464	33.2%
David Skaith	Labour	274	19.6%
Will Dyson	Green	56	4.0%

Councillors

Changed party since the election

1 councillor now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Osbaldwick & Derwent	Mark Warters	Independent 2023	Restore Britain

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

3 by-elections since July 2021, 0 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
15 January 2026	Heworth	Labour hold	37.0%
28 November 2024	Haxby & Wigginton	Lib Dem hold	64.0%
4 July 2024	Hull Road	Labour hold	38.5%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
York Central	52%	Labour	Labour 42%
York Outer	48%	Labour	Labour 39%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in York

202,820 residents in 85,435 households

Voted Leave in 2016

42% 10 below GB

Degree or higher

39% 5 above GB

No qualifications

13% 5 below GB

Own their home

65% 4 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

14% 3 below GB

Rent privately

20% same as GB

Aged 15 to 34

35% 4 above GB

Aged 65 and over

22% same as GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.