Election Name: | 2019 Selby District Council Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2015 Selby District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2015 |
Seats For Election: | All 31 seats to Selby District Council |
Majority Seats: | 16 |
Image1: | Con |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Leader1: | Mark Crane |
Leaders Seat1: | Brayton |
Last Election1: | 22 seats, 54.7% |
Seats1: | 16 |
Seat Change1: | 6 |
Popular Vote1: | 15,156 |
Percentage1: | 47.9% |
Swing1: | 6.8% |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Leader2: | Robert Packham |
Leaders Seat2: | Sherburn in Elmet |
Last Election2: | 8 seats, 33.0% |
Seats2: | 8 |
Popular Vote2: | 10,496 |
Percentage2: | 33.2% |
Swing2: | 0.2% |
Image4: | YP |
Party4: | Yorkshire Party |
Leader4: | Michael Jordan |
Leaders Seat4: | Camblesforth and Carlton |
Last Election4: | Did not stand |
Seats4: | 4 |
Seat Change4: | 4 |
Popular Vote4: | 3,023 |
Percentage4: | 9.5% |
Swing4: | 9.5% |
Image5: | Ind |
Party5: | Independent politician |
Last Election5: | 1 seat, 4.5% |
Seats5: | 3 |
Seat Change5: | 2 |
Popular Vote5: | 2,764 |
Percentage5: | 8.7% |
Swing5: | 4.2% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Conservative |
After Election: | Conservative |
The 2019 Selby District Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Selby District Council in England. It was the final election to the authority before its dissolution in 2023, and subsequent subsumption into the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
The election saw the Conservative Party maintain overall control of the District Council with a reduced majority.[1]
At the previous Selby District Council election, 22 seats were won by the Conservative Party, 8 seats were won by the Labour Party, and one independent candidate, Mary McCartney, was elected in the Eggborough ward. Over the next four years, the following seat changes occurred:
1 - Swing is compared to the Labour Party's performance in 2015, rather than Duggan's performance as an independent candidate that year.
In-between this election and the council's dissolution, the following seat changes took place: