2015 City of York Council election

The 2015 City of York Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of City of York Council in England.[1] The whole council was up for election. Turnout was substantially up across the city due to the election being held on the same day as the general election and other local elections in England.

City of York Council Election, 2015

7 May 2015
All 47 seats to City of York Council 24 seats needed for a majority
Leader Dafydd Williams Chris Steward Keith Aspden Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader since 11 December 2014 19 December 2013 11 May 2013 Leader's seat Heworth Rural West York Fulford and Heslington Last election 26 10 8 Seats before 21 10 9 Seats won 15 14 12 Seat change 11 4 4 Popular vote 59,164 65,507 55,331 Percentage 25.6% 28.3% 23.9% Swing 12.0% 6.0% 2.5%
Map of results of 2015 election
Leader of the Council before election Dafydd Williams Labour Leader of the Council after election Chris Steward Conservative

Since the previous election in 2011 a review of ward boundaries had affected some wards, although the total number of councillors remained at 47. The following wards remained unchanged from 2011: Acomb, Bishopthorpe, Dringhouses and Woodthorpe, Haxby and Wigginton, Holgate, Huntington and New Earswick, Micklegate, Strensall, Westfield and Wheldrake. All other wards saw boundary changes and a new ward, Copmanthorpe, was created from the former Rural West York Ward.

The election saw heavy losses for the ruling Labour Party, which had won overall control of the council in 2011, losing more than 40% of the 26 seats won at the previous election. Several senior Labour councillors were defeated including the party's deputy leader Tracey Simpson-Laing and Cabinet members Dave Merrett and Linsay Cunningham.[2] The Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Greens all made gains and two Independent councillors were also elected. A record number of new councillors were elected, almost half of the entire Council, with the York Press reporting that "of the 47 seats contested, 25 were won by candidates with council experience while 22 were won by debutants."[3] Following talks between the political groups after the election, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats agreed to run the Council as a joint administration.[4]

Election result

City of York Council election 2015
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	47	15	n/a	n/a	-11	31.9%	25.6%	59,164	-12.0%
	Conservative	47	14	n/a	n/a	+4	29.8%	28.3%	65,507	+6.0%
	Liberal Democrats	47	12	n/a	n/a	+4	25.5%	23.9%	55,331	-2.5%
	Green	47	4	n/a	n/a	+2	8.5%	15.6%	36,114	+3.4%
	Independent	10	2	n/a	n/a	+1	4.3%	3.5%	7,986	+3.0%
	UKIP	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	0%	2.3%	5,432	+2.2%
	TUSC	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	0%	0.7%	1,711	+0.6%

There were boundary changes in 13 wards, which elected 28 city councillors. There were no boundary changes in 8 wards, which elected 19 city councillors. [5]

Ward results

Acomb ward

Acomb [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stuart James Barnes	1,462	17.9
	Conservative	Keith Robert Myers	1,440	17.7
	Labour	Tracey Louise Simpson-Laing *	1,292	15.9
	Conservative	Jason Brown	1,286	15.8
	UKIP	Vincent Scaum	679	8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Reuban Alexander Mayne	636	7.8
	Green	Alice Rowan	506	6.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Thomas Ballantine	462	5.7
	Green	Andy Wilson	382	4.7
Turnout			8,145	67.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

* Represented the Acomb ward of City of York Council, 1999–2015 [7] [8] [9] [10]

Bishopthorpe ward

The parishes of Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe

Bishopthorpe [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Christopher Galvin *	1,274	49.3	-0.7
	Independent	Carole Ann Green	606	23.4	23.4
	Labour	Bob Scrase †	407	15.7	-2.3
	Green	David Williams	154	6.0	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Yameen Prakash Khan	144	5.6	-21.3
Turnout			2,585	77.5	21.6
	Conservative hold

There were no boundary changes to Bishopthorpe ward. [5]

* Represented the Copmanthorpe ward of City of York Council, 1999–2003, [7] and the Bishopthorpe ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [9] [11]

† Represented the Holgate ward of York City Council, 1992–1996, [12] and the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 1995–2003 [13] [7]

Clifton ward

Clifton [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Danny Myers	1,554	20.2
	Labour	Margaret Wells	1,175	15.2
	Conservative	Bill Gambold	826	10.7
	Conservative	Jan Powell	705	9.1
	Green	Candy Spillard	658	8.5
	Green	John Walford	584	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tobie James Abel	550	7.1
	Independent	Ken King *	479	6.2
	UKIP	David Scullion	465	6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Wann	302	3.9
	Independent	David Lee Scott †	279	3.6
	TUSC	Martin Readle	131	1.7
Turnout			7,708	60.4
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

* Represented the Bootham ward of York City Council, 1982–1996, [12] the Fishergate division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985–1989, [14] the Bootham ward of City of York Council, 1995–2003, [13] [7] and the Clifton ward of City of York Council, 2003–2015 [8] [9] [15]

† Represented the Clifton ward of City of York Council, 2003–2015 [8] [9] [15]

Copmanthorpe ward

The parish of Copmanthorpe

Copmanthorpe [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Terry Carr	1,339	50.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Charles Alfred Brown	689	26.0
	Labour	David Anthony Horton *	442	16.7
	Green	Jennifer Aitken	184	6.9
Turnout			2,654	75.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

* Represented the Acomb ward of York City Council, 1986–1996, [12] and the Acomb ward of City of York Council, 1995–2015 [13] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Dringhouses and Woodthorpe ward

Dringhouses and Woodthorpe [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Lorraine Reid *	3,104	16.6	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Daniel Fenton	2,649	14.2	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Robert Mason	2,368	12.7	4.4
	Conservative	Daniel James Donnor	1,728	9.2	-0.9
	Conservative	Matthew Litten	1,569	8.4	-0.7
	Conservative	Matt Freckelton	1,461	7.8	-1.2
	Labour	Gerard Paul Hodgson †	1,238	6.6	-5.1
	Labour	Rita Milne	1,159	6.2	-5.5
	Labour	William Joseph Owen	1,022	5.5	-5.2
	UKIP	Paul Abbott	792	4.2	4.2
	Green	Bronwen Gray	635	3.4	0.7
	Green	John Gray	512	2.7	0.4
	Green	Caleb John Wooding	459	2.5	0.2
Turnout			18,696	72.4	21.4
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

There were no boundary changes to Dringhouses and Woodthorpe ward. [5]

* Represented the Foxwood ward of York City Council, 1990–1996, [12] the Foxwood ward of City of York Council, 1995–2003, [13] [7] and the Dringhouses and Woodthorpe ward of City of York Council, 2003–2015 [8] [9] [16]

† Represented the Dringhouses and Woodthorpe ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015 [16]

Fishergate ward

Fishergate [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Andy D'Agorne *	2,241	28.0
	Green	Dave Taylor †	1,997	25.0
	Labour	George Harold Norman	974	12.2
	Labour	Susan Elizabeth Watson	785	9.8
	Conservative	Hugo Graham	587	7.3
	Conservative	Margaret Redfern	573	7.2
	UKIP	Thomas Turton	315	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Kingsbury	275	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Shawn Richard Imeson	154	1.9
	TUSC	Jamie Anthony Chatfield	103	1.3
Turnout			8,004	66.2
	Green win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

* Represented the Fishergate ward of City of York Council, 2003–2015 [8] [9] [17]

† Represented the Fishergate ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [9] [17]

Fulford and Heslington ward

The parish of Fulford and part of the parish of Heslington

Fulford and Heslington [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Richard James Aspden *	1,188	55.6
	Conservative	Calum James Stewart	437	20.5
	Labour	Geoff Fletcher	355	16.6
	Green	Tess McMahon	156	7.3
Turnout			2,136	70.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

* Represented the Fulford ward of City of York Council, 2003–2015 [8] [9] [18]

Guildhall ward

Guildhall [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Denise Craghill	1,895	12.5
	Labour	James Alexander Flinders	1,625	10.7
	Labour	Janet Mary Looker *	1,621	10.7
	Labour	Kate Pilling	1,407	9.3
	Green	Andy Law	1,253	8.3
	Conservative	Jan Keenan	1,209	8.0
	Conservative	Jack Robinson	1,112	7.3
	Green	June Lesley Tranmer	1,060	7.0
	Conservative	Janette Robinson	984	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Love	672	4.4
	UKIP	John Brittlebank	520	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Joseph Green	511	3.4
	Independent	Brian Walter Joseph Edward Watson †	416	2.7
	Independent	Gordon Campbell-Thomas	386	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Waudby	254	1.7
	TUSC	Andrew Dickenson	214	1.4
Turnout			15,139	53.8
	Green win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

* Represented the Guildhall division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1985–1996, [14] and the Guildhall ward of City of York Council, 1995–2015 [13] [7] [8] [9] [19]

† Represented the Acomb ward of York City Council, 1979–1984, the Guildhall ward of York City Council, 1988–1996, [12] the Acomb division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1981–1989, [14] and the Guildhall ward of City of York Council, 1995–2015 [13] [7] [8] [9] [19]

Haxby and Wigginton ward

The parishes of Haxby and Wigginton

Haxby and Wigginton [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Michael Cuthbertson *	2,707	13.8	1.2
	Conservative	Tony Richardson †	2,640	13.4	0.0
	Conservative	John Edwin Gates	2,582	13.1	1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Lewis Crosby	2,432	12.4	-2.4
	Conservative	Roy Watson-Smith	2,395	12.2	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Willer	2,113	10.7	0.2
	Labour	Ian Craven	1,129	5.7	-2.9
	Labour	Stephen Alexander Johnstone	963	4.9	-1.2
	Labour	Denise Wendy Bowgett ‡	926	4.7	-1.1
	Green	Alan Philip Robertshaw	606	3.1	-1.1
	Independent	Neil Andrew Charles Wyatt	420	2.1	2.1
	Green	Paul Donovan	414	2.1	2.1
	Green	Henry David Hale	344	1.7	1.7
Turnout			19,671	71.7	23.8
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

There were no boundary changes to Haxby and Wigginton ward. [5]

* Represented the Strensall ward of City of York Council, 2003–2007, [8] and the Haxby and Wigginton ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015 [20]

† Represented the Haxby and Wigginton ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015 [20]

‡ Represented the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 2007–2011 [9]

Heworth ward

Heworth [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barbara Boyce *	2,166	13.3
	Labour	Christina Mary Funnell †	2,101	12.9
	Labour	Dafydd Emlyn Williams ‡	2,001	12.3
	Conservative	Jennifer Gambold	1,448	8.9
	Conservative	Teri Rhodes	1,377	8.5
	Green	Jessica Grace Dixon	1,283	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew John Smithson	1,174	7.2
	Green	Nicola Clare Normandale	1,047	6.4
	Green	Ginevra Gordon	907	5.6
	UKIP	Kenneth Guest	907	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Ernest Packington	696	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Benedict Samuel Rich	480	3.0
	TUSC	Nigel Fenwick Smith	385	2.4
	Conservative	Terry Smith	276	1.7
Turnout			16,248	61.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

* Represented the Heworth ward of City of York Council, 2009–2015 [21] [22]

† Represented the Heworth ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [9] [22]

‡ Represented the Westfield ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015 [23]

Heworth Without ward

The parish of Heworth Without

Heworth Without [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel John Ayre *	1,420	52.4
	Conservative	Andrew George Whitney	603	22.3
	Labour	Simon Mark Winch	374	13.8
	UKIP	Fred Bowron	163	6.0
	Green	Doug Doherty	150	5.5
Turnout			2,710	75.9
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

* Represented the Heworth Without ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [9] [24]

Holgate ward

Holgate [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sonja Crisp *	2,183	12.5
	Labour	Mary Cannon	2,037	11.7
	Labour	Fiona Derbyshire	1,789	10.2
	Conservative	Adam Daniel Cook	1,516	8.7
	Green	Pam Hanley	1,273	7.3
	Conservative	Kirston Ovenden	1,221	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Moray Adamson	1,018	5.8
	Conservative	Petra Sobotkova	957	5.5
	Green	Andreas Heinemeyer	954	5.5
	UKIP	Judith Mary Morris	924	5.3
	Green	Pete Harris	876	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Jonathan Reid	849	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Peter Morely	812	4.6
	Independent	Christian Maurice Vassie †	729	4.2
	TUSC	Gwen Vardigans	326	1.9
Turnout			17,464	65.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

* Represented the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [9] [25]

† Represented the Wheldrake ward of City of York Council, 2003–2011 [8] [9]

Hull Road ward

Part of the parish of Heslington

Hull Road [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Neil Barnes *	1,999	13.6
	Labour Co-op	Hilary Shepherd	1,672	11.4
	Labour Co-op	David Toby Levene †	1,599	10.9
	Green	John Scobell Cossham	1,408	9.6
	Conservative	Cameron Smith	1,256	8.6
	Conservative	Bethany Hannah Wright	1,237	8.4
	Conservative	Jordon Hennessy	1,195	8.1
	Green	John Patrick Heawood	1,031	7.0
	Green	Stuart Harry Maule	857	5.8
	UKIP	Keith Philip Anderson	667	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Sarah Edwards	609	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Alexander Davies	492	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lizzy Roberts	457	3.1
	TUSC	Megan Jessica Ollerhead	201	1.4
Turnout			14,680	44.7
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

* Represented the Hull Road ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015 [26]

† Represented the Heslington ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015 [27]

Huntington and New Earswick ward

The parishes of Huntington and New Earswick

7.0

Huntington and New Earswick [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Orrell *	2,885	16.1	-2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Cullwick	2,859	16.0	-3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Elizabeth Runciman †	2,814	15.7	-2.3
	Labour	Michael Healy	1,427	8.0	-4.2
	Conservative	Susan Vaughan	1,388	7.7	7.7
	Conservative	Tet Powell	1,263	7.0	7.0
	Labour	Lucas Jacob Pearce	1,136	6.3	-4.9
	Conservative	Gavin Michael Shillito	1,133	6.3	6.3
	Labour	Jason Peter Rose	1,132	6.3	-3.1
	Green	Charles Dixon Everett	693	3.9	0.5
	Green	Clive Barker Woolley	621	3.5	-1.8
	Green	Clive Millard	569	3.2	3.2
Turnout			17,920	63.7	23.4
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

There were no boundary changes to Huntington and New Earswick ward. [5]

* Represented the Huntington and New Earswick ward of City of York Council, 2003–2015 [8] [9] [28]

† Represented the Huntington and New Earswick ward of City of York Council, 1999–2015 [7] [8] [9] [28]

Micklegate ward

Micklegate [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Johnny Hayes	2,843	15.6	15.6
	Labour	Julie Christine Gunnell *	2,393	13.2	-3.5
	Green	Lars Kramm	1,919	10.6	-2.7
	Labour	Nick Button	1,611	8.9	-7.3
	Green	Mark Havercroft	1,526	8.4	-0.5
	Green	Helen Johnson	1,495	8.2	1.3
	Labour	Dave Merrett †	1,425	7.8	-7.4
	Conservative	Marc Lee Allinson	1,332	7.3	0.6
	Conservative	Bill Hanbury	1,105	6.1	0.5
	Conservative	Paul Stratford Healey ‡	1,091	6.0	6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Bartlett §	466	2.6	-2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Carlotta Allum	448	2.5	-0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Aileen Alison Hingston	290	1.6	-1.1
	TUSC	Amanda Robinson	236	1.3	1.3
Turnout			18,180	69.5	22.4
	Independent gain from Labour
	Labour hold
	Green gain from Labour

There were no boundary changes to Micklegate ward. [5]

* Represented the Micklegate ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [9] [29]

† Represented the Bishophill ward of York City Council, 1982–1996, [12] the Bishophill ward of City of York Council, 1995–2003, [13] [7] and the Micklegate ward of City of York Council, 2003–2015 [8] [9] [29]

‡ Represented the Rural West York ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [9] [30]

§ Represented the Holgate ward of City of York Council, 2003–2007 [8]

Osbaldwick and Derwent ward

The parishes of Dunnington, Holtby, Kexby, Murton, and Osbaldwick

Osbaldwick and Derwent [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jenny Mary Brooks *	1,989	26.4
	Independent	Mark Jonathan Warters †	1,167	15.5
	Conservative	Robin Nicholas Dickson ‡	1,162	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalind Anne Maggs	934	12.4
	Labour	Callum John Shannon	684	9.1
	Labour	Mark Alan Windmill	458	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Ian Hill	421	5.6
	Green	Sally Heather Brooks	400	5.3
	Green	Derek Ross Bennett	310	4.1
Turnout			7,525	71.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

* Represented the Derwent ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [9] [31]

† Represented the Osbaldwick ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015 [32]

‡ Represented the Fishergate division of North Yorkshire County Council, 1989–1993 [14]

Rawcliffe and Clifton Without ward

The parishes of Clifton Without and Rawcliffe

Rawcliffe and Clifton Without [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Anthony Dew	2,325	13.9
	Conservative	Stuart Richard Rawlings	2,085	12.4
	Conservative	Samuel Douglas Lisle	1,905	11.4
	Labour	Linsay Dawn Cunningham *	1,662	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Ceri Shrimpton	1,576	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Kelsall Waudby †	1,561	9.3
	Labour	Neil Edward McIlveen *	1,441	8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Jane Waudby	1,407	8.4
	Labour	Ian Frederick Panter	1,347	8.0
	Green	Caroline Leonora Boreham	556	3.3
	Green	Rodney James Bell	481	2.9
	Green	Robin Louis Brabham	426	2.5
Turnout			16,772	65.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

* Represented the Skelton, Rawcliffe, and Clifton Without ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015 [33]

† Represented the Rawcliffe and Skelton ward of City of York Council, 1999–2003, [7] and the Skelton, Rawcliffe, and Clifton Without ward of City of York Council, 2003–2007 [8]

Rural West York ward

The parishes of Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Hessay, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth with Knapton, Skelton, and Upper Poppleton

Rural West York [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Ian Gillies *	2,428	28.4
	Conservative	Christopher David Steward †	2,052	24.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Bradley	1,022	12.0
	Labour	Paul Kind	663	7.8
	Independent	Joseph David Watt ‡	661	7.7
	Labour	Victoria Prior	541	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Glyn Morgan	454	5.3
	Green	Sally Hind	373	4.4
	Green	Gillian Cossham	358	4.2
Turnout			8,552	73.5
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

* Represented the Rural West York ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [9] [30]

† Represented the Rural West York ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015 [30]

‡ Represented the Skelton, Rawcliffe, and Clifton Without ward of City of York Council, 2003–2011 [8] [9]

Strensall ward

The parishes of Earswick, Stockton-on-the-Forest, and Strensall with Towthorpe

Strensall [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Anthony Doughty *	2,385	29.3	2.6
	Conservative	Lorraine Helen Douglas †	1,886	23.1	-2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Hainsworth Fisher ‡	1,369	16.8	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Murray Goodall	775	9.5	1.7
	Labour	Ann Hilary Moxon	605	7.4	-2.9
	Labour	John Anthony Gorner	574	7.0	-0.1
	Green	Robbie Bennett	314	3.9	1.1
	Green	Matthew John Durrant	245	3.0	-0.1
Turnout			8,153	67.4	25.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

There were no boundary changes to Strensall ward. [5]

* Represented the Strensall ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015 [34]

† Represented the Clifton ward of City of York Council, 2007–2015 [9] [15]

‡ Represented the Haxby West ward of Ryedale District Council, 1987–1996 [35]

Westfield ward

Westfield [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Waller *	2,866	18.2	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Hunter	2,369	15.0	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sheena Jackson	2,106	13.4	2.2
	Labour	Louise Elizabeth Corson	1,564	9.9	-6.0
	Labour	Stephen Andrew Burton †	1,464	9.3	-7.8
	Labour	Reece Goscinski	1,185	7.5	-7.4
	Conservative	Andrew Andrew Gilchrist Brooks	784	5.0	-0.5
	Conservative	Victoria Donnor	770	4.9	4.9
	Conservative	Helen Jane Steward	655	4.2	4.2
	Green	Alison Jane Webb	650	4.1	0.8
	Green	Catherine Rachel Heinemeyer	575	3.6	1.1
	Green	Sebastian James Butterworth	545	3.5	1.0
	TUSC	John Pau Handforth	224	1.4	1.4
Turnout			15,757	58.5	20.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

There were no boundary changes to Westfield ward. [5]

* Represented the Westfield ward of York City Council, 1994–1996, [12] and the Westfield ward of City of York Council, 1999–2011 [7] [8] [9] and 2014–2015

† Represented the Westfield ward of City of York Council, 2011–2015 [23]

Wheldrake ward

The parishes of Deighton, Elvington, Naburn, and Wheldrake

Wheldrake [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Norma Mercer	1,638	64.1	7.9
	Labour	Caroline Susan Hind	405	15.8	2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Peter Stott	281	11.0	-15.5
	Green	William Robert Hilary Dyson	232	9.1	5.3
Turnout			2,556	76.4	22.8
	Conservative hold

There were no boundary changes to Wheldrake ward. [5]

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