| ELECTION 2023 4 MAY | % | |||
| John DENNIS | Conservative Party | 1,263 | 16.7% | Elected |
| Steve GALLANT | Labour Party | 1,125 | 14.8% | Elected |
| Sue STEEL | Conservative Party | 1,096 | 14.5% | Elected |
| Colin BILLANY | Labour Party | 1,069 | 14.1% | |
| David WINTER | Conservative Party | 1,057 | 13.9% | |
| Elisha HESLOP | Labour Party | 1,023 | 13.5% | |
| Abigail BELL | Liberal Democrats | 363 | 4.8% | |
| Stewart WILLIE | Liberal Democrats | 319 | 4.2% | |
| David TUCKER | Liberal Democrats | 268 | 3.5% |
The new East Riding of Yorkshire Council is made up of:
- Conservatives – 29
- Liberal Democrats – 22
- Independent – 9
- Labour Party – 4
- Yorkshire Party – 3
Turnout: 29.33%
We have updated our Contact Your South West Holderness Councillors‘ page:
Councillor Anne Handley has been elected as the new leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council following the council’s annual general meeting (Thursday 18 May 2023).
Councillor Handley, who represents Goole North, becomes just the fourth leader in the 27-year history of the council and replaces Councillor Jonathan Owen.
Cabinet appointments/portfolio holders:
More at the ERYC website: The Cabinet
There is an interesting article here by the Local Government Information Unit about what No Overall Control (NOC) might mean in practice, and the added difficulties that the East Riding may face operating, as it does, via a Leader and Cabinet system:
https://lgiu.org/who-runs-the-councils-in-no-overall-control/
The Conservative candidates were very fortunate to get elected, due to their party failing to deliver Brexit as was promised.