Scarborough Borough Candidates for New North Yorkshire Council Revealed

Those elected on May 5th will serve a year on North Yorkshire County Council before becoming the first councillors on the new unitary authority in April 2023.

Details of candidates standing in the upcoming North Yorkshire elections, which will be held on Thursday 5 May, have been published today.

Councillors elected will serve one year on North Yorkshire County Council and then four years on the new single council for North Yorkshire, which will operate from 1 April 2023.

The new council will replace the current county council, Scarborough Borough Council and the six other district and borough councils in North Yorkshire.

The candidates standing in divisions in the borough of Scarborough area are:

Castle division
•    Colin Challen, Labour and Cooperative Party
•    Janet Jefferson, Independent
•    David King, Green Party
•    Geoffrey Lambert, The Conservative Party
•    Guy Smith, Independent

Cayton division
•    Tina Davy, Labour Party
•    Robert Everall, Reform UK
•    Lynda Powell, Green Party
•    Roberta Swiers, The Conservative Party

Danby and Mulgrave division
•    Peter Bolton, Labour Party
•    David Chance, The Conservative Party
•    Annette Hudspeth, Green Party
•    Hero Sumner, Whitby Area Independents

Derwent Valley and Moor division
•    Kathy Bushell, Social Democratic Party
•    Moira Cunningham, Labour Party
•    David Jeffels, The Conservative Party
•    Robert Lockwood, Liberal Democrats

Eastfield division
•    Cameron Bairstow, Green Party
•    Tony Randerson, Labour Party
•    Tracey Reeves, The Conservative Party

Esk Valley and Coast division
•    Gerald Dennett, Labour Party
•    Clive Pearson, The Conservative Party
•    Chris Riddolls, Whitby Area Independents
•    Craig Stimson, Liberal Democrats

Falsgrave and Stepney division
•    Liz Colling, Labour and Cooperative Party
•    Nicola Elson, Green Party
•    Mark Phillips, The Conservative Party

Filey division
•    Sam Cross, Independent
•    Graham Scott, Labour Party
•    Helen Swiers, The Conservative Party

Hunmanby and Sherburn division (includes areas outside the borough of Scarborough)
•    Michelle Donohue-Moncrieff, Independent
•    Sue Graham, The Conservative Party
•    Neil Price, Labour Party

Newby division
•    Charlie Allanson, The Conservative Party
•    Sara Fenander, Green Party
•    Vanda Inman, Independent
•    Norman Murphy, Independent
•    Subash Sharma, Labour Party

Northstead division
•    John Atkinson, Independent
•    Eric Broadbent, Labour Party
•    Gabrielle Naptali, Green Party
•    Bonnie Purchon, The Conservative Party

Scalby and The Coast division
•    Andrew Backhouse, Independent
•    Derek Bastiman, The Conservative Party
•    Deborah Bore, Liberal Democrats
•    Des Langmead, Independent
•    Denise Sangster, Labour Party

Seamer division
•    Bob Jackman, Liberal Democrats
•    Roxanne Murphy, Independent
•    Heather Phillips, The Conservative Party
•    Louise Spivey, Labour Party

Weaponnness and Ramshill division
•    Eric Batts, The Conservative Party
•    Charlotte Bonner, Green Party
•    Jim Grieve, Independent
•    Rich Maw, Labour Party

Whitby Streonshalh division
•    Guy Coulson, The Conservative Party
•    Jonathan Harston, Liberal Democrats
•    Neil Swannick, Labour Party
•    Sandra Turner, Whitby Area Independents
•    Linda Wild, Independent

Whitby West division
•    Mathew Brown, Liberal Democrats
•    Lee Derrick, Yorkshire Party
•    Glen Goodberry, Whitby Area Independents
•    Asa Jones, Labour Party
•    Phil Trumper, The Conservative Party

Woodlands division
•    Bill Chatt, Independent
•    Chris Phillips, Green Party
•    John Ritchie, Labour and Cooperative Party
•    John White, The Conservative Party

On the same day voters in the Filey ward of Filey Town Council will be able to elect new town councillors.

The candidates standing in the election are:

•    Marilyn Anthony, Independent
•    John Casey
•    Alan Cassady-Bishop, local business owner
•    Mike Cockerill
•    Victoria Crawford-Gage, Independent
•    Neil Cronk
•    Wendy Fenlon, Independent
•    Jacqui Houlden-Banks
•    Gary Howgate
•    Karen Hubbard, Independent
•    Howard Parkin
•    Linda Randall, Independent
•    Janine Robinson

All election counts will take place throughout North Yorkshire on Friday 6 May.

To vote in the elections, people must register to vote by Thursday 14 April at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.

The deadline to apply for a postal vote is 5pm, Tuesday 19 April.

The deadline to apply for a proxy vote, that is when a voter applies for someone they trust to vote for them, is 5pm, Tuesday 26 April.

Details on how to apply for postal and proxy votes can be found at scarborough.gov.uk/voting.

Anyone without online access can call Scarborough Borough Council’s elections team on 01723 232323.