ELECTIONS 2022


Conservatives hung on to majority control at North Yorkshire County Council with just one seat more than the number needed to gain power. At the previous election (then with 72 seats) Conservatives had a 38 majority. They now have 47 seats out of 90, providing a majority of 4. The county authority will continue as a Unitary Authority as the government scraps the seven large district councils of North Yorkshire next year.

Lib Dems have won the other new Unitary Authority affecting part of Yorkshire. The new Westmorland and Furness unitary authority is a half-split of Cumbria incorporating three districts. It includes the South Lakeland district, which in 1974 swallowed up a part of the former West Riding of Yorkshire around Sedbergh.

Find out more about these and other elections that took place in Yorkshire on May 5, 2022 on our Elections 2022 details page or see the full list of results below:

Here are all the results from across Yorkshire

West Yorkshire
including  Bradford,  Calderdale,  Kirklees,  Leeds and  Wakefield metropolitan districts

Metropolitan district council elections

BRADFORDLABOUR HOLDwas LABOUR


CALDERDALELABOUR HOLDwas LABOUR


KIRKLEESLABOUR GAINwas NOC


LEEDSLABOUR HOLDwas LABOUR


WAKEFIELDLABOUR HOLDwas LABOUR


South Yorkshire
including  Barnsley,  Doncaster,  Rotherham and  Sheffield metropolitan districts

Mayor of South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

SOUTH YORKSHIRE MAYOROliver James Coppard (LABOUR and CO-OP) was Dan Jarvis (LABOUR)



Metropolitan district council elections

BARNSLEYLABOUR HOLDwas LABOUR


SHEFFIELDNO OVERALL CONTROLwas NOC


North Yorkshire
including  Craven,  Hambleton,  Harrogate,  Richmondshire,  Ryedale,  Scarborough and  Selby

North Yorkshire County Council election (to continue as North Yorkshire unitary authority from 2023)

NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNCILCONSERVATIVE holdwas CONSERVATIVE

Political composition:

454513 *128NY Ind55
90 members

* Liberal Democrat and Liberal group  |  NY Ind North Yorkshire Independents group
Composition and groupings - source North Yorkshire County Council (February 2024)

City of  Hull  unitary authority

HULLLIB DEM GAINwas LABOUR


 Pendle district

PENDLECONSERVATIVE HOLDwas CONSERVATIVE


 Oldham metropolitan district

OLDHAMLABOUR HOLDwas LABOUR


 South Lakeland and Barrow Borough and Eden District of Cumbria

Westmorland and Furness shadow authority election (to become Westmorland and Furness unitary authority council in 2023).

WESTMORLAND & FURNESSLIB DEM winNEW AUTHORITY

Political composition as at March 2023:

361411211 Vacancy
65 members


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