2022 North Yorkshire Council election

The 2022 North Yorkshire Council election took place on 5 May 2022, alongside the other local elections. These were the last elections to North Yorkshire County Council, and the elected councillors would also serve as the first councillors on the North Yorkshire Council (a new unitary authority), which replaced the existing county council in April 2023.

The scheduled 2021 North Yorkshire County Council elections were not held due to the restructure of local government in the county.

The North Yorkshire County Council was led by a Conservative Party majority prior to the election.

Previous council composition
Changes:
 * July 2018: Michael Jordan leaves Conservatives to join the Yorkshire Party.
 * August 2018: David Goode gains seat for Liberal Democrats from Conservatives in by-election
 * July 2019: John Blackie (independent) dies; by-election held October 2019
 * October 2019: Yvonne Peacock gains seat for Conservatives from independent in by-election
 * October 2019: Andrew Jenkinson leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent
 * November 2019: Andrew Backhouse leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent
 * August 2020: Michael Jordan returns from the Yorkshire Party to the Conservatives.
 * January 2021: Richard Welch (Conservative) dies; by-election held in May 2021
 * March 2021: Geoff Weber (Liberal Democrats) dies; by-election held in May 2021
 * May 2021: Matt Scott gains seat for Conservatives from Liberal Democrats in by-election, David Staveley retains seat for Conservatives in by-election
 * February 2022: Caroline Goodrick leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent
 * Val Arnold leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent
 * David Hugill leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent

Candidates
Statements of persons nominated were published on 6 April.

Bentham & Ingleton
Changes are shown from 2017 with the identical North Craven division of North Yorkshire County Council.

Skipton West & West Craven

 * 1 - Solloway and Madeley were both tied on 503 votes; Solloway won the seat via drawing of lots.

Camblesforth & Carlton
Changes are shown from the 2021 by-election to the identical Camblesforth & Carlton ward of Selby District Council.

Eastfield
Tony Randerson, who had been elected in 2022 for Labour, was a candidate of the Social Justice Party, but was listed as an independent on the ballot paper due to the party not being registered with the Electoral Commission. The party was subsequently formally registered in February 2024.


 * In June 2023, Mike Jordan, elected as a Conservative in 2022, left the party to contest the 2023 Selby and Ainsty by-election as an independent candidate, causing the council to go under no overall control. He subsequently joined Reform UK in February 2024.
 * Also in June 2023, Mike Schofield, elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2022, left the party to sit as an independent.

Hutton Rudby & Osmotherley

 * Joseph Body was originally nominated by the Labour Party, but withdrew as a candidate prior to the closing of nominations.

Sowerby & Topcliffe

 * In February 2024, Pat Marsh, elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2022, was expelled from the Liberal Democrat group due to comments made about the Israel–Hamas war on social media. She then sat as an independent until her resignation from the council later that month.
 * In March 2024, Paul Haslam, elected as a Conservative in 2022, left the party to contest the 2024 York and North Yorkshire mayoral election as an independent candidate.