Harrogate Borough Council elections

One third of Harrogate Borough Council in North Yorkshire, England was elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 54 councillors had been elected from 35 wards. The last elections were held in 2018, ahead of the abolition of Harrogate Borough Council on 31 March 2023. Its functions transferred to the new North Yorkshire Council. The first elections to the North Yorkshire Council took place on 5 May 2022, when 21 councillors were elected from 21 divisions in the Borough of Harrogate.

Political control
Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Leadership
The leaders of the council since 2005 have been:

Council elections

 * 1973 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 1976 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 1979 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 1983 Harrogate Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)
 * 1984 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 1986 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 1987 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 1988 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 1990 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 1991 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 1992 Harrogate Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
 * 1994 Harrogate Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
 * 1995 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 1996 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 1998 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 1999 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 2000 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 2002 Harrogate Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 5)
 * 2003 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 2004 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 2006 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 2007 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 2008 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 2010 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 2012 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 2014 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 2015 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 2016 Harrogate Borough Council election
 * 2018 Harrogate Borough Council election

2010-2018
Previous councillor in Woodfield had been elected as a Liberal Democrat and then defected to the Conservatives.