🗳️ 2017 North Yorkshire County Council local election

Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge division

This election was held on Thursday 4 May 2017.

8 candidates stood in the Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge division.

• Bob Frendt

  UK Independence Party (UKIP)

  

• Andrew Martin Goss

  Independent

  

• Paul Haslam

  Conservative and Unionist Party

  

• David Charles Humphries

  Labour Party

  

• Nicholas James Knott

  Labour Party

  

• Mark McDermid

  Liberal Democrats

  

• Graham Swift

  Conservative and Unionist Party

  

• Geoff Webber

  Liberal Democrats

  

In some areas, local government is split between a county council and a district council. On 4 May 2017 you will elect your county councillor(s) in a first past the post election. Your county council is responsible for services across the whole county, including:

• Education
• Streets and roads
• Planning
• Fire and public safety
• Social care
• Libraries
• Waste management
• Trading standards

Separately your district council is responsible for services delivered at a local level, including:

• Rubbish collection
• Recycling
• Council Tax collections
• Housing
• Planning applications

Your district councillors are elected in separate elections.

To vote in a local government election in England you must be:

• 18 years of age or over on polling day
• a British citizen, a qualifying Commonwealth citizen, or a citizen of the European Union
• resident in the UK
• not be subject to any legal incapacity to vote