All the North Yorkshire election candidates standing in the General Election 2024

Sebastian McCormick

28 June 2024 at 7:09 am·3-min read

Elections are taking place across North Yorkshire — -Credit: (Image: Rui Vieira/PA Wire)

With the July General Election fast approaching, every candidate has now announced their decision to stand.

Candidates from a variety of different political parties have all announced they will be standing across North Yorkshire. Each will be campaigning on a number of issues in the lead up to July 4, from local to national and international issues.

With election day closing in, its important to know exactly who is standing in your area this year.

Here are all the candidates running for election in North Yorkshire.

Harrogate and Knaresborough

Tom Gordon - Liberal Democrats
Paul Haslam - Independent
Andrew Hanson Jones - Conservative Party
Stephen Douglas Metcalfe - Independent
Shan Oakes - Green party
Jonathan Mark Swales - Reform UK
Conrad James Whitcroft - Labour Party

Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Mehmoona Ameen - Workers Party of Britain
Mark Alan Baxtrem - Independent
Kiran Fothergill - Conservative Party
Matthew Gareth Harris - Green Party
Andy McDonald - Labour Party
Patrick John Miles Seargeant - Reform UK
Mo Waqas - Liberal Democrats

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

Simon Richard Clarke - Conservative Party
Jemma Joy - Liberal Democrats
Rod Liddle - Social Democratic Party
Rowan McLaughlin - Green Party
Luke Myer - Labour Party

Redcar

Gary Conlin - Social Democratic Party
John Davies - Reform UK
Ruth Hatton - Green Party
Chris Jones - Liberal Democrats
Anna Turley - Labour and Co-operative Party
Jacob Young - Conservative Party

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Richmond and Northallerton

Jason Barnett - Independent
Count Binface - Count Binface Party
Daniel George Callaghan - Liberal Democrats
Angie Campion - Independent
Louise Anne Dickens - Workers Party of Britain
Kevin Foster - Green Party
Rio Goldhammer - Yorkshire Party
Niko Omilana - Independent
Brian Neil Richmond - Independent
Sir Archibald Stanton - Monster Raving Loony Party
Rishi Sunak - Conservative Party
Lee Martin Taylor - Reform UK
Tom Wilson - Labour Party

Scarborough and Whitby

David Bowes - Reform UK
Lee Francis Derrick - Yorkshire Party
Thomas Peter Foster - Social Democratic Party
Annette Hudspeth - Green Party
Alison Hume - Labour Party
Asa Joe Benjamin Jones - Social Justice Party
Robert Graham Lockwood - Liberal Democrats
Roberto Weeden-Sanz - Conservative Party

Selby

David John Burns - Reform UK
Keir Alexander Mather - Labour Party
Angela Oldershaw - Green Party
Charles Richardson - Conservative Party
Christian Maurice Vassie - Liberal Democrats

Skipton and Ripon

Malcolm Birks - Labour Party
Andy Brown - Green Party
Simon Alexander Garvey - Reform UK
Ryan Kett - Yorkshire Party
Andrew Murday - Liberal Democrats
Guy Phoenix - Heritage Party
Julian Richard Smith - Conservative Party
Keith Graham Tordoff - Independent

Stockton West

Nigel Frederick Boddy - Liberal Democrats
Monty Brack - Independents for Direct Democracy
Vivek Chhabra - Independent
Joe Dancey - Labour Party
Steve Matthews - Reform UK
Niko Omilana - Independent
Anna-Maria Toms - Green Party
Matt VIckers - Conservative Party
Mohammed Zaroof - Independent

Thirsk and Malton

Lisa Banes - Labour Party
Luke Martin John Brownlee - Yorkshire Party
Kevin Paul Hollinrake - Conservative Party
Steve Mason - Liberal Democrats
Richard McLane - Green Party
Mark Stephen Robinson - Reform UK

Wetherby and Easingwold

John Philip Hall - Yorkshire Party
Mike Jordan - Reform UK
James John Monaghan - Liberal Democrats
Ben Pickles - Labour Party
Alec Edward Shelbrooke - Conservative Party
Arnold Francis Warneken - Green Party

York Central

Cliff Bond - Reform UK
Richard William Hudson - Conservative Party
Roger James - Independent
Ruairi Kendall - Independent
Lars Kramm - Green Party
Alasdair Lord - Independent
Rachael Maskell - Labour and Co-operative Party
Leo Otis Mayne - Independent
Alan Michael Page - Liberal Democrats

York Outer

Darren Borrows - Independent
Luke Charters - Labour Party
John Edward Crispin-Bailey - Reform UK
David James Eadington - Yorkshire Party
Keith Andrew Hayden - Independent
Andrew Graham Hollyer - Liberal Democrats
Michael Kearney - Green Party
Hal Aeneas Mayne - Independent
Julian Charles Sturdy - Conservative Party

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