Elections are taking place today to decide the political make up for the new North Yorkshire Council.
There will be 90 councillors in total who will be elected to 89 new divisions.
There will be seven divisions and seven councillors in the current Richmondshire area.
A total of 21 people will contest the seven seats.
Po9lling stations will remain open until 10pm tonight.
Counting will then take place tomorrow.
- Catterick Village & Brompton-on-Swale
- Mike Hill – Labour
- Carl Les – Conservative
- Leslie Rowe – Independent
- Hipswell & Colburn
- Paul Cullen – Independent
- Kevin Foster – Green
- Jag Sharma – Conservative
- Leyburn & Middleham
- John Amsden – Independent
- Thom Kirkwood – Labour
- Karin Sedgwick – Conservative
- North Richmondshire
- Jane Parlour – Liberal Democrats
- Angus Thompson – Conservative
- Richmond
- Stuart Parsons – Independent
- Philip Wicks – Liberal Democrats
- Jimmy Wilson-Petch – Conservative
- Scotton & Lower Wensleydale
- David Dresser – Liberal Democrats
- Helen Grant – Independent
- Tom Jones – Conservative
- Lisle Ryder – Green Party
- Upper Dales
- Margaret Lowndes – Green Party
- Yvonne Peacock – Conservative
- Penny Smith – Liberal Democrats
The elections will put in place councillors who will serve for a five-year term.
For the first year these councillors will represent the current county council.
They will form a new executive and they will also oversee the implementation of the new council which will launch on April 1, 2023.
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Is that Mike Hill, the former Labour MP for Hartlepool?