READERS of this edition of The Northern Echo may be interested in the following results from the local elections for North Yorkshire County Council wards bordering the Darlington borough:

Richmondshire North division – including Barton, Croft, Melsonby, Aldborough St John, Manfield and Ravensworth:

*HESELTINE, Michael Joseph (Con) 951

DALTON, Dave (Grn) 83

PARLOUR, Jane Elizabeth (Ind) 606

RICHARDSON, Jane Elizabeth (Lab Co-op) 138

FLINN, Tony (Ukip) 432.

Swale division – including Girsby and Great Smeaton:

*BARKER, Arthur William (Con) 1260

CORNWALL, Lenny (Lab) 259

BRAKENBERRY, Jacqueline (Ukip) 501.

For full coverage of the local elections, visit thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/indepth/local_elections