2002 Craven District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2002 Craven District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in light grey. Craven UK local election 2002 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2002 Craven District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in light grey.

The 2002 Craven District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Craven District Council in North Yorkshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 4. [1] The council stayed under no overall control. [2]

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Background

Before the election the Conservatives had exactly half of the seats on the council with 17 councillors, compared to 12 Independents and 5 Liberal Democrats. [3] Due to boundary changes, which reduced the number of seats on the council from 34 to 30, the whole council was elected for the first time since 1974, instead of the usual one-third of the council being elected at each election. [4] [5]

A total of 61 candidates stood for the 30 seats contested, comprising 23 Conservatives, 18 independents, 13 Liberal Democrats and 1 candidate from the Labour Party. [4] 3 Conservative and 3 independent candidates were elected unopposed. [5]

Election result

The Conservatives won the most seats to have 13 councillors but without a majority. [5] The Liberal Democrats made gains to have 9 seats, while independents took 8 seats. [5]

Craven local election result 2002 [2] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 13-443.340.18,363
  Liberal Democrats 9+430.028.15,864
  Independent 8-426.730.96,430
  Labour 0000.9184

Ward results

Aire Valley with Lothersdale (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Wheeler552
Conservative Patricia Fairbank480
Conservative Robert Greaves410
Turnout 1,44237.2
Barden Fell [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Knowles-Fitton47464.2
Independent Robert Heseltine26435.8
Majority21028.4
Turnout 73857.2
Bentham (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Pilkington741
Conservative Gerald Hurtley488
Independent Manuel Camacho439
Turnout 1,66839.9
Cowling [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Aldersonunopposed
Embsay with Eastby [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Quinnunopposed
Gargrave and Malhamdale (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Butcher656
Conservative David Crawford563
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wood451
Independent Carlton Hayes393
Turnout 2,06351.9
Glusburn (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Philip Barrett1,066
Independent Peter Seward364
Independent Arthur Dixon335
Conservative Ian Bannister229
Conservative Jennifer Wood194
Turnout 2,18843.3
Grassington [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Walbankunopposed
Hellifield and Long Preston [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Firthunopposed
Ingleton and Clapham (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Iretonunopposed
Independent Carl Lisunopposed
Penyghent [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Welch39354.7
Independent Anthony Macaulay32645.3
Majority679.3
Turnout 71951.2
Settle and Ribblebanks (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Heather652
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Graham599
Conservative Charles Price392
Conservative Terence Murray383
Turnout 2,02639.1
Skipton East (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Eric Jaquin342
Conservative Pamela Heseltine333
Conservative Christopher Harbron303
Independent Melvin Seward268
Liberal Democrats Darren Moorby245
Independent Dennis Hall204
Labour Duncan Hall184
Turnout 1,87936.5
Skipton North (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Doyle570
Conservative Marcia Turner569
Conservative Paul Whitaker512
Independent Michael Hill416
Turnout 2,06742.2
Skipton South (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Solloway325
Independent Frances Cook295
Independent Andrew Cook252
Conservative Alex Bentley181
Conservative Barry Blood177
Turnout 1,23025.4
Skipton West (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul English575
Liberal Democrats Pauline English569
Conservative Margaret Spence279
Conservative Norman Spence261
Turnout 1,68430.2
Sutton-in-Craven (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Stephen Place778
Independent Kenneth Hart585
Conservative Barbara Barwick-Nicholson216
Conservative Dee Pollitt122
Turnout 1,70135.9
Upper Wharfedale [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Sayer48158.4
Independent Kenneth Luty23328.3
Liberal Democrats James Monksfield10913.2
Majority24830.1
Turnout 82353.2
West Craven [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Binns26743.6
Independent Robert Mason21234.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Rankine13421.9
Majority559.0
Turnout 61343.6

References

  1. ↑ "Craven". BBC News. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Election results – Local Elections". The Times. 3 May 2002. p. 6 – via NewsBank.
  3. ↑ Shand, Alastair (12 April 2002). "Parties fight for control". West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications– via NewsBank.
  4. 1 2 "All Craven's seats are up for grabs". West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications. 12 April 2002 – via NewsBank.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Liberals do well in Craven elections". West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications. 3 May 2002 – via NewsBank.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Candidates for 2nd May 2002 elections". Craven District Council. Archived from the original on 10 June 2002. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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