2006 Craven District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2006 Craven District Council election. Independents in light grey, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2006. Craven UK local election 2006 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2006 Craven District Council election. Independents in light grey, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2006.

The 2006 Craven District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Craven District Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Candidates

Candidates at the election included possibly the oldest candidate in the country, Bob Leakey, at the age of 91, who stood for his own Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party in Settle and Ribblebanks, after having stood at the 2005 general election in Skipton and Ripon constituency. [3] Another candidate at the election was the leader of the Craven Ratepayers Action Group, Alan Perrow, who was nominated for the Conservatives, against independent councillor Philip Barrett. [3] However Perrow quit the party days after being approached to be a Conservative candidate, to instead stand independently at the election, although he was still on the ballot paper as a Conservative. [4]

Election result

There was no change in the composition of the council, after all of the sitting councillors held the seats they were defending. [5] This left the Conservatives with 13 seats, independents had 11 seats and there were 6 Liberal Democrats. [5]

Craven local election result 2006 [2] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 400044.430.32,646+5.4%
  Conservative 300033.345.43,960+3.8%
  Liberal Democrats 200022.223.32,035-6.6%
 Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party000001.083+1.0%

Ward results

Aire Valley with Lothersdale [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Wheeler64453.0+26.5
Conservative Irene Greaves57247.0−5.7
Majority 725.9
Turnout 1,21644.7−7.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bentham [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Manuel Camacho68557.6+9.1
Conservative William Burton50542.4−9.1
Majority 18015.1
Turnout 1,19041.3
Independent hold Swing
Gargrave and Malhamdale [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Butcher75866.6+8.1
Liberal Democrats Alison Jerger38033.4−8.1
Majority 37833.2+16.1
Turnout 1,13847.6
Conservative hold Swing
Glusburn [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Philip Barrett94673.8
Conservative Alan Perrow33626.2
Majority 61047.6
Turnout 1,28241.2
Independent hold Swing
Hellifield and Long Preston [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Firth46161.2
Independent Victoria Lunn29238.8
Majority 16922.4
Turnout 75344.4
Conservative hold Swing
Ingleton and Clapham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Carl Lisunopposed
Independent hold Swing
Penyghent [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Welch43459.5+4.8
Liberal Democrats Alison Fawcett29540.5+40.5
Majority 13919.1+9.8
Turnout 72949.8−1.4
Conservative hold Swing
Settle and Ribblebanks [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Heather71654.2+4.7
Conservative Robert Firth52239.5−11.0
Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party Robert Leakey 836.3+6.3
Majority 19414.7
Turnout 1,32146.3−7.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Sutton-in-Craven [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Stephen Place72366.0
Conservative David Harrison37234.0
Majority 35132.1
Turnout 1,09539.9
Independent hold Swing

References

  1. "Local elections: Craven". BBC News. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 "UK local election results". Financial Times . London: NewsBank. 5 May 2006.
  3. 1 2 "Council critic joins Tories for election". West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications. NewsBank. 7 April 2006.
  4. Tyack, Tom (21 April 2006). "Tory candidate quits days after joining party". Craven Herald & Pioneer . Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  5. 1 2 Moore, Lindsey (5 May 2006). "Election brings no change to council make-up". Craven Herald & Pioneer . Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Craven District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2015 via Political Science Resources.
  7. "Local Election Results 2006". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 14 March 2015.