2007 Craven District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2007 Craven District Council election. Independents in light grey, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2007. Craven UK local election 2007 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2007 Craven District Council election. Independents in light grey, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2007.

The 2007 Craven District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Craven District Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third (10 out of 30 seats) 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:

Background

Before the election the council was run by an alliance between the 11 independents and the 6 Liberal Democrats, while the 13 Conservative councillors were in opposition. [3] 10 seats were contested at the election with the Conservatives needing to make at least 2 gains to take control. [4]

Candidates at the election included Conservative candidates in every ward, while there were no candidates from the Labour Party. [3] The British National Party meanwhile stood their first candidate in an election for Craven council in Skipton South. [3]

Election result

There was no change to the party balance on the council, after the Conservatives gained a seat from an independent, but also lost a seat to another independent candidate. [5] The Conservative gain came in Skipton South, where they defeated the vice-chairman of the council, Mike Hill, while they lost Bentham to an independent by 5 votes after 3 recounts. [6]

Craven local election result 2007 [2] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Independent 511050.038.44,149+8.1
  Conservative 411040.045.14,866-0.3
  Liberal Democrats 100010.014.61,581-8.7
  BNP 00000.01.9200+1.9

Ward results

Bentham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Lin Barrington68650.2−7.4
Conservative Felicity Hey68149.8+7.4
Majority 50.4−14.7
Turnout 1,36746.5+5.2
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Embsay with Eastby [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andy Quinn40963.4−3.6
Liberal Democrats John Manley23636.6+36.6
Majority 17326.8−7.2
Turnout 64545.7
Conservative hold Swing
Gargrave and Malhamdale [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Crawford80270.4+3.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Walpole33729.6−3.8
Majority 46540.8+7.6
Turnout 1,13947.1−0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Glusburn [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Graham Beck77658.9−14.9
Conservative Jenny Wood54141.1+14.9
Majority 23517.8−29.8
Turnout 1,31742.8+1.6
Independent hold Swing
Skipton East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Harbron61053.9+5.0
Independent Michael Hill52146.1+46.1
Majority 897.9
Turnout 1,13140.5−11.5
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Skipton North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marcia Turner57742.0+0.3
Independent John Kerwin-Davey41830.4+5.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Rankine37927.6−6.1
Majority 15911.6+3.6
Turnout 1,37450.0−9.7
Conservative hold Swing
Skipton South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Robert Heseltine65966.3+49.3
BNP Gary Beresford20020.1+20.1
Conservative Robert Firth13513.6−6.4
Majority 45946.2
Turnout 99436.1−5.4
Independent hold Swing
Skipton West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Polly English62961.9−3.4
Conservative Pamela Heseltine38738.1+3.4
Majority 24223.8−6.7
Turnout 1,01635.4−7.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Sutton-in-Craven [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ken Hart68764.9−1.1
Conservative David Harrison-Young37235.1+1.1
Majority 31529.7−2.4
Turnout 1,05938.6−1.3
Independent hold Swing
West Craven [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Robert Mason40253.3+2.5
Conservative Terry Thorpe35246.7−2.5
Majority 506.6+4.9
Turnout 75450.6
Independent hold Swing

By-elections between 2007 and 2008

A by-election was held in Cowling on 12 July 2007 after independent councillor John Alderson resigned from the council after moving away from the area. [8] The seat was gained for the Conservatives by Jan Ackroyd with a majority of 215 votes over Craven Ratepayers' Action Group candidate Alan Perrow. [8]

Cowling by-election 12 July 2007 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jan Ackroyd35164.3+47.4
Craven Ratepayers' Action GroupAlan Perrow13624.9−13.2
Independent Peter Seward5910.8−34.3
Majority 21539.4
Turnout 54631.2−18.9
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

References

  1. "Craven". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Results – Election 2007". The Times . NewsBank. 5 May 2007. p. 83. ISSN   0140-0460.
  3. 1 2 3 "BNP field first candidate in Skipton election". West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications. NewsBank. 4 April 2007.
  4. "Conservatives need two seats to win Craven council". West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications. NewsBank. 3 May 2007.
  5. "Conservatives fail to take Craven council". West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications. NewsBank. 4 May 2007.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "District Council election" (PDF). Craven District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015 via Political Science Resources.
  7. 1 2 3 "Tories win council seat". West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications. NewsBank. 19 July 2007.