2010 Craven District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2010 Craven District Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in light grey and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2010. Craven UK local election 2010 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2010 Craven District Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in light grey and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2010.

The 2010 Craven District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Craven District Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

Before the election the Conservatives were one seat short of holding a majority on the council with 15 seats. [3] 9 seats were contested in the election with the Conservatives standing in all 9, compared to 7 Liberal Democrats, 4 Labour, 3 independents and 1 from the Youth Party. [3] 2 sitting councillors, Manuel Camcho and Stephen Butcher stood down from Bentham and Gargrave and Malhamdale wards respectively, while Carl Lis stood as a Conservative after having been a councillor before the election as an independent, and before 1998 as a Liberal Democrat. [3]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives make 3 gains, including in Bentham and Settle and Ribblebanks wards. [4] The third gain came in Ingleton and Clapham ward, where Carl Lis, who had held the seat as an independent before the election, was elected as a Conservative. [4] The gains meant the Conservatives won 6 of the 9 seats contested, compared to 2 independents and 1 Liberal Democrats. [5] Due to the general election being held at the same time overall turnout was over 75%, with the lowest being over 68% in Sutton-in-Craven. [4]

Craven local election result 2010 [2] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 630+366.744.07,437-11.0%
  Independent 202-222.220.23,425+10.0%
  Liberal Democrats 101-111.128.24,763+0.8%
  Labour 000005.3900-2.1%
 The Youth Party000002.3395+2.3%

Ward results

Aire Valley with Lothersdale [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Wheeler1,02447.3+23.8
Conservative Gemma Harling91742.3−20.7
Labour Duncan Hall22610.4−3.1
Majority1075.0
Turnout 2,16774.5+28.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bentham [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Brockbank89342.3−7.5
Liberal Democrats Barry Hymer61929.3+29.3
Independent Victoria Hindle59828.3−21.9
Majority27413.0
Turnout 2,11070.4+23.9
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Gargrave and Malhamdale [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Sutcliffe1,16962.2−8.2
Liberal Democrats Stpehen Walpole70937.8+8.2
Majority46024.5−16.3
Turnout 1,87875.7+28.6
Conservative hold Swing
Glusburn [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Philip Barrett1,49967.7+8.8
Conservative Wendy Clark48121.7−19.4
Labour Vincent Keirle23310.5+10.5
Majority1,01846.0+28.2
Turnout 2,21370.3+27.5
Independent hold Swing
Hellfield and Long Preston [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Firth74359.2−2.0
Liberal Democrats Judith Mason51340.8+40.8
Majority23018.3−4.1
Turnout 1,25670.9+26.5
Conservative hold Swing
Ingleton and Clapham [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carl Lis1,34258.6+37.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Christie74932.7+32.7
Labour Christine Rose1988.7+8.7
Majority59325.9
Turnout 2,28972.3+25.6
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Penyghent [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Welch68061.3+1.8
Liberal Democrats Gwendalyn Jessop43038.7−1.8
Majority25022.5+3.4
Turnout 1,11075.4+25.6
Conservative hold Swing
Settle and Ribblesbanks [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Staveley81042.1−22.2
Liberal Democrats David Heather71937.4+15.0
The Youth PartySimon Lord39520.5+20.5
Majority914.7−37.2
Turnout 1,92471.7+26.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Sutton-in-Craven [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Stephen Place1,32867.3+2.4
Conservative Gillian Quinn40220.4−14.7
Labour James Black24312.3+12.3
Majority92646.9+17.2
Turnout 1,97368.1+29.5
Independent hold Swing

References

  1. "Craven". BBC News. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Local elections 2010". The Guardian. London. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 "Independent Ingleton councillor joins the Conservatives". Craven Herald & Pioneer . 16 April 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 "Tories pick up three Craven Council wards". Craven Herald & Pioneer . 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  5. "Harrogate and Craven councils in Conservative control". BBC News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Declaration of result of poll". Craven District Council. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.