2016 Craven District Council election

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The 2016 Craven District Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Craven District Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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Ward results

Aire Valley with Lothersdale

Aire Valley with Lothersdale 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Fairbank51144.5
Green Andy Brown34630.1
Labour Paul Arthur Routledge29125.3
Majority16514.3
Conservative hold Swing

Barden Fell

Barden Fell 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gill Quinn24836.4
Green Andrew Frank Garrick7811.4
Independent David Pighills35552.1
Majority10715.7
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Cowling

Cowling 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Mercer20931.7
Independent Ady Green16424.8
UKIP Alan Perrow15323.2
Conservative Andrew Charles Mallinson13320.1
Majority456.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Grassington

Grassington 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard William Foster46976.1
Labour Joe Lawrence Dillon14723.8
Majority32252.2
Conservative hold Swing

Ingleton and Clapham

Ingleton and Clapham 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Lloyd Ireton81267.7
Green Sarah Wiltshire38732.2
Majority42535.4
Conservative hold Swing

Settle and Ribblebanks

Settle and Ribblebanks 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wendy Virginia Hull46341.9
Labour David Robert Pemberton35632.2
Green Jo Rhodes28525.8
Majority1079.7
Conservative hold Swing

Skipton East

Skipton East 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Eric Jaquin31128.2
Conservative Wendy Elizabeth Clark27524.9
Independent Martin Emmerson27424.8
Labour Tania Brown13812.5
Green David Christopher Noland1049.4
Majority363.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Skipton North

Skipton North 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Whitaker30424.5
Liberal Democrats Wendy Ann Leach27822.4
Independent John Kerwin-Davey26421.3
Green Claire Nash25220.3
Labour John Edward Pope14211.5
Majority263.1
Conservative hold Swing

Skipton South

Skipton South 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Andy Solloway47961.0
Labour Alan Frank Hickman30538.9
Majority17422.1
Independent hold Swing

Skipton West

Skipton West 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Vivien Forbes Rose38539.5
Conservative Chris Clark30831.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Paul Walpole18418.9
Green Eleanor Hartley Smith9810.1
Majority777.9
Labour hold Swing

Upper Wharfedale

Upper Wharfedale 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tanya Ilsa Graham52973.1
Labour John Christopher Sutcliffe Vaughan19526.9
Majority33446.1
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections between 2016 and 2018

A by-election was held in Aire Valley with Lothersdale on 4 May 2017 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Patricia Fairbank. [2] The seat was won by Green Party candidate Andrew Brown.

Aire Valley with Lothersdale by-election 4 May 2017 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Andrew Brown65250.3+20.2
Conservative Gemma Harling64449.7+5.2
Majority80.6
Turnout 1,296
Green gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. "Elections 2016". Craven District Council. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. Tate, Lesley (28 April 2017). "Glowing tributes to 'tenacious' retiring Craven councillor Pat Fairbank". Craven Herald. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  3. "Local Elections Archive Project — Aire Valley with Lothersdale Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2022.