Craven District Council election, 2012

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Map of the results of the 2012 Craven District Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in light grey and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2012. Craven UK local election 2012 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2012 Craven District Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in light grey and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2012.

The 2012 Craven District Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Craven District Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Craven Non-metropolitan district in England

Craven is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England centred on the market town of Skipton. In 1974, Craven district was formed as the merger of Skipton urban district, Settle Rural District and most of Skipton Rural District, all in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The population of the Local Authority at the 2011 Census was 55,409. It comprises the upper reaches of Airedale, Wharfedale, Ribblesdale, and includes most of the Aire Gap and Craven Basin.

Non-metropolitan district Type of local government district in England

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a two-tier arrangement.

North Yorkshire County of England

North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan county and largest ceremonial county in England. It is located primarily in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber but partly in the region of North East England. The estimated population of North Yorkshire was 602,300 in mid 2016.

Contents

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

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.

Liberal Democrats (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. They presently have 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, and one member of the European Parliament. They also have five Members of the Scottish Parliament and a member each in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. The party reached the height of its influence in the early 2010s, forming a junior partner in a coalition government from 2010 to 2015. It is presently led by Vince Cable.

Background

Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 30 seats, compared to 9 independents and 3 Liberal Democrats. [3] The Conservative leader of the council, Chris Knowles-Fitton, was among the councillors to defend their seats, standing in Barden Fell ward, while in Ingleton and Clapham, the sitting independent councillor David Ireton stood at the election as a Conservative. [3] Meanwhile, the Conservative councillor for Hellifield and Long Preston for the past 13 years, Helen Firth, resigned from the council in March 2012 to leave that seat vacant before the election. [3]

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. The ward is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and district councils, electoral ward is the unit used by Welsh principal councils, while the electoral division is the unit used by English county councils and some unitary authorities. Each ward/division has an average electorate of about 5,500 people, but ward-population counts can vary substantially. As at the end of 2014 there were 9,456 electoral wards/divisions in the UK.

Ingleton, North Yorkshire village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England

Ingleton is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is 19 miles (30 km) from Kendal and 17 miles (28 km) from Lancaster on the western side of the Pennines. It is 9.3 miles (15 km) from Settle. The River Doe and the River Twiss meet to form the source of the River Greta, a tributary of the River Lune. The village is on the A65 road and at the head of the A687. The B6255 takes the south bank of the River Doe to Ribblehead and Hawes. All that remains of the railway in the village is the landmark Ingleton Viaduct. Arthur Conan Doyle was a regular visitor to the area and was married locally, as his mother lived at Masongill from 1882 to 1917. There is growing evidence to support a claim that the inspiration for the name Sherlock Holmes came from here.

Election result

The number of Conservative councillors was reduced by 2 to 16, but they retained a majority of 2 seats over the 10 independents and 4 Liberal Democrats. [4]

Independents gained 2 seats from the Conservatives after John Kerwin-Davy took Skipton North from the Conservatives, while Chris Moorby won by 34 votes the seat in Hellifeild and Long Preston vacated by Conservative Helen Firth. [3] [5] However the Conservatives picked up a seat in Ingleton and Clapham as David Ireton won the seat as a Conservative, after previously being an independent councillor for the same seat. [3] [6] Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats also gained up a seat from the Conservatives in Skipton East, where Eric Jaquin took the seat from Pam Heseltine. [7]

Skipton town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Skipton is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal to the south of the Yorkshire Dales, 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Bradford and 38 miles (61 km) west of York. At the 2011 Census, the population was 14,623.

Craven local election result 2012 [2] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 7 1 3 -2 58.3 50.1 5,135 +14.5%
  Independent 3 2 1 +1 25.0 14.2 1,457 -20.9%
  Liberal Democrat 2 1 0 +1 16.7 17.1 1,748 +6.8%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 16.4 1,681 -0.8%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 231 +0.5%

Ward results

Aire Valley with Lothersdale [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Patricia Fairbank 610 63.0 +20.7
Labour Paul Routledge 359 37.0 +26.6
Majority 251 25.9
Turnout 969 33.4 -41.1
Conservative hold Swing
Barden Fell [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Christopher Knowles-Fitton 377 72.4 -10.9
Liberal Democrat Clive Bowers 144 27.6 +10.9
Majority 233 44.7 -22.0
Turnout 521 39.8 -9.8
Conservative hold Swing
Cowling [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Adrian Green 311 60.4 -9.1
Labour Andrew Rankine 204 39.6 +9.1
Majority 107 20.8 -18.3
Turnout 515 28.9 -10.0
Conservative hold Swing
Grassington [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Richard Foster 390 73.7 -3.4
Liberal Democrat Edward Walker 139 26.3 +3.4
Majority 251 47.4 -6.8
Turnout 529 39.9 -12.5
Conservative hold Swing
Hellifield and Long Preston [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Robert Moorby 489 51.8 +51.8
Conservative Richard Thwaite 455 48.2 -11.0
Majority 34 3.6
Turnout 944 53.5 -17.4
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Ingleton and Clapham [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Ireton 807 74.7 +16.1
Liberal Democrat Mark Christie 273 25.3 -7.4
Majority 534 49.4 +23.5
Turnout 1,080 35.2 -37.1
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Settle and Ribblebanks [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Donald Whaites 696 66.5 +24.2
Labour Christopher Baker 350 33.5 +33.5
Majority 346 33.1 +28.4
Turnout 1,046 35.6 -36.1
Conservative hold Swing
Skipton East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Eric Jaquin 480 46.7 +15.9
Conservative Pamela Heseltine 289 28.1 -16.7
Labour Christine Rose 259 25.2 +0.7
Majority 191 18.6
Turnout 1,028 37.3 -10.4
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Skipton North [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent John Kerwin-Davey 358 30.3 +5.1
Conservative Paul Whitaker 296 25.0 -9.8
Green Claire Nash 231 19.5 +5.2
Liberal Democrat Roland Wohlrapp 185 15.7 +2.1
Labour James Black 112 9.5 -2.6
Majority 62 5.2
Turnout 1,182 42.0 -11.1
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Skipton South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Andrew Solloway 382 54.7 -2.1
Labour Duncan Hall 179 25.6 +4.1
Conservative Nathan Harrison 83 11.9 -2.6
Liberal Democrat Maureen Greene 54 7.7 +0.6
Majority 203 29.1 -6.2
Turnout 698 24.7 -8.2
Independent hold Swing
Skipton West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Paul English 379 36.5 +9.4
Independent Bernard Clarke 228 22.0 +4.3
Labour Peter Madeley 218 21.0 -0.8
Conservative Kelly Hayes-Head 213 20.5 -6.0
Majority 151 14.5 +13.9
Turnout 1,038 34.6 -4.5
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Upper Wharfedale [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Roberts 608 86.6 +13.0
Liberal Democrat Hazel Bulcock 94 13.4 -13.0
Majority 514 73.2 +25.9
Turnout 702 45.9 -16.6
Conservative hold Swing

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