2016 Craven District Council election

Last updated

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.

Contents

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

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bingley</span> Town in West Yorkshire, England

Bingley is a market town and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, which had a population of 18,294 at the 2011 Census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Craven District</span> Former local government district in England

Craven was a non-metropolitan district in the west of North Yorkshire, centred on the market town of Skipton.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">City of Winchester</span> Place in England

The City of Winchester is a local government district in Hampshire, England, with a city status.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lancaster City Council elections</span> Class of election in the United Kingdom

Lancaster City Council elections are held every four years. Lancaster City Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 60 councillors have been elected from 27 wards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Craven District Council elections</span>

Craven District Council in North Yorkshire, England was established in 1974 and abolished in 2023. One third of councillors were elected each year, followed by one year when there was an election to North Yorkshire County Council instead. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 30 councillors had been elected from 19 wards.

Durham County Council elections are held every four years. Durham County Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of County Durham. The county council was first created in 1889 as an upper-tier authority, had its powers and territory reformed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and became a unitary authority in 2009, when the lower-tier district councils in the area were abolished. Since becoming a unitary authority, 126 councillors have been elected from 63 wards.

The 2000 Craven District Council election took place on 4 May 2000 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2004 Craven District Council election</span>

The 2004 Craven District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Yorkshire Council</span> Unitary authority in England

North Yorkshire Council, known until 1 April 2023 as North Yorkshire County Council, is the unitary authority which governs the district of North Yorkshire, within the larger ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, in England. The council's headquarters is County Hall in Northallerton, the county town.

North Yorkshire County Council was elected every four years from 1973 until 2017, and then finally in 2022. The council was replaced on 1 April 2023 by North Yorkshire Council, with the councillors serving on the old county council at that date automatically becoming councillors on the new council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">City of Leeds</span> City in West Yorkshire, England

The City of Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Leeds and the towns of Farsley, Garforth, Guiseley, Horsforth, Morley, Otley, Pudsey, Rothwell, Wetherby and Yeadon. It has a population of 811,956 (2021), making it technically the second largest city in England by population behind Birmingham, since London is not a single local government entity. Local governance sits with Leeds City Council and the city's 32 Parish Councils.

Thanet District Council is the local authority for the Thanet District in Kent, England. The council is elected every four years.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 Craven District Council election</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 Craven District Council election</span>

The 2014 Craven District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 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.

The 2015 Craven District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Craven District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

The 2019 Craven District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Craven District Council in England.

The 2022 North Yorkshire Council election took place on 5 May 2022, alongside the other local elections. These were the last elections to North Yorkshire County Council, and the elected councillors would also serve as the first councillors on the North Yorkshire Council, which replaced the existing county council in April 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 United Kingdom local elections</span> Elections to local councils and mayoralties

The 2022 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 5 May 2022. These included elections for all London borough councils, for all local authorities in Wales and Scotland. Most seats in England were last up for election in 2018 and in Scotland and Wales in 2017. The elections coincided with the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election. In 91 cases, most of them in Wales, council seats were uncontested, each having only one candidate. Three seats in Scotland remained unfilled as no one nominated to fill them.

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.