Craven Council election, 2002

Craven Council election, 2002

Elections to Craven Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 4. The council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Craven Local Election Result 2002
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Conservative 13 -4 43.3 40.6 8,346
  Liberal Democrat 9 +4 30.0 28.6 5,884
  Independent 8 -4 26.7 29.9 6,140
  Labour 0 0 0 0.9 184

3 Conservative and 3 Independent candidates were unopposed.

Ward results

Aire Valley with Lothersdale (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Mark Wheeler 552
Conservative Patricia Fairbank 480
Conservative Robert Greaves 410
Turnout 1,442
Barden Fell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Knowles-Fitton 474 64.2
Independent Robert Heseltine 264 35.8
Majority 210 28.4
Turnout 738
Bentham (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat John Pilkington 741
Conservative Gerald Hurley 488
Independent Manuel Camacho 139
Turnout 1,368
Cowling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Alderson unopposed
Embsay with Eastby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Quinn unopposed
Gargrave and Malhamdale (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Butcher 658
Conservative David Crawford 563
Liberal Democrat Andrew Wood 451
Independent Carlton Hayes 393
Turnout 2,065
Glusburn (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Philip Barrett 1,086
Independent Peter Seward 364
Independent Arthur Dixon 335
Conservative Ian Bannister 220
Conservative Jennifer Wood 194
Turnout 2,199
Grassington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Walbank unopposed
Hellifield and Long Preston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Helen Firth unopposed
Ingleton and Clapham (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Ireton unopposed
Independent Carl Lis unopposed
Penyghent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Welch 393 54.7
Independent Anthony Macaulay 326 45.3
Majority 67 9.4
Turnout 719
Settle and Ribblebanks (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat David Heather 652
Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Graham 599
Conservative Terence Murray 383
Conservative Charles Price 382
Turnout 2,016
Skipton East (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Eric Jaquin 342
Conservative Pamela Heseltine 333
Conservative Christopher Harbron 303
Independent Melvin Seward 268
Liberal Democrat Darren Moorby 245
Independent Dennis Hall 204
Labour Duncan Hall 184
Turnout 1,879
Skipton North (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Michael Doyle 570
Conservative Marcia Turner 569
Conservative Paul Whitaker 512
Independent Michael Hill 416
Turnout 2,067
Skipton South (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Andrew Solloway 325
Independent Frances Cook 285
Independent Andrew Cook 252
Conservative Alex Bentley 181
Conservative Barry Blood 177
Turnout 1,220
Skipton West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Pauline English 589
Liberal Democrat Paul English 575
Conservative Margaret Spence 279
Conservative Norman Spence 261
Turnout 1,704
Sutton-in-Craven (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Stephen Place 778
Independent Kenneth Hart 585
Conservative Barbara Barwick-Nicholson 216
Conservative Dee Pollitt 122
Turnout 1,701
Upper Wharfedale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Sayer 481 58.4
Independent Kenneth Luty 233 28.3
Liberal Democrat James Monksfield 109 13.2
Majority 248 30.1
Turnout 823
West Craven
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Binns 267 43.6
Independent Robert Mason 212 34.6
Liberal Democrat Andrew Rankine 134 21.9
Majority 55 9.0
Turnout 613

References

Preceded by
Craven Council election, 2000
Craven local elections Succeeded by
Craven Council election, 2003

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