Craven Council election, 2004

Elections to Craven Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

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

• Conservative 13
• Independent 11
• Liberal Democrat 6

Election result

Craven Local Election Result 2004
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Conservative	6	2	0	+2	54.5	41.6	5,549	-4.1%
	Liberal Democrat	3	0	2	-2	27.3	29.9	3,982	+5.6%
	Independent	2	0	0	0	18.2	24.9	3,318	-5.1%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	285	+2.1%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	204	+1.5%

Ward results

Aire Valley with Lothersdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Fairbank	725	52.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Manley	365	26.5
	Green	John Ackroyd	285	20.7
Majority			360	26.2
Turnout			1,375	51.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barden Fell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Knowles-Fitton	414	51.2	-13.0
	Independent	Cecil Hammond	302	37.3	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Moorby	93	11.5	+11.5
Majority			112	13.9	-14.5
Turnout			809	59.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cowling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Alderson	374	45.1
	Independent	Alan Perrow	316	38.1
	Conservative	Geoffrey Dunn	140	16.9
Majority			58	7.0
Turnout			830	50.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Grassington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Foster	616	73.2
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Rankine	225	26.8
Majority			391	46.4
Turnout			841	65.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ingleton and Clapham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Ireton	1,403	81.9
	Conservative	Alex Bentley	310	18.1
Majority			1,093	63.8
Turnout			1,713	56.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Settle and Ribblebanks
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Whaites	740	50.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ronald Graveson	726	49.5
Majority			14	1.0
Turnout			1,466	53.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Skipton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Jaquin	728	51.1	+24.3
	Conservative	Christopher Harbron	697	48.9	+17.4
Majority			31	2.2
Turnout			1,425	52.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Skipton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Whitaker	679	41.7	-14.7
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Doyle	549	33.7	-9.9
	Independent	John Kerwin-Davey	399	24.5	+24.5
Majority			130	8.0	-4.8
Turnout			1,627	59.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Skipton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Solloway	501	44.8	+44.8
	Conservative	Kenneth Creek	224	20.0	+4.7
	Labour	James Black	204	18.2	+18.2
	Independent	Dennis Hall	190	17.0	-40.5
Majority			277	24.8
Turnout			1,119	41.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Skipton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul English	795	65.3	-1.7
	Conservative	Norman Spence	423	34.7	+1.7
Majority			372	30.6	-3.4
Turnout			1,218	43.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Upper Wharfedale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sayer	581	63.5	+5.1
	Independent	Kenneth Luty	334	36.5	+8.2
Majority			247	27.0	-3.1
Turnout			915	61.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2004 Craven election result
• Ward results

Preceded by Craven Council election, 2003

Craven local elections

Succeeded by Craven Council election, 2006