- Craven Council election, 2008
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Elections to Craven Council in North Yorkshire, England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
The Conservative party were one seat short of gaining overall control of the council winning 8 of the 9 seats they required. They made the only gain of the election, taking Skipton East from the Liberal Democrats.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Conservative 15
- Independent 10
- Liberal Democrat 5
Election result
Craven Local Election Result 2008 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Conservative 8 1 0 +1 72.7 55.0 6,268 +9.9% Liberal Democrat 2 0 1 -1 18.2 27.4 3,123 +12.8% Independent 1 0 0 0 9.1 10.2 1,159 -28.2% Labour 0 0 0 0 0 7.4 843 +7.4% Ward results
Aire Valley with Lothersdale Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Pat Fairbank 824 63.0 +10.3 Liberal Democrat Stephen Walpole 307 23.5 -3.0 Labour Bob Holland 177 13.5 +13.5 Majority 517 39.5 +13.3 Turnout 1,308 45.7 -6.0 Conservative hold Swing Barden Fell Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Chris Knowles-Fitton 550 83.3 +32.1 Liberal Democrat Andrew Rankine 110 16.7 +5.2 Majority 440 66.6 +52.7 Turnout 660 49.6 -10.3 Conservative hold Swing Cowling Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Ady Green 470 69.5 +52.6 Labour Paul Routledge 206 30.5 +30.5 Majority 264 39.0 +32.0 Turnout 676 38.9 -11.2 Conservative hold Swing Grassington Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Richard Foster 539 77.1 +3.9 Liberal Democrat John Manley 160 22.9 -3.9 Majority 379 54.2 +7.8 Turnout 699 52.4 -13.0 Conservative hold Swing Ingleton and Clapham Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent David Ireton 1,159 78.6 -3.3 Conservative Terence Thorpe 315 21.4 +3.3 Majority 844 57.2 -6.6 Turnout 1,474 46.7 -10.2 Independent hold Swing Settle and Ribblebanks Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Donald Whaites 860 64.3 +13.8 Liberal Democrat Alison Fawcett 300 22.4 -27.1 Labour Edward Saunders 178 13.3 +13.3 Majority 560 41.9 +40.9 Turnout 1,338 45.3 -8.0 Conservative hold Swing Skipton East Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Pamela Heseltine 595 50.5 -3.4 Liberal Democrat Eric Jaquin 464 39.4 +39.4 Labour Chris Rose 119 10.1 +10.1 Majority 131 11.1 +3.3 Turnout 1,178 42.3 +1.8 Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing Skipton North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Paul Whitaker 737 57.4 +15.4 Liberal Democrat Carole Manley 547 42.6 +15.0 Majority 190 14.8 +3.2 Turnout 1,284 46.5 -3.5 Conservative hold Swing Skipton South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Andrew Solloway 391 50.4 +50.4 Conservative Charlotte Gott 222 28.6 +15.0 Labour Duncan Hall 163 21.0 +21.0 Majority 169 21.8 -24.4 Turnout 776 27.7 -8.4 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Skipton West Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Paul English 592 56.9 -5.0 Conservative John Garton 449 43.1 +5.0 Majority 143 13.8 -10.0 Turnout 1,041 35.7 +0.3 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Upper Wharfedale Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Roberts 707 73.6 +10.1 Liberal Democrat John Bennett 253 26.4 +26.4 Majority 454 47.2 +20.2 Turnout 960 62.5 +1.4 Conservative hold Swing References
- ^ "Tories gain one Craven Council seat but fail to take control". Craven Herald & Pioneer. 2008-05-02. http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/display.var.2243630.0.tories_gain_one_craven_council_seat_but_fail_to_take_control.php. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
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