Craven Council election, 2010

The 2010 Craven Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Craven District Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 18
• Independent 8
• Liberal Democrat 4^[2]

Background

Before the election the Conservatives were one seat short of holding a majority on the council with 15 seats.^[3] 9 seats were contested in the election with the Conservative standing in all 9, compared to 7 Liberal Democrats, 4 Labour, 3 independents and 1 from the Youth Party.^[3] 2 sitting councillors, Manuel Camcho and Stephen Butcher stood down from Bentham and Gargrave and Malhamdale wards respectively, while Carl Lis stood as a Conservative after having been a councillor before the election as an independent, and before 1998 as a Liberal Democrat.^[3]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives make 3 gains, including in Bentham and Settle and Ribblebanks wards.^[4] The third gain came in Ingleton and Clapham ward, where Carl Lis, who had held the seat as an independent before the election, was elected as a Conservative.^[4] The gains meant the Conservatives won 6 of the 9 seats contested, compared to 2 independents and 1 Liberal Democrats.^[5] Due to the general election being held at the same time overall turnout was over 75%, with the lowest being over 68% in Sutton-in-Craven.^[4]

Craven Local Election Result 2010[2][6]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Conservative	6	3	0	+3	66.7	44.0	7,437	-11.0%
	Independent	2	0	2	-2	22.2	20.2	3,425	+10.0%
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	1	-1	11.1	28.2	4,763	+0.8%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	5.3	900	-2.1%
	The Youth Party	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	395	+2.3%

Ward results

Aire Valley with Lothersdale[6][7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Wheeler	1,024	47.3	+23.8
	Conservative	Gemma Harling	917	42.3	-20.7
	Labour	Duncan Hall	226	10.4	-3.1
Majority			107	4.9
Turnout			2,167
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bentham[6][7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Brockbank	893	42.3	-6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Hymer	619	29.3	+29.3
	Independent	Victoria Hindle	598	28.3	-21.9
Majority			274	13.0
Turnout			2,110
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Gargrave and Malhamdale[6][7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Sutcliffe	1,169	62.2	-8.2
	Liberal Democrat	Stpehen Walpole	709	37.8	+8.2
Majority			460	24.5	-16.3
Turnout			1,878
	Conservative hold		Swing

Glusburn[6][7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Philip Barrett	1,499	67.7	+8.8
	Conservative	Wendy Clark	481	21.7	-19.4
	Labour	Vincent Keirle	233	10.5	+10.5
Majority			1,018	46.0	+3.2
Turnout			2,213
	Independent hold		Swing

Hellfield and Long Preston[6][7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Firth	743	59.2
	Liberal Democrat	Judith Mason	513	40.8
Majority			230	18.3
Turnout			1,256
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ingleton and Clapham[6][7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lis Henry	1,342	58.6	+37.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Christie	749	32.7	+32.7
	Labour	Christine Rose	198	8.7	+8.7
Majority			593	25.9
Turnout			2,289
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Pen-y-ghent[6][7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Welch	680	61.3
	Liberal Democrat	Gwendalyn Jessop	430	38.7
Majority			250	22.5
Turnout			1,110
	Conservative hold		Swing

Settle and Ribblesbanks[6][7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Staveley	810	42.1	-22.2
	Liberal Democrat	David Heather	719	37.4	+15.0
	The Youth Party	Simon Lord	395	20.5	+20.5
Majority			91	4.7	-37.2
Turnout			1,924
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Sutton-in-Craven[6][7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Place	1,328	67.3	+2.4
	Conservative	Gillian Quinn	402	20.4	-14.7
	Labour	James Black	243	12.3	+12.3
Majority			926	46.9	+17.1
Turnout			1,973
	Independent hold		Swing

References

1. ^ "Craven". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/council/html/3679.stm. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Local elections 2010". London: guardian.co.uk. 2010-05-07. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/table/2010/may/07/local-elections. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Independent Ingleton councillor joins the Conservatives". Craven Herald & Pioneer. 2010-04-16. http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/8099064.Councillor_changes_party_allegiance/. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} "Tories pick up three Craven Council wards". Craven Herald & Pioneer. 2010-05-07. http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/8154602.Tories_pick_up_three_Craven_Council_wards/. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
5. ^ "Harrogate and Craven councils in Conservative control". BBC News Online. 2010-05-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england/8669123.stm. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
6. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} "District Council Election Results". Craven District Council. 2010-05-06. http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/Craven/News/posting578.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
7. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} "Elections". Keighley News. http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/elections/news_elections_results_craven/. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 

Preceded by Craven Council election, 2008

Craven local elections

Succeeded by Craven Council election, 2011