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.

Ward results

Aire Valley with Lothersdale

Aire Valley with Lothersdale 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Fairbank 511 44.5
Green Andy Brown 346 30.1
Labour Paul Arthur Routledge 291 25.3
Majority 165 14.3
Conservative hold Swing

Barden Fell

Barden Fell 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gill Quinn 248 36.4
Green Andrew Frank Garrick 78 11.4
Independent David Pighills 355 52.1
Majority 107 15.7
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Cowling

Cowling 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Mercer 209 31.7
Independent Ady Green 164 24.8
UKIP Alan Perrow 153 23.2
Conservative Andrew Charles Mallinson 133 20.1
Majority 45 6.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Grassington

Grassington 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard William Foster 469 76.1
Labour Joe Lawrence Dillon 147 23.8
Majority 322 52.2
Conservative hold Swing

Ingleton and Clapham

Ingleton and Clapham 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Lloyd Ireton 812 67.7
Green Sarah Wiltshire 387 32.2
Majority 425 35.4
Conservative hold Swing

Settle and Ribblebanks

Settle and Ribblebanks 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wendy Virginia Hull 463 41.9
Labour David Robert Pemberton 356 32.2
Green Jo Rhodes 285 25.8
Majority 107 9.7
Conservative hold Swing

Skipton East

Skipton East 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Eric Jaquin 311 28.2
Conservative Wendy Elizabeth Clark 275 24.9
Independent Martin Emmerson 274 24.8
Labour Tania Brown 138 12.5
Green David Christopher Noland 104 9.4
Majority 36 3.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Skipton North

Skipton North 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Whitaker 304 24.5
Liberal Democrats Wendy Ann Leach 278 22.4
Independent John Kerwin-Davey 264 21.3
Green Claire Nash 252 20.3
Labour John Edward Pope 142 11.5
Majority 26 3.1
Conservative hold Swing

Skipton South

Skipton South 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andy Solloway 479 61.0
Labour Alan Frank Hickman 305 38.9
Majority 174 22.1
Independent hold Swing

Skipton West

Skipton West 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Vivien Forbes Rose 385 39.5
Conservative Chris Clark 308 31.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Paul Walpole 184 18.9
Green Eleanor Hartley Smith 98 10.1
Majority 77 7.9
Labour hold Swing

Upper Wharfedale

Upper Wharfedale 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tanya Ilsa Graham 529 73.1
Labour John Christopher Sutcliffe Vaughan 195 26.9
Majority 334 46.1
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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Andrew Brown 652 50.3 +20.2
Conservative Gemma Harling 644 49.7 +5.2
Majority 8 0.6
Turnout 1,296
Green gain from Conservative Swing

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.
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