2010 Craven District Council election

Background

Before the election the Conservatives were one seat short of holding a majority on the council with 15 seats. 9 seats were contested in the election with the Conservatives standing in all 9, compared to 7 Liberal Democrats, 4 Labour, 3 independents and 1 from the Youth Party. 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.

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives make 3 gains, including in Bentham and Settle and Ribblebanks wards. 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. 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.

|seats % = 66.7 |votes % = 44.0 |plus/minus = -11.0 |seats % = 22.2 |votes % = 20.2 |plus/minus = +10.0 |seats % = 11.1 |votes % = 28.2 |plus/minus = +0.8 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 5.3 |plus/minus = -2.1 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 2.3 |plus/minus = +2.3

Ward results

References

References

1. (2009-04-19). "Craven". BBC News.
2. (2010-05-07). "Local elections 2010". The Guardian.
3. (2010-04-16). "Independent Ingleton councillor joins the Conservatives". [[Craven Herald & Pioneer]].
4. (2010-05-07). "Tories pick up three Craven Council wards". [[Craven Herald & Pioneer]].
5. (2010-05-07). "Harrogate and Craven councils in Conservative control". BBC News.
6. "Declaration of result of poll". Craven District Council.