2010 Craven District Council election

2010 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2010 Craven District Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in light grey and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2010. The 2010 Craven District 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. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/election2010/council/html/3679.stm Craven 2010-05-08 BBC News 2009-04-19 After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 18 Independent 8 Liberal Democrats 4 https://www.theguardian.com/society/table/2010/may/07/local-elections Local elections 2010 2010-05-08 2010-05-07 The Guardian London Background Before the election the Conservatives were one seat short of holding a majority on the council with 15 seats. https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/8099064.Councillor_changes_party_allegiance/ Independent Ingleton councillor joins the Conservatives 2010-05-08 2010-04-16 Craven Herald & Pioneer 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. http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/8154602.Tories_pick_up_three_Craven_Council_wards/ Tories pick up three Craven Council wards 2010-05-08 2010-05-07 Craven Herald & Pioneer 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. The gains meant the Conservatives won 6 of the 9 seats contested, compared to 2 independents and 1 Liberal Democrats. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england/8669123.stm Harrogate and Craven councils in Conservative control 2010-05-08 2010-05-07 BBC News 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. Craven local election result 2010http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=7323&p=0 Declaration of result of poll Craven District Council 16 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211003/http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=7323&p=0 23 September 2015 dead Conservative Party (UK) 6 3 0 +3 66.7 44.0 7,437 -11.0 Independent (politician) 2 0 2 -2 22.2 20.2 3,425 +10.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 0 1 -1 11.1 28.2 4,763 +0.8 Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 5.3 900 -2.1 The Youth Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.3 395 +2.3 Ward results Aire Valley with Lothersdale Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Wheeler 1,024 47.3 +23.8 Conservative Party (UK) Gemma Harling 917 42.3 -20.7 Labour Party (UK) Duncan Hall 226 10.4 -3.1 107 5.0 2,167 74.5 +28.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bentham Conservative Party (UK) Linda Brockbank 893 42.3 -7.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barry Hymer 619 29.3 +29.3 Independent (politician) Victoria Hindle 598 28.3 -21.9 274 13.0 2,110 70.4 +23.9 Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) Gargrave and Malhamdale Conservative Party (UK) Alan Sutcliffe 1,169 62.2 -8.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Walpole 709 37.8 +8.2 460 24.5 -16.3 1,878 75.7 +28.6 Conservative Party (UK) Glusburn Independent (politician) Philip Barrett 1,499 67.7 +8.8 Conservative Party (UK) Wendy Clark 481 21.7 -19.4 Labour Party (UK) Vincent Keirle 233 10.5 +10.5 1,018 46.0 +28.2 2,213 70.3 +27.5 Independent (politician) Hellfield and Long Preston Conservative Party (UK) Helen Firth 743 59.2 -2.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Judith Mason 513 40.8 +40.8 230 18.3 -4.1 1,256 70.9 +26.5 Conservative Party (UK) Ingleton and Clapham Conservative Party (UK) Carl Lis 1,342 58.6 +37.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Christie 749 32.7 +32.7 Labour Party (UK) Christine Rose 198 8.7 +8.7 593 25.9 2,289 72.3 +25.6 Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) Penyghent Conservative Party (UK) Richard Welch 680 61.3 +1.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gwendalyn Jessop 430 38.7 -1.8 250 22.5 +3.4 1,110 75.4 +25.6 Conservative Party (UK) Settle and Ribblesbanks Conservative Party (UK) David Staveley 810 42.1 -22.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Heather 719 37.4 +15.0 The Youth Party Simon Lord 395 20.5 +20.5 91 4.7 -37.2 1,924 71.7 +26.4 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Sutton-in-Craven Independent (politician) Stephen Place 1,328 67.3 +2.4 Conservative Party (UK) Gillian Quinn 402 20.4 -14.7 Labour Party (UK) James Black 243 12.3 +12.3 926 46.9 +17.2 1,973 68.1 +29.5 Independent (politician) References 2010 Craven Category:2010s in North Yorkshire