2008 Craven District Council election

2008 UK local government election December 2024 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2008 Craven District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2008. The 2008 Craven District Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Craven District Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/36ub.stm Craven 2 May 2008 BBC News 15 March 2015 After the election, the composition of the council was Conservative 15 Independent 10 Liberal Democrats 5Full election results 3 May 2008 The Guardian NewsBank 0261-3077 Background Before the election an alliance between 9 of the 10 independents and the 6 Liberal Democrats controlled the council, with independent Carl Liss as council leader.Conservative likely to become leader 3 May 2008 The Yorkshire Post NewsBank 0963-1496 The 14 Conservative councillors were in opposition, supported by the remaining independent councillor, Ken Hart. Election result The Conservatives won 8 of the 11 seats contested, including gaining one seat, to have exactly half of seats on the council.Tories gain one Craven Council seat but fail to take control 2 May 2008 Craven Herald & Pioneer NewsBank 0961-1908 The Conservative gain came in Skipton East where Pam Heseltine took the seat from the Liberal Democrats. This reduced the Liberal Democrats to 5 councillors after they held the other 2 seats they were defending. The only independent councillor to be defending a seat, David Ireton, retained it in Ingleton and Clapham, while the 5 Labour candidates came last in each of the wards they contested. Following the election Conservative Chris Knowles-Fitton became leader of the council, taking over from independent Carl Lis.http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/2290024.Tories_take_over_leadership_of_council/ Tories take over leadership of council Tate Lesley 23 May 2008 Craven Herald & Pioneer 10 January 2018 Craven local election result 2008http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc08/pages/cravendc/results.pdf Declaration of result of poll Craven District Council Political Science Resources 15 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150315122229/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc08/pages/cravendc/results.pdf 15 March 2015 dead Conservative Party (UK) 8 1 0 +1 72.7 55.0 6,268 +9.9% Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 0 1 -1 18.2 27.4 3,124 +12.8% Independent (politician) 1 0 0 0 9.1 10.2 1,159 -28.2% Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 7.4 843 +7.4% Ward results Aire Valley with Lothersdale Conservative Party (UK) Pat Fairbank 824 63.0 +16.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Walpole 307 23.5 -29.5 Labour Party (UK) Bob Holland 177 13.5 +13.5 517 39.5 1,308 45.7 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Barden Fell Conservative Party (UK) Chris Knowles-Fitton 550 83.3 +32.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Rankine 110 16.7 +5.2 440 66.7 +52.8 660 49.6 -10.3 Conservative Party (UK) Cowling Conservative Party (UK) Ady Green 470 69.5 +52.6 Labour Party (UK) Paul Routledge 206 30.5 +30.5 264 39.1 +32.1 676 38.9 -11.2 Conservative Party (UK) Grassington Conservative Party (UK) Richard Foster 539 77.1 +3.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Manley 160 22.9 -3.9 379 54.2 +7.7 699 52.4 -13.0 Conservative Party (UK) Ingleton and Clapham Independent (politician) David Ireton 1,159 78.6 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Thorpe 315 21.4 844 57.2 1,474 46.7 Independent (politician) Settle and Ribblebanks Conservative Party (UK) Donny Whaites 860 64.3 +24.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alison Fawcett 300 22.4 -31.8 Labour Party (UK) Edward Saunders 178 13.3 +13.3 560 41.9 1,338 45.3 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Skipton East Conservative Party (UK) Pamela Heseltine 595 50.5 -3.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Eric Jaquin 464 39.4 +39.4 Labour Party (UK) Chris Rose 119 10.1 +10.1 131 11.1 +3.2 1,178 42.3 +1.8 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Skipton North Conservative Party (UK) Paul Whitaker 737 57.4 +15.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carole Manley 547 42.6 +15.0 190 14.8 +3.2 1,284 46.5 -3.5 Conservative Party (UK) Skipton South Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Solloway 391 50.4 +50.4 Conservative Party (UK) Charlotte Gott 222 28.6 +15.0 Labour Party (UK) Duncan Hall 163 21.0 +21.0 169 21.8 776 27.7 -8.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Skipton West Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul English 592 56.9 -5.0 Conservative Party (UK) John Garton 449 43.1 +5.0 143 13.7 -10.1 1,041 35.7 +0.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Upper Wharfedale Conservative Party (UK) John Roberts 707 73.6 +10.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Bennett 253 26.4 +26.4 454 47.3 +20.3 960 62.5 +1.4 Conservative Party (UK) References 2008 Category:2008 English local elections Category:2000s in North Yorkshire