2012 Craven District Council election

2012 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2012 Craven District Council election. Conservatives in blue, independents in light grey and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2012. The 2012 Craven District Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Craven District Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E07000163.stm Vote 2012 4 May 2012 BBC News 18 March 2015 After the election, the composition of the council was as follows: Conservative 16 Independent 10 Liberal Democrats 4Non-Metro 5 May 2012 The Guardian NewsBank 0261-3077 Background Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 30 seats, compared to 9 independents and 3 Liberal Democrats.Candidates battle it out in Craven District Council elections 13 April 2012 Craven Herald & Pioneer NewsBank 0961-1908 The Conservative leader of the council, Chris Knowles-Fitton, was among the councillors to defend their seats, standing in Barden Fell ward, while in Ingleton and Clapham, the sitting independent councillor David Ireton stood at the election as a Conservative. Meanwhile, the Conservative councillor for Hellifield and Long Preston for the past 13 years, Helen Firth, resigned from the council in March 2012 to leave that seat vacant before the election. Election result The number of Conservative councillors was reduced by 2 to 16, but they retained a majority of 2 seats over the 10 independents and 4 Liberal Democrats.Tories stay in control in Harrogate 4 May 2012 The Press NewsBank Independents gained 2 seats from the Conservatives after John Kerwin-Davy took Skipton North from the Conservatives, while Chris Moorby won by 34 votes the seat in Hellifeild and Long Preston vacated by Conservative Helen Firth.Tories hang onto power despite losing seats to Lib Dems and Independent The Yorkshire Post NewsBank 0963-1496 However the Conservatives picked up a seat in Ingleton and Clapham as David Ireton won the seat as a Conservative, after previously being an independent councillor for the same seat.http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=5256&p=0 Declaration of result of poll Craven District Council 18 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101013/http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=5256&p=0 4 March 2016 dead Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats also gained up a seat from the Conservatives in Skipton East, where Eric Jaquin took the seat from Pam Heseltine.Tories lose two seats in Skipton 4 May 2012 Craven Herald & Pioneer NewsBank 0961-1908 Craven local election result 2012 Conservative Party (UK) 7 1 3 -2 58.3 50.1 5,135 +14.5% Independent (politician) 3 2 1 +1 25.0 14.2 1,457 -20.9% Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 1 0 +1 16.7 17.1 1,748 +6.8% Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0 16.4 1,681 -0.8% Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 231 +0.5% Ward results Aire Valley with Lothersdale Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Fairbank 610 63.0 +20.7 Labour Party (UK) Paul Routledge 359 37.0 +26.6 251 25.9 969 33.4 -41.1 Conservative Party (UK) Barden Fell Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Knowles-Fitton 377 72.4 -10.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Clive Bowers 144 27.6 +10.9 233 44.7 -22.0 521 39.8 -9.8 Conservative Party (UK) Cowling Conservative Party (UK) Adrian Green 311 60.4 -9.1 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Rankine 204 39.6 +9.1 107 20.8 -18.3 515 28.9 -10.0 Conservative Party (UK) Grassington Conservative Party (UK) Richard Foster 390 73.7 -3.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Edward Walker 139 26.3 +3.4 251 47.4 -6.8 529 39.9 -12.5 Conservative Party (UK) Hellifield and Long Preston Independent (politician) Robert Moorby 489 51.8 +51.8 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Thwaite 455 48.2 -11.0 34 3.6 944 53.5 -17.4 Independent (politician) Conservative Party (UK) Ingleton and Clapham Conservative Party (UK) David Ireton 807 74.7 +16.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Christie 273 25.3 -7.4 534 49.4 +23.5 1,080 35.2 -37.1 Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) Settle and Ribblebanks Conservative Party (UK) Donald Whaites 696 66.5 +24.2 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Baker 350 33.5 +33.5 346 33.1 +28.4 1,046 35.6 -36.1 Conservative Party (UK) Skipton East Liberal Democrats (UK) Eric Jaquin 480 46.7 +15.9 Conservative Party (UK) Pamela Heseltine 289 28.1 -16.7 Labour Party (UK) Christine Rose 259 25.2 +0.7 191 18.6 1,028 37.3 -10.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Skipton North Independent (politician) John Kerwin-Davey 358 30.3 +5.1 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Whitaker 296 25.0 -9.8 Green Party of England and Wales Claire Nash 231 19.5 +5.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roland Wohlrapp 185 15.7 +2.1 Labour Party (UK) James Black 112 9.5 -2.6 62 5.2 1,182 42.0 -11.1 Independent (politician) Conservative Party (UK) Skipton South Independent (politician) Andrew Solloway 382 54.7 -2.1 Labour Party (UK) Duncan Hall 179 25.6 +4.1 Conservative Party (UK) Nathan Harrison 83 11.9 -2.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Maureen Greene 54 7.7 +0.6 203 29.1 -6.2 698 24.7 -8.2 Independent (politician) Skipton West Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul English 379 36.5 +9.4 Independent (politician) Bernard Clarke 228 22.0 +4.3 Labour Party (UK) Peter Madeley 218 21.0 -0.8 Conservative Party (UK) Kelly Hayes-Head 213 20.5 -6.0 151 14.5 +13.9 1,038 34.6 -4.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Upper Wharfedale Conservative Party (UK) John Roberts 608 86.6 +13.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hazel Bulcock 94 13.4 -13.0 514 73.2 +25.9 702 45.9 -16.6 Conservative Party (UK) References 2012 Craven Category:2010s in North Yorkshire