2006 Craven District Council election

2006 UK local government election December 2024 November 2013 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2006 Craven District Council election. Independents in light grey, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2006. The 2006 Craven District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 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/vote2006/locals/html/36ub.stm Local elections: Craven 4 May 2006 BBC News 14 March 2015 After the election, the composition of the council was as follows: Conservative 13 Independent 11 Liberal Democrats 6UK local election results 5 May 2006 Financial Times London NewsBank Candidates Candidates at the election included possibly the oldest candidate in the country, Bob Leakey, at the age of 91, who stood for his own Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party in Settle and Ribblebanks, after having stood at the 2005 general election in Skipton and Ripon constituency.Council critic joins Tories for election 7 April 2006 West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications NewsBank Another candidate at the election was the leader of the Craven Ratepayers Action Group, Alan Perrow, who was nominated for the Conservatives, against independent councillor Philip Barrett. However Perrow quit the party days after being approached to be a Conservative candidate, to instead stand independently at the election, although he was still on the ballot paper as a Conservative.https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/738146.print/ Tory candidate quits days after joining party Tyack Tom 21 April 2006 Craven Herald & Pioneer 14 March 2015 Election result There was no change in the composition of the council, after all of the sitting councillors held the seats they were defending.https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/751023.Election_brings_no_change_to_council_make_up/ Election brings no change to council make-up Moore Lindsey 5 May 2006 Craven Herald & Pioneer 14 March 2015 This left the Conservatives with 13 seats, independents had 11 seats and there were 6 Liberal Democrats. Craven local election result 2006http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc06/pages/Craven/results06.pdf Declaration of Result of Poll Craven District Council Political Science Resources 14 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131435/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc06/pages/Craven/results06.pdf 4 March 2016 dead Independent (politician) 4 0 0 0 44.4 30.3 2,646 +5.4% Conservative Party (UK) 3 0 0 0 33.3 45.4 3,960 +3.8% Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 0 0 0 22.2 23.3 2,035 -6.6% Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 83 +1.0% Ward results Aire Valley with Lothersdale Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Wheeler 644 53.0 +26.5 Conservative Party (UK) Irene Greaves 572 47.0 -5.7 72 5.9 1,216 44.7 -7.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bentham Independent (politician) Manuel Camacho 685 57.6 +9.1 Conservative Party (UK) William Burton 505 42.4 -9.1 180 15.1 1,190 41.3 Independent (politician) Gargrave and Malhamdale Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Butcher 758 66.6 +8.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alison Jerger 380 33.4 -8.1 378 33.2 +16.1 1,138 47.6 Conservative Party (UK) Glusburn Independent (politician) Philip Barrett 946 73.8 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Perrow 336 26.2 610 47.6 1,282 41.2 Independent (politician) Hellifield and Long Preston Conservative Party (UK) Helen Firth 461 61.2 Independent (politician) Victoria Lunn 292 38.8 169 22.4 753 44.4 Conservative Party (UK) Ingleton and Claphamhttps://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2006/294/ Local Election Results 2006 Local Elections Archive Project 14 March 2015 Independent (politician) Carl Lis unopposed Independent (politician) Penyghent Conservative Party (UK) Richard Welch 434 59.5 +4.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alison Fawcett 295 40.5 +40.5 139 19.1 +9.8 729 49.8 -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Settle and Ribblebanks Liberal Democrats (UK) David Heather 716 54.2 +4.7 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Firth 522 39.5 -11.0 Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party Robert Leakey 83 6.3 +6.3 194 14.7 1,321 46.3 -7.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sutton-in-Craven Independent (politician) Stephen Place 723 66.0 Conservative Party (UK) David Harrison 372 34.0 351 32.1 1,095 39.9 Independent (politician) References 2006 Category:2006 English local elections Category:2000s in North Yorkshire