Craven District Council election, 2004

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Map of the results of the 2004 Craven District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2004.

The 2004 Craven District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 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.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Background

After the last election in 2003, the Conservatives had 11 seats, compared to 10 for independents and 9 Liberal Democrats.[3] However in November 2003 an independent candidate gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats at a by-election in Bentham.[4]

At the 2004 election two long serving councillors stood down, Beth Graham from Settle and Ribblesbanks ward, who had been a councillor since 1976, and Peter Walbank of Grassington ward.[5] Candidates at the election included the first Labour party candidate for a few years, James Black in Skipton South, while the Green party also stood a candidate in Aire Valley with Lothersdale.[5]

Election result

The Conservatives gained 2 seats at the election to have 13 councillors, compared to 11 independents and 6 Liberal Democrats.[6] Overall turnout at the election reached 50% after being held with all postal voting, only 9% below the turnout nationally at the 2001 general election, with the high turnout leading to a delay in the counting of the results.[7]

Craven local election result 2004[2][8]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 6 2 0 +2 54.5 41.6 5,549 -4.1%
  Liberal Democrat 3 0 2 -2 27.3 29.9 3,982 +5.6%
  Independent 2 0 0 0 18.2 24.9 3,318 -5.1%
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 285 +2.1%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 204 +1.5%

Ward results

Aire Valley with Lothersdale[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Fairbank 725 52.7
Liberal Democrat John Manley 365 26.5
Green John Akroyd 285 20.7
Majority 360 26.2
Turnout 1,375 51.7 +14.5
Conservative hold Swing
Barden Fell[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Knowles-Fitton 414 51.2 -13.0
Independent Cecil Hammond 302 37.3 +1.5
Liberal Democrat Darren Moorby 93 11.5 +11.5
Majority 112 13.9 -14.5
Turnout 809 59.9 +2.7
Conservative hold Swing
Cowling[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Alderson 374 45.1
Independent Alan Perrow 316 38.1
Conservative Geoffrey Dunn 140 16.9
Majority 58 7.0
Turnout 830 50.1
Independent hold Swing
Grassington[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Foster 616 73.2
Liberal Democrat Andrew Rankine 225 26.8
Majority 391 46.5
Turnout 841 65.4
Conservative hold Swing
Ingleton and Clapham[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Ireton 1,403 81.9
Conservative Alex Bentley 310 18.1
Majority 1,093 63.8
Turnout 1,713 56.9
Independent hold Swing
Settle and Ribblebanks[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Whaites 740 50.5
Liberal Democrat Ronald Graveson 726 49.5
Majority 14 1.0
Turnout 1,466 53.3 +14.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Skipton East[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Eric Jaquin 728 51.1 +24.3
Conservative Christopher Harbron 697 48.9 +17.4
Majority 31 2.2
Turnout 1,425 52.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Skipton North[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Whitaker 679 41.7 -14.7
Liberal Democrat Michael Doyle 549 33.7 -9.9
Independent John Kerwin-Davey 399 24.5 +24.5
Majority 130 8.0 -4.9
Turnout 1,627 59.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Skipton South[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Andrew Solloway 501 44.8 +44.8
Conservative Kenneth Creek 224 20.0 +4.7
Labour James Black 204 18.2 +18.2
Independent Dennis Hall 190 17.0 -40.5
Majority 277 24.8
Turnout 1,119 41.5
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Skipton West[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Paul English 795 65.3 -1.7
Conservative Norman Spence 423 34.7 +1.7
Majority 372 30.5 -3.5
Turnout 1,218 43.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Upper Wharfedale[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Sayer 581 63.5 +5.1
Independent Kenneth Luty 334 36.5 +8.2
Majority 247 27.0 -3.1
Turnout 915 61.1 +7.9
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections between 2004 and 2006

Upper Wharfedale by-election 2 March 2006[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julia Mulligan 394 54.7 -8.8
Independent 326 45.3 +8.8
Majority 68 9.4 -17.6
Turnout 720 47.0 -14.1
Conservative hold Swing

References

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