Craven District Council elections

Map showing the composition of Craven District Council after the 2014 Skipton West by-election. Conservatives in blue, independents in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red.

One third of Craven District Council in North Yorkshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year when there is an election to North Yorkshire County Council instead. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 30 councillors have been elected from 19 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973–1976
Conservative	1976–1986
No overall control	1986–1996
Liberal Democrats	1996–1998
No overall control	1998–1999
Conservative	1999–2001
No overall control	2001–2010
Conservative	2010–present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2002 election, leading to the whole council being elected in that year and reducing the number of seats by four.^[3]

• Craven District Council election, 1973
• Craven District Council election, 1976
• Craven District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
• Craven District Council election, 1980
• Craven District Council election, 1982
• Craven District Council election, 1983 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
• Craven District Council election, 1984
• Craven District Council election, 1986
• Craven District Council election, 1987

Year	Conservative	Independent	Liberal Democrats	Labour	UKIP	Vacant	Notes
1988[6]	12	6	13	3	0	0
1990[7]	12	7	12	3	0	0
1991[8]	12	7	12	3	0	0
1992[9]	13	6	12	3	0	0	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[10]
1994[11]	11	6	14	3	0	0
1995[12]	6	6	17	5	0	0
1996[13]	6	4	18	6	0	0
1998[14]	13	4	13	4	0	0
1999[15]	19	10	4	1	0	0
2000[16]	18	12	4	0	0	0
2002[3]	13	8	9	0	0	0	New ward boundaries[17][18]
2003[19]	11	10	9	0	0	0
2004[20]	13	11	6	0	0	0
2006[21]	13	11	6	0	0	0
2007[22]	13	11	6	0	0	0
2008[23]	15	10	5	0	0	0
2010[24]	18	8	4	0	0	0
2011[25]	18	8	4	0	0	0
2012[26]	16	10	4	0	0	0
2014[2]	18	9	2	0	0	1
2015	20	6	2	1	1	0	Some new ward boundaries[27][28]

District result maps

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  2002 results map

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  2003 results map

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  2004 results map

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  2006 results map

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  2007 results map

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  2008 results map

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  2010 results map

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  2012 results map

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  2014 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;^[29] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Helifield	20 March 1997		Liberal Democrat		Conservative
Sutton	20 March 1997		Conservative		Liberal Democrat
Skipton South West	1 May 1997		Independent		Labour
Skipton West	30 October 1997		Liberal Democrat		Conservative
Skipton East by-election	9 March 2000		Independent		Independent
Skipton South by-election	7 June 2001		Conservative		Liberal Democrat
Bentham by-election	13 November 2003		Liberal Democrat		Independent
Upper Wharfedale by-election	2 March 2006		Conservative		Conservative
Cowling by-election	12 July 2007		Independent		Conservative
Skipton West by-election	2 July 2014		Liberal Democrat		Labour

References

1. "Your Council". Craven District Council. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
2. "Craven". BBC News Online. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
3. "Craven". BBC News Online. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
4. The District of Craven (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
5. The North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire (Areas) Order 1982
6. "The gains and losses: Council election results in full". The Times. NewsBank. 7 May 1988.
7. "Local election results". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 1990.
8. "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991.
9. "Local election results 1992". The Times. NewsBank. 9 May 1992.
10. legislation.gov.uk - The North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
11. "Non Metropolitan Districts - Local elections". The Times. NewsBank. 7 May 1994. p. 9.
12. "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 6 May 1995.
13. "Complete list of results". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1996. p. 8.
14. "Local Elections results". The Times. NewsBank. 9 May 1998. p. 46.
15. "How the nations voted". The Times. NewsBank. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
16. "Craven". BBC News Online. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
17. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Craven (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
18. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Craven (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2005. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
19. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
20. "Craven council". BBC News Online. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
21. "Local elections: Craven". BBC News Online. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
22. "Craven". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
23. "Craven". BBC News Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
24. "Craven". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
25. "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
26. "Vote 2012". BBC News Online. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
27. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Craven (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
28. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Craven (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2013. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
29. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 10 March 2015.

External links

• Craven District Council