2016 Craven District Council election

The 2016 Craven District Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Craven District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Ward results

Aire Valley with Lothersdale

Aire Valley with Lothersdale 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patricia Fairbank	511	44.5
	Green	Andy Brown	346	30.1
	Labour	Paul Arthur Routledge	291	25.3
Majority			165	14.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barden Fell

Barden Fell 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gill Quinn	248	36.4
	Green	Andrew Frank Garrick	78	11.4
	Independent	David Pighills	355	52.1
Majority			107	15.7
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Cowling

Cowling 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bill Mercer	209	31.7
	Independent	Ady Green	164	24.8
	UKIP	Alan Perrow	153	23.2
	Conservative	Andrew Charles Mallinson	133	20.1
Majority			45	6.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Grassington

Grassington 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard William Foster	469	76.1
	Labour	Joe Lawrence Dillon	147	23.8
Majority			322	52.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ingleton and Clapham

Ingleton and Clapham 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Lloyd Ireton	812	67.7
	Green	Sarah Wiltshire	387	32.2
Majority			425	35.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Settle and Ribblebanks

Settle and Ribblebanks 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Wendy Virginia Hull	463	41.9
	Labour	David Robert Pemberton	356	32.2
	Green	Jo Rhodes	285	25.8
Majority			107	9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Skipton East

Skipton East 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Jaquin	311	28.2
	Conservative	Wendy Elizabeth Clark	275	24.9
	Independent	Martin Emmerson	274	24.8
	Labour	Tania Brown	138	12.5
	Green	David Christopher Noland	104	9.4
Majority			36	3.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Skipton North

Skipton North 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Whitaker	304	24.5
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Ann Leach	278	22.4
	Independent	John Kerwin-Davey	264	21.3
	Green	Claire Nash	252	20.3
	Labour	John Edward Pope	142	11.5
Majority			26	3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Skipton South

Skipton South 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Andy Solloway	479	61.0
	Labour	Alan Frank Hickman	305	38.9
Majority			174	22.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Skipton West

Skipton West 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christine Vivien Forbes Rose	385	39.5
	Conservative	Chris Clark	308	31.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Paul Walpole	184	18.9
	Green	Eleanor Hartley Smith	98	10.1
Majority			77	7.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Upper Wharfedale

Upper Wharfedale 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tanya Ilsa Graham	529	73.1
	Labour	John Christopher Sutcliffe Vaughan	195	26.9
Majority			334	46.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2016 and 2018

A by-election was held in Aire Valley with Lothersdale on 4 May 2017 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Patricia Fairbank.^[2] The seat was won by Green Party candidate Andrew Brown.

Aire Valley with Lothersdale by-election 4 May 2017^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Brown	652	50.3	+20.2
	Conservative	Gemma Harling	644	49.7	+5.2
Majority			8	0.6
Turnout			1,296
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

References

^ "Elections 2016". Craven District Council. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^ Tate, Lesley (28 April 2017). "Glowing tributes to 'tenacious' retiring Craven councillor Pat Fairbank". Craven Herald. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Aire Valley with Lothersdale Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

[1] "Elections 2016". Craven District Council. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

[2] Tate, Lesley (28 April 2017). "Glowing tributes to 'tenacious' retiring Craven councillor Pat Fairbank". Craven Herald. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

[3] "Local Elections Archive Project — Aire Valley with Lothersdale Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

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