Craven Council election, 2007

Elections to Craven Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 13
• Independent 11
• Liberal Democrat 6

Election result

Craven Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Independent	5	1	1	0	50.0	38.4	4,149
	Conservative	4	1	1	0	40.0	45.1	4,866
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	0	0	10.0	14.6	1,581
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	200

Ward results

Bentham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lin Barrington	686	50.2
	Conservative	Felicity Hey	681	49.8
Majority			5	0.4
Turnout			1,367	46.5
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Embsay with Eastby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Quinn	409	63.4	-3.6
	Liberal Democrat	John Manley	236	36.6	+36.6
Majority			173	26.8	-7.2
Turnout			645	45.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gargrave and Malhamdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Crawford	802	70.4
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Walpole	337	29.6
Majority			465	40.8
Turnout			1,139	47.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Glusburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Graham Beck	776	58.9
	Conservative	Jenny Wood	541	41.1
Majority			235	17.8
Turnout			1,317	42.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Skipton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Harbron	610	53.9	+5.0
	Independent	Michael Hill	521	46.1	+46.1
Majority			89	7.8
Turnout			1,131	40.5	-11.5
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Skipton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marcia Turner	577	42.0	+0.3
	Independent	John Kerwin-Davey	418	30.4	+5.9
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Rankine	379	27.6	-6.1
Majority			159	11.6	+3.6
Turnout			1,374	50.0	-9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Skipton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Heseltine	659	66.3	+49.3
	BNP	Gary Beresford	200	20.1	+20.1
	Conservative	Robert Firth	135	13.6	-6.4
Majority			459	46.2	+21.4
Turnout			994	36.1	-5.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Skipton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Polly English	629	61.9	-3.4
	Conservative	Pamela Heseltine	387	38.1	+3.4
Majority			242	23.8	-6.8
Turnout			1,016	35.4	-7.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Sutton-in-Craven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ken Hart	687	64.9
	Conservative	David Harrison-Young	372	35.1
Majority			315	29.8
Turnout			1,059	38.6
	Independent hold		Swing

West Craven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Mason	402	53.3	+2.5
	Conservative	Terry Thorpe	352	46.7	-2.5
Majority			50	6.6	+5.0
Turnout			754	50.6
	Independent hold		Swing

References

• 2007 Craven election result
• Ward results
• Craven Council

Preceded by Craven Council election, 2006

Craven local elections

Succeeded by Craven Council election, 2008