Craven Council election, 2007

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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

[edit] 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
  British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 200

[edit] 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
British National Party 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

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Preceded by
Craven Council election, 2006		 Craven local elections Succeeded by
Craven Council election, 2008