Craven Council election, 2008

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Elections to Craven Council in North Yorkshire, England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

The Conservative party were one seat short of gaining overall control of the council winning 8 of the 9 seats they required. They made the only gain of the election, taking Skipton East from the Liberal Democrats.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

[edit] Election result

Craven Local Election Result 2008
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Conservative	8	1	0	+1	72.7	55.0	6,268	+9.9%
	Liberal Democrat	2	0	1	-1	18.2	27.4	3,123	+12.8%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	9.1	10.2	1,159	-28.2%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	7.4	843	+7.4%

[edit] Ward results

Aire Valley with Lothersdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Fairbank	824	63.0	+10.3
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Walpole	307	23.5	-3.0
	Labour	Bob Holland	177	13.5	+13.5
Majority			517	39.5	+13.3
Turnout			1,308	45.7	-6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barden Fell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Knowles-Fitton	550	83.3	+32.1
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Rankine	110	16.7	+5.2
Majority			440	66.6	+52.7
Turnout			660	49.6	-10.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cowling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ady Green	470	69.5	+52.6
	Labour	Paul Routledge	206	30.5	+30.5
Majority			264	39.0	+32.0
Turnout			676	38.9	-11.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grassington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Foster	539	77.1	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	John Manley	160	22.9	-3.9
Majority			379	54.2	+7.8
Turnout			699	52.4	-13.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ingleton and Clapham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Ireton	1,159	78.6	-3.3
	Conservative	Terence Thorpe	315	21.4	+3.3
Majority			844	57.2	-6.6
Turnout			1,474	46.7	-10.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Settle and Ribblebanks
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Whaites	860	64.3	+13.8
	Liberal Democrat	Alison Fawcett	300	22.4	-27.1
	Labour	Edward Saunders	178	13.3	+13.3
Majority			560	41.9	+40.9
Turnout			1,338	45.3	-8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Skipton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Heseltine	595	50.5	-3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Jaquin	464	39.4	+39.4
	Labour	Chris Rose	119	10.1	+10.1
Majority			131	11.1	+3.3
Turnout			1,178	42.3	+1.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Skipton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Whitaker	737	57.4	+15.4
	Liberal Democrat	Carole Manley	547	42.6	+15.0
Majority			190	14.8	+3.2
Turnout			1,284	46.5	-3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Skipton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Solloway	391	50.4	+50.4
	Conservative	Charlotte Gott	222	28.6	+15.0
	Labour	Duncan Hall	163	21.0	+21.0
Majority			169	21.8	-24.4
Turnout			776	27.7	-8.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Skipton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul English	592	56.9	-5.0
	Conservative	John Garton	449	43.1	+5.0
Majority			143	13.8	-10.0
Turnout			1,041	35.7	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Upper Wharfedale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Roberts	707	73.6	+10.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Bennett	253	26.4	+26.4
Majority			454	47.2	+20.2
Turnout			960	62.5	+1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing