Craven District Council election, 2011

Map of the results of the 2011 Craven District Council election. Independents in light grey, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2011.

The 2011 Craven District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Craven District Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Election result

There was no change in the political composition of the council after the election, with the Conservatives retaining a majority.^[3] All nine councillors who were defending seats held them, with the closest result being in Skipton West where Liberal Democrat Polly English held the seat with a majority of 7 votes over Conservative candidate David Walsh.^[3] The only new councillor after the election came in Gargrave and Malhamdale, where Conservative Simon Myers held the seat previously held by party colleague David Crawford, who stood down at the election.^[3]

The results meant the Conservatives retained 18 seats and there were 8 independent and 4 Liberal Democrat councillors following the election, while Labour did not win any seats despite standing in 8 of the 10 seats contested.^[4]

Craven local election result 2011^[5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	5	0	0	0	50.0	35.1	4,127	+14.9%
	Conservative	4	0	0	0	40.0	35.6	4,186	-8.4%
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	0	0	10.0	10.3	1,207	-17.9%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	17.2	2,025	+11.9%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	213	+1.8%

Ward results

Bentham^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Linda Barrington	838	60.3	+32.0
	Conservative	Gerald Hurtley	552	39.7	-2.6
Majority			286	20.6
Turnout			1,390	47.1	-23.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Embsay with Eastby^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Quinn	496	61.5	-1.9
	Labour	James Black	217	26.9	+26.9
	Liberal Democrat	John Manley	93	11.5	-25.1
Majority			279	34.6	+7.8
Turnout			806	53.7	+8.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gargrave and Malhamdale^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Myers	907	65.6	+3.4
	Labour	Christopher Baker	346	25.0	+25.0
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Rankine	130	9.4	-28.4
Majority			561	40.6	+16.1
Turnout			1,383	55.6	-20.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Glusburn^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Graham Beck	816	60.0	-7.7
	Conservative	James Stafford	303	22.3	+0.6
	Labour	Robert Holland	241	17.7	+7.2
Majority			513	37.7	-8.3
Turnout			1,360	43.3	-27.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Skipton East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Harbron	589	44.8	-5.7
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Jaquin	405	30.8	-8.6
	Labour	Christine Rose	322	24.5	+14.4
Majority			184	14.0	+2.9
Turnout			1,316	47.7	+5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Skipton North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marcia Turner	518	34.8	-22.6
	Independent	John Kerwin-Davey	376	25.2	+25.2
	Green	Claire Nash	213	14.3	+14.3
	Liberal Democrat	Roland Wohlrapp	203	13.6	-29.0
	Labour	Brigid Reeves	180	12.1	+12.1
Majority			142	9.5	-5.3
Turnout			1,490	53.1	+6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Skipton South^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Heseltine	520	56.8	+56.8
	Labour	Duncan Hall	197	21.5	+0.5
	Conservative	Martin Bellamy	133	14.5	-14.1
	Liberal Democrat	Lindsay Bottomley	65	7.1	-43.3
Majority			323	35.3
Turnout			915	32.9	+5.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Skipton West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline English	311	27.1	-29.8
	Conservative	David Walsh	304	26.5	-16.6
	Labour	Peter Madeley	250	21.8	+21.8
	Independent	Bernard Clarke	203	17.7	+17.7
	Independent	James Paton	80	7.0	+7.0
Majority			7	0.6	-35.1
Turnout			1,148	39.1	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Sutton-in-Craven^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kenneth Hart	871	76.2	+8.9
	Labour	Keith Reeves	272	23.8	+11.5
Majority			599	52.4	+5.5
Turnout			1,143	40.4	-27.7
	Independent hold		Swing

West Craven^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Mason	423	52.4	-0.9
	Conservative	Piers Tempest	384	47.6	+0.9
Majority			39	4.8	-1.8
Turnout			807	51.5	+0.9
	Independent hold		Swing

References

↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
↑ "Local authority elections: England". The Guardian (NewsBank). 7 May 2011. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 "Tories retain control of Craven District Council". Craven Herald & Pioneer (NewsBank). 6 May 2011. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "As you were for rural council". The Yorkshire Post (NewsBank). 6 May 2011. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Declaration of result of poll". Craven District Council. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

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