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{{Short description|2006 UK local government election}}
Elections to [[Craven]] Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under [[no overall control]].
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{{Use British English|date=November 2013}}
[[File:Craven UK local election 2006 map.svg|thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2006 Craven District Council election. [[Independent (politician)|Independents]] in light grey, [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] in blue and [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] in yellow. [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|Wards]] in dark grey were not contested in 2006.]]
The '''2006 Craven District Council election''' took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of [[Craven District|Craven]] [[Non-metropolitan district|District]] Council in [[North Yorkshire]], England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under [[no overall control]].<ref name="vote2006">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/36ub.stm|title=Local elections: Craven|date=4 May 2006|publisher=BBC News|access-date=14 March 2015}}</ref>


After the election, the composition of the council was
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
*[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] 13
*[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] 13
*[[Independent (politician)|Independent]] 11
*[[Independent (politician)|Independent]] 11
*[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] 6<ref name="local">{{cite news|title=UK local election results|date=5 May 2006|work=[[Financial Times]]|location=London|publisher=[[NewsBank]]}}</ref>
*[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] 6


==References==
==Candidates==
Candidates at the election included possibly the oldest candidate in the country, [[Bob Leakey]], at the age of 91, who stood for his own Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party in [[Settle, North Yorkshire|Settle]] and Ribblebanks, after having stood at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]] in [[Skipton and Ripon (UK Parliament constituency)|Skipton and Ripon constituency]].<ref name="critic">{{cite news|title=Council critic joins Tories for election|date=7 April 2006|work=West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications|publisher=[[NewsBank]]}}</ref> Another candidate at the election was the leader of the Craven Ratepayers Action Group, Alan Perrow, who was nominated for the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]], against [[Independent (politician)|independent]] [[councillor]] Philip Barrett.<ref name=critic/> However Perrow quit the party days after being approached to be a Conservative candidate, to instead stand independently at the election, although he was still on the [[ballot paper]] as a Conservative.<ref name="days">{{cite news|url=http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/738146.print/|title=Tory candidate quits days after joining party|last=Tyack|first=Tom|date=21 April 2006|work=[[Craven Herald & Pioneer]]|access-date=14 March 2015}}</ref>
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/36ub.stm 2006 Craven election result]


==Election result==
{{sequence|
There was no change in the composition of the council, after all of the sitting councillors held the seats they were defending.<ref name="change">{{cite news|url=http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/751023.Election_brings_no_change_to_council_make_up/|title=Election brings no change to council make-up|last=Moore|first=Lindsey|date=5 May 2006|work=[[Craven Herald & Pioneer]]|access-date=14 March 2015}}</ref> This left the Conservatives with 13 seats, independents had 11 seats and there were 6 [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]].<ref name=change/>
prev=[[Craven Council election, 2004]]|

list=[[Craven local elections]]|
{{Election summary begin|title = Craven local election result 2006<ref name=local/><ref name="results">{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc06/pages/Craven/results06.pdf|title=Declaration of Result of Poll|publisher=Craven District Council|via=Political Science Resources|access-date=14 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131435/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/loc06/pages/Craven/results06.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
next=[[Craven Council election, 2007]]
{{Election summary party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 4
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 44.4
|votes % = 30.3
|votes = 2,646
|plus/minus = +5.4%
}}
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 3
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 33.3
|votes % = 45.4
|votes = 3,960
|plus/minus = +3.8%
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 2
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 22.2
|votes % = 23.3
|votes = 2,035
|plus/minus = -6.6%
}}
{{Election summary|
|party = Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = 0
|seats % = 0
|votes % = 1.0
|votes = 83
|plus/minus = +1.0%
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Ward results==

{{Election box begin | title=Aire Valley with Lothersdale<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Mark Wheeler
|votes = 644
|percentage = 53.0
|change = +26.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Irene Greaves
|votes = 572
|percentage = 47.0
|change = -5.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 72
|percentage = 5.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,216
|percentage = 44.7
|change = -7.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Bentham<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Manuel Camacho
|votes = 685
|percentage = 57.6
|change = +9.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Burton
|votes = 505
|percentage = 42.4
|change = -9.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 180
|percentage = 15.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,190
|percentage = 41.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Gargrave and Malhamdale<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Butcher
|votes = 758
|percentage = 66.6
|change = +8.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Alison Jerger
|votes = 380
|percentage = 33.4
|change = -8.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 378
|percentage = 33.2
|change = +16.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,138
|percentage = 47.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Glusburn<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Philip Barrett
|votes = 946
|percentage = 73.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan Perrow
|votes = 336
|percentage = 26.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 610
|percentage = 47.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,282
|percentage = 41.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Hellifield and Long Preston<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Helen Firth
|votes = 461
|percentage = 61.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Victoria Lunn
|votes = 292
|percentage = 38.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 169
|percentage = 22.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 753
|percentage = 44.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Ingleton and Clapham<ref name="archive">{{cite web|url=http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2006/294/|title=Local Election Results 2006|publisher=Local Elections Archive Project|access-date=14 March 2015}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Carl Lis
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Penyghent<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Welch
|votes = 434
|percentage = 59.5
|change = +4.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Alison Fawcett
|votes = 295
|percentage = 40.5
|change = +40.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 139
|percentage = 19.1
|change = +9.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 729
|percentage = 49.8
|change = -1.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Settle and Ribblebanks<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Heather
|votes = 716
|percentage = 54.2
|change = +4.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Firth
|votes = 522
|percentage = 39.5
|change = -11.0
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party
|candidate = [[Robert Leakey]]
|votes = 83
|percentage = 6.3
|change = +6.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 194
|percentage = 14.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,321
|percentage = 46.3
|change = -7.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Sutton-in-Craven<ref name=results/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Stephen Place
|votes = 723
|percentage = 66.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Harrison
|votes = 372
|percentage = 34.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 351
|percentage = 32.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,095
|percentage = 39.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}


{{North Yorkshire elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2006}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2006}}


[[Category:Council elections in North Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Craven District Council elections|2006]]
[[Category:English District Council elections]]
[[Category:2006 English local elections]]
[[Category:English local elections, 2006]]
[[Category:2000s in North Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Politics of Craven (district)]]

Latest revision as of 04:56, 18 December 2024

Map of the results of the 2006 Craven District Council election. Independents in light grey, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2006.

The 2006 Craven District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Craven District Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]

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

Candidates

[edit]

Candidates at the election included possibly the oldest candidate in the country, Bob Leakey, at the age of 91, who stood for his own Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party in Settle and Ribblebanks, after having stood at the 2005 general election in Skipton and Ripon constituency.[3] Another candidate at the election was the leader of the Craven Ratepayers Action Group, Alan Perrow, who was nominated for the Conservatives, against independent councillor Philip Barrett.[3] However Perrow quit the party days after being approached to be a Conservative candidate, to instead stand independently at the election, although he was still on the ballot paper as a Conservative.[4]

Election result

[edit]

There was no change in the composition of the council, after all of the sitting councillors held the seats they were defending.[5] This left the Conservatives with 13 seats, independents had 11 seats and there were 6 Liberal Democrats.[5]

Craven local election result 2006[2][6]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Independent 4 0 0 0 44.4 30.3 2,646 +5.4%
  Conservative 3 0 0 0 33.3 45.4 3,960 +3.8%
  Liberal Democrats 2 0 0 0 22.2 23.3 2,035 -6.6%
  Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 83 +1.0%

Ward results

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Aire Valley with Lothersdale[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Wheeler 644 53.0 +26.5
Conservative Irene Greaves 572 47.0 −5.7
Majority 72 5.9
Turnout 1,216 44.7 −7.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bentham[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Manuel Camacho 685 57.6 +9.1
Conservative William Burton 505 42.4 −9.1
Majority 180 15.1
Turnout 1,190 41.3
Independent hold Swing
Gargrave and Malhamdale[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Butcher 758 66.6 +8.1
Liberal Democrats Alison Jerger 380 33.4 −8.1
Majority 378 33.2 +16.1
Turnout 1,138 47.6
Conservative hold Swing
Glusburn[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Philip Barrett 946 73.8
Conservative Alan Perrow 336 26.2
Majority 610 47.6
Turnout 1,282 41.2
Independent hold Swing
Hellifield and Long Preston[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Helen Firth 461 61.2
Independent Victoria Lunn 292 38.8
Majority 169 22.4
Turnout 753 44.4
Conservative hold Swing
Ingleton and Clapham[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Carl Lis unopposed
Independent hold Swing
Penyghent[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Welch 434 59.5 +4.8
Liberal Democrats Alison Fawcett 295 40.5 +40.5
Majority 139 19.1 +9.8
Turnout 729 49.8 −1.4
Conservative hold Swing
Settle and Ribblebanks[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Heather 716 54.2 +4.7
Conservative Robert Firth 522 39.5 −11.0
Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party Robert Leakey 83 6.3 +6.3
Majority 194 14.7
Turnout 1,321 46.3 −7.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Sutton-in-Craven[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Stephen Place 723 66.0
Conservative David Harrison 372 34.0
Majority 351 32.1
Turnout 1,095 39.9
Independent hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Local elections: Craven". BBC News. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b "UK local election results". Financial Times. London: NewsBank. 5 May 2006.
  3. ^ a b "Council critic joins Tories for election". West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Counties Publications. NewsBank. 7 April 2006.
  4. ^ Tyack, Tom (21 April 2006). "Tory candidate quits days after joining party". Craven Herald & Pioneer. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  5. ^ a b Moore, Lindsey (5 May 2006). "Election brings no change to council make-up". Craven Herald & Pioneer. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Craven District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2015 – via Political Science Resources.
  7. ^ "Local Election Results 2006". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
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