2018 Craven District Council election

The 2018 Craven District Council election took place on 3 May 2018 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]

Overall result

Craven local election results 2018

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	0	0		77.8	46.4	4,267	5.2
	Independent	2	0	0		22.2	18.4	1,691	1.9
	Labour	0	0	0		0.0	25.7	2,368	1.0
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	8.6	792	New
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	0.9	79	2.5

Ward results

Aire Valley with Lothersdale

Aire Valley with Lothersdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Mulligan	598	48.3	13.6
	Green	William Morton	395	31.9	New
	Labour	Brian McDaid	244	19.7	18.4
Majority			203	16.4	7.4
Turnout			1,239	42.7	1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bentham

Bentham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Brockbank	472	42.9	27.0
	Labour	John Matthew	344	31.3	1.2
	Independent	Tim Stannard	284	25.8	New
Majority			128	11.6	28.2
Turnout			1,105	37.8	15.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gargrave and Malhamdale

Gargrave and Malhamdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Sutcliffe	685	69.3	2.5
	Labour	Nick Parker	303	30.7	2.5
Majority			382	38.6	5.0
Turnout			997	38.9	1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Glusburn

Glusburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Philip Barrett	657	63.2	5.7
	Conservative	Patricia Bartlett	225	21.6	13.0
	Labour	Paul Routledge	158	15.2	6.5
Majority			432	41.6	9.3
Turnout			1,042	33.8	7.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Hellifield and Long Preston

Hellifield and Long Preston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Moorby	480	76.6	4.3
	Labour	John Pope	147	23.4	4.3
Majority			333	53.2	8.6
Turnout			630	35.4	3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ingleton and Clapham

Ingleton and Clapham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carl Lis	701	48.5	10.4
	Green	Sarah Wiltshire	397	27.5	New
	Labour	Janine Bickerstaff	219	15.2	0.4
	Independent	Tony Macaulay	127	8.8	17.5
Majority			304	21.0	11.6
Turnout			1,447	46.0	4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penyghent

Penyghent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Welch	432	68.5	1.3
	Labour	Virpi Kettu	166	26.3	3.9
	UKIP	Bernard Akin	33	5.2	New
Majority			266	42.2	2.6
Turnout			640	43.0	0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Settle and Ribblebanks

Settle and Ribblebanks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Staveley	674	50.7	17.5
	Labour	Simon Lord	610	45.9	14.1
	UKIP	Tony Smith	46	3.5	New
Majority			64	4.8	31.6
Turnout			1,343	42.8	4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton-in-Craven

Sutton-in-Craven

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Place	623	77.9	3.1
	Labour	Anthony Alderson	177	22.1	3.1
Majority			446	55.8	6.2
Turnout			804	28.0	7.2
	Independent hold		Swing

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