The Council's Returning Officer is responsible for the conduct of local and national elections, and referendums in the Craven District . Below you will find information about the most recent results of recent Craven District Council, North Yorkshire County Council and Parliamentary General elections, and the last National Referendum.
District Council Elections
Craven District Council 2015 Craven District Council Election Results 2015 [239kb]
Skipton West Ward By-Election July 2014 Skipton West Ward District By Election July 2014 [56kb]
Craven District Council 2014 Craven District Council Election Results 2014 [240kb]
Craven District Council 2012 Craven District Council Election Results 2012 [73kb]
Craven District Council 2011 Craven District Council Election Results 2011 [59kb]
Craven District Council 2010 Craven District Council Election Results 2010 [62kb]
County Council Elections
Skipton West By-Election July 2014
North Yorkshire County Council 2013 North Yorkshire County Council Election Results 2013 [48kb] .
North Yorkshire County Council 2009 North Yorkshire County Council Election Results 2009 [6kb].
Parish Council Elections
Parish elections are held in different parts of the District in three out of every four years' period, alongside the District Ward elections.
Parish Election Results 2015 Parish Council Election Results 2015 [355kb]
Parish Election Results 2014 Parish Election Results 2014 [41kb]
Parliamentary Elections
Skipton and Ripon Constituency 2010 Skipton and Ripon Constituency Election Result 2010 [15kb]
European Elections
The UK's membership of the European Union means that elections to the European Parliament are held every 5 years.
The European Parliamentary Elections were held on 22 May 2014 so the next one will be in 2018.
This is the 2014 European - Declaration of local result - Craven [22kb]
Police and Crime Commissioner
An election was held for the new Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire on 15th November 2012. The Commissioner will do the work undertaken by the North Yorkshire Police Authority. The first Commissioner will hold office until May 2016 and the terms of office will be for four years after that.
This is the Result of the Police and Crime Commissioner Election in North Yorkshire [22kb] held in November 2012 together with the result of the poll in the Craven District. [20kb]
Elections 2016 Results
Results of the local elections held in the Craven District, Thursday 5th May 2016.
- Aire Valley with Lothersdale
- Barden Fell
- Cowiling Ward
- Grassington
- Ingleton and Clapham
- Settle and Ribblebanks
- Skipton East
- Skipton North
- Skipton South
- Skipton West
- Upper Wharfedale
Aire Valley with Lothersdale
| Candidate | Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Kenneth Brown | Green Party | 346 | Not elected |
| Patrica Fernbank | Conservative Party | 511 | Elected |
| Paul Arthur Routledge | Labour Party | 291 | Not elected |
Barden Fell Ward
| Candidate | Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Frank Garrick | Green Party | 78 | Not elected |
| David Pighills | Independent | 355 | Elected |
| Gillian Quinn | Conservative Party | 248 | Not elected |
Cowling Ward
| Candidate | Party | Number of votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Green | Independent | 164 | Not elected |
| Andrew Charles Mallinson | Conservative Party | 133 | Not elected |
| William Mercer | Labour Party | 209 | ELECTED |
| Alan Perrow | UKIP | 153 | Not elected |
Grassington Ward
| Candidate | Party | Number of votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Lawrence Dillon | Labour Party | 147 | Not elected |
| Richard William Foster | Conservative Party | 469 | ELECTED |
Ingleton and Clapham Ward
| Candidate | Party | Number of votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Lloyd Ireton | Conservative Party | 812 | ELECTED |
| Sarah Wiltshire | Green Party | 397 | Not elected |
Settle and Ribblebanks Ward
| Candidate | Party | Number of votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jo Easterbrook | Green Party | 285 | Not elected |
| Wendy Virginia Hull | Conservative Party | 463 | ELECTED |
| David Robert Pemberton | Labour Party | 356 | Not elected |
Skipton East Ward
| Candidate | Party | Number of votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tania Brown | Labour Party | 138 | Not elected |
| Wendy Elizabeth Clark | Conservative Party | 275 | Not elected |
| Martin Emmerson | Independent | 274 | Not elected |
| Eric Jaquin | Liberal Democrat | 311 | ELECTED |
| David Christopher Noland | Green Party | 104 | Not elected |
Skipton North Ward
| Candidate | Party | Number of votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Kerwin-Davey | Independent | 264 | Not elected |
| Wendy Ann Leach | Liberal Democrat | 278 | Not elected |
| Claire Nash | Green Party | 252 | Not elected |
| John Edward Pope | Labour Party | 142 | Not elected |
| Paul Howard Whitaker | Conservative Party | 304 | ELECTED |
Skipton South Ward
| Candidate | Party | Number of votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Frank Hickman | Labour Party | 305 | Not elected |
| Andrew Barry Solloway | Independent | 479 | ELECTED |
Skipton West Ward
| Candidate | Party | Number of votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher David Clark | Conservative Party | 308 | Not elected |
| Eleanor Hartley Smith | Green Party | 98 | Not elected |
| Christine Vivien Forbes Rose | Labour Party | 385 | ELECTED |
| Stephen Paul Walpole | Liberal Democrats | 184 | Not elected |
Upper Wharfedale Ward
| Candidate | Party | Number of votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanya Ilsa Graham | Conservative Party | 529 | ELECTED |
| John Christopher Sutcliffe Vaughan | Labour Party | 195 | Not elected |