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Local Election Results 2002

Craven

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries. Three Conservative councillors and three independent councillors were elected unopposed.

Other results for Craven: 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019
By-elections for Craven (may be incomplete): 13th November 2003 (Bentham) — 2nd March 2006 (Upper Wharfedale) — 12th July 2007 (Cowling) — 2nd July 2014 (Skipton W.) — 31st March 2016 (Embsay-with-Eastby) — 4th May 2017 (Aire Valley with Lothersdale) — 6th May 2021 (Barden Fell; Penyghent)
Results for North Yorkshire county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017

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Consolidated results — Craven 2002

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 5422 37.5% 13
Liberal Democrat 4465 30.9% 9
Independent 4400 30.4% 8
Labour 184 1.3% 0

Aire Valley with Lothersdale (2)

Mark Wheeler LD 552 53.5%
Patricia Fairbank C 480 46.5%
Robert Greaves C 410

Barden Fell

Christopher Knowles-Fitton C 474 64.2%
Robert Heseltine Ind 264 35.8%

Bentham (2)

John Pilkington LD 741 54.2%
Gerald Hurley C 488 35.7%
Manuel Camacho Ind 139 10.2%

Cowling

John Alderson Ind unop.

Embsay-with-Eastby

John Quinn C unop.

Gargrave and Malhamdale (2)

Stephen Butcher C 658 43.8%
David Crawford C 563
Andrew Wood LD 451 30.0%
Carlton Hayes Ind 393 26.2%

Glusburn (2)

Philip Barrett Ind 1086 83.2%
Peter Seward Ind 364
Arthur Dixon Ind 335
Ian Bannister C 220 16.8%
Jennifer Wood C 194

Grassington

Peter Walbank C unop.

Hellifield and Long Preston

Helen Firth C unop.

Ingleton and Clapham (2)

David Ireton Ind unop.
Carl Lis Ind unop.

Penyghent

Richard Welch C 393 54.7%
Anthony Macaulay Ind 326 45.3%

Settle and Ribblebanks (2)

David Heather LD 652 63.0%
Elizabeth Graham LD 599
Terence Murray C 383 37.0%
Charles Price C 382

Skipton East (2)

Eric Jaquin LD 342 30.3%
Pamela Heseltine C 333 29.5%
Christopher Harbron C 303
Melvin Seward Ind 268 23.8%
Darren Moorby LD 245
Dennis Hall Ind 204
Duncan Hall Lab 184 16.3%

Skipton North (2)

Michael Doyle LD 570 36.7%
Marcia Turner C 569 36.6%
Paul Whitaker C 512
Michael Hill Ind 416 26.8%

Skipton South (2)

Andrew Solloway LD 325 41.1%
Frances Cook Ind 285 36.0%
Andrew Cook Ind 252
Alex Bentley C 181 22.9%
Barry Blood C 177

Skipton West (2)

Pauline English LD 589 67.9%
Paul English LD 575
Margaret Spence C 279 32.1%
Norman Spence C 261

Sutton-in-Craven (2)

Stephen Place Ind 778 78.3%
Kenneth Hart Ind 585
Barbara Barwick-Nicholson C 216 21.7%
Dee Pollitt C 122

Upper Wharfedale

John Sayer C 481 58.4%
Kenneth Luty Ind 233 28.3%
James Monksfield LD 109 13.2%

West Craven

John Binns C 267 43.6%
Robert Mason Ind 212 34.6%
Andrew Rankine LD 134 21.9%

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