Local election results 2016: Craven

The Conservative Party has held this North Yorkshire authority but Labour made two gains giving them three councillors overall. Paul Whitaker took Skipton North for the Conservatives from Independent John Kerwin-Davey.Chris Rose, for Labour has won the Skipton West seat, previously held by Liberal Democrat Paul English, who has retired from the council. William Mercer, for Labour, has won the Cowling seat previously held by Ady Green, a non-aligned councillor. Tanya Graham, for the Conservatives, held the Upper Wharfedale seat for the party, taking over from councillor Christopher Clark. David Pighills has been elected to Barden Fell for the Independents, taking the seat from Conservative, Gill Quinn.
The election count in CravenThe election count in Craven
The election count in Craven

Craven

Con Hold

AIRE VALLEY WITH LOTHERSDALE

Andy Brown (Green) 346

Patricia Fairbank (Con)* 511

Paul Routledge (Lab) 291

BARDEN FELL

Andrew Garrick (Green) 78

David Pighills (Ind)* 355

Gill Quinn (Con) 248

COWLING

Ady Green (Ind) 164

Andrew Mallinson (Con) 133

Bill Mercer (Lab)* 209

Alan Perrow (UKIP) 153

GRASSINGTON

Joe Dillon (Lab) 147

Richard Foster (Con)* 469

INGLETON AND CLAPHAM

David Ireton (Con)* 812

Sarah Wiltshire (Green) 387

SETTLE AND RIBBLEBANKS

Jo Easterbrook (Green) 285

Wendy Hull (Con)* 463

David Pemberton (Lab) 356

SKIPTON EAST

Tania Brown (Lab) 138

Wendy Clark (Con) 275

Martin Emmerson (Ind) 274

Eric Jaquin (Lib Dem)* 311

David Noland (Green) 104

SKIPTON NORTH

John Kerwin-Davey (Ind) 264

Wendy Leach (Lib Dem) 278

Claire Nash (Green) 252

John Pope (Lab) 142

Paul Whitaker (Con)* 304

SKIPTON SOUTH

Alan Hickman (Lab) 305

Andy Solloway (Ind)* 479

SKIPTON WEST

Chris Clark (Con) 308

Eleanor Hartley Smith (Green) 98

Christine Rose (Lab)* 385

Stephen Walpole (Lib Dem) 184

UPPER WHARFEDALE

Tanya Graham (Con)* 529

John Vaughan (Lab) 195