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.
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