Map of the results of the 2007 Craven District Council election.
Independents in light grey,
Conservatives in blue and
Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2007.
The 2007 Craven District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of
CravenDistrict Council in
North Yorkshire,
England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under
no overall control.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
Before the election the council was run by an alliance between the 11
independents and the 6
Liberal Democrats, while the 13
Conservativecouncillors were in opposition.[3] 10 seats were contested at the election with the Conservatives needing to make at least 2 gains to take control.[4]
Candidates at the election included Conservative candidates in every
ward, while there were no candidates from the
Labour party.[3] The
British National Party meanwhile stood their first candidate in an election for Craven council in
Skipton South.[3]
Election result
There was no change to the party balance on the council, after the Conservatives gained a seat from an independent, but also lost a seat to another independent candidate.[5] The Conservative gain came in Skipton South, where they defeated the vice-chairman of the council, Mike Hill, while they lost
Bentham to an independent by 5 votes after 3 recounts.[6]
A
by-election was held in
Cowling on 12 July 2007 after independent councillor John Alderson resigned from the council after moving away from the area.[8] The seat was gained for the Conservatives by Jan Ackroyd with a majority of 215 votes over Craven Ratepayers' Action Group candidate Alan Perrow.[8]