Map of the results of the 2010 Craven District Council election.
Conservatives in blue,
independents in light grey and
Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2010.
Before the election the Conservatives were one seat short of holding a majority on the council with 15 seats.[3] 9 seats were contested in the election with the Conservatives standing in all 9, compared to 7
Liberal Democrats, 4
Labour, 3
independents and 1 from the Youth Party.[3] 2 sitting
councillors, Manuel Camcho and Stephen Butcher stood down from
Bentham and
Gargrave and Malhamdale
wards respectively, while Carl Lis stood as a Conservative after having been a councillor before the election as an independent, and before 1998 as a Liberal Democrat.[3]
Election result
The results saw the Conservatives make 3 gains, including in Bentham and
Settle and Ribblebanks wards.[4] The third gain came in
Ingleton and
Clapham ward, where Carl Lis, who had held the seat as an independent before the election, was elected as a Conservative.[4] The gains meant the Conservatives won 6 of the 9 seats contested, compared to 2 independents and 1 Liberal Democrats.[5] Due to the
general election being held at the same time overall
turnout was over 75%, with the lowest being over 68% in
Sutton-in-Craven.[4]