# 2006 Craven District Council election

The 2006 Craven District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Craven District Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
* Conservative 13
* Independent 11
* Liberal Democrats 6

## Candidates

Candidates at the election included possibly the oldest candidate in the country, Bob Leakey, at the age of 91, who stood for his own Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party in Settle and Ribblebanks, after having stood at the 2005 general election in Skipton and Ripon constituency. Another candidate at the election was the leader of the Craven Ratepayers Action Group, Alan Perrow, who was nominated for the Conservatives, against independent councillor Philip Barrett. However Perrow quit the party days after being approached to be a Conservative candidate, to instead stand independently at the election, although he was still on the ballot paper as a Conservative.

## Election result

There was no change in the composition of the council, after all of the sitting councillors held the seats they were defending. This left the Conservatives with 13 seats, independents had 11 seats and there were 6 Liberal Democrats.
Craven local election result 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Independent | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.4 | 30.3 | 2,646 | +5.4% |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 45.4 | 3,960 | +3.8% |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 | 23.3 | 2,035 | -6.6% |
| Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 83 | +1.0% |

## Ward results

Aire Valley with Lothersdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Wheeler | 644 | 53.0 | +26.5 |
| | Conservative | Irene Greaves | 572 | 47.0 | −5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 72 | 5.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,216 | 44.7 | −7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bentham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Manuel Camacho | 685 | 57.6 | +9.1 |
| | Conservative | William Burton | 505 | 42.4 | −9.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 180 | 15.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,190 | 41.3 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Gargrave and Malhamdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Butcher | 758 | 66.6 | +8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Jerger | 380 | 33.4 | −8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 378 | 33.2 | +16.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,138 | 47.6 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Glusburn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Philip Barrett | 946 | 73.8 |
| | Conservative | Alan Perrow | 336 | 26.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 610 | 47.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,282 | 41.2 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Hellifield and Long Preston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Helen Firth | 461 | 61.2 |
| | Independent | Victoria Lunn | 292 | 38.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 169 | 22.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 753 | 44.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Ingleton and Clapham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Carl Lis | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Penyghent :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Welch | 434 | 59.5 | +4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Fawcett | 295 | 40.5 | +40.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 139 | 19.1 | +9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 729 | 49.8 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Settle and Ribblebanks :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Heather | 716 | 54.2 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | Robert Firth | 522 | 39.5 | −11.0 |
| | Virtue Currency Cognitive Appraisal Party | Robert Leakey | 83 | 6.3 | +6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 194 | 14.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,321 | 46.3 | −7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Sutton-in-Craven :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Stephen Place | 723 | 66.0 |
| | Conservative | David Harrison | 372 | 34.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 351 | 32.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,095 | 39.9 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |