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Craven

Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.

4 cycles in our data
37.5% all-time seats elected below the quota (12 of 32)
18.8% all-time seats unfairly awarded (6 of 32 across 4 cycles)

Cycles

Council composition as of 2020

30 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2020 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.

Most recent election (2019)

In 2019, 11 seats were up across 11 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 11 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Independent2,82328.0%545.5%436.4%+1
Conservative Party2,79627.7%436.4%327.3%+1
Labour Party2,06020.4%19.1%218.2%-1
Green Party8988.9%19.1%19.1%0
UK Independence Party (UKIP)8448.4%00.0%19.1%-1
Liberal Democrats6666.6%00.0%00.0%0
Total10,087100.0%11100.0%11100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Full ward-by-ward results for 2019 →

Composition history

One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.

2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

Ward by ward

Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.

Ward2016201720182019
Aire Valley with Lothersdale45%50%48%
Barden Fell52%
Bentham43%37%
Cowling32%
Embsay-with-Eastby89%
Gargrave and Malhamdale69%71%
Glusburn63%59%
Grassington76%
Hellifield and Long Preston77%
Ingleton and Clapham67%49%
Penyghent68%
Settle and Ribblebanks42%51%
Skipton East28%38%
Skipton North25%43%
Skipton South61%52%
Skipton West39%51%
Sutton-in-Craven78%83%
Upper Wharfedale73%63%
West Craven60%