THE Conservatives won two of the three by-elections at last week’s local elections with the third taken back by the Independent councillor who was expelled from the seat last year for not attending meetings during the coronavirus lockdown. Conservative, David Staveley, who already sits on Craven District Council, where he is chairman of the Select Committee, won the Ribblesdale division seat of North Yorkshire County Council, the seat previously occupied by his ‘friend and mentor’, the late Cllr Richard Welch. His fellow Conservative, Robert Ogden, was voted onto Cllr Welch’s old Penyghent seat of Craven District Council, while David Pighills, Independent, reclaimed his old Barden Fell seat on the district council.
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THE first candidates to stand in the upcoming by-elections to fill the vacant Penyghent seat on Craven District Council and the Ribblesdale seat on North Yorkshire County Council have been revealed. The by-elections are being held following the death last year of long standing councillor Richard Welch. Voting will take place on May 6, with the deadline for candidate nominations to be made by April 8. Brian McDaid, Labour s former parliamentary candidate for Skipton and Ripon, will contest both the Ribblesdale division on the county council and the Penyghent seat for Labour on the district council. The Liberal Democrats have put forward Luke Allan, chairman of Craven Liberal Democrats, for both the county council and district council seats, while the Green Party has put forward David Noland, who already sits on Craven District Council, for the Ribblesdale seat on the county council. The Conservatives are also believed to be putting forward a candidate.
A SKIPTON bar which only opened less than two years ago has had its licence revoked. The Ref & Whistle, in Court Lane, was given permission for the change of use from a retail outlet to a micro bar by Craven District Council planning committee in January 2019. A premises licence was granted the following June. But last week a licensing and appeals sub-committee with the district council voted unanimously to revoke the licence after an application for a review of the licence was made by district councillor David Noland and Skipton town councillor John Dawson. The sub-committee heard from the council’s environmental health office that there had been a number of Covid-19 breaches.