Cumbria County Council in England was elected every four years between 1973 and 2017. Since the last boundary changes in 2013, 84 councillors were elected from 84 wards for the last council before abolition in 2023.[1]
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
No overall control | 1973 - 1977 |
Conservative | 1977 - 1981 |
Labour | 1981 - 1985 |
No overall control | 1985 - 1997 |
Labour | 1997 - 2001 |
No overall control | 2001–present |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 616 | 41.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 510 | 34.0 | |||
Labour | 317 | 21.0 | |||
Independent | 51 | 3.4 | |||
Majority | 106 | 7.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,494 | 25.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 908 | 62.6 | +11.8 | ||
Conservative | 328 | 22.6 | -5.4 | ||
Labour | 214 | 14.8 | -6.4 | ||
Majority | 580 | 40.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,450 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 660 | 82.9 | +18.2 | ||
Labour | 136 | 17.1 | -18.2 | ||
Majority | 524 | 65.8 | |||
Turnout | 796 | 17.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 930 | 55.7 | -0.1 | ||
Conservative | 558 | 33.4 | -0.3 | ||
Labour | 182 | 10.9 | +0.4 | ||
Majority | 372 | 22.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,670 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 332 | 45.0 | -31.4 | ||
Independent | 255 | 34.6 | +34.6 | ||
Conservative | 151 | 20.5 | -3.1 | ||
Majority | 77 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 738 | 20.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 346 | 37.4 | +9.8 | ||
Labour | 340 | 36.8 | -18.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 238 | 25.8 | +8.2 | ||
Majority | 6 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 924 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Isa Henderson | 797 | 41.8 | +6.3 | |
Independent | Bryan Metz | 787 | 41.2 | +22.0 | |
Labour | Christopher Bagshaw | 324 | 17.0 | +7.6 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,908 | 41.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,229 | 66.2 | +6.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 556 | 30.0 | -9.8 | ||
Labour | 71 | 3.8 | +3.8 | ||
Majority | 673 | 36.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,856 | 36.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 889 | 51.1 | +41.4 | ||
Labour | 851 | 48.9 | -26.2 | ||
Majority | 38 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,740 | 44.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 645 | 57.5 | -25.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 476 | 42.5 | +42.5 | ||
Majority | 169 | 15.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,121 | 22.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 273 | 62.8 | +62.8 | ||
Labour | 162 | 37.2 | -17.2 | ||
Majority | 111 | 25.6 | |||
Turnout | 435 | 13.3 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Holliday | 658 | 53.3 | -4.5 | |
Conservative | John Heathcote | 430 | 34.8 | -7.4 | |
Independent | John Bracken | 120 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
Green | Lynn Bates | 26 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 228 | 18.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,234 | 32.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lawrence Fisher | 717 | 61.4 | +13.6 | |
Labour | Alex Faulds | 363 | 31.1 | +2.9 | |
BNP | David Fisher | 88 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 354 | 30.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,168 | 23.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Olwyn Lockley | 653 | 64.0 | +20.2 | |
Labour | Joseph Hendry | 222 | 21.7 | -18.2 | |
Conservative | James Bainbridge | 117 | 11.5 | -4.8 | |
Green | Lynn Bates | 29 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 431 | 42.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,021 | 25.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Bell | 800 | 59.8 | +14.7 | |
Conservative | Dawn Dixon | 380 | 28.4 | -2.2 | |
Independent | Keith Phillips | 123 | 9.2 | +3.6 | |
Green | Alan Marsden | 34 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 420 | 31.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,337 | 29.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wendy Skillicorn | 434 | 41.7 | -24.1 | |
BNP | Simon Nicholson | 418 | 40.1 | +40.1 | |
Conservative | Brigid Anne Whiteside | 190 | 18.2 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 16 | 1.5 | -47.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,042 | 26.6 | -26.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Bowditch | 565 | 45.8 | -20.1 | |
Conservative | Nigel Christian | 435 | 35.3 | +1.2 | |
UKIP | John Stayner | 234 | 19.0 | N/A | |
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Labour hold | Swing |