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]

Political control

Political control of the council from 1974 until its abolition in 2023 was held by the following parties:[2]

Party in control Years
No overall control 1974–1977
Conservative 1977–1981
Labour 1981–1985
No overall control 1985–1997
Labour 1997–2001
No overall control 2001–2023

Leadership

The leaders of the council from 1986 until its abolition in 2023 were:[3]

Councillor Party From To
Bill Minto[4] Labour 1986 9 May 2000
Stewart Young Labour 9 May 2000 21 Jun 2001
Rex Toft[5] Conservative 21 Jun 2001 16 Sep 2004
Tim Stoddard Conservative 16 Sep 2004 10 Sep 2008
Stewart Young Labour 10 Sep 2008 18 Jun 2009
Jim Buchanan[6] Conservative 18 Jun 2009 8 Apr 2010
Eddie Martin Conservative 22 Apr 2010 5 May 2013
Stewart Young Labour 16 May 2013 31 Mar 2023

Council elections

Election results

Overall control Conservative Labour Lib Dems[a] Socialist People's Liberal Independent
2017 NOC 37 26 16 - - 5
2013 NOC 26 35 16 - - 7
2009 NOC 38 24 16 1 - 5
2005 NOC 32 39 11 - - 2
2001 NOC 33 40 10 - - 1
2001 NOC 33 40 10 - - 1
1997 Labour 22 44 13 - - 4
1993 NOC 28 39 13 - 1 2
1989 NOC 37 37 6 - - 3
1985 NOC 36 39 5 - - 3
1981 NOC 35 42 3 - - 3
1977 Conservative 52 23 - - - 7
1973 NOC 31 38 1 - - 12
  1. ^ Social and Liberal Democrats in 1989, SDP–Liberal Alliance in 1985, Liberal Party in 1981, 1977, and 1973.

County result maps

By-election results

1993-1997

Penrith South East By-Election 7 November 1996
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

1997-2001

Far Cross By-Election 17 September 1998
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
Hawcoat By-Election 11 March 1999
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
Upper Kent By-Election 6 May 1999
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
Barrow Central By-Election 10 June 1999
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
Belle Vue By-Election 10 June 1999
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

2001-2005

Alston and East Fellside By-Election 1 May 2003[9]
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
Grange By-Election 24 July 2003[10]
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
St Michaels By-Election 16 October 2003
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
Mary Port East By-Election 4 March 2004
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
Old Barrow By-Election 25 November 2004
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

2005-2009

St Johns By-Election 22 June 2006[11]
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
Brampton and Gilsland By-Election 25 January 2007[12]
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
Castle By-Election 22 February 2007[13]
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
Penrith East By-Election 25 October 2007[14]
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
Kells and Sandwith By-Election 18 December 2008[15]
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

2009-2013

Longtown and Bewcastle By-Election 6 May 2010[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Val Tarbitt 1,718 48.4 -13.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Highmore 1,158 32.7 +32.7
Labour Helen Horne 495 14.0 -8.9
BNP Tony Carvell 175 4.9 -10.0
Majority 560 15.8
Turnout 3,546
Conservative hold Swing
Aspatria and Wharrels By-Election 9 September 2010[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Johnson 823 70.6 +13.8
Green Helen Graham 342 29.4 +29.4
Majority 481 41.3
Turnout 1,165
Conservative hold Swing
Keswick and Derwent By-Election 5 May 2011[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Munby 827 32.3 +0.7
Independent David Robinson 650 25.4 +25.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Pugmire 619 24.2 -17.8
Labour Brian Cope 464 18.1 +2.9
Majority 177 6.9
Turnout 2,560
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Castle By-Election 1 March 2012[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Willie Whalen 407 40.9 +16.9
Liberal Democrats Olwyn Luckley 369 37.1 +2.8
Conservative Keith Meller 93 9.3 -10.2
UKIP Michael Owen 72 7.2 +7.2
Green Neil Boothman 54 5.4 +5.4
Majority 38 3.8
Turnout 995
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Kendal Strickland and Fell By-Election 3 May 2012[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John McCreesh 1,157 55.7 -16.5
Labour Paul Braithwaite 542 26.1 +18.9
Conservative Patrick Birchall 268 12.9 -4.5
UKIP Malcolm Nightingale 110 5.3 +5.3
Majority 615 29.6
Turnout 2,077
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Aspatria and Wharrels By-Election 24 May 2012[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim Lister 625 34.7 -22.1
Labour Brian Cope 520 28.9 +4.1
Independent Bill Finlay 390 21.7 +21.7
Liberal Democrats Phill Roberts 206 11.5 -6.9
Green David Bober 58 3.2 +3.2
Majority 105 5.8
Turnout 1,799
Conservative hold Swing

2013-2017

Seaton By-Election 14 November 2013[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Celia Tibble 628 46.8 +14.8
UKIP Robert Hardon 483 36.0 +10.9
Conservative Mike Davidson 107 8.0 +3.3
Independent Tony North 98 7.3 +7.3
Liberal Democrats Frank Hollowell 26 1.9 +1.9
Majority 145 10.8
Turnout 1,342
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Belle Vue By-Election 10 April 2014[23]
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 +19.0
Majority 130 10.5
Turnout 1,234
Labour hold Swing
Castle By-Election 11 September 2014[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan McGuckin 389 37.7 -2.8
Conservative James Bainbridge 245 23.7 +13.1
UKIP John Stanyer 235 22.8 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Jennings 112 10.9 -12.3
Green Neil Boothman 51 4.9 +0.9
Majority 144 14.0
Turnout 1,032
Labour hold Swing
Windermere By-Election 2 October 2014[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Jones 1,061 51.6 -10.5
Conservative James Bainbridge 810 39.4 +20.7
Independent Robert Judson 123 6.0 +6.0
Green Gwen Harrison 61 3.0 +3.0
Majority 251 12.2
Turnout 2,055
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Walney South By-Election 16 April 2015[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Cassidy 727 63.4 +2.0
UKIP Graham Pritchard 239 20.8 +3.3
Conservative Greg Peers 181 15.8 -5.3
Majority 488 42.5
Turnout 1,147
Labour hold Swing
Cartmel By-Election 7 May 2015[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Sanderson 1,394 46.1 -21.7
Conservative Greg Peers 1,355 44.8 +12.6
Green Gwen Harrison 276 9.1 +9.1
Majority 39 1.3
Turnout 3,025
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Greystoke and Hesket By-Election 16 July 2015[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Wentworth Waites 635 55.1 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Judith Derbyshire 518 44.9 +22.1
Majority 117 10.1
Turnout 1,153
Conservative hold Swing
Howgate By-Election 15 October 2015[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gillian Troughton 435 47.5 -13.0
Conservative Andrew Wonnacott 304 33.2 +2.3
UKIP Eric Atkinson 176 19.2 +19.2
Majority 131 14.3
Turnout 915
Labour hold Swing
Kendal Strickland and Fell By-Election 10 March 2016[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Thornton 1,067 59.9 +7.7
Labour Gillian Troughton 307 17.2 -9.7
Conservative Harry Taylor 172 9.7 -0.5
Green Andy Mason 128 7.2 +7.2
UKIP David Walker 106 6.0 -3.9
Majority 760 42.7
Turnout 1,780
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Windermere By-Election 13 October 2016[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Rooke 1,009 52.3 +0.7
Conservative Ben Berry 785 40.7 +1.3
Labour Penny Henderson 88 4.6 +4.6
Green Kate Threadgold 46 2.4 -0.6
Majority 224 11.6
Turnout 1,928
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2017-2023

Denton Holme By-Election 6 September 2018[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Karen Lockney 625 59.1 -0.9
Conservative Geoffrey Osborne 292 27.6 +0.6
Green Helen Davison 94 8.9 +1.9
UKIP Phil Douglass 46 4.4 -1.6
Majority 333 31.5
Turnout 1,057
Labour hold Swing
Kent Estuary By-Election 20 December 2018[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Phil Douglass 1,381 62.0 +9.0
Conservative Tom Harvey 666 29.9 -7.2
Green Jill Abel 109 4.9 -1.1
Labour Kate Love 70 3.1 -0.7
Majority 715 32.1
Turnout 2,226
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Thursby By-Election 2 May 2019[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Harvey N/A N/A N/A
Majority N/A N/A
Turnout N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Brampton By-Election 6 May 2021[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Mitchelson 933 56.2 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Roger Dobson 272 16.4 +7.7
Labour Chris Wills 246 14.8 -5.9
Green Joanne Bates 208 12.5 +4.4
Majority 661 39.8
Turnout 1,659
Conservative hold Swing
Cockermouth North By-Election 6 May 2021[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Catherine Bell 807 41.3 +11.4
Labour Alan Smith 546 28.0 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Fiona Jayatilaka 411 21.0 -18.8
Green Jill Perry 135 6.9 +3.5
Independent Nicky Cockburn 54 2.8 +2.8
Majority 261 13.4
Turnout 1,953
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St John's and Great Clifton By-Election 6 May 2021[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Debbie Garton 621 36.8 +15.8
Labour Antony McGuckin 603 35.7 -0.4
Independent Paul Scott 368 21.8 +21.8
Liberal Democrats Margaret Bennett 54 3.2 +3.2
Green Cathy Grout 41 2.4 -0.6
Majority 18 1.1
Turnout 1,687
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Ulverston West By-Election 6 May 2021[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Judy Filmore 885 39.6 +32.4
Conservative Andrew Butcher 869 38.9 -16.1
Labour David Webster 380 17.0 -9.5
Liberal Democrats Loraine Birchall 102 4.6 -6.7
Majority 16 0.7
Turnout 2,236
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Corby and Hayton By-Election 26 August 2021[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Dobson 857 71.0 +60.8
Conservative Tim Cheetham 350 29.0 -6.0
Majority 507 42.0
Turnout 1,207
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

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