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Elections to Cumbria County Council were held on 1 May 1997. This was on the same day as other UK county council elections. The Labour Party gained control of the council, which had been under no overall control.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Labour | 44 |  5 | 53.0 | 40.4 | 103,969 | 0.3 | |||
| Conservative | 22 |  6 | 26.5 | 36.8 | 94,524 | 2.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 13 |  | 15.7 | 19.4 | 49,777 | 1.4 | |||
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 7,619 | 0.8 | |||
| Liberal | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 551 | 0.6 | |||
| Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.2 | 517 | New | |||
| UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 89 | New | |||
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