2014 Carlisle City Council election

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Map of the results of the 2014 Carlisle City Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2014. Carlisle UK local election 2014 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2014 Carlisle City Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2014.

The 2014 Carlisle City Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

17 seats were contested in 2014 and four sitting councillors stood down at the election from Castle, Denton Holme, Harraby and Wetheral wards. [3]

Election result

Labour gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats to win 9 of the 17 seats contested. [4] The Labour gain came in Castle ward and took Labour to 29 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats dropped to 2 seats on the council after failing to win any seats in 2014. [4] The Conservatives also gained a seat in Dalston from independent Bryan Craig and thus won 7 seats in 2014 to have 19 councillors overall. There did remain two independent councillors however, as independent Rob Betton retained his seat in Botcherby. [4] Meanwhile, the UK Independence Party failed to win any seats, but did come second in 10 of the 17 seats contested. [4] Overall turnout at the election was 34.2%. [5]

Carlisle local election result 2014 [6] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 910+152.932.28,394-15.1%
  Conservative 710+141.231.38,158+2.5%
  Independent 101-15.95.61,468+1.7%
  UKIP 0000022.15,741+15.2%
  Green 000005.31,388+0.3%
  Liberal Democrats 001-102.7705-4.7%
  TUSC 000000.7174+0.3%

Ward results

Belah [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gareth Ellis82342.4−0.2
Labour Allan Stevenson53527.6−12.5
UKIP Philip Douglass44222.8+9.7
Green Claire Unwin1407.2+3.0
Majority 28814.8+12.4
Turnout 1,94039.2+0.8
Conservative hold Swing
Belle Vue [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jessica Riddle63240.7−17.0
Conservative Nigel Christian50532.6−1.5
UKIP Paul Chapman35823.1+23.1
Green Gillian Curwen563.6−1.5
Majority 1278.2−15.4
Turnout 1,55131.0−0.8
Labour hold Swing
Botcherby [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Robert Betton77352.3+27.9
Labour Ruth Alcroft35824.2−30.1
UKIP Robert Strong21714.7+6.3
Conservative Teresa Evans1318.9−2.2
Majority 41528.1
Turnout 1,47931.8+4.7
Independent hold Swing
Brampton [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Mitchelson70053.1+2.0
Labour Gerard Champney24418.5−15.9
UKIP Christian Forster20615.6+1.0
Green Dallas Brewis1138.6+8.6
Liberal Democrats James Osler564.2+4.2
Majority 45634.6+17.9
Turnout 1,31936.2+3.3
Conservative hold Swing
Castle [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerald Caig43537.3−19.5
UKIP Robert Reid-Sinclair26722.9+22.9
Conservative Kevin Reynolds22119.0+4.9
Liberal Democrats Manwara Begum12710.9−8.7
Green Richard Hunt877.5−1.9
TUSC Robert Charlesworth282.4+2.4
Majority 16814.4−22.8
Turnout 1,16526.8+0.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Currock [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Heather Bradley59950.3−19.4
UKIP Robert Scott31026.0+26.0
Conservative Genna Martin19716.5+1.3
Green Hazel Graham494.1+4.1
TUSC Brent Kennedy363.0−5.0
Majority 28924.3−30.2
Turnout 1,19125.7−1.0
Labour hold Swing
Dalston [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann McKerrell70732.4+8.3
Liberal Democrats David Wood46721.4−30.4
Independent David Craig40918.7+18.7
UKIP Robert Dickinson31914.6+5.9
Labour Jo-Anne Williams28112.9−2.4
Majority 24011.0
Turnout 2,18345.2+3.6
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Denton Holme [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Southward63844.7−18.0
UKIP John Warmingham32823.0+15.1
Conservative Barbara Eden27319.1+2.2
Green James Tucker1349.4+0.5
TUSC John Higginson543.8+3.8
Majority 31021.7−24.1
Turnout 1,42728.5+0.7
Labour hold Swing
Harraby [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Burns66242.8−20.8
UKIP Edward Haughan45129.2+20.6
Conservative Lawrence Fisher35322.8+3.0
Green John Reardon815.2+1.2
Majority 21113.6−30.2
Turnout 1,54730.4+0.5
Labour hold Swing
Longtown and Rockcliffe [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raynor Bloxham46747.2−8.0
UKIP Susan Parker31331.6+18.9
Labour Graham Bartlett18518.7−9.3
Liberal Democrats Marjorie Richardson242.4+2.4
Majority 15415.6−11.6
Turnout 98929.4−4.4
Conservative hold Swing
Morton [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Stothard73445.6−20.1
UKIP William Bertham42426.3+15.7
Conservative Charlotte Fisher36822.8+12.9
Green Helen Atkinson513.2+0.7
TUSC David Barton342.1+2.1
Majority 31019.2−35.2
Turnout 1,61133.4−3.5
Labour hold Swing
St. Aidans [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Quilter55040.3−10.5
UKIP Michael Bradford30922.6+13.9
Conservative David Shepherd27420.1+0.6
Green Neil Boothman23217.0−4.0
Majority 24117.7−12.2
Turnout 1,36529.5+1.8
Labour hold Swing
Stanwix Rural [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marilyn Bowman74752.9−11.1
UKIP Carol Weaver33323.6+14.2
Labour Elizabeth Furneaux25317.9−1.5
Green Charmian McCutcheon795.6−1.8
Majority 41429.3−15.3
Turnout 1,41238.1−4.5
Conservative hold Swing
Stanwix Urban [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Mallinson91544.3+1.6
Labour Craig Nicholson56627.4−8.1
UKIP Fiona Mills34916.9+6.5
Green Helen Davison23511.4+0.0
Majority 34916.9+9.7
Turnout 2,06543.9+2.0
Conservative hold Swing
Upperby [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Wilson65352.8−20.0
UKIP John Denholm31625.6+25.6
Conservative Shaidat Danmole-Ellis19315.6−0.1
Green Emma Hughes524.2+4.2
TUSC Daniel Thorburn221.8+1.8
Majority 33727.3−29.8
Turnout 1,23630.4+1.8
Labour hold Swing
Wetheral [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Higgs72743.7−12.4
UKIP Geoffrey Round30518.3+4.5
Independent Ian Yates28617.2+17.2
Labour Christine Bowditch23614.2−6.9
Green Ian Brewis794.7−4.3
Liberal Democrats Henry Wheatcroft311.9+1.9
Majority 42225.4−9.6
Turnout 1,66442.8+3.0
Conservative hold Swing
Yewdale [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steven Bowditch83344.2−15.0
Conservative Christina Finlayson55729.6−5.8
UKIP Michael Owen49426.2+26.2
Majority 27614.6−9.2
Turnout 1,88439.3−3.4
Labour hold Swing

By-elections between 2014 and 2015

A by-election was held in Castle ward on 11 September 2014 after the death of Labour councillor Willie Whalen. [9] The seat was held for Labour by Alan Taylor with a 152-vote majority over Conservative Robert Currie. [9]

Castle by-election 11 September 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Taylor36438.4+1.1
Conservative Robert Currie21222.4+3.4
UKIP Fiona Mills20822.0−0.9
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Jennings12112.8+1.9
Green Richard Hunt424.4−3.1
Majority 15216.1+1.7
Turnout 94721.7−5.1
Labour hold Swing

References

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  3. "Carlisle's big names standing down at elections". News and Star . 26 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
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  5. "Previous Election Results". Carlisle City Council. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  6. "Results Elections 2014". The Times . NewsBank. 24 May 2014. pp. 88–89.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Carlisle City Council. Retrieved 12 April 2015.[ dead link ]
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