2016 South Lakeland District Council election

2016 South Lakeland District Council election ^[1]

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17 of the 51 seats to South Lakeland District Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Last election 32 15 Seats won 8 7 Seats after 32 16 Seat change 1 Popular vote 7,108 5,787 Percentage 44.5% 36.3%   Third party Fourth party   Party Labour Independent Last election 3 1 Seats won 2 0 Seats after 2 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,725 0 Percentage 10.8% 0.0%
Map showing the results of the 2016 South Lakeland District Council elections by ward. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2016.
Council control before election Liberal Democrats Council control after election Liberal Democrats

The 2016 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in England. ^[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council	+/-
	Liberal Democrats	32	32
	Conservatives	15	16	1
	Labour	3	2	1
	Independent	1	1
	Green	0	0
	UKIP	0	0
Total		51	51
Working majority		13	13

Election results summary

South Lakeland Local Election Result 2016

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	8	0	0	0	47.1	44.5	7,108
	Conservative	7	1	0	+1	41.2	36.3	5,787
	Labour	2	0	1	-1	11.8	10.8	1,725
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	5.7	903
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	434

Ward results

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An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election.

Arnside & Beetham

Arnside & Beetham 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pete McSweeney	1,220	65.2	-5.3
	Conservative	Peter Smillie	399	21.3	-8.2
	UKIP	Alan Nigel Piper	93	5.0	N/A
	Green	Jill Abel	82	4.4	N/A
	Labour	Lois Katherine Sparling	77	4.1	N/A
Majority			821	43.9	+2.9
Turnout				54.5	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Burton & Holme

Burton & Holme 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Kenneth Bingham*	919	65.8	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Victor Higton	308	22.0	-18.2
	Labour	Nigel Edward Warner	111	7.9	N/A
	Green	Andrew Robert Chapple	59	4.2	N/A
Majority			611	43.8	+24.2
Turnout				47.2	-7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coniston & Crake Valley

Coniston & Crake Valley 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Hall*	391	63.9	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Val Sykes	172	28.1	-11.9
	Green	Mark Kidd	49	8.0	N/A
Majority			219	35.8	+15.8
Turnout				47.9	-5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crooklands

Crooklands 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Eccles*	611	64.2	-2.3
	Conservative	David Matthews	263	27.7	-1.9
	Green	Meg Hill	45	4.7	+0.8
	UKIP	Malcolm James Hamilton Nightingale	32	3.4	N/A
Majority			348	36.5	-0.4
Turnout				54.2	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hawkshead

Hawkshead 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David William Norman Fletcher*	478	58.1	+4.7
	Conservative	Ann Elizabeth Myatt	240	29.2	-10.3
	UKIP	David Rimmer Walker	55	6.7	N/A
	Green	Gwen Harrison	50	6.1	-1.0
Majority			238	28.9	+15.0
Turnout				57.9	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Levens

Levens 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Rawlinson*	715	65.2	+9.4
	Conservative	Kevin Ronald Holmes	323	29.4	-10.8
	UKIP	Yana Doidge	21	1.9	N/A
	Labour	Dave Cope	19	1.7	N/A
	Green	Claire Wickham	19	1.7	-2.3
Majority			392	35.8	+20.2
Turnout				64.1	-3.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lyth Valley

Lyth Valley 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Holmes*	482	59.6	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Bex Cooper	220	27.2	-6.1
	UKIP	Stephen Willmott	43	5.3	N/A
	Labour	Alison Faith Gilchrist	34	4.2	-0.7
	Green	Kate Barkes	30	3.7	N/A
Majority			262	32.4	+3.9
Turnout				44.7	-9.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milnthorpe

Milnthorpe 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert James Audland	482	58.9	-8.0
	Conservative	Steven Hurst	253	30.9	+3.1
	UKIP	Oksana Walker	40	4.9	N/A
	Labour	Jo Magne	33	4.0	N/A
	Green	Shona Kathleen Kidd	11	1.3	-4.0
Majority			229	28.0	-11.1
Turnout				49.8	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale

Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Cotton*	1,557	61.4	+13.9
	Conservative	Alex Toubas	779	30.7	-14.0
	Labour	Nick Cross	114	4.5	+0.4
	Green	Daphne Mary Jackson	84	3.3	-0.4
Majority			778	30.7	+27.9
Turnout				53.5	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Staveley-in-Cartmel

Staveley-in-Cartmel 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Sanderson*	512	62.7	+5.9
	Conservative	Ted Walsh	220	27.0	-16.2
	UKIP	Brian Donald Thornton	57	7.0	N/A
	Green	Ben John Barker	27	3.3	N/A
Majority			292	35.7	+22.1
Turnout				52.7	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Staveley-in-Westmorland

Staveley-in-Westmorland 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stan Collins*	486	58.9	-13.2
	Conservative	Harry Taylor	125	15.2	-3.8
	Green	Fran Richardson	112	13.6	+4.7
	Labour	Peter Train	68	8.2	N/A
	UKIP	Albina Thornton	34	4.1	N/A
Majority			361	43.7	-9.4
Turnout				47.2	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ulverston Central

Ulverston Central 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Bishop-Rowe	204	42.5	+0.6
	Labour	Bharath Sundara Rajan*	187	39.0	-3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hudson	64	13.3	+4.3
	Green	Christopher Loynes	25	5.2	-1.6
Majority			17	3.5	N/A
Turnout				33.3	+0.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Ulverston East

Ulverston East 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Wilson*	259	51.9	+0.1
	Conservative	Peter Hornby	143	28.7	+1.8
	Green	Judith Ann Filmore	53	10.6	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Frances Nicholson	44	8.8	+3.2
Majority			116	23.2	-1.7
Turnout				31.6	+6.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Ulverston North

Ulverston North 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Irving*	252	35.7	-3.7
	Labour	Judith Ann Pickthall	249	35.3	+0.4
	Green	Simon James Filmore	110	15.6	-0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Beecham	95	13.5	+3.8
Majority			3	0.4	-4.1
Turnout				46.1	-0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ulverston South

Ulverston South 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda Rigg*	268	47.9	+0.2
	Labour	Joan Margaret Casson	144	25.7	-16.2
	UKIP	Peter Richards	59	10.5	N/A
	Green	Bob Gerry	45	8.0	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Loraine Birchall	44	7.9	+3.7
Majority			124	22.2	+16.4
Turnout				38.1	+4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ulverston Town

Ulverston Town 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Victor Clough*	272	52.4	-1.7
	Conservative	Reuben Allonby	137	26.4	-3.5
	Green	Bill Shaw	68	13.1	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Khan	42	8.1	+2.1
Majority			135	26.0	+1.8
Turnout				35.4	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Ulverston West

Ulverston West 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janette Ethel Jenkinson*	389	60.9	-2.3
	Labour	Bob Brown	158	24.7	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Ellis Brown	58	9.1	+4.8
	Green	Robert O'Hara	34	5.3	-2.8
Majority			231	36.2	-2.6
Turnout				43.6	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-Elections

Windermere Bowness North, 13 October 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Jarvis	441	60.1	+11.1
	Conservative	Martin Hall	256	34.9	-4.1
	Green	Kate Threadgold	37	5.0	-1.0
Majority			185	25.2	+15.2
Turnout			740	45.8	-28.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ambleside & Grasmere, 4 May 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vicky Hughes	695	50.9	-13.4
	Conservative	Tim Brown	502	36.7	+14.0
	Labour	Alison Gilchrist	87	6.4	-0.1
	Green	Chris Rowley	82	6.0	-0.4
Majority			193	14.2	-27.4
Turnout			1,372	46.76	+1.17
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. Elise Uberoi; Chris Watson; Richard Keen (19 May 2016). "Local elections 2016". House of Commons Library. p. 23.
2. "Elections 2016". South Lakeland District Council. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
3. "District Elections 2016 - Results". www.southlakeland.gov.uk. South Lakeland Council. Retrieved 4 June 2018.