2019 Carlisle City Council election

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2019 Carlisle City Council election
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  2018 2 May 2019 (2019-05-02) 2022  

All 39 seats to Carlisle City Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Labour Independent
Last election22 seats, 44.0%25 seats, 39.7%4 seats, 4.0%
Seats won17154
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 10Steady2.svg
Popular vote26,01319,2795,166
Percentage39.8%29.5%6.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.2%Decrease2.svg 10.2%Increase2.svg 2.3%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
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Party Green UKIP Liberal Democrats
Last election0 seats, 4.7%0 seats, 1.5%1 seat, 4.7%
Seats won111
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote5,9405,3503,028
Percentage9.3%8.3%4.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.6%Increase2.svg 6.8%Decrease2.svg 0.1%

Carlisle UK ward map 2019.svg
Results by ward

Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


No overall control

The 2019 Carlisle City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Carlisle City Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

Following the election, a Conservative administration was formed. [2]

Summary

Election result

2019 Carlisle City Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3917N/AN/ADecrease2.svg 543.639.826,013–4.2
  Labour 3115N/AN/ADecrease2.svg 1038.529.519,279–10.2
  Independent 84N/AN/ASteady2.svg10.36.35,166+2.3
  Green 131N/AN/AIncrease2.svg 12.69.35,940+4.6
  UKIP 131N/AN/AIncrease2.svg 12.68.35,350+6.8
  Liberal Democrats 61N/AN/ASteady2.svg2.64.63,028–0.1
  Putting Cumbria First 30N/AN/ASteady2.svg0.00.8554N/A

Ward results

Belah & Kingmoor

Belah & Kingmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative David Morton 860 41.2
Conservative Gareth Ellis 831 39.8
Green Helen Davison 719 34.4
Conservative Petricia Vasey62229.8
Independent Alan Toole55826.7
Labour Steven Bowditch50224.0
Labour Jessica Riddle38718.5
Labour Anne Quilter36217.3
UKIP Niall Scott35116.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Gee21810.4
Turnout 2,09436.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Botcherby & Harraby North

Botcherby & Harraby North
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Robert Betton 1,016 54.1
Independent Jeffrey Bomford 696 37.1
Independent John Paton 647 34.5
Labour Susan Crawford50326.8
Labour David Graham44123.5
Labour Mohammad Harid41522.1
UKIP Jacklyn Hunton32617.4
Conservative Lawrence Fisher22912.2
Conservative Suzanne Greenwood19410.3
Conservative Virginia Marriner1598.5
Green Fiona Prior1497.9
Putting Cumbria FirstMark Smith1126.0
Putting Cumbria FirstLaura Ward764.0
Turnout 1,88429.4
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Brampton & Fellside

Brampton & Fellside
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Michael Mitchelson 1,150 48.1
Independent Raymond Tinnion 1,052 44.0
Conservative Keith Meller 877 36.7
Green Sharon Seymour79333.2
Conservative Doreen Parsons69028.8
Labour Elizabeth Furneaux67528.2
UKIP Rosemary Logie37715.8
Turnout 2,40237.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Cathedral & Castle

Cathedral & Carlisle
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Anne Glendinning 817 46.6
Labour Louise Atkinson 763 43.6
Labour Christopher Robinson 695 39.7
Green Richard Hunt43024.5
Conservative Pauline Finlayson36420.8
UKIP Michael Storey33619.2
Conservative Kathleen Rowley33319.0
Conservative William Stuart30317.3
Independent Stephen Sedgwick21312.2
Liberal Democrats David Wood20011.4
Turnout 1,76126.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Currock & Upperby

Currock & Upperby
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Colin Glover 798 47.1
Labour Lucy Patrick 667 39.4
UKIP John Denholm 556 32.8
Labour Robert Rynn55532.7
Conservative Max Graham32619.2
Conservative Neville Lishman29317.3
Conservative Hannah Dolan28316.7
Green Sky Higgins25114.8
Liberal Democrats James Osler23714.0
Turnout 1,70325.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
UKIP win (new seat)

Dalston & Burgh

Dalston & Burgh
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Trevor Allison 1,449 60.4
Conservative Ann McKerrell 1,089 45.4
Conservative John Collier 923 38.5
Conservative Robert Mitchell61425.6
Green Paul Cross57223.8
Labour Erin Reed46919.5
UKIP Philip Douglass35714.9
Turnout 2,41140.8
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Denton Holme & Morton South

Denton Holme & Morton South
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Christopher Southward 734 43.9
Labour Ruth Alcroft 725 43.4
Labour Lisa Brown 690 41.3
UKIP John Warmingham37622.5
Putting Cumbria FirstColin May36621.9
Conservative Barbara Eden33620.1
Conservative Robin Finlayson33620.1
Green Robin Morrison33119.8
Conservative Charles McKerrell32519.4
Turnout 1,68626.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Harraby South & Parklands

Harraby South & Parklands
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Lee Sherriff 721 39.2
Labour Niall McNulty 689 37.5
Labour Joanne Ellis-Williams 649 35.3
Conservative Linda Mitchell54329.5
UKIP Gillian Dobson53729.2
Conservative Geoffrey Osborne48726.5
Conservative Syed Ali43823.8
Green Alan Peters26314.3
Independent Fiona Kelly23612.8
Turnout 1,84528.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Longtown & The Border

Longtown & The Border
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Valerie Tarbitt 1,028 56.5
Conservative John Mallinson 906 49.8
Conservative David Shepherd 885 48.6
Green Henry Goodwin47125.9
UKIP Fiona Mills43824.1
Labour Peter Sunter36119.8
Turnout 1,82530.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Newtown & Morton North

Newtown & Morton North
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Leslie Tickner 739 43.2
Labour Pamela Birks 709 41.4
Labour Calvin Rodgerson 647 37.8
UKIP Robert Reid-Sinclair45926.8
Conservative Hugh McKerrell45526.6
Conservative Olive Bloxham42524.8
Conservative James Porter38622.6
Green Helen Atkinson31518.4
Turnout 1,72825.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Sandsfield & Morton West

Sandsfield & Morton West
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative James Bainbridge 976 40.8
Conservative Christina Finlayson 878 36.7
Labour Jeanette Bradley 867 36.2
Conservative Robert Currie83534.9
Labour Timothy Linford73230.6
Labour Reginald Watson64627.0
UKIP Hayley Wright48120.1
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Coates42317.7
Green Penelope Foster33313.9
Turnout 2,40834.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Stanwix & Houghton

Stanwix & Houghton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Elizabeth Mallinson 1,292 50.2
Conservative Fiona Robson 1,134 44.1
Conservative Paul Nedved 1,131 44.0
Green John Reardon72028.0
Labour Joanne Burke69527.0
Labour Julie Simpson66826.0
Labour Afsah Oomar-Snaith50719.7
UKIP John Harding42616.6
Turnout 2,59038.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Wetheral & Corby

Wetheral & Corby
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Stephen Higgs 1,101 48.8
Conservative Nigel Christian 1,023 45.3
Conservative Marilyn Bowman 953 42.2
Independent William Graham64928.8
Green Dallas Brewis59326.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Moss50122.2
Labour George Stothard45120.0
UKIP Geoffrey Round33014.6
Turnout 2,26240.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections

The consultation on local reorganisation in Cumbria meant that Carlisle City Council elections did not go ahead as planned. However, elections for the vacant seats on local councils were still held due to the resignations of 3 Labour councillors. These were - Cathedral & Castle ward, Harraby South & Parklands and Newtown & Morton North city ward. The elections were held on Thursday 6 May 2021 which saw 2 Conservative Party gains in the City Council.

Following the death of UKIP councillor John Denholm, a by-election was held for Currock & Upperby. A by-election was held in Longtown and the Border following the death of Conservative councillor Valerie Tarbitt.

Cathedral and Castle

Cathedral & Castle by-election 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pete Sunter 673 39.3 −0.4
Conservative Hugh McKerrell59935.0+14.2
Green Gavin Hawkton29917.5−7.0
Liberal Democrats Stuart Kelly955.5−5.9
Reform UK Eloise Hurren492.9N/A
Turnout 1,72025.9−0.1
Labour hold Swing

Harraby South and Parklands

Harraby South & Parklands by-election 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Mitchell 1,032 54.0 +24.5
Labour Abdul Harid75239.3+1.8
Green Anne Gadsden1326.9−7.4
Turnout 1,92626.4−2.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Newtown and Morton North

Newtown & Morton North by-election 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neville Lishman 883 49.3 +22.7
Labour Dave Graham76742.8+5.0
Green Fiona Prior1015.6−12.8
TUSC Brent Kennedy402.2N/A
Turnout 1,80529.0+3.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Currock and Upperby

Currock and Upperby by-election, 28 October 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Wills 636 57.5 +24.8
Conservative Geoff Mitchell41237.2+18.0
Green Tom Adams595.3−9.5
Turnout 1,107
Labour gain from UKIP Swing

Longtown and the Border

Longtown and the Border by-election, 5 May 2022 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Timothy Pickstone 1,247 56.8 +56.8
Conservative Sam Bown94843.2−1.5
Turnout 2,195
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. "election-results". www.carlisle.gov.uk.
  2. "Conservatives take control of Carlisle City Council following knife-edge vote".
  3. "Local Elections Archive Project — Longtown and the Border Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2022.