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The first election to Cumberland Council was held on 5 May 2022. All 46 seats were up for election.
Labour won 30 seats with a majority of 14. [1]
Party | Councillors | Votes | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Of total | Net | Of total | Net | ||||||
Labour Party | 30 | 65.2% | 30 / 46 | 29,586 | 39.1% | ||||
Conservative Party | 7 | 15.2% | 7 / 46 | 25,842 | 34.1% | ||||
Independents | 3 | 6.5% | 3 / 46 | 9,144 | 12.1% | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 4 | 8.7% | 4 / 46 | 6,677 | 8.8% | ||||
Green | 2 | 4.3% | 2 / 46 | 4,074 | 5.4% | ||||
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 0 | 0.0% | 0 / 46 | 256 | 0.3% | ||||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0% | 0 / 46 | 69 | 0.1% | ||||
Heritage Party | 0 | 0.0% | 0 / 46 | 50 | 0.1% |
Changes are shown from the Cumbria County Council elections in 2017
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Kevin Thurlow | 575 | 40.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Cook | 454 | 31.6 | −7.8 | |
Labour | Peter Kendall | 273 | 19.0 | +1.6 | |
Green | Alison Parker | 79 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Lauren Exley | 55 | 3.8 | −32.6 | |
Turnout | 1,436 | 34.5 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Jill Perry | 870 | 42.5 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Malcolm Grainger | 805 | 39.3 | −27.5 | |
Independent | Fran Eilbeck | 374 | 18.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,049 | 48.9 | |||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helen Tucker | 1,025 | 44.9 | +18.1 | |
Conservative | Catherine Bell | 896 | 39.3 | +9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Jayatilaka | 360 | 15.8 | −24.0 | |
Turnout | 2,281 | 43.2 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Semple | 1,065 | 44.8 | +15.6 | |
Conservative | Michael Pemberton | 878 | 36.9 | −19.3 | |
Green | Keith Fitton | 227 | 9.5 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barnes | 207 | 8.7 | −1.6 | |
Turnout | 2,377 | 47.7 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Martin Harris | 806 | 43.9 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Neil Rumbold | 547 | 29.8 | −19.2 | |
Independent | Nicky Cockburn | 484 | 26.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,837 | 38.8 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Denise Rollo | 605 | 42.3 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Chris Clarkin | 350 | 24.5 | +10.1 | |
Independent | Hilary Harrington | 294 | 20.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Herbert Briggs | 181 | 12.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,430 | 29.7 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Markus Campbell-Savours | 1,340 | 67.9 | +16.3 | |
Independent | Clive Hutchby | 319 | 16.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Elaine Haraldsen | 315 | 16.0 | −17.6 | |
Turnout | 1,974 | 46.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Carni McCarron-Holmes | 675 | 37.7 | −1.0 | |
Independent | George Kemp | 645 | 36.0 | −1.7 | |
Conservative | Steve Newton-Lister | 472 | 26.3 | +7.7 | |
Turnout | 1,792 | 36.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Pegram | 692 | 54.5 | −18.2 | |
Independent | James Kirkbride | 384 | 30.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Anthony Todd | 193 | 15.2 | −5.9 | |
Turnout | 1,269 | 26.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stephen Stoddart | 631 | 45.2 | −9.9 | |
Labour | Neil Schofield | 560 | 40.1 | +8.6 | |
Conservative | Jacqueline Kirkbride | 204 | 14.6 | +2.4 | |
Turnout | 1,395 | 27.7 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jimmy Grisdale | 766 | 45.1 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Colin Sharpe | 535 | 31.5 | −15.2 | |
Independent | Paul Scott | 252 | 14.8 | N/A | |
Green | Alistair Grey | 76 | 4.5 | −0.3 | |
Reform UK | David Surtees | 69 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,698 | 35.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Markley | 993 | 66.6 | +16.2 | |
Green | Sharon Watson | 498 | 33.4 | +29.4 | |
Turnout | 1,491 | 34.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Fryer | 859 | 44.4 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Deb Garton | 571 | 29.5 | +8.5 | |
Independent | Peter Gaston | 439 | 22.7 | N/A | |
Green | Fliss Watts | 66 | 3.4 | +0.4 | |
Turnout | 1,935 | 38.0 | |||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Cannon | 649 | 48.6 | −16.2 | |
Independent | Will Wilkinson | 347 | 26.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Connell | 287 | 21.5 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Bennett | 53 | 4.0 | −5.7 | |
Turnout | 1,336 | 29.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Johnson | 906 | 48.5 | −24.8 | |
Independent | Jonathan Graham | 452 | 24.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Shane McCarthy | 328 | 17.6 | −1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Peck | 94 | 5.0 | N/A | |
Green | Dianne Standen | 87 | 4.7 | −2.6 | |
Turnout | 1,867 | 43.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elaine Lynch | 738 | 39.7 | −13.4 | |
Conservative | Alan Pitcher | 714 | 38.4 | −5.9 | |
Independent | Sandra Hodson | 407 | 21.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,859 | 34.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Helen Davison | 944 | 45.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Gareth Ellis | 756 | 36.4 | −11.9 | |
Labour | David Graham | 277 | 13.3 | −14.1 | |
Independent | Alan Toole | 101 | 4.9 | −19.4 | |
Turnout | 2,078 | 42.5 | |||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Abdul Harid | 788 | 52.7 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | James Bainbridge | 706 | 47.3 | +2.3 | |
Turnout | 1,494 | 32.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Robert Betton | 553 | 39.6 | −10.4 | |
Labour | Louise Atkinson | 470 | 33.6 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | Marilyn Bowman | 305 | 21.8 | +0.9 | |
Green | Robert Inglis | 69 | 4.9 | +2.4 | |
Turnout | 1,397 | 29.5 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Mitchelson | 752 | 42.9 | −12.6 | |
Green | Tom Adams | 720 | 41.0 | +32.9 | |
Labour | Iain Owens | 282 | 16.1 | −4.6 | |
Turnout | 1,754 | 39.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anne Glendinning | 562 | 48.2 | +4.8 | |
Green | Gavin Hawkton | 313 | 26.8 | +21.9 | |
Conservative | Syed Ali | 264 | 22.6 | −11.1 | |
TUSC | Rob Heal | 27 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,166 | 29.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Roger Dobson | 1,090 | 59.9 | +49.7 | |
Independent | Raymond Tinnion | 423 | 23.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Timothy Cheetham | 306 | 16.8 | −18.2 | |
Turnout | 1,819 | 46.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lisa Brown | 630 | 63.2 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | Fiona Robson | 286 | 28.7 | −1.3 | |
TUSC | Brent Kennedy | 81 | 8.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 997 | 24.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Allison | 1,142 | 47.7 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | James White | 779 | 32.6 | −9.3 | |
Labour | Alex Key | 472 | 19.7 | +8.6 | |
Turnout | 2,393 | 40.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Southward | 779 | 58.8 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Ann McKerrell | 329 | 24.8 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Kelly | 118 | 8.9 | N/A | |
TUSC | Grahame Higginson | 99 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,325 | 28.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cyril Weber | 708 | 64.6 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | Robert Currie | 339 | 30.9 | −1.8 | |
TUSC | Ernie Percival | 49 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,096 | 24.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lucy Patrick | 634 | 40.9 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | Linda Mitchell | 547 | 35.3 | −8.4 | |
Independent | Sean Reed | 369 | 23.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,550 | 35.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Mallinson | 1,024 | 59.2 | −6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Nettleton | 389 | 22.5 | +14.2 | |
Labour | Beth Furneaux | 317 | 18.3 | +2.8 | |
Turnout | 1,730 | 39.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Pickstone | 949 | 66.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sam Bown | 485 | 33.8 | −40.2 | |
Turnout | 1,434 | 36.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anne Quilter | 630 | 46.5 | −12.4 | |
Conservative | Neville Lishman | 599 | 44.2 | +9.3 | |
Green | Donna Bertoletti | 125 | 9.2 | +3.0 | |
Turnout | 1,354 | 30.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Wernham | 1,472 | 60.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Mallinson | 559 | 23.1 | −33.9 | |
Labour | Paul Atkinson | 271 | 11.2 | −16.6 | |
Independent | Paul Nedved | 123 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,425 | 52.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Wills | 744 | 65.8 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Leighton Rees | 386 | 34.2 | +3.2 | |
Turnout | 1,130 | 25.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoff Mitchell | 1,173 | 53.3 | −11.9 | |
Labour | Ruth Alcroft | 607 | 27.6 | +12.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julia Dobson | 419 | 19.1 | +3.7 | |
Turnout | 2,199 | 40.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeanette Whalen | 944 | 54.2 | +16.4 | |
Conservative | Stephen Haraldsen | 797 | 45.8 | −0.7 | |
Turnout | 1,741 | 37.9 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Ghayouba | 1,043 | 63.4 | +24.1 | |
Conservative | Charles Maudling | 461 | 28.0 | +12.6 | |
Independent | Ryan Redmond | 71 | 4.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Sean Cullen | 69 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,644 | 38.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Charles Maudling stood as an Independent in 2017, and the change is shown from his vote in that election. The change from the Conservative candidate's vote was -14.6%.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Linda Jones-Bulman | 847 | 58.9 | +13.0 | |
Conservative | Christopher Turner | 443 | 30.8 | −16.4 | |
Independent | Aliscia Wood | 149 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,439 | 34.2 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Eldon | 1,087 | 72.1 | +21.4 | |
Conservative | Ged McGrath | 343 | 22.8 | −4.8 | |
Independent | Rhiannon Connors | 77 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,507 | 33.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sam Pollen | 1,185 | 72.1 | +18.3 | |
Conservative | Jeffrey Hailes | 465 | 22.8 | −23.4 | |
Independent | Shane Branthwaite | 97 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,747 | 38.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Reginald Minshaw | 747 | 50.5 | +18.5 | |
Conservative | Chri Whiteside | 572 | 38.7 | −4.0 | |
Independent | Louis Thomason | 159 | 10.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,478 | 34.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Moore | 989 | 48.4 | −12.5 | |
Labour | James Dickaty | 916 | 44.8 | +28.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Minogue | 139 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,044 | 43.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeanette Forster | 831 | 51.6 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Hugh O'Kane | 568 | 35.3 | −15.2 | |
Independent | Edwin Dinsdale | 211 | 13.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,610 | 37.7 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gillian Troughton | 678 | 45.5 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Martin Barbour | 500 | 33.6 | −14.0 | |
Independent | Kevin Young | 238 | 16.0 | N/A | |
Heritage | William Dixon | 50 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Eren McGuire | 23 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,489 | 33.8 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Emma Williamson | 1,046 | 73.6 | +21.8 | |
Conservative | Arthur Creighton | 302 | 21.3 | −10.4 | |
Independent | Tanisha Dobinson | 73 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,421 | 29.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob Kelly | 667 | 51.4 | +20.0 | |
Conservative | Doug Wilson | 630 | 48.6 | −20.0 | |
Turnout | 1,297 | 30.1 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andy Pratt | 862 | 55.3 | −17.6 | |
Labour | Anne Todd | 507 | 32.5 | +14.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeff Amos | 190 | 12.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,559 | 40.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Hawkins | 536 | 39.6 | −26.6 | |
Independent | Wammo Walmsley | 477 | 35.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Oliver Dorgan | 195 | 14.4 | −19.4 | |
Independent | Gemma Dinsdale | 112 | 8.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Tony Lowrey | 35 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,355 | 33.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Justin McDermott | 455 | 60.5 | −4.1 | |
Conservative | Robert Currie | 165 | 21.9 | −9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Wills | 70 | 9.3 | N/A | |
Green | Perri Conner | 62 | 8.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 290 | 38.6 | |||
Turnout | 752 | 16.64 | −7.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sally Lansbury | 513 | 50.7 | −17.2 | |
Conservative | Graham King | 384 | 38.0 | +22.0 | |
Green | Jane Hall | 85 | 8.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Rivers | 29 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 129 | 12.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,011 | 24.46 | −21.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gareth Ellis | 665 | 51.6 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Wills | 463 | 35.9 | +16.8 | |
Labour | Ruth Alcroft | 160 | 12.4 | −15.2 | |
Majority | 202 | 15.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,288 | 22.17 | −18.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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