Cumbria County Council elections

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Cumbria County Council in England was elected every four years between 1973 and 2017. Since the last boundary changes in 2013, 84 councillors were elected from 84 wards for the last council before abolition in 2023. [1]

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Political control

Political control of the council from 1974 until its abolition in 2023 was held by the following parties: [2]

Party in controlYears
No overall control 1974–1977
Conservative 1977–1981
Labour 1981–1985
No overall control 1985–1997
Labour 1997–2001
No overall control 2001–2023

Leadership

The leaders of the council from 1986 until its abolition in 2023 were: [3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Bill Minto [4] Labour 19869 May 2000
Stewart Young Labour 9 May 200021 Jun 2001
Rex Toft [5] Conservative 21 Jun 200116 Sep 2004
Tim Stoddard Conservative 16 Sep 200410 Sep 2008
Stewart Young Labour 10 Sep 200818 Jun 2009
Jim Buchanan [6] Conservative 18 Jun 20098 Apr 2010
Eddie Martin Conservative 22 Apr 20105 May 2013
Stewart Young Labour 16 May 201331 Mar 2023

Council elections

Election results

Overall control Conservative Labour Lib Dems [lower-alpha 1] Socialist People's Liberal Independent
2017NOC372616--5
2013NOC263516--7
2009NOC3824161-5
2005NOC323911--2
2001NOC334010--1
2001NOC334010--1
1997Labour224413--4
1993NOC283913-12
1989NOC37376--3
1985NOC36395--3
1981NOC35423--3
1977Conservative5223---7
1973NOC31381--12
  1. ↑ Social and Liberal Democrats in 1989, SDP–Liberal Alliance in 1985, Liberal Party in 1981, 1977, and 1973.

County result maps

By-election results

1993-1997

Penrith South East By-Election 7 November 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 61641.0
Liberal Democrats 51034.0
Labour 31721.0
Independent 513.4
Majority1067.0
Turnout 1,49425.0
Conservative hold Swing

1997-2001

Far Cross By-Election 17 September 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 90862.6+11.8
Conservative 32822.6-5.4
Labour 21414.8-6.4
Majority58040.0
Turnout 1,450
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hawcoat By-Election 11 March 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 66082.9+18.2
Labour 13617.1-18.2
Majority52465.8
Turnout 79617.9
Conservative hold Swing
Upper Kent By-Election 6 May 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 93055.7-0.1
Conservative 55833.4-0.3
Labour 18210.9+0.4
Majority37222.3
Turnout 1,670
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Barrow Central By-Election 10 June 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 33245.0-31.4
Independent 25534.6+34.6
Conservative 15120.5-3.1
Majority7710.4
Turnout 73820.5
Labour hold Swing
Belle Vue By-Election 10 June 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 34637.4+9.8
Labour 34036.8-18.4
Liberal Democrats 23825.8+8.2
Majority60.6
Turnout 924
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

2001-2005

Alston and East Fellside By-Election 1 May 2003 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Isa Henderson79741.8+6.3
Independent Bryan Metz78741.2+22.0
Labour Christopher Bagshaw32417.0+7.6
Majority100.6
Turnout 1,90841.0
Conservative hold Swing
Grange By-Election 24 July 2003 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,22966.2+6.0
Liberal Democrats 55630.0-9.8
Labour 713.8+3.8
Majority67336.2
Turnout 1,85636.8
Conservative hold Swing
St Michaels By-Election 16 October 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 88951.1+41.4
Labour 85148.9-26.2
Majority382.2
Turnout 1,74044.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Mary Port East By-Election 4 March 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 64557.5-25.5
Liberal Democrats 47642.5+42.5
Majority16915.0
Turnout 1,12122.0
Labour hold Swing
Old Barrow By-Election 25 November 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent 27362.8+62.8
Labour 16237.2-17.2
Majority11125.6
Turnout 43513.3
Independent gain from Labour Swing

2005-2009

St Johns By-Election 22 June 2006 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Holliday65853.3-4.5
Conservative John Heathcote43034.8-7.4
Independent John Bracken1209.7+9.7
Green Lynn Bates262.1+2.1
Majority22818.5
Turnout 1,23432.3
Labour hold Swing
Brampton and Gilsland By-Election 25 January 2007 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lawrence Fisher71761.4+13.6
Labour Alex Faulds36331.1+2.9
BNP David Fisher887.5+7.5
Majority35430.3
Turnout 1,16823.3
Conservative hold Swing
Castle By-Election 22 February 2007 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Olwyn Lockley65364.0+20.2
Labour Joseph Hendry22221.7-18.2
Conservative James Bainbridge11711.5-4.8
Green Lynn Bates292.8+2.8
Majority43142.3
Turnout 1,02125.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Penrith East By-Election 25 October 2007 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Bell80059.8+14.7
Conservative Dawn Dixon38028.4-2.2
Independent Keith Phillips1239.2+3.6
Green Alan Marsden342.5+2.5
Majority42031.4
Turnout 1,33729.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Kells and Sandwith By-Election 18 December 2008 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wendy Skillicorn43441.7-24.1
BNP Simon Nicholson41840.1+40.1
Conservative Brigid Anne Whiteside19018.2+1.1
Majority161.5-47.1
Turnout 1,04226.6-26.7
Labour hold Swing

2009-2013

Longtown and Bewcastle By-Election 6 May 2010 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Val Tarbitt 1,718 48.4 -13.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Highmore1,15832.7+32.7
Labour Helen Horne49514.0-8.9
BNP Tony Carvell1754.9-10.0
Majority56015.8
Turnout 3,546
Conservative hold Swing
Aspatria and Wharrels By-Election 9 September 2010 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Johnson 823 70.6 +13.8
Green Helen Graham34229.4+29.4
Majority48141.3
Turnout 1,165
Conservative hold Swing
Keswick and Derwent By-Election 5 May 2011 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Munby 827 32.3 +0.7
Independent David Robinson65025.4+25.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Pugmire61924.2-17.8
Labour Brian Cope46418.1+2.9
Majority1776.9
Turnout 2,560
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Castle By-Election 1 March 2012 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Willie Whalen 407 40.9 +16.9
Liberal Democrats Olwyn Luckley36937.1+2.8
Conservative Keith Meller939.3-10.2
UKIP Michael Owen727.2+7.2
Green Neil Boothman545.4+5.4
Majority383.8
Turnout 995
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Kendal Strickland and Fell By-Election 3 May 2012 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John McCreesh 1,157 55.7 -16.5
Labour Paul Braithwaite54226.1+18.9
Conservative Patrick Birchall26812.9-4.5
UKIP Malcolm Nightingale1105.3+5.3
Majority61529.6
Turnout 2,077
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Aspatria and Wharrels By-Election 24 May 2012 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jim Lister 625 34.7 -22.1
Labour Brian Cope52028.9+4.1
Independent Bill Finlay39021.7+21.7
Liberal Democrats Phill Roberts20611.5-6.9
Green David Bober583.2+3.2
Majority1055.8
Turnout 1,799
Conservative hold Swing

2013-2017

Seaton By-Election 14 November 2013 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Celia Tibble 628 46.8 +14.8
UKIP Robert Hardon48336.0+10.9
Conservative Mike Davidson1078.0+3.3
Independent Tony North987.3+7.3
Liberal Democrats Frank Hollowell261.9+1.9
Majority14510.8
Turnout 1,342
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Belle Vue By-Election 10 April 2014 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Bowditch 565 45.8 -20.1
Conservative Nigel Christian43535.3+1.2
UKIP John Stayner23419.0+19.0
Majority13010.5
Turnout 1,234
Labour hold Swing
Castle By-Election 11 September 2014 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan McGuckin 389 37.7 -2.8
Conservative James Bainbridge24523.7+13.1
UKIP John Stanyer23522.8+2.8
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Jennings11210.9-12.3
Green Neil Boothman514.9+0.9
Majority14414.0
Turnout 1,032
Labour hold Swing
Windermere By-Election 2 October 2014 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Jones 1,061 51.6 -10.5
Conservative James Bainbridge81039.4+20.7
Independent Robert Judson1236.0+6.0
Green Gwen Harrison613.0+3.0
Majority25112.2
Turnout 2,055
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Walney South By-Election 16 April 2015 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Cassidy 727 63.4 +2.0
UKIP Graham Pritchard23920.8+3.3
Conservative Greg Peers18115.8-5.3
Majority48842.5
Turnout 1,147
Labour hold Swing
Cartmel By-Election 7 May 2015 [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Sanderson 1,394 46.1 -21.7
Conservative Greg Peers1,35544.8+12.6
Green Gwen Harrison2769.1+9.1
Majority391.3
Turnout 3,025
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Greystoke and Hesket By-Election 16 July 2015 [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Wentworth Waites 635 55.1 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Judith Derbyshire51844.9+22.1
Majority11710.1
Turnout 1,153
Conservative hold Swing
Howgate By-Election 15 October 2015 [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gillian Troughton 435 47.5 -13.0
Conservative Andrew Wonnacott30433.2+2.3
UKIP Eric Atkinson17619.2+19.2
Majority13114.3
Turnout 915
Labour hold Swing
Kendal Strickland and Fell By-Election 10 March 2016 [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Thornton 1,067 59.9 +7.7
Labour Gillian Troughton30717.2-9.7
Conservative Harry Taylor1729.7-0.5
Green Andy Mason1287.2+7.2
UKIP David Walker1066.0-3.9
Majority76042.7
Turnout 1,780
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Windermere By-Election 13 October 2016 [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Rooke 1,009 52.3 +0.7
Conservative Ben Berry78540.7+1.3
Labour Penny Henderson884.6+4.6
Green Kate Threadgold462.4-0.6
Majority22411.6
Turnout 1,928
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2017-2023

Denton Holme By-Election 6 September 2018 [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Karen Lockney 625 59.1 -0.9
Conservative Geoffrey Osborne29227.6+0.6
Green Helen Davison948.9+1.9
UKIP Phil Douglass464.4-1.6
Majority33331.5
Turnout 1,057
Labour hold Swing
Kent Estuary By-Election 20 December 2018 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Phil Douglass 1,381 62.0 +9.0
Conservative Tom Harvey66629.9-7.2
Green Jill Abel1094.9-1.1
Labour Kate Love703.1-0.7
Majority71532.1
Turnout 2,226
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Thursby By-Election 2 May 2019 [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Harvey N/A N/A N/A
MajorityN/AN/A
Turnout N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Brampton By-Election 6 May 2021 [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Mitchelson 933 56.2 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Roger Dobson27216.4+7.7
Labour Chris Wills24614.8-5.9
Green Joanne Bates20812.5+4.4
Majority66139.8
Turnout 1,659
Conservative hold Swing
Cockermouth North By-Election 6 May 2021 [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Catherine Bell 807 41.3 +11.4
Labour Alan Smith54628.0+1.2
Liberal Democrats Fiona Jayatilaka41121.0-18.8
Green Jill Perry1356.9+3.5
Independent Nicky Cockburn542.8+2.8
Majority26113.4
Turnout 1,953
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
St John's and Great Clifton By-Election 6 May 2021 [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Debbie Garton 621 36.8 +15.8
Labour Antony McGuckin60335.7-0.4
Independent Paul Scott36821.8+21.8
Liberal Democrats Margaret Bennett543.2+3.2
Green Cathy Grout412.4-0.6
Majority181.1
Turnout 1,687
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Ulverston West By-Election 6 May 2021 [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Judy Filmore 885 39.6 +32.4
Conservative Andrew Butcher86938.9-16.1
Labour David Webster38017.0-9.5
Liberal Democrats Loraine Birchall1024.6-6.7
Majority160.7
Turnout 2,236
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Corby and Hayton By-Election 26 August 2021 [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Dobson 857 71.0 +60.8
Conservative Tim Cheetham35029.0-6.0
Majority50742.0
Turnout 1,207
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

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