Carlisle local elections

One third of Carlisle District Council in Cumbria, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 52 councillors have been elected from 22 wards.[1]

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Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in control Years
Labour 1973 - 1976
No overall control 1976 - 1979
Labour 1979 - 1999
Conservative 1999 - 2003
No overall control 2003 - present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 1999 election which increased the number of seats by 1, leading to the whole council being elected in that year.[3]

Year Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent Vacant
1992[4] 30 18 2 1 0
1994[5] 27 20 3 1 0
1995[6] 30 17 3 1 0
1996[7] 33 14 3 1 0
1998[8] 33 14 3 1 0
1999[3] 16 28 6 2 0
2000[9] 14 30 6 2 0
2002[10] 18 27 5 2 0
2003[11] 22 24 5 1 0
2004[12] 24 20 7 1 0
2006[13] 24 19 8 1 0
2007[14] 25 19 7 1 0
2008[15] 21 21 7 1 2
2010[16] 23 22 5 2 0
2011[17] 24 22 4 2 0

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[18] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
Trinity 17 October 1996 Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Belle Vue 2 October 1997 Labour Labour
Stanwix Rural 2 October 1997 Conservative Conservative
Castle by-election 19 April 2001 Liberal Democrat Labour
Castle by-election 24 November 2005 Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Upperby by-election (2) 12 June 2008 Labour Labour
Belah by-election 5 March 2009 Conservative Conservative
Castle by-election 5 March 2009 Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Stanwix Urban by-election 16 September 2010 Conservative Conservative

References

  1. ^ "Voting". Carlisle City Council. http://www.carlisle.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/democracy_and_elections/voting.aspx. Retrieved 2010-03-24. 
  2. ^ "Carlisle". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/16ud.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-24. 
  3. ^ a b "Carlisle". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote_99/locals_99/html/constituency/44.stm. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 
  4. ^ "Local election results 1992". The Times. 9 May 1992. 
  5. ^ "Non Metropolitan Districts". The Times. 7 May 1994. 
  6. ^ "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections". The Times. 6 May 1995. 
  7. ^ "Election Results Round-Up". The Times. 3 May 1996. 
  8. ^ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian: p. 16. 9 May 1998. 
  9. ^ "Carlisle". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/uk_politics/vote2000/locals/23.stm. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 
  10. ^ "Carlisle". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/28.stm. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 
  11. ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2003/locals/html/49.stm. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 
  12. ^ "Carlisle council". BBC News Online. 11 June 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3671.stm. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 
  13. ^ "Local elections: Carlisle". BBC News Online. 4 May 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/16ud.stm. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 
  14. ^ "Carlisle". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/16ud.stm. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 
  15. ^ "Election Results 2008". Carlisle City Council. http://www.carlisle.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/democracy_and_elections/elections_2011/election_results/election_results_2008.aspx. Retrieved 3 December 2011. 
  16. ^ "Carlisle". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/council/html/3671.stm. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 
  17. ^ "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/16ud.stm. Retrieved 27 November 2011. 
  18. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/index.htm. Retrieved 28 November 2011. 

External links

Carlisle Council elections
Council elections