Allerdale Borough Council elections

Allerdale Borough Council in Cumbria, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 56 councillors have been elected from 31 wards.^[1]

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
No overall control	1973 - 1991
Labour	1991 - 2003
No overall control	2003 - present

Council elections

• Allerdale Borough Council election, 1999 (boundary changes increased the number of seat by 1)^[3]
• Allerdale Borough Council election, 2003
• Allerdale Borough Council election, 2007
• Allerdale Borough Council election, 2011
• Allerdale Borough Council election, 2015

By-election results

1995-1999

Ellen By-Election 6 March 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		207	42.0
	Liberal Democrat		148	30.0
	Independent		138	28.0
Majority			59	12.0
Turnout			493	31.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Salterbeck By-Election 6 March 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		537	89.6
	Liberal Democrat		62	10.4
Majority			475	79.2
Turnout			599	30.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Broughton By-Election 18 September 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		489	88.6
	Conservative		63	11.4
Majority			426	77.2
Turnout			552	42.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Moorclose By-Election 18 September 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		525	59.7	-9.4
	Liberal Democrat		355	40.3	+9.4
Majority			170	19.4
Turnout			880	29.0
	Labour hold		Swing

St Johns By-Election 18 September 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		436	53.4	-10.6
	Conservative		381	46.6	+10.6
Majority			55	6.8
Turnout			817	23.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Stainburn By-Election 18 September 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		259	51.1	-3.0
	Conservative		248	48.9	+3.0
Majority			11	2.2
Turnout			507	22.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Keswick By-Election 26 March 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		648	45.7
	Conservative		388	27.4
	Labour		331	23.3
	Independent		51	3.6
Majority			260	28.3
Turnout			1,418	34.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

St Michaels By-Election 7 May 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		658	74.2	+2.9
	Conservative		229	25.8	+25.8
Majority			429	48.4
Turnout			887
	Labour hold		Swing

Salterbeck By-Election 27 August 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

1999-2003

Moorclose By-Election 1 July 1999 (3)[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Minto	906
	Labour	Peter Bales	888
	Labour	Philip Tibble	770
	Liberal Democrat	John Morley	289
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Hayton	255
	Liberal Democrat	Bertha Wright	225
	Conservative	Simon Collins	220
Turnout			3,553	24
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Waver By-Election 20 September 2001[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Short	119	67.6	+67.6
	Independent	Gordon Hanning	57	32.4	-44.9
Majority			62	35.2
Turnout			176	12.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

2003-2007

Solway By-Election 19 June 2003[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Buchanan	274	57.3
	Independent	Dorothy Tinnion	87	18.2
	Independent	Janice Nott	69	14.4
	Labour	Mark Kidd	48	10.0
Majority			187	39.1
Turnout			478	36.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Wampool By-Election 1 April 2004[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Moffat	308	69.7
	Liberal Democrat	Davis Black	96	21.7
	Labour	Christine Smith	38	8.6
Majority			212	48.0
Turnout			442	31.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Wharrels By-Election 18 August 2005[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Mounsey	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Waver By-Election 8 September 2005[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hunter	220	82.4	+82.4
	Independent	Charles Miles	47	17.6	-42.3
Majority			173	64.8
Turnout			267	18.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Marsh By-Election 3 November 2005[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vaughan Hodgson	213	61.9
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Barker	131	38.1
Majority			82	23.8
Turnout			344	26.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Dalton By-Election 24 November 2005[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Garrard	220	72.6
	Labour	Bill Bacon	83	27.4
Majority			137	45.2
Turnout			303	22.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

All Saints By-Election 5 June 2008[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Tyson	587	45.0	-1.8
	Labour	Christine Smith	536	41.1	-12.2
	BNP	Paul Stafford	99	7.6	+7.6
	Green	Helen Graham	58	4.4	+4.4
	Independent	Eddie Woodthorpe	25	1.9	+1.9
Majority			51	3.9
Turnout			1,305	36
	Conservative hold		Swing

Workington St John's By-Election 30 October 2008[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Humes	452	35.6	-14.7
	Conservative	Simon Collins	394	31.0	-18.7
	BNP	Clive Jefferson	257	20.2	+20.2
	Independent	John Bracken	113	8.9	+8.9
	Green	Alistair Grey	55	4.3	+4.3
Majority			58	4.6
Turnout			1,271	30.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Christchurch By-Election 19 August 2010[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Swindells	466	66.1	+0.9
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Peck	131	18.6	+18.6
	Green	Bob Edwards	108	15.3	+15.3
Majority			335	47.5
Turnout			705	24.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Keswick By-Election 1 September 2011[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Pugmire	757	59.7
	Labour	Tony Lywood	448	35.3
	Green	Flic Crowley	63	5.0
Majority			309	24.4
Turnout			1,268	31.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

References

• By-election results

External links

• Allerdale Borough Council

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