South Lakeland District Council election, 2010

Map of the results of the 2010 South Lakeland council election. Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2010.

The 2010 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

Before the election the Liberal Democrats had controlled the council since winning a majority at the 2006 election.^[3] Going in to the 2010 election they held 36 seats, compared to 14 for the Conservatives and 1 seat for the Labour party.^[3]

18 seats were being contested in the election with the Liberal Democrats defending all of them.^[4]

Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrat maintain their majority on the council despite losing 2 seats to the Conservatives.^[4] The Conservatives gains came in the seats of Mid Furness and Staveley-in-Cartmel, and left the Liberal Democrats on 34 seats, compared to 16 for the Conservatives.^[4] Overall turnout in the election was 72.25%,^[5] due to the election being held at the same time as the general election.^[4]

South Lakeland Local Election Result 2010^[5]^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	16	0	2	-2	88.9	60.1	15,877	+2.7%
	Conservative	2	2	0	+2	11.1	33.6	8,866	-6.0%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	1,456	+2.9%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	203	+0.4%

Ward results

Ambleside & Grasmere^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Vatcher	1,531	61.7
	Conservative	Alan Clarke	826	33.3
	Labour	Kathy Cross	123	5.0
Majority			705	28.4
Turnout			2,480	62.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kendal Castle^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sonia Lawson	786	68.6	-0.7
	Conservative	James Alexander	359	31.4	+0.7
Majority			427	37.3	-1.4
Turnout			1,145	76.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kendal Far Cross^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Graham	695	60.7	-4.4
	Conservative	Colin Bell	321	28.0	+8.0
	Labour	Kieran Roberts	129	11.3	+11.3
Majority			374	32.7	-12.4
Turnout			1,145	67.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kendal Fell^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Brendan Jameson	855	75.3	+4.9
	Conservative	Marilyn Molloy	280	24.7	+6.3
Majority			575	50.7	-1.2
Turnout			1,135	66.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kendal Heron Hill^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andy Shine	883	72.6	-5.0
	Conservative	David Perry	334	27.4	+5.0
Majority			549	45.1	-10.1
Turnout			1,217	79.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kendal Highgate^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Dixon	723	65.1	-17.8
	Conservative	Deborah Huck	250	22.5	+5.4
	Labour	Allan Ring	138	12.4	+12.4
Majority			473	42.6	-23.1
Turnout			1,111	67.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kendal Kirkland^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Dawson	611	60.1	-8.3
	Conservative	Emma Hine	208	20.5	+7.5
	Labour	Tony Rothwell	198	19.5	+0.9
Majority			403	39.6	-10.2
Turnout			1,017	62.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kendal Mintsfeet^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Evans	873	71.8	-10.2
	Conservative	Lyndsay Slater	343	28.2	+10.2
Majority			530	43.6	-20.4
Turnout			1,216	73.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kendal Nether^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Clare Feeney-Johnson	863	69.2	-16.0
	Conservative	Stephen Chambers	297	23.8	+9.0
	Labour	Charles Haigh	87	7.0	+7.0
Majority			566	45.4	-25.0
Turnout			1,247	75.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kendle Oxenholme & Natland^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Brenda Gray	702	54.0	-14.2
	Conservative	Alan Bobbett	546	42.0	+10.2
	Labour	Rae Cross	51	3.9	+3.9
Majority			156	12.0	-24.4
Turnout			1,299	77.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kendal Parks^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Brook	787	65.1	-14.3
	Conservative	Dan Ross	320	26.5	+5.9
	Labour	Lois Sparling	101	8.4	+8.4
Majority			467	38.7	-20.2
Turnout			1,208	72.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kendal Romney^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Vincent	775	62.9	-17.3
	Conservative	Pam Flitcroft	336	27.3	+7.5
	Labour	Penelope Henderson	121	9.8	+9.8
Majority			439	35.6	-24.8
Turnout			1,232	71.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kendal Stonecross^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sylvia Emmott	850	65.2	-17.7
	Conservative	Nigel Byrom	381	29.2	+12.1
	Labour	Ian Law	72	5.5	+5.5
Majority			469	36.0	-29.8
Turnout			1,303	80.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kendal Strickland^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Coleman	738	65.2	-18.7
	Conservative	Derrick Wade	279	24.6	+8.5
	Labour	John Batteson	115	10.2	+10.2
Majority			459	40.5	-27.4
Turnout			1,132	75.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kendel Underley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Rob Boden	709	60.3	-8.8
	Conservative	Keith Dawson	291	24.8	+9.9
	Labour	Paul Braithwaite	175	14.9	-1.1
Majority			418	35.6	-17.5
Turnout			1,175	69.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Mid Furness^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Airey	1,132	48.8
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Carson	986	42.5
	Green	Jo-Anna Duncalf	203	8.7
Majority			146	6.3
Turnout			2,321	73.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Sedbergh & Kirkby Lonsdale^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian McPherson	1,962	51.6
	Conservative	Anne Fenwick	1,691	44.5
	Labour	Derek Longmire	146	3.8
Majority			271	7.1
Turnout			3,799	78.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Staveley-in-Cartmel^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ted Walsh	672	55.1	+7.7
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Sanderson	548	44.9	-7.7
Majority			124	10.2
Turnout			1,220	76.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

↑ "South Lakeland". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
1 2 "Local elections 2010". London: guardian.co.uk. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
1 2 "South Lakeland District Council election battle". The Westmorland Gazette. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
1 2 3 4 Kirk, Scott (7 May 2010). "Lib Dems retain control of South Lakeland District Council". The Westmorland Gazette. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "South Lakeland District Council elections - 6 May 2010" (PDF). South Lakeland District Council. Retrieved 13 August 2011.

Council elections in Cumbria

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