South Lakeland District Council elections

One third of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2008, 51 councillors have been elected from 45 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
Independent	1973 - 1979
No overall control	1979 - 2006
Liberal Democrats	2006 - present

Council elections

South Lakeland District Council election, 1998
South Lakeland District Council election, 1999 (whole council elected after boundary changes)^[3]
South Lakeland District Council election, 2000
South Lakeland District Council election, 2002
South Lakeland District Council election, 2003
South Lakeland District Council election, 2004
South Lakeland District Council election, 2006
South Lakeland District Council election, 2007
South Lakeland District Council election, 2008 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 1)^[2]
South Lakeland District Council election, 2010
South Lakeland District Council election, 2011
South Lakeland District Council election, 2012
South Lakeland District Council election, 2014
South Lakeland District Council election, 2015

District result maps

2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map

By-election results

1997-2001

Hawkshead By-Election 25 February 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		219	55.7
	Conservative		174	44.3
Majority			45	11.4
Turnout			393	37.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2001-2005

Holker By-Election 20 September 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		538	71.2
	Independent		218	28.8
Majority			320	42.4
Turnout			756	50.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Low Furness and Swarthmoor By-Election 11 October 2001^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		508	51.7	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat		475	48.3	+48.3
Majority			33	3.4
Turnout			983
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Crake Valley By-Election 10 March 2005^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Betty Spendlove	423	57.0	-8.9
	Conservative		277	37.3	+3.2
	Labour		42	5.7	+5.7
Majority			146	19.7
Turnout			742	50.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Ulverston South By-Election 10 March 2005^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		202	62.9	-3.4
	Labour		94	29.3	-4.4
	Green		25	7.8	+7.8
Majority			108	33.6
Turnout			321	23.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

2009-2015

Lyth Valley By-Election 4 November 2010^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Holmes	474	49.5	-5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Hall	451	47.1	+4.4
	Labour	Marilyn Molloy	32	3.3	+1.0
Majority			23	2.4
Turnout			957	53
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

↑ "About Elections". South Lakeland District Council. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
1 2 "South Lakeland". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
↑ "South Lakeland". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
↑ "Big gains for Labour in council byelections". London: guardian.co.uk. 2001-10-12. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
1 2 "No change after Salford battle". London: guardian.co.uk. 2005-03-11. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
↑ "Election Results - 2010". Soith Lakeland District Council. Retrieved 8 August 2011.

By-election results

External links

South Lakeland Council

Council elections in Cumbria

Cumbria County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Allerdale Borough Council	Allerdale District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Allerdale Borough Council 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015

Carlisle City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Copeland Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Eden District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

South Lakeland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, October 24, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.