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Cumbria County Council election, 2017
All 84 seats to Cumbria County Council; 43 seats needed for a majority
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The 2017 Cumbria County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[1] All 84 councillors were elected from electoral divisions which return one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

Result summary

Cumbria County Council election, 2017^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	37	14	2	+12	44.0	44.3	62,696	+13.1
Labour	26	2	12	-10	31.0	26.3	32,276	-2.0
Liberal Democrats	16	3	2	+1	19.0	17.9	25,308	-0.1
Independent	5	1	3	-2	6.0	5,5	7,797	-0.9
Green	0	-	-	-	-	4,0	5,632	+1.8
UKIP	0	-	-	-	-	2,0	2,791	-9.7

Results by electoral division

Allerdale District

(16 seats, 16 electoral divisions)

Allerdale District

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	16	6	1	1	0		38.7	10,381
	Labour	15	6	1	2	-1		35.0	9,379
	Independent	4	3	1	0	1		10.0	2,689
	Liberal Democrats	5	1	1	0	1		6.6	1,767
	Green	14	0	0	0	0		6.4	1,724	-
	UKIP	3	0	0	0	0		3.6	969

Aspatria

Aspatria (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Lister	593	39.3	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Roberts	548	36.4	+33.5
	Labour	Gregory Peter Kendall	262	17.4	−6.7
	UKIP	David Wilson	211	6.7	n/a
Turnout			1,507	36.5	+6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bothel and Wharrels

Bothel and Wharrels (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Bowness	1,235	66.4	+5.8
	Green	Jill Perry	615	33.1	+12.2
Turnout			1,860	45.7	+8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cockermouth North

Cockermouth North (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Charlotte Hanson	811	39.8	+34.3
	Conservative	Peter Andrew Hardie Nicholson	609	29.9	−14.7
	Labour	Isabel Jeanette Burns	546	26.8	−12.2
	Green	Flic Crowley	70	3.4	−6.4
Turnout			2,040	40.4	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Cockermouth South

Cockermouth South (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Kennon	1,117	56.2	+22.7
	Labour	Andrew Irving Semple	579	29.1	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Peck	204	10.3	−13.0
	Green	Jane Christine Roy	86	4.3	−1.8
Turnout			1,989	43.5	+5.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dearham and Broughton

Dearham and Broughton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugo George Greenbank Graham	805	48.9	+17.0
	Labour	Alan Clark	641	38.9	+2.4
	UKIP	Richard Mawdsley	112	6.8	−14.6
	Green	Helen Hilda Smith	85	5.2	+1.9
Turnout			1,646	36.1	+1.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Harrington

Harrington (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Marjorie Rae	613	46.7	−4.8
	Labour	Janet Mary King	425	32.4	+7.7
	Conservative	Neville John Lishman	189	14.4	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Fleming	His mum and his dad	6.4	+4.5
Turnout			1,313	29.1	−2.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Keswick

Keswick (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Lywood	933	51.5	+39.0
	Conservative	Ronald Munby	608	33.6	+17.0
	Green	Jack Frederick Lenox	268	14.8	+7.7
Turnout			1,811	42.4	+8.1
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Maryport North

Maryport North (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carni McCarron-Holmes	663	38.6	+4.9
	UKIP	George Masterton Kemp	646	37.6	+27.7
	Conservative	Sarah Jane Pagan	318	18.5	+13.3
	Green	Clare Brown	86	5.0	+0.7
Turnout			1,719	35.1	−4.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Maryport South

Maryport South (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Anthony Little	983	72.7	+27.8
	Conservative	Antony Armstrong Todd	285	21.1	+18.0
	Green	Laura Rumney	84	6.2	+5.1
Turnout			1,353	29.5	−10.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Moss Bay and Moorclose

Moss Bay and Moorclose (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Stoddart	847	55.1	+8.4
	Labour	Barbara Ann Cannon	484	31.5	−16.5
	Conservative	Louise Mary Donnelly	188	12.2	+7.5
	Green	Douglas Maw	17	1.1	n/a
Turnout			1,538	32.5	+2.1
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Seaton

Seaton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Celia Tibble	755	48.4	+1.6
	Conservative	Mark Ian Jenkinson	727	46.6	+38.6
	Green	Alistair John Grey	74	4.7	n/a
Turnout			1,560	33.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Solway Coast

Solway Coast (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Markley	884	50.3	−3.2
	Independent	John Cook	525	29.9	n/a
	Labour	Caroline Richardson	274	15.6	−1.5
	Green	Richard Clive Rawson	70	4.0	−1.7
Turnout			1,758	41.2	+4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

St John's and Great Clifton

St John's and Great Clifton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joe Holliday	704	40.0	−3.3
	Labour	Anthony David McGuckin	635	36.1	+9.3
	Conservative	Ann Vipond McKerrell	369	21.0	n/a
	Green	Fliss Watts	52	3.0	+0.7
Turnout			1,761	34.7	+1.7
	Independent hold		Swing

St Michael's

St Michael's (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Lawrence Barry	798	64.4	+13.3
	Conservative	Gladys Wilson	277	22.3	+15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Bennett	120	9.8	n/a
	Green	Peter George Rowland Rigg	36	2.9	+0.4
Turnout			1,240	27.9	−0.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Thursby

Thursby (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Stewart Fairbairn	1,294	72.9	+4.9
	Labour	Bill Goldsmith	343	19.3	+1.7
	Green	Dianne Estelle Standen	128	7.2	+0.2
Turnout			1,776	42.4	+8.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wigton

Wigton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger John Liddle	1,058	53.0	+14.7
	Conservative	Malcolm Grainger	883	44.2	+14.1
	Green	Patricia Anne Ackred	53	2.7	−0.6
Turnout			1,998	38.3	+5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness District

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	11	6	0	4	-4		39.5	5,712
	Conservative	11	5	4	0	4		46.5	6,715
	UKIP	6	0	0	0	0		5.1	739
	Independent	1	0	0	0	0		1.0	148
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0	0		0.4	63

Dalton North

Dalton North (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Shirley	884	55.2	+31.2
	Labour	Barry Doughty	569	35.5	−17.1
	Independent	Glen David Higgins	148	9.2	n/a
Turnout			1,602	32.3	+8.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Dalton South

Dalton South (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Des English	683	49.7	+24.7
	Labour	Ernie Wilson	508	37.0	−10.9
	UKIP	Dick Young	115	8.4	−12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond George Beecham	63	4.6	n/a
Turnout			1,373	28.4	+5.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hawcoat

Hawcoat (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Worthington	1,245	74.1	+20.4
	Labour	Connor James Lambton	429	25.5	+2.4
Turnout			1,681	35.1	+7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hindpool

Hindpool (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Burns	714	62.0	−5.8
	Conservative	Anne Denise English	300	26.0	+12.3
	UKIP	Dave Roberts	136	11.8	−5.8
Turnout			1,152	22.9	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Newbarns and Parkside

Newbarns and Parkside (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sol Wielkopolski	683	49.6	+24.9
	Labour	John Murphy	600	43.5	−3.1
	UKIP	Karl Darrell Hunt	90	6.5	−16.3
Turnout			1,378	26.7	+3.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Old Barrow

Old Barrow (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Wall	577	60.0	−9.1
	Conservative	Brenda Joyce Lauderdale	290	30.1	n/a
	UKIP	Colin John Rudd	94	9.8	−20.2
Turnout			962	19.9	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Ormsgill

Ormsgill (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill McEwan	660	51.7	+2.1
	Conservative	Terri-Anne Gibney	398	31.2	+17.9
	UKIP	Theresa Marie McMeekin	216	16.9	+2.6
Turnout			1,277	25.2	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Risedale

Risedale (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Robert Hamilton	667	63.2	+1.4
	Conservative	Jamie Samson	382	36.2	+25.8
Turnout			1,055	23.0	+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Roosecote

Roosecote (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Gawne	898	56.4	+21.3
	Labour	Fred Chatfield	606	38.0	−9.6
	UKIP	Pete Richards	88	5.5	−11.7
Turnout			1,593	30.6	−0.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Walney North

Walney North (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mel Worth	720	63.4	−7.6
	Conservative	Martin David McLeavy	413	36.4	n/a
Turnout			1,135	26.0	0.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Walney South

Walney South (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Cassidy	739	57.7	−5.6
	Conservative	Rory McClure	539	42.1	+21.1
Turnout			1,280	30.5	+4.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Carlisle

Carlisle District

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	17	8	0	1	-1		32.1	9,106
	Conservative	18	7	2	0	2		44.9	12,733
	Independent	5	2	0	1	-1		8.4	2,384
	Liberal Democrats	8	1	0	0	0		7.6	2,168
	Green	13	0	0	0	0		3.8	1,084
	UKIP	9	0	0	0	0		3.1	868

Belah

Belah (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Michael Ellis	951	48.1	+2.1
	Labour	Paul Leslie Birks	538	27.2	+0.8
	Independent	Alan Toole	478	24.2	n/a
Turnout			1,978	41.5	+5.7
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Belle Vue

Belle Vue (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Bowditch	742	46.0	−19.0
	Conservative	Geoffrey Osbourne	722	44.8	+11.2
	UKIP	Susan Riley	91	5.6	n/a
	Green	Helen Elizabeth Atkinson	52	3.2	n/a
Turnout			1,612	35.7	+11.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Botcherby

Botcherby (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert William Betton	807	49.9	+11.3
	Labour	Helen Anne Fisher	431	26.7	−1.7
	Conservative	Paul Nedved	337	20.8	+1.5
	Green	Deb Brown	40	2.5	n/a
Turnout			1,617	37.0	+7.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Brampton

Brampton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lawrence Fisher	860	55.4	+7.0
	Labour	Lesley Begley	321	20.7	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Olwyn Doreen Luckley	135	8.7	+2.5
	Green	Colin Luhrs	126	8.1	n/a
	UKIP	John James Harding	107	6.9	−15.2
Turnout			1,553	37.1	+7.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle

Castle (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Robert McGuckin	469	43.3	+2.8
	Conservative	James Bainbridge	364	33.6	+23.0
	Liberal Democrats	David John Wood	117	10.8	−12.3
	UKIP	Robbie Reid-Sinclair	77	7.1	−12.9
	Green	Richard Sebastian Hunt	53	4.9	+0.9
Turnout			1,084	28.0	+4.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Corby and Hayton

Corby and Hayton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William James Graham	830	47.6	−25.4
	Conservative	Keith Meller	608	34.9	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Elizabeth Hobson	177	10.2	n/a
	Green	Charmian Jess McCutcheon	124	7.1	n/a
Turnout			1,742	46.3	+8.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Currock

Currock (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reg Watson	562	54.4	+1.4
	Conservative	Geoff Mitchell	309	29.9	+15.1
	Independent	Jeffrey Bomford	96	9.3	n/a
	Green	Sky Fiona Higgins	64	6.2	−2.8
Turnout			1,033	24.5	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Dalston and Burgh

Dalston and Burgh (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Allison	1,048	46.8	+7.6
	Conservative	Katharine Oliver	936	41.8	+9.4
	Labour	Ray Warwick	248	11.1	−1.8
Turnout			2,239	42.8	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Denton Holme

Denton Holme (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh McDevitt	800	59.9	+3.4
	Conservative	Syed Ali	360	26.9	+15.2
	Green	Neil Boothman	93	7.0	−1.3
	UKIP	Kerryanne Mckay Wilde	80	6.0	−12.8
Turnout			1,336	29.9	+4.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Harraby North

Harraby North (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cyril Frederick Weber	737	66.5	+2.1
	Conservative	Barbara Eden	358	32.3	+20.4
Turnout			1,108	25.2	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Harraby South

Harraby South (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Deborah Anne Earl	671	44.7	+0.4
	Conservative	Michael Randall	655	43.6	+16.7
	Independent	Jack Paton	173	11.5	n/a
Turnout			1,501	36.8	+8.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Houghton and Irthington

Houghton and Irthington (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mallinson	1,112	65.5	+13.1
	Labour	Maggie Robinson	262	15.4	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Brendan Murphy	140	8.2	n/a
	UKIP	Fiona Rachel Mills	90	5.3	−22.7
	Green	Hazel Jane Graham	88	5.2	n/a
Turnout			1,697	39.7	+5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longtown

Longtown (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Val Tarbitt	921	73.9	+26.8
	Labour	Stephen Ronald Sidgwick	215	17.3	−3.7
	UKIP	Graham Moore	109	8.7	−19.8
Turnout			1,246	33.2	+5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Morton

Morton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Bell	804	58.7	+0.9
	Conservative	David Shepherd	477	34.8	+20.8
	Green	Rob Morrison	84	6.1	n/a
Turnout			1,369	31.3	−0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Stanwix Urban

Stanwix Urban (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Mallinson	1,123	57.0	+16.3
	Labour	Tim Linford	548	27.8	−2.5
	Green	Helen Davison	216	11.0	+3.8
	UKIP	Phil Douglass	83	4.2	−13.3
Turnout			1,970	45.2	+5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upperby

Upperby (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stewart Farries Young	703	52.4	−10.4
	Conservative	Fiona Robson	415	30.9	+14.6
	UKIP	John Gordon Denholm	120	8.9	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	James Ernest Osler	70	5.2	−4.2
	Green	Penelope Bothepa Foster	31	2.3	n/a
Turnout			1,341	30.2	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Wetheral

Wetheral (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Marriner	1,297	65.2	+25.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Anthony Gee	307	15.4	+5.3
	Labour	Stephen John William Bowditch	300	15.1	−5.2
	Green	Dallas Jane Brewis	85	4.3	+0.1
Turnout			1,990	45.3	+6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yewdale

Yewdale (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Haraldsen	928	46.3	+20.9
	Labour	Beth Furneaux	755	37.6	−10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Coates	174	8.7	n/a
	UKIP	Malcolm Fraser Craik	111	5.5	−21.1
	Green	Henry Bryson Goodwin	28	1.4	n/a
Turnout			2,006	43.6	+8.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Copeland

Copeland District

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	12	8	5	0	6		48.9	8,377
	Labour	12	4	0	5	-5		40.2	6,887
	Independent	6	0	0	0	0		8.4	1,287
	Green	5	0	0	0	0		2.2	379
	UKIP	2	0	0	0	0		0.8	140
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0	0		0.4	66

Bransty

Bransty (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Robert Phillip Melville Roberts	607	42.6	−6.2
	Labour	Rachel Margaret Holliday	561	39.3	−10.6
	Independent	Charles Edward Maudling	220	15.4	n/a
	Green	Meggie Bedford	38	2.7	−n/a
Turnout			1,426	33.1	+7.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cleator Moor East and Frizington

Cleator Moor East and Frizington (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur William Creighton Lamb	629	46.9	+17.9
	Labour	Tim Knowles	612	45.6	−3.0
	Green	Allan Franciscus Todd	93	6.9	+0.9
Turnout			1,341	30.7	+3.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cleator Moor West

Cleator Moor West (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Irving Morgan	567	50.6	−14.0
	Conservative	Genna Elaine Haraldsen	309	27.6	+12.4
	Independent	Christopher Patrick Ross	112	10.0	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Monigue	66	5.9	n/a
	UKIP	Nicholas Frederick Ford	65	5.8	n/a
Turnout			1,120	25.2	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Egremont

Egremont (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Edward Southward	789	53.8	+3.2
	Conservative	Alistair William Millar Norwood	677	46.1	+28.1
Turnout			1,470	31.5	+4.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Egremont North and St Bees

Egremont North and St Bees (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Whiteside	626	42.6	+7.1
	Labour	Henry Wormstrup	469	31.9	−4.8
	Independent	Wammo Walmsley	208	14.2	n/a
	Independent	Jayne Anne Laine	163	11.1	n/a
Turnout			1,469	33.8	+9.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Gosforth

Gosforth (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Paul Turner	1,144	60.8	−11.4
	Independent	Sam Meteer	366	19.4	n/a
	Labour	Peter Kane	311	16.5	−9.3
	Green	Daniel James Nixon	57	3.0	n/a
Turnout			1,882	40.1	+6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hillcrest and Hensingham

Hillcrest and Hensingham (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew William Wonnacott	816	50.3	+5.5
	Labour	Christine Wharrier	801	49.4	−5.1
Turnout			1,623	36.7	+6.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Howgate

Howgate (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Steven Barbour	623	47.6	+17.0
	Labour	Gillian Ruth Troughton	566	43.2	−16.7
	UKIP	Eric William Atkinson	75	5.7	−n/a
	Green	Sharon Josephine Watson	44	3.4	−5.1
Turnout			1,309	29.3	+4.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kells and Sandwith

Kells and Sandwith (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emma Louise Williamson	684	51.7	−7.4
	Conservative	Brigid Anne Whiteside	419	31.7	+13.7
	Independent	Michael Patrick Anthony Guest	218	16.5	−n/a
Turnout			1,322	28.0	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Millom

Millom (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Doug Wilson	967	68.4	+26.8
	Labour	Denise Barbara Burness	442	31.3	−1.7
Turnout			1,413	31.4	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Millom Without

Millom Without (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Haigh Hitchen	1,150	72.7	+10.3
	Labour	Ryan Woods	281	17.8	−5.4
	Green	Sally Millar	147	9.3	−3.4
Turnout			1,582	39.6	+7.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mirehouse

Mirehouse (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Hawkins	804	66.0	+4.1
	Conservative	Jane Margaret Micklethwaite	410	33.6	+19.0
Turnout			1,219	28.5	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Eden

Eden District

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	9	5	0	1	-1		48.1	7,948
	Liberal Democrats	9	3	1	0	1		30.0	4,954
	Labour	6	1	1	0	1		8.9	1,476
	Independent	3	0	0	1	-1		7.8	1,289
	Green	6	0	0	0	0		3.1	510
	UKIP	2	0	0	0	0		0.9	142

Alston and East Fellside

Alston and East Fellside (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Susan Driver	836	35.1	+24.7
	Conservative	Walter Walker	688	28.9	+2.7
	Independent	Mary Robinson	624	26.2	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Deb Holden	116	4.9	n/a
	Green	Alan William Marsden	114	4.8	−8.6
Turnout			2,380	46.1	+14.0
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Appleby

Appleby (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Connell	909	48.1	+19.4
	Conservative	John Mervyn Owen	844	44.7	−2.7
	Labour	John Potts	78	4.1	n/a
	Green	Kimberly Jane Lawson	56	3.0	n/a
Turnout			1,888	41.6	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Eden Lakes

Eden Lakes (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Hughes	1,129	54.6	+6.5
	Conservative	Laura Elizabeth Kay	931	45.1	+2.1
Turnout			2,066	48.0	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Greystoke and Hesket

Greystoke and Hesket (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Wentworth Waites	1,009	57.2	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Burgin	255	14.5	−7.8
	Green	Doug Lawson	205	11.6	n/a
	Labour	Ruth Ann Wood	201	11.4	n/a
	UKIP	David Benson Ryland	89	5.0	−18.7
Turnout			1,763	36.3	+7.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkby Stephen

Kirkby Stephen (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Dew	1,605	70.1	+15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kelvyn Justin Simon James	407	17.8	−8.3
	Labour	Ian Daniel Simkins	194	8.5	n/a
	Green	Richard Kevin O'Brien	77	3.4	n/a
Turnout			2,289	45.2	+9.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penrith East

Penrith East (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Ann Bell	955	60.8	+4.6
	Conservative	John Forrester	445	28.3	+10.3
	Labour	Hilary Jane Snell	85	5.4	−6.0
	UKIP	Mary Elizabeth Dixon	53	3.4	−8.8
	Green	Ali Ross	29	1.8	n/a
Turnout			1,570	34.3	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Penrith North

Penrith North (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilary Frances Carrick	1,031	63.8	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Christine Taylor	574	28.3	−5.6
Turnout			1,617	35.9	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penrith Rural

Penrith Rural (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Whipps	888	51.3	−22.6
	Independent	Michael Christopher Tonkin	405	23.4	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Ann Baker	290	16.8	−6.8
	Green	Wade Tidbury	143	8.3
Turnout			1,731	37.9	+6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Penrith West

Penrith West (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Jane Fearon	507	40.6	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Margaret Derbyshire	319	25.6	−4.2
	Independent	Lee Quinn	260	16.8	n/a
	Labour	Dave Knaggs	160	12.8	+2.9
Turnout			1,248	28.9	+5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Lakeland

Cartmel

Cartmel (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Sanderson	1,111	53.4	−14.0
	Conservative	Steve Chambers	873	42.0	+9.9
	Green	Robin Smallwood Le Mare	94	4.5	n/a
Turnout			2,080	50.8	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grange

Grange (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Wearing	1,318	62.0	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Khan	586	27.6	−11.9
	Labour	Nicola Kennedy	135	6.3	n/a
	Green	Laura Miller	83	3.9	n/a
Turnout			2,126	47.4	+7.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

High Furness

High Furness (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matt Brereton	1,059	48.4	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	David William Norman Fletcher	798	36.5	−2.8
	Labour	Gerry Scott	222	10.2	+1.6
	Green	Chris Loynes	103	4.7	n/a
Turnout			2,186	48.8	+5.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Kendal Castle

Kendal Castle (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Hogg	1,267	57.9	−14.7
	Conservative	Harry James Albert Taylor	703	32.1	+14.6
	Labour	Jim Ring	133	6.1	−3.3
	Green	Gwen Harrison	83	3.8	n/a
Turnout			2,188	46.0	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kendal Highgate

Kendal Highgate (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Cook	922	53.9	−4.9
	Conservative	Emma Therese Marie Hines	426	24.9	+15.9
	Labour	Paul Braithwaite	251	14.8	−5.2
	Green	Phil Whiting	107	6.3	n/a
Turnout			1,710	37.7	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kendal Nether

Kendal Nether (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Amelia Evans	1,234	60.0	−4.7
	Conservative	Pamela Mary Flitcroft	531	25.8	+5.8
	Labour	Eli Aldridge	188	9.1	−5.6
	Green	Andy Mason	100	4.9	n/a
Turnout			2,056	43.2	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kendal South

Kendal South (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Clare Gray	1,195	48.5	−14.6
	Conservative	Andrew John Lucas	1,025	41.6	+13.0
	Labour	Jackson Softley Stubbs	131	5.3	−2.5
	Green	Meg Hill	109	4.4	n/a
Turnout			2,463	52.0	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kendal Strickland and Fell

Kendal Strickland and Fell (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Carlyle Thornton	1,170	54.6	+2.5
	Conservative	Michael Patrick Nicholson	443	20.7	+10.5
	Labour	Virginia Elizabeth Branney	353	16.5	−13.4
	Green	Ian Rodham	167	7.8	n/a
Turnout			2,141	44.2	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kent Estuary

Kent Estuary (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Stewart	1,422	52.9	−10.9
	Conservative	Tom Harvey	995	37.0	+8.1
	Green	Jill Abel	162	6.0	n/a
	Labour	Lois Katherine Sparling	103	3.8	−3.0
Turnout			2,686	52.4	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lakes

Lakes (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Will Clark	782	52.9	−1.8
	Conservative	Tim Brown	564	38.2	−0.2
	Labour	Alison Faith Gilchrist	79	5.3	−1.2
	Green	Chris Rowley	49	3.3	n/a
Turnout			1,477	46.3	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lower Kentdale

Lower Kentdale (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Kenneth Bingham	1,715	69.6	+10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Victor Higton	510	20.7	−7.3
	Labour	Paul John Casson	139	5.6	+0.0
	Green	Simon Blunden	97	3.9	n/a
Turnout			2,463	52.4	−4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lyth Valley

Lyth Valley (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bland	1,247	65.0	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bex Cooper	530	27.6	−0.2
	Green	Adam Mark Rubinstein	99	5.2	n/a
	UKIP	Stephen Willmott	43	2.2	−8.3
Turnout			1,919	47.5	+5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale

Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Cotton	1,253	48.7	−2.2
	Conservative	Kevin John Lancaster	1,163	45.2	−2.6
	Labour	Nick Cross	91	3.5	n/a
	Green	Daphne Mary Jackson	60	2.3	n/a
Turnout			2,571	55.1	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ulverston East

Ulverston East (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mark Wilson	758	46.0	−3.2
	Conservative	Helen Irving	620	37.6	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Hudson	168	10.2	−0.8
	Green	Bob Gerry	98	6.0	−2.8
Turnout			1,647	36.3	+10.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Ulverston West

Ulverston West (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Airey	1,146	54.9	+8.6
	Labour Co-op	David John Webster	552	26.5	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Loraine Birchall	235	11.3	+7.9
	Green	Judy Filmore	149	7.1	+1.2
Turnout			2,086	45.9	+6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upper Kent

Upper Kent (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stan Collins	1,104	51.9	−15.7
	Conservative	Margaret Bond	756	35.5	+4.3
	Green	Adrian Robert Porter	158	7.4	n/a
	Labour	Andy Windsor	109	5.1	n/a
Turnout			2,129	46.1	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Windermere

Windermere (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Berry	1,097	47.9	+29.3
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Rooke	1,009	44.1	−17.8
	Labour	Penny Henderson	124	5.4	+1.7
	Green	Kate Threadgold	58	2.5	n/a
Turnout			2,290	48.2	+8.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
^ "Cumbria County Council election results 2017". Cumbria County Council. 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2017-05-08.

[1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

[results-2] "Cumbria County Council election results 2017". Cumbria County Council. 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2017-05-08.

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