2022 Cumberland Council election

2022 Cumberland Council election
All 46 seats to Cumberland Council; 24 seats needed for a majority
	Council control after election ; ; Labour

The first election to Cumberland Council was held on 5 May 2022. All 46 seats were up for election.

Results[edit]

Labour won a majority of 30 seats.^[1]

Results Map^[2]
Party		Councillors				Votes
Party			Of total	Net			Of total	Net
	Labour Party	30	65.2%		30 / 46	29,586	39.1%
	Conservative Party	7	15.2%		7 / 46	25,842	34.1%
	Independents	3	6.5%		3 / 46	9,144	12.1%
	Liberal Democrats	4	8.7%		4 / 46	6,677	8.8%
	Green	2	4.3%		2 / 46	4,074	5.4%
	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	0	0.0%		0 / 46	256	0.3%
	Reform UK	0	0.0%		0 / 46	69	0.1%
	Heritage Party	0	0.0%		0 / 46	50	0.1%

Changes are shown from the Cumbria County Council elections in 2017

Division results[edit]

Allerdale area[edit]

Aspatria[edit]

Aspatria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kevin Thurlow	575	40.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	John Cook	454	31.6	-7.8
	Labour	Peter Kendall	273	19.0	+1.6
	Green	Alison Parker	79	5.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Lauren Exley	55	3.8	-32.6
Turnout			1,436	34.5
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Bothel & Wharrels[edit]

Bothel & Wharrels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jill Perry	870	42.5	+9.3
	Conservative	Malcolm Grainger	805	39.3	-27.5
	Independent	Fran Eilbeck	374	18.3	N/A
Turnout			2,049	48.9
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Cockermouth North[edit]

Cockermouth North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Tucker	1,025	44.9	+18.1
	Conservative	Catherine Bell	896	39.3	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Jayatilaka	360	15.8	-24.0
Turnout			2,281	43.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Cockermouth South[edit]

Cockermouth South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Semple	1,065	44.8	+15.6
	Conservative	Michael Pemberton	878	36.9	-19.3
	Green	Keith Fitton	227	9.5	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Barnes	207	8.7	-1.6
Turnout			2,377	47.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Dearham & Broughton[edit]

Dearham & Broughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Harris	806	43.9	+4.9
	Conservative	Neil Rumbold	547	29.8	-19.2
	Independent	Nicky Cockburn	484	26.3	N/A
Turnout			1,837	38.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Harrington[edit]

Harrington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Rollo	605	42.3	+9.9
	Conservative	Chris Clarkin	350	24.5	+10.1
	Independent	Hilary Harrington	294	20.6	N/A
	Independent	Herbert Briggs	181	12.7	N/A
Turnout			1,430	29.7
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Keswick[edit]

Keswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Markus Campbell-Savours	1,340	67.9	+16.3
	Independent	Clive Hutchby	319	16.2	N/A
	Conservative	Elaine Haraldsen	315	16.0	-17.6
Turnout			1,974	46.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Maryport North[edit]

Maryport North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carni McCarron-Holmes	675	37.7	-1.0
	Independent	George Kemp	645	36.0	-1.7
	Conservative	Steve Newton-Lister	472	26.3	+7.7
Turnout			1,792	36.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Maryport South[edit]

Maryport South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Pegram	692	54.5	-18.2
	Independent	James Kirkbride	384	30.3	N/A
	Conservative	Anthony Todd	193	15.2	-5.9
Turnout			1,269	26.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Moss Bay and Moorclose[edit]

Moss Bay and Moorclose
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Stoddart	631	45.2	-9.9
	Labour	Neil Schofield	560	40.1	+8.6
	Conservative	Jacqueline Kirkbride	204	14.6	+2.4
Turnout			1,395	27.7
	Independent hold		Swing

Seaton[edit]

Seaton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Grisdale	766	45.1	-3.4
	Conservative	Colin Sharpe	535	31.5	-15.2
	Independent	Paul Scott	252	14.8	N/A
	Green	Alistair Grey	76	4.5	-0.3
	Reform UK	David Surtees	69	4.1	N/A
Turnout			1,698	35.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Solway Coast[edit]

Solway Coast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Markley	993	66.6	+16.2
	Green	Sharon Watson	498	33.4	+29.4
Turnout			1,491	34.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

St John's & Great Clifton[edit]

St John's & Great Clifton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Fryer	859	44.4	+8.3
	Conservative	Deb Garton	571	29.5	+8.5
	Independent	Peter Gaston	439	22.7	N/A
	Green	Fliss Watts	66	3.4	+0.4
Turnout			1,935	38.0
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

St Michael's[edit]

St Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Cannon	649	48.6	-16.2
	Independent	Will Wilkinson	347	26.0	N/A
	Conservative	John Connell	287	21.5	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Bennett	53	4.0	-5.7
Turnout			1,336	29.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Thursby[edit]

Thursby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Johnson	906	48.5	-24.8
	Independent	Jonathan Graham	452	24.2	N/A
	Labour	Shane McCarthy	328	17.6	-1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Peck	94	5.0	N/A
	Green	Dianne Standen	87	4.7	-2.6
Turnout			1,867	43.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wigton[edit]

Wigton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elaine Lynch	738	39.7	-13.4
	Conservative	Alan Pitcher	714	38.4	-5.9
	Independent	Sandra Hodson	407	21.9	N/A
Turnout			1,859	34.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Carlisle area[edit]

Belah[edit]

Belah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Helen Davison	944	45.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	Gareth Ellis	756	36.4	-11.9
	Labour	David Graham	277	13.3	-14.1
	Independent	Alan Toole	101	4.9	-19.4
Turnout			2,078	42.5
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Belle Vue[edit]

Belle Vue
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Harid	788	52.7	+6.6
	Conservative	James Bainbridge	706	47.3	+2.3
Turnout			1,494	32.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Botcherby[edit]

Botcherby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Betton	553	39.6	-10.4
	Labour	Louise Atkinson	470	33.6	+6.9
	Conservative	Marilyn Bowman	305	21.8	+0.9
	Green	Robert Inglis	69	4.9	+2.4
Turnout			1,397	29.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Brampton[edit]

Brampton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Mitchelson	752	42.9	-12.6
	Green	Tom Adams	720	41.0	+32.9
	Labour	Iain Owens	282	16.1	-4.6
Turnout			1,754	39.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle[edit]

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Glendinning	562	48.2	+4.8
	Green	Gavin Hawkton	313	26.8	+21.9
	Conservative	Syed Ali	264	22.6	-11.1
	TUSC	Rob Heal	27	2.3	N/A
Turnout			1,166	29.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Corby & Hayton[edit]

Corby & Hayton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Dobson	1,090	59.9	+49.7
	Independent	Raymond Tinnion	423	23.3	N/A
	Conservative	Timothy Cheetham	306	16.8	-18.2
Turnout			1,819	46.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Currock[edit]

Currock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lisa Brown	630	63.2	+8.7
	Conservative	Fiona Robson	286	28.7	-1.3
	TUSC	Brent Kennedy	81	8.1	N/A
Turnout			997	24.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Dalston & Burgh[edit]

Dalston & Burgh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Allison	1,142	47.7	+0.7
	Conservative	James White	779	32.6	-9.3
	Labour	Alex Key	472	19.7	+8.6
Turnout			2,393	40.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Denton Holme[edit]

Denton Holme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Southward	779	58.8	-1.2
	Conservative	Ann McKerrell	329	24.8	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Kelly	118	8.9	N/A
	TUSC	Grahame Higginson	99	7.5	N/A
Turnout			1,325	28.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Harraby North[edit]

Harraby North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cyril Weber	708	64.6	-2.7
	Conservative	Robert Currie	339	30.9	-1.8
	TUSC	Ernie Percival	49	4.5	N/A
Turnout			1,096	24.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Harraby South[edit]

Harraby South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lucy Patrick	634	40.9	-3.9
	Conservative	Linda Mitchell	547	35.3	-8.4
	Independent	Sean Reed	369	23.8	N/A
Turnout			1,550	35.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Houghton & Irthington[edit]

Houghton & Irthington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Mallinson	1,024	59.2	-6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Nettleton	389	22.5	+14.2
	Labour	Beth Furneaux	317	18.3	+2.8
Turnout			1,730	39.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longtown[edit]

Longtown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Pickstone	949	66.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Sam Bown	485	33.8	-40.2
Turnout			1,434	36.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Morton[edit]

Morton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Quilter	630	46.5	-12.4
	Conservative	Neville Lishman	599	44.2	+9.3
	Green	Donna Bertoletti	125	9.2	+3.0
Turnout			1,354	30.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Stanwix Urban[edit]

Stanwix Urban
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Wernham	1,472	60.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	Elizabeth Mallinson	559	23.1	-33.9
	Labour	Paul Atkinson	271	11.2	-16.6
	Independent	Paul Nedved	123	5.1	N/A
Turnout			2,425	52.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Upperby[edit]

Upperby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Wills	744	65.8	+13.3
	Conservative	Leighton Rees	386	34.2	+3.2
Turnout			1,130	25.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Wetheral[edit]

Wetheral
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoff Mitchell	1,173	53.3	-11.9
	Labour	Ruth Alcroft	607	27.6	+12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Dobson	419	19.1	+3.7
Turnout			2,199	40.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yewdale[edit]

Yewdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeanette Whalen	944	54.2	+16.4
	Conservative	Stephen Haraldsen	797	45.8	-0.7
Turnout			1,741	37.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Copeland area[edit]

Bransty[edit]

Bransty
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Ghayouba	1,043	63.4	+24.1
	Conservative	Charles Maudling	461	28.0	+12.6
	Independent	Ryan Redmond	71	4.3	N/A
	Independent	Sean Cullen	69	4.2	N/A
Turnout			1,644	38.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Charles Maudling stood as an Independent in 2017, and the change is shown from his vote in that election. The change from the Conservative candidate's vote was -14.6%.

Cleator Moor East & Frizington[edit]

Cleator Moor East & Frizington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Jones-Bulman	847	58.9	+13.0
	Conservative	Christopher Turner	443	30.8	-16.4
	Independent	Aliscia Wood	149	10.4	N/A
Turnout			1,439	34.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Cleator Moor West[edit]

Cleator Moor West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Eldon	1,087	72.1	+21.4
	Conservative	Ged McGrath	343	22.8	-4.8
	Independent	Rhiannon Connors	77	5.1	N/A
Turnout			1,507	33.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Egremont[edit]

Egremont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Pollen	1,185	72.1	+18.3
	Conservative	Jeffrey Hailes	465	22.8	-23.4
	Independent	Shane Branthwaite	97	5.1	N/A
Turnout			1,747	38.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Egremont North & St Bees[edit]

Egremont North & St Bees
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Minshaw	747	50.5	+18.5
	Conservative	Chri Whiteside	572	38.7	-4.0
	Independent	Louis Thomason	159	10.8	N/A
Turnout			1,478	34.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Gosforth[edit]

Gosforth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Moore	989	48.4	-12.5
	Labour	James Dickaty	916	44.8	+28.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Minogue	139	6.8	N/A
Turnout			2,044	43.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hillcrest & Hensingham[edit]

Hillcrest & Hensingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeanette Forster	831	51.6	+2.1
	Conservative	Hugh O'Kane	568	35.3	-15.2
	Independent	Edwin Dinsdale	211	13.1	N/A
Turnout			1,610	37.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Howgate[edit]

Howgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gillian Troughton	678	45.5	+2.2
	Conservative	Martin Barbour	500	33.6	-14.0
	Independent	Kevin Young	238	16.0	N/A
	Heritage	William Dixon	50	3.4	N/A
	Independent	Eren McGuire	23	1.5	N/A
Turnout			1,489	33.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kells & Sandwith[edit]

Kells & Sandwith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Emma Williamson	1,046	73.6	+21.8
	Conservative	Arthur Creighton	302	21.3	-10.4
	Independent	Tanisha Dobinson	73	5.1	N/A
Turnout			1,421	29.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Millom[edit]

Millom
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Kelly	667	51.4	+20.0
	Conservative	Doug Wilson	630	48.6	-20.0
Turnout			1,297	30.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Millom Without[edit]

Millom Without
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Pratt	862	55.3	-17.6
	Labour	Anne Todd	507	32.5	+14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Amos	190	12.2	N/A
Turnout			1,559	40.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mirehouse[edit]

Mirehouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Hawkins	536	39.6	-26.6
	Independent	Wammo Walmsley	477	35.2	N/A
	Conservative	Oliver Dorgan	195	14.4	-19.4
	Independent	Gemma Dinsdale	112	8.3	N/A
	Independent	Tony Lowrey	35	2.6	N/A
Turnout			1,355	33.6
	Labour hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2022/england/councils/E07000247
^ "Cumberland Council election - 5 May 2022". Shadow Authority for Cumberland Council. Retrieved 5 May 2022.

[1] BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2022/england/councils/E07000247

[2] "Cumberland Council election - 5 May 2022". Shadow Authority for Cumberland Council. Retrieved 5 May 2022.

[1]

[2]

v t e (2021 ←) 2022 United Kingdom local elections (→ 2023)
London boroughs (England)	Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden City of London Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster
Metropolitan boroughs (England)	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
Unitary authorities (England)	Blackburn with Darwen Cumberland Derby Halton Hartlepool Kingston upon Hull Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Yorkshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Slough Somerset Southampton Southend-on-Sea Swindon Thurrock Westmorland and Furness Wokingham
District councils (England)	Adur Amber Valley Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Brentwood Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Castle Point Cheltenham Cherwell Chorley Colchester Crawley Eastleigh Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gosport Harlow Hart Hastings Havant Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Maidstone Newcastle-under-Lyme Mole Valley North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Preston Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor South Cambridgeshire St Albans Stevenage Tamworth Tandridge Three Rivers Tunbridge Wells Watford Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Oxfordshire Winchester Woking Worcester Worthing
Mayoral elections	Croydon Hackney Lewisham Newham South Yorkshire Tower Hamlets Watford
Unitary authorities (Scotland)	Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll and Bute Clackmannanshire Dumfries and Galloway Dundee East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh Falkirk Fife Glasgow Highland Inverclyde Midlothian Moray Na h-Eileanan Siar North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire Orkney Perth and Kinross Renfrewshire Scottish Borders Shetland South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire Stirling West Dunbartonshire West Lothian
Unitary authorities (Wales)	Blaenau Gwent Bridgend Caerphilly Cardiff Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Isle of Anglesey Merthyr Tydfil Monmouthshire Neath Port Talbot Newport Pembrokeshire Powys Rhondda Cynon Taf Swansea Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham

v t e Council elections in Cumbria
Cumberland Council	2022
Westmorland and Furness Council	2022
Cumbria County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Abolished
Allerdale Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
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 2019 Abolished
Carlisle City Council	1973 1976 1979 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 2016 2018 2019 Abolished
Copeland Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
Eden District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
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 2016 2018 2019 Abolished
Cumberland County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
Westmorland County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes