South Lakeland District Council elections
Appearance
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 |
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Independent | 1973 - 1979 |
No overall control | 1979 - 2006 |
Liberal Democrats | 2006–present |
Council elections
- 1973 South Lakeland District Council election
- 1976 South Lakeland District Council election
- 1979 South Lakeland District Council election (New ward boundaries)[3]
- 1980 South Lakeland District Council election
- 1982 South Lakeland District Council election
- 1983 South Lakeland District Council election
- 1984 South Lakeland District Council election
- 1986 South Lakeland District Council election
- 1987 South Lakeland District Council election
- 1988 South Lakeland District Council election
- 1990 South Lakeland District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[4]
- 1991 South Lakeland District Council election
- 1992 South Lakeland District Council election
- 1994 South Lakeland District Council election
- 1995 South Lakeland District Council election
- 1996 South Lakeland District Council election
- 1998 South Lakeland District Council election
- 1999 South Lakeland District Council election (New ward boundaries)[5][6]
- 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 South Lakeland District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 1)[2][7]
- 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 South Lakeland District Council election
- 2016 South Lakeland District Council election
- 2018 South Lakeland District Council election (New ward boundaries)[8]
- 2019 South Lakeland District Council election
District result maps
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2006 results map
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2007 results map
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2008 results map
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2010 results map
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2011 results map
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2012 results map
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2014 results map
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2015 results map
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2016 results map
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2018 results map
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2019 results map
By-election results
1997-2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 219 | 55.7 | |||
Conservative | 174 | 44.3 | |||
Majority | 45 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 393 | 37.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
2001-2005
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | 538 | 71.2 | |||
Independent | 218 | 28.8 | |||
Majority | 320 | 42.4 | |||
Turnout | 756 | 50.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | 508 | 51.7 | +3.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 475 | 48.3 | +48.3 | ||
Majority | 33 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 983 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Holmes | 474 | 49.5 | −5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | Swing |
References
- ^ "About Elections". South Lakeland District Council. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
- ^ a b "South Lakeland". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
- ^ The District of South Lakeland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cumbria and Lancashire (County Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ "South Lakeland". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Lakeland (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Lakeland (Electoral Changes) Order 2008. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
- ^ "The South Lakeland (Electoral Changes) Order 2017". legislation.gov.uk. 27 November 2017.
- ^ "Big gains for Labour in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. London. 2001-10-12. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
- ^ a b "No change after Salford battle". guardian.co.uk. London. 2005-03-11. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
- ^ "Election Results - 2010". South Lakeland District Council. Retrieved 8 August 2011.