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Chapter 21  Cumbria

21.1  Allerdale

Whole council up for election. Note that there were no candidates for the Solway ward.

All Saints (3)

Alan Smith  Lab  717
Samuel Standage  C  630
Dianne Moyes  Lab  624
Christine Smith  Lab  601
William Newton  C  599
Alan Tyson  C  524

Aspatria (2)

Gerald Sewell  Lab  488
David Wilson  Ind  469
Dorothy Tinnion  Ind  430
Jacqueline Stagg  Lab  365

Boltons

Joseph Mumberson  Ind  Unop.

Broughton St Bridget's (2)

James Askew  Lab  Unop.
Keith Sproat  Lab  Unop.

Christchurch (2)

Christine Jackson  C  543
Leslie Lytollis  C  497
Isabel Burns  Lab  330
John Moore  Lab  253

Clifton

Maureen Rourke  Lab  371
Dean Hudson  LD  183

Crummock

Joseph Milburn  C  Unop.

Dalton

Simon Greenwood  C  Unop.

Derwent Valley

Timothy Heslop  C  256
David Robinson  LD  211

Ellen (2)

John Colhoun  Lab  Unop.
David Thomas  Lab  Unop.

Ellenborough (2)

Janice Wood  Lab  Unop.
Martin Wood  Lab  Unop.

Ewanrigg (2)

Carneen McCarron-Holmes  Lab  Unop.
Patricia McCracken  Lab  Unop.

Flimby

Peter Kendall  Lab  Unop.

Harrington (2)

Allan Caine  LD  601
Ian Francis  LD  515
James Osborn  Lab  280
Michael Smith  Lab  222

Holme

Anthony Markley  C  141
William Douglas  Ind  95
Mark Kidd  Lab  95
Margrit Scott  LD  47

Keswick (3)

Elizabeth Barraclough  LD  1,076
Ronald Munby  C  696
Denstone Kemp  Lab  581
John Walker  Ind  567

Marsh

Jennifer Gallagher  LD  Unop.

Moorclose (3)

Joan Minto  Lab  567
Peter Bales  Lab  542
Philip Tibble  Lab  418
Linda Walker  LD  285
Christine Johanssen  LD  279
John Morley  LD  266

Moss Bay (3)

Lillian Baldry  Lab  613
Derek Thompson  Lab  531
Nicholas Hardy  Lab  485
John Bracken  Ind  228
Shaun Heywood  LD  173

Netherhall (2)

Jeffrey Gardner  Lab  Unop.
Angela Kendall  Lab  Unop.

St John's (3)

John Heathcote  C  635
Robert Hardon  C  589
Michael Davidson  C  572
John Robertson  Lab  472
Daniel Dempsey  Lab  443
Kenneth Hayton  Lab  388

St Michael's (3)

Ivor Humes  Lab  705
Alan Barry  Lab  673
Jean Macleod  Ind  599
Jack Fryer  Lab  570
James Perkins  Ind  432

Seaton (3)

Joseph Sandwith  Ind  1,050
Trevor Fee  Ind  785
James Musgrave  Lab  644
Denis Tytek  Lab  492
Mark Fryer  Lab  431

Silloth (2)

William Jefferson  Ind  Unop.
Margaret Snaith  Lab  Unop.

Solway

There were no candidates for this ward.

Stainburn

Richard Jones  C  Unop.

Wampool

Anne Holmes  LD  Unop.

Warnell

Duncan Fairbairn  C  357
Agnes Martin  LD  205

Waver

Joseph Cowell  Ind  238
Patrick Short  LD  159

Wharrels

Robert Hobbs  C  Unop.

Wigton (3)

John Armstrong  Ind  917
George Scott  Ind  898
John Crouch  Lab  690
Charles Miles  Ind  547
William Goldsmith  Lab  274

Consolidated Results — Allerdale

Labour            6,553  38.7%  27 councillors (12 unopposed)
Independents      4,163  24.6%   9 councillors (2 unopposed)
Conservative      3,258  19.3%  14 councillors (4 unopposed)
Liberal Democrat  2,940  17.4%   5 councillors (2 unopposed)

21.2  Barrow-in-Furness

One-third of council up for election.

PPF = People's Party (Furness)

Barrow Island

Eric Wood  Ind  349
Stephen Smart  Lab  152

Central

Bernard Flanagan  Lab  357
Patricia Humes  PPF  138
Kristina Bell  C  115
John Smith  UKIP  71

Dalton North

John Major  Lab  431
Lynn Murray  C  414
Thomas Weall  Ind  368

Dalton South

Dorothy James  C  427
Dennis Toye  Lab  341
Ian Singleton  Ind  137
Dorothy Turner  PPF  58

Hawcoat

John Richardson  C  1,124
Rebecca Melling  Lab  301

Hindpool

Kenneth Burton  Lab  411
John Murray  C  178
Rosemarie Hamezeian  PPF  167

Newbarns

William Pears  C  777
Thomas Elliot  Lab  331
William O'Brien  PPF  80

Ormsgill

Stephen Forbes  Lab  451
Jim Hamezeian  PPF  282
Tina Macur  C  183

Parkside

Stephen Groundwater  Lab  377
Shirley Richardson  C  339
Barry Rabone  LD  330
Barbara Eager  PPF  50

Risedale

Margaret Thomson  Lab  432
Desmond English  C  204
Alexander Dacre  PPF  139

Roosecote

Rory McClure  C  712
Marie Read  Lab  446

Walney North

Desmond Barlow  Lab  662
Ronald Hiseman  C  327

Walney South

David Jackson  Lab  523
Graham Pritchard  C  478

Consolidated Results — Barrow-in-Furness

Conservative            5,278  41.7%  4 councillors
Labour                  5,215  41.2%  8 councillors
People's Party (Furness)  914   7.2%
Independents              854   6.7%  1 councillor
Liberal Democrat          330   2.6%
UK Independence Party      71   0.6%

21.3  Carlisle

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Brampton, Great Corby and Geltsdale or Hayton.

Belah

Alan Toole  C  948
Mohammed Harid  Lab  650

Belle Vue

Mary Styth  Lab  570
Neville Lishman  C  425
James Tootle  LD  153
Steven Cochrane  Ind  59

Botcherby

Charles Scarborough  Lab  698
Gareth Ellis  C  452

Burgh

John Collier  C  391
Robin Pearson  Lab  148

Castle

Thomas Hodgson  LD  603
Raymond Warwick  Lab  443

Currock

Richard Im Thurn  Lab  719
David Blackadder  C  272

Dalston

Brian Dodd  C  780
Trevor Allison  LD  654
Ann Warwick  Lab  281

Denton Holme

Hugh McDevitt  Lab  834
Stephen Metcalfe  C  232
Olwyn Luckley  LD  111

Harraby

Cyril Weber  Lab  851
Michele Gwillim  C  311
Eileen Aldersey  LD  102

Irthing

James Knapton  C  419
Alex Faulds  Lab  129

Longtown and Rockliffe

John Jefferson  C  568
Robert Dodds  Lab  345

Lyne

Cyril Bowman  C  421
Roger Horne  Lab  88

Morton

Ralph Aldersey  LD  947
John Bell  Lab  935

St Aidan's

Reginald Watson  Lab  691
Lawrence Fisher  C  551
Steven Tweedie  LD  167

Stanwix Rural

Edward Firth  C  737
John Hale  Lab  255

Stanwix Urban

Jacquelyne Geddes  C  930
Keith Aitken  Lab  479
Roger O'Brien  LD  234

Upperby

Margaret Martlew  Lab  774
Richard Hyslop  C  273
James Osler  LD  167

Wetheral

Barry Earp  C  983
Helen Horne  Lab  295

Yewdale

Joseph Hendry  Lab  831
Bryan Hodgson  C  624
Hannah Farmer  LD  167

Consolidated Results — Carlisle

Labour           10,016  44.1%  8 councillors
Conservative      9,317  41.0%  9 councillors
Liberal Democrat  3,305  14.6%  2 councillors
Independent          59   0.3%

21.4  Copeland

Whole council up for election.

Arlecdon

Joseph Sunderland  Ind  463
Simon Leyton  Lab  189

Beckermet (2)

Yvonne Clarkson  C  Unop.
John Jackson  C  Unop.

Bootle

Keith Hitchen  C  502
Roger Putnam  LD  230

Bransty (3)

Dorothy Wonnacott  C  924
James Hewitson  Lab  839
Anthony Johnston  Lab  829
Mark Mallard  C  812
Edward Brenan  Lab  798
Allan Mossop  C  752

Cleator Moor North (3)

Anthony Wells  Ind  616
Joan Hully  Lab  538
William Southward  Lab  511
John Henney  Lab  445

Cleator Moor South (2)

Catherine Giel  Lab  679
David Banks  Lab  652
Hilda Morris  C  194
Mike Minogue  LD  192
Stuart Bowers  LD  180

Distington (3)

Willis Metherell  Lab  992
Brian Dixon  Lab  963
Kevin Young  Lab  952
Frank Hollowell  LD  441
Mary Lancaster  LD  349
Joyce Toft  C  231
Stephen Litt  LD  197

Egremont North (3)

Samuel Meteer  Lab  975
Elaine Woodburn  Lab  936
Margaret Woodburn  Lab  933
Steven Hill  C  536
Alfred Bailey  C  402
Elizabeth Hutson  C  402

Egremont South (3)

Michael McVeigh  Lab  1,184
Peter Watson  Lab  1,043
Constance Watson  Lab  1,005
John Holmes  C  592
Jean Lewthwaite  C  572
Frederick Blinco  C  537

Ennerdale

Robert Salkeld  C  327
Mary Ross  Lab  149

Frizington (2)

Peter Connolly  Lab  616
James Close  Ind  592
Timothy Knowles  Lab  425

Gosforth

David Gray  C  563
Christina Cornall  Lab  220

Harbour (3)

Janet Johnston  Lab  987
Henry Wormstrup  Lab  944
Paul Whalley  Lab  901
Marcus Swift  C  589
David Hall  C  572

Haverigg

Margaret Barnes  LD  317
Francis Cairns  C  309

Hensingham (3)

Norman Williams  Lab  1,104
Jamieson Reed  Lab  970
Margarita Docherty  Lab  859
Gareth Maley  C  436

Hillcrest (2)

Alistair Norwood  C  828
Andrew Wonnacott  C  728
John Woolley  Lab  415

Holborn Hill (2)

John Park  Lab  683
Frederick Gleaves  C  665
Alan Altree  C  407

Kells (2)

George Clements  Lab  791
Alan Holliday  Lab  661
Leah Higgins  C  262

Millom Without

Gilbert Scurrah  C  Unop.

Mirehouse (3)

Dorothy Faichney  Lab  1,320
Robert Docherty  Lab  1,132
Michael Ashbrook  Lab  875
George Higgins  C  305
Dorothy Gray  C  204

Moresby

Geoffrey Blackwell  Lab  343
Edward Fox  C  282

Newtown (3)

Francis McPhillips  C  905
Francis Heathcote  C  898
Raymond Cole  C  872
Gavin Towers  Lab  591
Keith Crellin  Lab  502

St Bees

Norman Clarkson  C  575
Archibald Ross  Lab  196

Sandwith (2)

Peter Tyson  Lab  536
James Prince  Lab  360
Gordon Brown  Ind  291
Sheena Gray  C  146

Seascale (2)

David Moore  C  1,147
Eileen Eastwood  C  962
Charles Tuley  Lab  390

Consolidated Results — Copeland

Labour           13,737  50.5%  31 councillors
Conservative     10,318  37.9%  16 councillors (3 unopposed)
Independent       1,962   7.2%   3 councillors
Liberal Democrat  1,180   4.3%   1 councillor

21.5  Eden

Whole council up for election. Note that only one candidate stood for the two-seat Kirkby Stephen ward.

Alston Moor (2)

Bryan Metz  Ind  Unop.
Richard Turner  Ind  Unop.

Appleby (Appleby)

Alan Morgan  Ind  192
Lancelot Thwaytes  Ind  191

Appleby (Bongate)

Ella Langan  Ind  Unop.

Askham

James Banks  Ind  234
Stuart Irving  LD  112

Brough

John Smith  Ind  Unop.

Crosby Ravensworth

Paul Evans  Ind  Unop.

Dacre

Brian Huddleston  Ind  Unop.

Eamont

Harold Threlkeld  Ind  Unop.

Greystoke

Roy Fisher  Ind  Unop.

Hartside

William Lancaster  C  Unop.

Hesket (2)

Ian Graham  Ind  Unop.
Albert Richardson  C  Unop.

Kirkby Stephen (2)

Trevor Ladhams  Ind  Unop.
(Only one candidate.)

Kirkby Thore

John Sawrey-Cookson  Ind  Unop.

Kirkoswald

Mary Robinson  Ind  317
Richard O'Brien  Lab  219

Langwathby

John Holliday  Ind  Unop.

Lazonby

Tony Brunskill  Ind  Unop.

Long Marton

Mary Herbert  Ind  Unop.

Morland

David Nattrass  Ind  Unop.

Orton with Tebay

John Thornborrow  Ind  282
Mark Saunders  LD  254

Penrith Carleton

Henry Cook  LD  Unop.

Penrith East (2)

Graeme Collingwood  Ind  287
John Lynch  C  238
Geoffrey Parr  Ind  233

Penrith North (3)

Mike Davidson  Ind  536
Edith Cook  LD  441
Gordon Nicholson  C  419
Ann Ellams  Lab  163

Penrith Pategill

John Nicholson  Ind  163
Christopher Bagshaw  Lab  74

Penrith South (2)

Allan Bewley  Ind  Unop.
Keith Phillips  Ind  Unop.

Penrith West (2)

Colin Nineham  Ind  Unop.
John Thompson  C  Unop.

Ravenstonedale

John Moffat  Ind  Unop.

Shap

Neil Hughes  LD  166
Maurice Weightman  Ind  132

Skelton

Gordon Savage  Ind  282
David Treharne  LD  140

Ullswater

Stella Platt  LD  Unop.

Warcop

William Patterson  Ind  Unop.

Consolidated Results — Eden

Independents      2,616  55.9%  28 councillors (20 unopposed)
Liberal Democrat  1,113  23.8%   4 councillors (2 unopposed)
Conservative        657  14.0%   5 councillors (3 unopposed)
Labour              293   6.3%

21.6  South Lakeland

Non-metropolitan district in Cumbria. One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in the towns of Kendal and Ulverston, or in the following wards: Burton and Holme, Coniston, Hawkshead, Lakes Grasmere, Levens, Lyth Valley, Milnthorpe, Natland, Staveley-in-Cartmel and Staveley-in-Westmorland.

Arnside and Beetham

Richard Rollins  C  906
Brenda Tidmarsh-Stephen  LD  812
Jocelyn Innes  Lab  198

Broughton

Joss Curwen  C  700
John Humberstone  LD  225

Burneside

Frank Hodson  LD  385
Stephen Proctor  C  250

Cartmel

Howard Martin  LD  364
Leslie Hadwin  C  308

Crake Valley

Noel Spendlove  LD  360
Robert Webster  C  186

Crooklands

John Galbraith  C  440
Sheila Eccles  LD  423

Grange

Reginald Parker  C  907
Ronald Shapland  LD  803

Holker

John Manning  C  519
Susan Rawsthorn  LD  246

Kirkby Lonsdale

Barclay Stainton  C  629
Alan Day  Ind  338
Christopher Lansdowne  LD  61

Lakes Ambleside

David Vatcher  LD  499
Brian Barton  C  480
George Middleton  Ind  127

Low Furness and Swarthmoor

Sonjie Marshall  LD  710
William Tyson  C  640

Sedbergh

Kevin Lancaster  C  697
Sydney McLennan  LD  279

Whinfell

Peter Thornton  LD  489
William Robinson  Ind  389

Windermere Applethwaite

Jennifer Borer  C  343
Audrey Ahmad  LD  222

Windermere Bowness North

Deirdre Cranwell  LD  478
Martin Hall  C  359

Windermere Bowness South

Jane Hoyle  C  410
Helen Scott-Parker  LD  130

Windermere Town

Kathleen Atkinson  LD  481
Elizabeth Graham  C  149

Consolidated Results — South Lakeland

Conservative      7,923  49.7%  9 councillors
Liberal Democrat  6,967  43.7%  8 councillors
Independents        854   5.4%
Labour              198   1.2%

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