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Local Election Results 2005

Cumbria

Other results for Cumbria: 2009 2013 2017
By-elections for Cumbria (may be incomplete): 22nd June 2006 (St John's) — 25th January 2007 (Brampton & Gilsland) — 22nd February 2007 (Castle) — 25th October 2007 (Penrith E.) — 18th December 2008 (Kells & Sandwith) — 6th May 2010 (Longtown & Bewcastle) — 9th September 2010 (Aspatria & Wharrels) — 5th May 2011 (Keswick & Derwent) — 1st March 2012 (Castle) — 3rd May 2012 (Kendal Strickland & Fell) — 24th May 2012 (Aspatria & Wharrels) — 14th November 2013 (Seaton) — 10th April 2014 (Belle Vue) — 11th September 2014 (Castle) — 2nd October 2014 (Windermere) — 16th April 2015 (Walney S.) — 7th May 2015 (Cartmel) — 16th July 2015 (Greystoke & Hesket) — 15th October 2015 (Howgate) — 10th March 2016 (Kendal Strickland & Fell) — 13th October 2016 (Windermere) — 6th September 2018 (Denton Holme) — 20th December 2018 (Kent Estuary) — 2nd May 2019 (Thursby) — 6th May 2021 (Brampton; Cockermouth N.; St John's & Great Clifton; Ulverston W.) — 26th August 2021 (Corby & Hayton)
Results for district councils — Allerdale 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — Barrow-in-Furness 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2015 2019 — Carlisle 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 — Copeland 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — Eden 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 — South Lakeland 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019

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Consolidated results — Cumbria 2005

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 90794 38.7% 32
Labour 84482 36.1% 39
Liberal Democrat 45885 19.6% 11
Independent 11035 4.7% 2
People's Party (Furness) 826 0.4% 0
Green Party 499 0.2% 0
UK Independence Party 312 0.1% 0
English Democrats Party 269 0.1% 0
Local Community Party 224 0.1% 0

Alston and East Fellside

Isa Henderson C 1257 35.7%
Bryan Metz Ind 1028 29.2%
George Collinge LD 775 22.0%
Christopher Bagshaw Lab 463 13.1%

Appleby

Mary Warburton C 1474 51.0%
Andrew Connell LD 1418 49.0%

Aspatria and Wharrels

James Buchanan C 1609 48.4%
Carneen McCarron-Holmes Lab 997 30.0%
Eric Burgess LD 717 21.6%

Belah

Alan Toole C 1644 53.9%
Joseph Hendry Lab 1284 42.1%
Mark Gibson LCP 124 4.1%

Belle Vue

Cyril Weber Lab 1200 49.7%
George Bain C 745 30.9%
James Tootle LD 411 17.0%
John Peacock LCP 57 2.4%

Botcherby

Anne Glendinning Lab 1456 71.1%
Teresa Cartner C 591 28.9%

Bowness, Thursby and Caldbeck

Duncan Fairbairn C 1969 62.2%
Olwyn Luckley LD 1195 37.8%

Brampton and Gilsland

Philip Howard C 1370 47.8%
Alex Faulds Lab 809 28.2%
Alan Marsden LD 689 24.0%

Bransty

Bernard Kirk Lab 1746 64.4%
David Hill C 964 35.6%

Cartmel

Edward Walsh C 1332 44.3%
David Birchall LD 1302 43.3%
Marilyn Molloy Lab 374 12.4%

Castle

Thomas Hodgson LD 937 43.8%
Jessica Riddle Lab 853 39.9%
Pamela Smith C 349 16.3%

Cleator Moor North and Frizington

Timothy Knowles Lab 2082 71.4%
Alexander Carroll C 834 28.6%

Cleator Moor South and Egremont

Simon Leyton Lab 1990 63.9%
Jean Lewthwaite C 1126 36.1%

Cockermouth East

Eric Nicholson C 1789 54.9%
Alan Smith Lab 1471 45.1%

Cockermouth West

Timothy Heslop C 1550 55.9%
William Bacon Lab 1221 44.1%

Currock

Heather Bradley Lab 1414 61.7%
Lawrence Fisher C 510 22.3%
Marjorie Richardson LD 366 16.0%

Dalston and Cummersdale

John Collier C 2057 50.6%
Ann Warwick Lab 1042 25.6%
William Wyllie LD 968 23.8%

Dalton North

Peter Phizacklea Lab 1495 54.5%
William Crosthwaite C 1246 45.5%

Dalton South

William Smith Lab 1215 47.7%
Frank Murray C 985 38.7%
Helene Young Ind 348 13.7%

Dearham and Broughton

Alan Clark Lab 2031 59.0%
Christopher Harris C 1412 41.0%

Denton Holme

Hugh McDevitt Lab 1587 61.7%
Doreen Parsons C 543 21.1%
Ronald Struthers LD 442 17.2%

Distington and Moresby

Archibald Ross Lab 1522 65.1%
George Higgins C 817 34.9%

Eden Lakes

Roger Bird C 1315 44.8%
Neil Hughes LD 1152 39.2%
Jean Wildish Ind 470 16.0%

Gosforth and Ennerdale

Norman Clarkson C 1467 50.2%
Peter Watson Lab 897 30.7%
Mike Minogue LD 561 19.2%

Grange

William Wearing C 1973 53.7%
Jane Hall LD 1374 37.4%
Laurence Scullard Lab 328 8.9%

Greystoke and Hesket

Albert Richardson C 1775 54.9%
David Leonard LD 1063 32.9%
Peter Huddleston Ind 395 12.2%

Harraby

Michael Richardson Lab 1423 56.1%
Andrew Stevenson C 691 27.2%
Olive Hall LD 423 16.7%

Harrington, Clifton and Stainburn

Allan Caine LD 1603 52.5%
Joseph Holliday Lab 1450 47.5%

Hawcoat

John Richardson C 1924 67.3%
Tricia Kegg Lab 935 32.7%

Hensingham and Arlecdon

Ronald Calvin Lab 1712 67.2%
Marie Simpson C 836 32.8%

High Furness

Oliver Pearson C 1426 46.7%
Edward Davies LD 1265 41.5%
Rae Cross Lab 360 11.8%

Hillcrest

Judith Andersen Lab 1237 46.9%
Alistair Norwood C 984 37.3%
Francis Hollowell LD 419 15.9%

Hindpool

Anne Burns Lab 1327 73.2%
John Murray C 485 26.8%

Kells and Sandwith

Joseph McAllister Lab 1367 65.8%
Gordon Brown Ind 357 17.2%
Leah Higgins C 355 17.1%

Kendal Castle

Thomas Clare LD 1941 57.6%
Enid Robinson C 1034 30.7%
Charles Batteson Lab 395 11.7%

Kendal Highgate

Geoffrey Cook LD 1167 43.6%
Martyn Jowett Lab 900 33.6%
Jaine Chisholm Caunt C 611 22.8%

Kendal Nether

Leslie Lishman LD 1506 48.9%
Paul Braithwaite Lab 791 25.7%
Karen Patrick C 781 25.4%

Kendal South

Alan Bobbett C 1480 42.2%
Graham Vincent LD 1443 41.2%
Robert Rothwell Lab 478 13.6%
Andrew Billson-Page Ind 103 2.9%

Kendal Strickland and Fell

David Clarke Lab 1434 45.3%
Stephen Coleman LD 1149 36.3%
Melvin Mackie C 582 18.4%

Kent Estuary

Ian Stewart LD 2038 52.5%
Andrew Coates C 1526 39.3%
Andrew Strang Lab 319 8.2%

Keswick and Derwent

Elizabeth Barraclough LD 1602 45.6%
Ronald Munby C 1099 31.3%
Denstone Kemp Lab 810 23.1%

Kirkby Stephen

Timothy Stoddard C 1334 42.4%
John Raw LD 954 30.3%
Jane Brook Ind 861 27.3%

Lakes

Brian Barton C 1025 40.5%
Mandi Abrahams LD 908 35.9%
George Middleton Ind 324 12.8%
Maureen Colquhoun Lab 275 10.9%

Longtown and Bewcastle

Geoffrey Prest C 1417 52.6%
Robert Dodds Lab 769 28.5%
Jennifer Gallagher LD 509 18.9%

Low Furness

John Hemingway LD 1636 53.4%
David Steel C 1425 46.6%

Lower Kentdale

Roger Bingham C 2209 64.5%
Antony Jolley LD 925 27.0%
Peter Horner Lab 292 8.5%

Lyth Valley

James Bland C 1745 58.1%
Maureen Horner LD 1048 34.9%
Robin Yates Lab 212 7.1%

Maryport East

Keith Little Lab 2044 82.9%
Derick Pattinson C 421 17.1%

Maryport West

William Cameron Lab 1706 73.5%
Neville Lishman C 615 26.5%

Millom

Raymond Cole C 1700 50.0%
Roland Woodward Lab 1698 50.0%

Mirehouse

John Woolley Lab 1357 74.2%
Marcus Swift C 473 25.8%

Moorclose

Gerald Humes Lab 1358 71.1%
Christine Johanssen LD 551 28.9%

Morton

John Bell Lab 1540 49.9%
John Farmer LD 1102 35.7%
Charlotte Fisher C 404 13.1%
Lezley Gibson LCP 43 1.4%

Moss Bay

Barbara Cannon Lab 1172 78.8%
Robert Hardon C 316 21.2%

Newbarns

John Murphy Lab 1106 44.8%
William Pears C 1067 43.2%
James Tongue Ind 295 12.0%

Old Barrow

Clive Kitchen Lab 657 43.4%
Eric Wood Ind 645 42.6%
Rosemarie Hamezeian PPF 211 13.9%

Ormsgill

Ernest Wilson Lab 954 49.0%
Jim Hamezeian PPF 615 31.6%
Tina Macur C 376 19.3%

Parkside

Alan Nicholson Lab 1307 58.9%
Shirley Richardson C 913 41.1%

Penrith East

Michael Ash LD 1129 45.1%
Gordon Nicolson C 765 30.6%
Keith Dovaston Lab 467 18.7%
John Nicholson Ind 141 5.6%

Penrith North

Phillip Chappelhow C 1132 39.0%
Andrew Bell LD 1034 35.6%
Geoffrey Rockliffe-King Lab 432 14.9%
Mary Robinson Ind 304 10.5%

Penrith Rural

Gary Strong C 1793 57.7%
Stuart Hughes LD 850 27.4%
Alison Crompton Lab 464 14.9%

Penrith West

Colin Nineham Ind 754 33.8%
John Thompson C 663 29.7%
Roger Burgin LD 455 20.4%
Eric Wilson Lab 360 16.1%

Risedale

Kevin Hamilton Lab 1654 71.9%
Desmond English C 645 28.1%

Roosecote

Norman Shaw Lab 1057 38.5%
Kenneth williams C 1052 38.3%
Alan Titcombe LD 635 23.1%

St Aidans

Reginald Watson Lab 1518 63.3%
James Bainbridge C 880 36.7%

St Bees and Egremont

David Southward Lab 1411 53.9%
Adrian Davis-Johnston C 940 35.9%
Alan Mossop EDP 269 10.3%

St John's

James Samson Lab 1345 57.8%
John Heathcote C 984 42.2%

St Michael's

Alan Barry Lab 1282 62.7%
Ian Francis LD 763 37.3%

Seascale and Whicham

Susan Brown C 2321 71.0%
Allan Holliday Lab 946 29.0%

Seaton

Trevor Fee Ind 1202 51.3%
John Ardron Lab 1140 48.7%

Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale

Joseph Nicholson C 1914 57.1%
Sydney McLennan LD 1150 34.3%
Diane Horner Lab 289 8.6%

Solway Coast

Anthony Markley C 1269 40.3%
Robert Allison Lab 1127 35.8%
William Jefferson Ind 749 23.8%

Stanwix and Irthington

John Mallinson C 1760 51.9%
William Graham Ind 1632 48.1%

Stanwix Urban

Elizabeth Mallinson C 1736 54.1%
George Stothard Lab 1475 45.9%

Ulverston East

Wendy Kolbe Lab 1397 55.2%
Brian Wilkinson C 823 32.5%
Alan Beach UKIP 312 12.3%

Ulverston West

Pauline Halfpenny C 1682 54.7%
Bharath Rajan Lab 896 29.1%
Simon Filmore Grn 499 16.2%

Upper Kent

Stanley Collins LD 1755 54.5%
Patricia Bell C 1189 36.9%
Avril Dobson Lab 277 8.6%

Upperby

Stewart Young Lab 1297 60.5%
Michael Clarke C 448 20.9%
James Osler LD 398 18.6%

Walney North

Jane Murphy Lab 1315 58.6%
Brenda Lauderdale C 632 28.2%
Kenneth Arts Ind 298 13.3%

Walney South

Jeffrey Garnett Lab 1211 50.1%
Graham Pritchard C 786 32.5%
Stephen Smart Ind 315 13.0%
Thomas Weall Ind 103 4.3%

Wetheral

John Robinson C 2206 64.7%
Roger Horne Lab 1205 35.3%

Wigton

John Crouch Lab 856 32.1%
Stuart Moffat C 804 30.1%
George Scott Ind 711 26.6%
Jacqueline Forsyth LD 299 11.2%

Windermere

Joan Stocker LD 1858 55.0%
David Williams C 1211 35.8%
Yvonne Stewart-Taylor Lab 309 9.1%

Yewdale

Helen Horne Lab 1890 61.1%
Gareth Ellis C 1202 38.9%

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