Local Election Results 2009
Cumbria
Whole council up for election.
PPF = People's Party (Furness)
Other results for Cumbria:
2005
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
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— 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
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
62438 |
40.1% |
38 |
| Liberal Democrat |
38300 |
24.6% |
16 |
| Labour |
33281 |
21.4% |
24 |
| British National Party |
8151 |
5.2% |
0 |
| Independent |
7626 |
4.9% |
5 |
| Green Party |
3377 |
2.2% |
0 |
| People's Party (Furness) |
1395 |
0.9% |
1 |
| UK Independence Party |
1188 |
0.8% |
0 |
| Mary Robinson |
Ind |
700 |
33.8% |
| Sheila Orchard |
C |
651 |
31.4% |
| Andrew Bell |
LD |
519 |
25.0% |
| Kristina Blenkharn |
Lab |
203 |
9.8% |
| Martin Stephenson |
C |
925 |
48.9% |
| Andrew Connell |
LD |
888 |
46.9% |
| Janice Harrison |
Lab |
80 |
4.2% |
| Jim Buchanan |
C |
1276 |
56.8% |
| Rob Rimmer |
Lab |
557 |
24.8% |
| Martin Pugmire |
LD |
413 |
18.4% |
| Alan Toole |
C |
1279 |
65.1% |
| Richard Im Thurn |
Lab |
497 |
25.3% |
| Wayne Newton |
BNP |
188 |
9.6% |
| Ian Stockdale |
Lab |
635 |
39.4% |
| Kevin Reynolds |
C |
575 |
35.7% |
| George Bain |
Ind |
243 |
15.1% |
| Stephen Bingham |
BNP |
159 |
9.9% |
| Robert Betton |
Ind |
507 |
32.9% |
| Anne Glendinning |
Lab |
428 |
27.8% |
| Paul Nedved |
C |
366 |
23.8% |
| Karl Chappell |
BNP |
116 |
7.5% |
| Colin Farmer |
LD |
85 |
5.5% |
| Charmian McCutcheon |
Grn |
38 |
2.5% |
| Duncan Fairbairn |
C |
1455 |
66.4% |
| Margrit Scott |
LD |
459 |
20.9% |
| Bill Goldsmith |
Lab |
277 |
12.6% |
| Lawrence Fisher |
C |
1007 |
47.8% |
| Joseph Hendry |
Lab |
587 |
27.9% |
| Olwyn Luckley |
LD |
367 |
17.4% |
| Michael Elliott |
BNP |
146 |
6.9% |
| Graham Roberts |
C |
782 |
43.8% |
| Bernard Kirk |
Lab |
761 |
42.6% |
| Malcolm Southward |
BNP |
243 |
13.6% |
| Rod Wilson |
LD |
1404 |
60.6% |
| Ted Walsh |
C |
872 |
37.6% |
| Keith Short |
Lab |
42 |
1.8% |
| James Tootle |
LD |
424 |
34.3% |
| Steven Bowditch |
Lab |
297 |
24.0% |
| Barbara Eden |
C |
241 |
19.5% |
| Thomas Hellberg |
Grn |
144 |
11.7% |
| Benjamin Whittingham |
BNP |
129 |
10.4% |
| Timothy Knowles |
Lab |
844 |
45.8% |
| Clive Jefferson |
BNP |
501 |
27.2% |
| Kenneth Simpson |
C |
498 |
27.0% |
| Frank Morgan |
Lab |
778 |
42.3% |
| Jean Lewthwaite |
C |
556 |
30.2% |
| Kevin Hurst |
BNP |
276 |
15.0% |
| Mike Minogue |
LD |
230 |
12.5% |
| Eric Nicholson |
C |
1228 |
57.1% |
| Juliet Henderson |
LD |
510 |
23.7% |
| Mark Hayhurst |
Lab |
413 |
19.2% |
| Alan Kennon |
C |
1167 |
60.2% |
| Bill Bacon |
Lab |
388 |
20.0% |
| Dianne Standen |
Grn |
383 |
19.8% |
| Heather Bradley |
Lab |
764 |
54.5% |
| Gareth Ellis |
C |
393 |
28.0% |
| Alistair Barbour |
BNP |
245 |
17.5% |
| Trevor Allison |
LD |
1316 |
44.5% |
| John Collier |
C |
1243 |
42.0% |
| Sandra Warwick |
Lab |
254 |
8.6% |
| Glen Gardner |
BNP |
147 |
5.0% |
| Jill Heath |
C |
751 |
50.3% |
| Barry Doughty |
Lab |
397 |
26.6% |
| Lynn Murray |
LD |
346 |
23.2% |
| Bill Bleasdale |
C |
578 |
42.3% |
| William Smith |
Lab |
428 |
31.4% |
| Gordon Murray |
LD |
359 |
26.3% |
| Eddie Martin |
C |
1064 |
46.6% |
| Alan Clark |
Lab |
836 |
36.6% |
| Geoff Smith |
Grn |
385 |
16.8% |
| Hugh McDevitt |
Lab |
745 |
49.0% |
| Shaidat Danmole-Ellis |
C |
352 |
23.2% |
| John Harrison |
LD |
189 |
12.4% |
| Stephen Graham |
Grn |
131 |
8.6% |
| Gillian Forrester |
BNP |
102 |
6.7% |
| Cam Ross |
Lab |
548 |
38.8% |
| Frank Hollowell |
LD |
357 |
25.3% |
| Dorothy Wonnacott |
C |
343 |
24.3% |
| Helen Stevenson |
BNP |
165 |
11.7% |
| Thomas Lowther |
C |
1084 |
50.7% |
| Neil Hughes |
LD |
962 |
45.0% |
| David Wilson |
Lab |
91 |
4.3% |
| Norman Clarkson |
C |
1189 |
64.8% |
| Peter Watson |
Lab |
473 |
25.8% |
| Lynne Hicks |
BNP |
173 |
9.4% |
| Bill Wearing |
C |
1421 |
52.4% |
| Martin Wright |
LD |
1202 |
44.4% |
| Charles Haigh |
Lab |
87 |
3.2% |
| Albert Richardson |
C |
1222 |
59.5% |
| Victoria Darrall |
LD |
399 |
19.4% |
| Lynn Bates |
Grn |
302 |
14.7% |
| Christopher Southward |
Lab |
130 |
6.3% |
| Cyril Weber |
Lab |
703 |
42.5% |
| Allan Stevenson |
C |
536 |
32.4% |
| Deborah Clode |
LD |
212 |
12.8% |
| Anthony Carvell |
BNP |
204 |
12.3% |
| Marjorie Rae |
Lab |
748 |
36.2% |
| Robert Hardon |
C |
612 |
29.6% |
| Allan Caine |
LD |
454 |
22.0% |
| Vincent Richardson |
BNP |
251 |
12.2% |
| David Roberts |
C |
899 |
46.7% |
| Michael Stephenson |
Ind |
724 |
37.6% |
| Rebecca Melling |
Lab |
197 |
10.2% |
| Mike Ashburner |
BNP |
106 |
5.5% |
| Mike Hawkins |
Lab |
730 |
49.1% |
| Marie Simpson |
C |
504 |
33.9% |
| Shaun Hornby |
BNP |
254 |
17.1% |
| Claire Salisbury |
C |
1315 |
59.5% |
| John Hemingway |
LD |
894 |
40.5% |
| Andrew Wonnacott |
C |
826 |
46.9% |
| Steve Gibbson |
Lab |
706 |
40.1% |
| Bill Pugh |
BNP |
229 |
13.0% |
| Anne Burns |
Lab |
397 |
35.5% |
| James Lancaster |
C |
272 |
24.3% |
| Reginald Bird |
Ind |
233 |
20.8% |
| Rosemarie Hamezeian |
PPF |
216 |
19.3% |
| Wendy Skillicorn |
Lab |
681 |
42.8% |
| Simon Nicholson |
BNP |
491 |
30.9% |
| Brigid Whiteside |
C |
238 |
15.0% |
| Edward Caley-Knowles |
UKIP |
180 |
11.3% |
| Tom Clare |
LD |
1799 |
75.3% |
| James Alexander |
C |
526 |
22.0% |
| Penelope Henderson |
Lab |
63 |
2.6% |
| Geoff Cook |
LD |
1233 |
70.9% |
| Robin Brown |
C |
338 |
19.4% |
| Robert Rothwell |
Lab |
169 |
9.7% |
| Clare Feeney-Johnson |
LD |
1507 |
67.5% |
| Colin Bell |
C |
439 |
19.7% |
| Les Lishman |
Ind |
198 |
8.9% |
| Allan Ring |
Lab |
90 |
4.0% |
| Brenda Gray |
LD |
1675 |
60.7% |
| Alan Bobbett |
C |
1008 |
36.5% |
| Marylin Molloy |
Lab |
75 |
2.7% |
| Brendan Jameson |
LD |
1575 |
72.2% |
| Dan Ross |
C |
379 |
17.4% |
| Rae Cross |
Lab |
158 |
7.2% |
| Donna Devlin |
BNP |
70 |
3.2% |
| Ian Stewart |
LD |
2123 |
66.0% |
| Sue Blonsky |
C |
1032 |
32.1% |
| Lois Sparling |
Lab |
61 |
1.9% |
| Elizabeth Barraclough |
LD |
971 |
42.0% |
| Ron Munby |
C |
731 |
31.6% |
| Denstone Kemp |
Lab |
350 |
15.2% |
| Calum Grant |
Grn |
258 |
11.2% |
| Peter Thornton |
LD |
862 |
43.5% |
| Timothy Stoddard |
C |
848 |
42.8% |
| Rachel Bates |
Grn |
194 |
9.8% |
| Joan Southward |
Lab |
79 |
4.0% |
| David Earnshaw |
LD |
1382 |
71.1% |
| Alan Clarke |
C |
500 |
25.7% |
| Maureen Colquhoun |
Lab |
61 |
3.1% |
| Amanda Long |
C |
1238 |
62.2% |
| Robert Dodds |
Lab |
455 |
22.9% |
| Christopher Davidson |
BNP |
297 |
14.9% |
| Janet Willis |
LD |
1095 |
49.2% |
| Paul Irving |
C |
937 |
42.1% |
| Mark Wilson |
Lab |
192 |
8.6% |
| Roger Bingham |
C |
1691 |
65.4% |
| Carl Smith |
LD |
893 |
34.6% |
| James Bland |
C |
1314 |
54.9% |
| Stephen Rooke |
LD |
1021 |
42.7% |
| Robin Yates |
Lab |
57 |
2.4% |
| Keith Little |
Lab |
904 |
60.3% |
| Tina Wingfield |
BNP |
328 |
21.9% |
| John Stanyer |
C |
266 |
17.8% |
| Bill Cameron |
Lab |
628 |
41.8% |
| John Rivers |
LD |
334 |
22.2% |
| John Peel |
Ind |
282 |
18.8% |
| Carl Edgar |
BNP |
259 |
17.2% |
| Ray Cole |
C |
1231 |
58.7% |
| Robin Pitt |
Lab |
556 |
26.5% |
| Craig Eaton |
BNP |
310 |
14.8% |
| John Woolley |
Lab |
512 |
51.1% |
| Craig Burns |
BNP |
249 |
24.9% |
| Glenn Gray |
C |
240 |
24.0% |
| Gerald Humes |
Lab |
591 |
44.4% |
| Denis Robertson |
Ind |
462 |
34.7% |
| Eddie Woodthorpe |
C |
148 |
11.1% |
| Glen Brew |
BNP |
131 |
9.8% |
| John Bell |
Lab |
744 |
37.8% |
| Hannah Farmer |
LD |
689 |
35.0% |
| Terri Cartner |
C |
292 |
14.8% |
| David Fraser |
BNP |
245 |
12.4% |
| Barbara Cannon |
Lab |
411 |
41.1% |
| John Bracken |
Ind |
277 |
27.7% |
| Martin Wingfield |
BNP |
130 |
13.0% |
| Ian Francis |
LD |
104 |
10.4% |
| Judy Prest |
C |
77 |
7.7% |
| Tina Macur |
C |
510 |
37.6% |
| Philip Solloway |
Ind |
452 |
33.3% |
| Robert Pointer |
Lab |
259 |
19.1% |
| Tony Akbar |
PPF |
136 |
10.0% |
| Oliver Pearson |
Ind |
288 |
34.8% |
| Clive Kitchen |
Lab |
282 |
34.1% |
| Ken Williams |
C |
149 |
18.0% |
| Daniel Tyson |
PPF |
108 |
13.1% |
| Jim Hamezeian |
PPF |
549 |
48.8% |
| Ernest Wilson |
Lab |
312 |
27.7% |
| Ben Shirley |
C |
265 |
23.5% |
| Lisa Hammond |
Ind |
594 |
45.6% |
| Shirley Richardson |
C |
358 |
27.5% |
| John Murphy |
Lab |
350 |
26.9% |
| Patricia Bell |
LD |
950 |
58.5% |
| John Lynch |
C |
591 |
36.4% |
| Graham Bartlett |
Lab |
82 |
5.1% |
| Hilary Carrick |
C |
813 |
44.3% |
| John Tompkins |
LD |
798 |
43.5% |
| Geoffrey Rockliffe-King |
Lab |
129 |
7.0% |
| Anthony O'Malley |
BNP |
94 |
5.1% |
| Gary Strong |
C |
1211 |
65.4% |
| Roger Burgin |
LD |
494 |
26.7% |
| James Hendry |
Lab |
148 |
8.0% |
| Helen Fearon |
C |
457 |
36.0% |
| Michael Eyles |
LD |
417 |
32.8% |
| Colin Nineham |
Ind |
203 |
16.0% |
| Charles Bickerstaffe |
BNP |
105 |
8.3% |
| Sheelagh Delaney |
Lab |
88 |
6.9% |
| Kevin Hamilton |
Lab |
533 |
40.4% |
| Jack Richardson |
C |
233 |
17.7% |
| Wayne Butler |
Ind |
230 |
17.5% |
| William McEwan |
PPF |
176 |
13.4% |
| Bernie Devlin |
BNP |
146 |
11.1% |
| Ray Guselli |
C |
835 |
47.4% |
| Nina Hill |
Ind |
662 |
37.6% |
| Marie Derbyshire |
Lab |
263 |
14.9% |
| Reginald Watson |
Lab |
503 |
33.2% |
| James Bainbridge |
C |
489 |
32.3% |
| Martyn Dyer-Smith |
LD |
219 |
14.4% |
| Arthur Paynter |
Grn |
161 |
10.6% |
| Marc Scott |
BNP |
144 |
9.5% |
| David Southward |
Lab |
635 |
35.2% |
| Jane Micklethwaite |
C |
500 |
27.7% |
| Sam Meteer |
Ind |
477 |
26.4% |
| Brian Allan |
BNP |
193 |
10.7% |
| Joe Holliday |
Lab |
759 |
48.7% |
| Michael Davidson |
C |
563 |
36.1% |
| Stephen Stoddart |
BNP |
237 |
15.2% |
| Alan Barry |
Lab |
805 |
65.7% |
| James Lister |
C |
420 |
34.3% |
| Sue Brown |
C |
1341 |
61.7% |
| Carl Carter |
Lab |
366 |
16.8% |
| Nigel Gilligan |
Grn |
301 |
13.8% |
| Russ McLean |
BNP |
166 |
7.6% |
| Trevor Fee |
Ind |
846 |
62.3% |
| Phillip Tibble |
Lab |
338 |
24.9% |
| Alistair Grey |
Grn |
173 |
12.7% |
| Kevin Lancaster |
C |
1285 |
49.4% |
| Fenner Pearson |
LD |
1272 |
48.9% |
| Kathryn Willard |
Lab |
46 |
1.8% |
| Tony Markley |
C |
1220 |
60.1% |
| Carl Holding |
Lab |
436 |
21.5% |
| John Merritt |
LD |
373 |
18.4% |
| John Mallinson |
C |
1279 |
59.1% |
| George Stothard |
Lab |
408 |
18.8% |
| Carol Weaver |
UKIP |
396 |
18.3% |
| Robert Round |
BNP |
82 |
3.8% |
| Elizabeth Mallinson |
C |
1232 |
58.4% |
| William Whalen |
Lab |
415 |
19.7% |
| Dallas Brewis |
Grn |
364 |
17.2% |
| William Round |
BNP |
100 |
4.7% |
| Peter Hornby |
C |
445 |
29.9% |
| Wendy Kolbe |
Lab |
410 |
27.6% |
| Geoff Dellow |
Ind |
248 |
16.7% |
| Simon Pardoe |
LD |
204 |
13.7% |
| Christopher Loynes |
Grn |
179 |
12.0% |
| James Airey |
C |
1098 |
53.0% |
| Ray Beecham |
LD |
391 |
18.9% |
| Roy Gill |
Lab |
326 |
15.7% |
| Bill Shaw |
Grn |
255 |
12.3% |
| Stan Collins |
LD |
1439 |
63.3% |
| Eric Hookway |
C |
616 |
27.1% |
| Edwin Bateman |
UKIP |
218 |
9.6% |
| Stewart Young |
Lab |
595 |
40.8% |
| James Osler |
LD |
392 |
26.9% |
| Georgina Clarke |
C |
258 |
17.7% |
| Ronald Rome |
BNP |
212 |
14.6% |
| Melvyn Worth |
Lab |
619 |
54.0% |
| Stephen Smart |
C |
528 |
46.0% |
| David Marcus |
C |
598 |
45.5% |
| Jeffrey Garnett |
Lab |
363 |
27.6% |
| Sheila Begley |
PPF |
210 |
16.0% |
| Stephanie Townsend |
LD |
143 |
10.9% |
| Nicholas Marriner |
C |
1602 |
61.0% |
| Roger Horne |
Lab |
536 |
20.4% |
| Michael Owen |
UKIP |
394 |
15.0% |
| Susan Parker |
BNP |
95 |
3.6% |
| Joe Cowell |
C |
918 |
50.5% |
| John Crouch |
Lab |
651 |
35.8% |
| Paul Stafford |
BNP |
248 |
13.6% |
| Jo Stephenson |
LD |
1707 |
65.0% |
| Mike Nicholson |
C |
867 |
33.0% |
| Stephen Thomas |
Lab |
53 |
2.0% |
| Fiona Robson |
C |
802 |
39.0% |
| Helen Horne |
Lab |
713 |
34.6% |
| John Farmer |
LD |
249 |
12.1% |
| Robert Walker |
BNP |
185 |
9.0% |
| Ian Brewis |
Grn |
109 |
5.3% |
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