Local Election Results 2017
Cumbria
Whole council up for election.
Thanks to David Jeffery for a correction to this page.
Other results for Cumbria:
2005
2009
2013
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
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
62696 |
44.3% |
37 |
| Labour |
37276 |
26.3% |
26 |
| Liberal Democrat |
25308 |
17.9% |
16 |
| Independent |
7797 |
5.5% |
5 |
| Green Party |
5632 |
4.0% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
2791 |
2.0% |
0 |
| Claire Driver |
Lab |
836 |
35.2% |
| Walter Walker |
C |
688 |
28.9% |
| Mary Robinson |
Ind |
624 |
26.2% |
| Deb Holden |
LD |
116 |
4.9% |
| Alan Marsden |
Grn |
114 |
4.8% |
| Andy Connell |
LD |
909 |
48.2% |
| John Owen |
C |
844 |
44.7% |
| John Potts |
Lab |
78 |
4.1% |
| Kimberley Lawson |
Grn |
56 |
3.0% |
| Jim Lister |
C |
593 |
39.4% |
| Phill Roberts |
LD |
548 |
36.4% |
| Peter Kendall |
Lab |
262 |
17.4% |
| David Wilson |
UKIP |
101 |
6.7% |
| Gareth Ellis |
C |
951 |
48.3% |
| Paul Birks |
Lab |
538 |
27.4% |
| Alan Toole |
Ind |
478 |
24.3% |
| Christine Bowditch |
Lab |
742 |
46.2% |
| Geoffrey Osborne |
C |
722 |
44.9% |
| Susan Riley |
UKIP |
91 |
5.7% |
| Helen Atkinson |
Grn |
52 |
3.2% |
| Robert Betton |
Ind |
807 |
50.0% |
| Helen Fisher |
Lab |
431 |
26.7% |
| Paul Nedved |
C |
337 |
20.9% |
| Deb Brown |
Grn |
40 |
2.5% |
| Alan Bowness |
C |
1235 |
66.8% |
| Jill Perry |
Grn |
615 |
33.2% |
| Lawrence Fisher |
C |
860 |
55.5% |
| Lesley Begley |
Lab |
321 |
20.7% |
| Olwyn Luckley |
LD |
135 |
8.7% |
| Colin Luhrs |
Grn |
126 |
8.1% |
| John Harding |
UKIP |
107 |
6.9% |
| Graham Roberts |
C |
607 |
42.6% |
| Rachel Holliday |
Lab |
561 |
39.3% |
| Charles Maudling |
Ind |
220 |
15.4% |
| Maggie Bedford |
Grn |
38 |
2.7% |
| Sue Sanderson |
LD |
1111 |
53.5% |
| Steve Chambers |
C |
873 |
42.0% |
| Robin le Mare |
Grn |
94 |
4.5% |
| Alan McGuckin |
Lab |
469 |
43.4% |
| James Bainbridge |
C |
364 |
33.7% |
| David Wood |
LD |
117 |
10.8% |
| Robbie Reid-Sinclair |
UKIP |
77 |
7.1% |
| Richard Hunt |
Grn |
53 |
4.9% |
| Arthur Lamb |
C |
629 |
47.2% |
| Tim Knowles |
Lab |
612 |
45.9% |
| Allan Todd |
Grn |
93 |
7.0% |
| Frank Morgan |
Lab |
567 |
50.7% |
| Genna Haraldsen |
C |
309 |
27.6% |
| Christopher Ross |
Ind |
112 |
10.0% |
| Mike Minogue |
LD |
66 |
5.9% |
| Nicholas Ford |
UKIP |
65 |
5.8% |
| Rebecca Hanson |
LD |
811 |
39.8% |
| Peter Nicholson |
C |
609 |
29.9% |
| Isabel Burns |
Lab |
546 |
26.8% |
| Flic Crowley |
Grn |
70 |
3.4% |
| Alan Kennon |
C |
1117 |
56.2% |
| Andrew Semple |
Lab |
579 |
29.2% |
| Roger Peck |
LD |
204 |
10.3% |
| Jane Roy |
Grn |
86 |
4.3% |
| William Graham |
Ind |
830 |
47.7% |
| Keith Meller |
C |
608 |
35.0% |
| Alison Hobson |
LD |
177 |
10.2% |
| Charmian Mccutcheon |
Grn |
124 |
7.1% |
| Reg Watson |
Lab |
562 |
54.5% |
| Geoff Mitchell |
C |
309 |
30.0% |
| Jeffrey Bomford |
Ind |
96 |
9.3% |
| Sky Higgins |
Grn |
64 |
6.2% |
| Trevor Allison |
LD |
1048 |
47.0% |
| Katharine Oliver |
C |
936 |
41.9% |
| Ray Warwick |
Lab |
248 |
11.1% |
| Ben Shirley |
C |
884 |
55.2% |
| Barry Doughty |
Lab |
569 |
35.5% |
| Glenn Higgins |
Ind |
148 |
9.2% |
| Des English |
C |
683 |
49.9% |
| Ernie Wilson |
Lab |
508 |
37.1% |
| Dick Young |
UKIP |
115 |
8.4% |
| Raymond Beecham |
LD |
63 |
4.6% |
| Hugo Graham |
C |
805 |
49.0% |
| Alan Clark |
Lab |
641 |
39.0% |
| Richard Mawdsley |
UKIP |
112 |
6.8% |
| Helen Smith |
Grn |
85 |
5.2% |
| Hugh McDevitt |
Lab |
800 |
60.0% |
| Syed Ali |
C |
360 |
27.0% |
| Neil Boothman |
Grn |
93 |
7.0% |
| Kerryanne Wilde |
UKIP |
80 |
6.0% |
| Neil Hughes |
LD |
1129 |
54.8% |
| Laura Kay |
C |
931 |
45.2% |
| David Southward |
Lab |
789 |
53.8% |
| Alistair Norwood |
C |
677 |
46.2% |
| Chris Whiteside |
C |
626 |
42.7% |
| Henry Wormstrup |
Lab |
469 |
32.0% |
| Wammo Walmsley |
Ind |
208 |
14.2% |
| Jayne Laine |
Ind |
163 |
11.1% |
| Christopher Turner |
C |
1144 |
60.9% |
| Sam Meteer |
Ind |
366 |
19.5% |
| Peter Kane |
Lab |
311 |
16.6% |
| Daniel Nixon |
Grn |
57 |
3.0% |
| Bill Wearing |
C |
1318 |
62.1% |
| Dave Khan |
LD |
586 |
27.6% |
| Nicola Kennedy |
Lab |
135 |
6.4% |
| Laura Miller |
Grn |
83 |
3.9% |
| Tom Wentworth Waites |
C |
1009 |
57.4% |
| Roger Burgin |
LD |
255 |
14.5% |
| Doug Lawson |
Grn |
205 |
11.7% |
| Ruth Wood |
Lab |
201 |
11.4% |
| David Ryland |
UKIP |
89 |
5.1% |
| Cyril Weber |
Lab |
737 |
67.3% |
| Barbara Eden |
C |
358 |
32.7% |
| Deborah Earl |
Lab |
671 |
44.8% |
| Michael Randall |
C |
655 |
43.7% |
| Jack Paton |
Ind |
173 |
11.5% |
| Marjorie Rae |
Ind |
613 |
46.8% |
| Janet King |
Lab |
425 |
32.4% |
| Neville Lishman |
C |
189 |
14.4% |
| Reece Fleming |
LD |
84 |
6.4% |
| Roy Worthington |
C |
1245 |
74.4% |
| Connor Lambton |
Lab |
429 |
25.6% |
| Matt Brereton |
C |
1059 |
48.5% |
| David Fletcher |
LD |
798 |
36.6% |
| Gerry Scott |
Lab |
222 |
10.2% |
| Chris Loynes |
Grn |
103 |
4.7% |
| Andrew Wonnacott |
C |
816 |
50.5% |
| Christine Wharrier |
Lab |
801 |
49.5% |
| Anne Burns |
Lab |
714 |
62.1% |
| Ann English |
C |
300 |
26.1% |
| Dave Roberts |
UKIP |
136 |
11.8% |
| John Mallinson |
C |
1112 |
65.7% |
| Maggie Robinson |
Lab |
262 |
15.5% |
| Brendan Murphy |
LD |
140 |
8.3% |
| Fiona Mills |
UKIP |
90 |
5.3% |
| Hazel Graham |
Grn |
88 |
5.2% |
| Martin Barbour |
C |
623 |
47.6% |
| Gillian Troughton |
Lab |
566 |
43.3% |
| Eric Atkinson |
UKIP |
75 |
5.7% |
| Sharon Watson |
Grn |
44 |
3.4% |
| Emma Williamson |
Lab |
684 |
51.8% |
| Brigid Whiteside |
C |
419 |
31.7% |
| Michael Guest |
Ind |
218 |
16.5% |
| Chris Hogg |
LD |
1267 |
58.0% |
| Harry Taylor |
C |
703 |
32.2% |
| Jim Ring |
Lab |
133 |
6.1% |
| Gwen Harrison |
Grn |
83 |
3.8% |
| Geoff Cook |
LD |
922 |
54.0% |
| Emma Hine |
C |
426 |
24.9% |
| Paul Braithwaite |
Lab |
253 |
14.8% |
| Phil Whiting |
Grn |
107 |
6.3% |
| Shirley Evans |
LD |
1234 |
60.1% |
| Pamela Flitcroft |
C |
531 |
25.9% |
| Eli Aldridge |
Lab |
188 |
9.2% |
| Andy Mason |
Grn |
100 |
4.9% |
| Brenda Gray |
LD |
1195 |
48.6% |
| Andrew Lucas |
C |
1025 |
41.7% |
| Jackson Stubbs |
Lab |
131 |
5.3% |
| Meg Hill |
Grn |
109 |
4.4% |
| Peter Thornton |
LD |
1170 |
54.9% |
| Michael Nicholson |
C |
443 |
20.8% |
| Virginia Branney |
Lab |
353 |
16.5% |
| Ian Rodham |
Grn |
167 |
7.8% |
| Ian Stewart |
LD |
1422 |
53.0% |
| Tom Harvey |
C |
995 |
37.1% |
| Jill Abel |
Grn |
162 |
6.0% |
| Lois Sparling |
Lab |
103 |
3.8% |
| Tony Lywood |
Lab |
933 |
51.6% |
| Ronald Munby |
C |
608 |
33.6% |
| Jack Lenox |
Grn |
268 |
14.8% |
| Phil Dew |
C |
1605 |
70.3% |
| Kelvyn James |
LD |
407 |
17.8% |
| Ian Simkins |
Lab |
194 |
8.5% |
| Richard O'Brien |
Grn |
77 |
3.4% |
| Will Clark |
LD |
782 |
53.1% |
| Tim Browne |
C |
564 |
38.3% |
| Alison Gilchrist |
Lab |
79 |
5.4% |
| Chris Rowley |
Grn |
49 |
3.3% |
| Val Tarbitt |
C |
921 |
74.0% |
| Stephen Sidgwick |
Lab |
215 |
17.3% |
| Graham Moore |
UKIP |
109 |
8.8% |
| Janet Willis |
LD |
994 |
47.5% |
| Andrew Butcher |
C |
861 |
41.2% |
| Shirley-Anne Wilson |
Lab |
191 |
9.1% |
| Peter Howlett |
Grn |
45 |
2.2% |
| Roger Bingham |
C |
1715 |
69.7% |
| Gordon Higton |
LD |
510 |
20.7% |
| Paul Casson |
Lab |
139 |
5.6% |
| Simon Blunden |
Grn |
97 |
3.9% |
| James Bland |
C |
1247 |
65.0% |
| Bex Cooper |
LD |
530 |
27.6% |
| Adam Rubinstein |
Grn |
99 |
5.2% |
| Stephen Willmott |
UKIP |
43 |
2.2% |
| Carni McCarron-Holmes |
Lab |
663 |
38.7% |
| George Kemp |
UKIP |
646 |
37.7% |
| Sarah Pagan |
C |
318 |
18.6% |
| Clare Brown |
Grn |
86 |
5.0% |
| Keith Little |
Lab |
983 |
72.7% |
| Antony Todd |
C |
285 |
21.1% |
| Laura Rumney |
Grn |
84 |
6.2% |
| Doug Wilson |
C |
967 |
68.6% |
| Denise Burness |
Lab |
442 |
31.4% |
| Keith Hitchen |
C |
1150 |
72.9% |
| Ryan Woods |
Lab |
281 |
17.8% |
| Sally Millar |
Grn |
147 |
9.3% |
| Mike Hawkins |
Lab |
804 |
66.2% |
| Jane Micklethwaite |
C |
410 |
33.8% |
| John Bell |
Lab |
804 |
58.9% |
| David Shepherd |
C |
477 |
34.9% |
| Rob Morrison |
Grn |
84 |
6.2% |
| Stephen Stoddart |
Ind |
847 |
55.1% |
| Barbara Cannon |
Lab |
484 |
31.5% |
| Louise Donnelly |
C |
188 |
12.2% |
| Douglas Maw |
Grn |
17 |
1.1% |
| Sol Wielkopolski |
C |
683 |
49.7% |
| John Murphy |
Lab |
600 |
43.7% |
| Karl Hunt |
UKIP |
90 |
6.6% |
| Helen Wall |
Lab |
577 |
60.0% |
| Brenda Lauderdale |
C |
290 |
30.2% |
| Colin Rudd |
UKIP |
94 |
9.8% |
| Bill McEwan |
Lab |
660 |
51.8% |
| Terri-Ann Gibney |
C |
398 |
31.2% |
| Theresa McMeekin |
UKIP |
216 |
17.0% |
| Patricia Bell |
LD |
955 |
60.9% |
| John Forrester |
C |
445 |
28.4% |
| Hilary Snell |
Lab |
85 |
5.4% |
| Mary Dixon |
UKIP |
53 |
3.4% |
| Ali Ross |
Grn |
29 |
1.9% |
| Hilary Carrick |
C |
1031 |
64.2% |
| Virginia Taylor |
LD |
574 |
35.8% |
| David Whipp |
C |
888 |
51.4% |
| Michael Tonkin |
Ind |
405 |
23.5% |
| Lorna Baker |
LD |
290 |
16.8% |
| Wade Tidbury |
Grn |
143 |
8.3% |
| Helen Fearon |
C |
507 |
40.7% |
| Judith Derbyshire |
LD |
319 |
25.6% |
| Lee Quinn |
Ind |
260 |
20.9% |
| Dave Knaggs |
Lab |
160 |
12.8% |
| Kevin Hamilton |
Lab |
667 |
63.6% |
| Jamie Samson |
C |
382 |
36.4% |
| Derek Gawne |
C |
898 |
56.4% |
| Fred Chatfield |
Lab |
606 |
38.1% |
| Pete Richards |
UKIP |
88 |
5.5% |
| Joe Holliday |
Ind |
704 |
40.0% |
| Antony McGuckin |
Lab |
635 |
36.1% |
| Ann McKerrell |
C |
369 |
21.0% |
| Fliss Watts |
Grn |
52 |
3.0% |
| Alan Barry |
Lab |
798 |
64.8% |
| Gladys Wilson |
C |
277 |
22.5% |
| Margaret Bennett |
LD |
120 |
9.7% |
| Peter Rigg |
Grn |
36 |
2.9% |
| Celia Tibble |
Lab |
755 |
48.5% |
| Mark Jenkinson |
C |
727 |
46.7% |
| Alistair Grey |
Grn |
74 |
4.8% |
| Nick Cotton |
LD |
1253 |
48.8% |
| Kevin Lancaster |
C |
1163 |
45.3% |
| Nick Cross |
Lab |
91 |
3.5% |
| Daphne Jackson |
Grn |
60 |
2.3% |
| Tony Markley |
C |
884 |
50.4% |
| John Cook |
Ind |
525 |
29.9% |
| Caroline Richardson |
Lab |
274 |
15.6% |
| Richard Rawson |
Grn |
70 |
4.0% |
| Elizabeth Mallinson |
C |
1123 |
57.0% |
| Tim Linford |
Lab |
548 |
27.8% |
| Helen Davison |
Grn |
216 |
11.0% |
| Phil Douglass |
UKIP |
83 |
4.2% |
| Duncan Fairbairn |
C |
1294 |
73.3% |
| Bill Goldsmith |
Lab |
343 |
19.4% |
| Dianne Standen |
Grn |
128 |
7.3% |
| John Wilson |
Lab |
758 |
46.1% |
| Helen Irving |
C |
620 |
37.7% |
| Andrew Hudson |
LD |
168 |
10.2% |
| Bob Gerry |
Grn |
98 |
6.0% |
| James Airey |
C |
1146 |
55.0% |
| David Webster |
Lab |
552 |
26.5% |
| Loraine Birchall |
LD |
235 |
11.3% |
| Judy Filmore |
Grn |
149 |
7.2% |
| Stan Collins |
LD |
1104 |
51.9% |
| Margaret Bond |
C |
756 |
35.5% |
| Adrian Porter |
Grn |
158 |
7.4% |
| Andy Windsor |
Lab |
109 |
5.1% |
| Stewart Young |
Lab |
703 |
52.5% |
| Fiona Robson |
C |
415 |
31.0% |
| John Denholm |
UKIP |
120 |
9.0% |
| James Osler |
LD |
70 |
5.2% |
| Penelope Foster |
Grn |
31 |
2.3% |
| Mel Worth |
Lab |
720 |
63.5% |
| Martin McLeavy |
C |
413 |
36.5% |
| Frank Cassidy |
Lab |
739 |
57.8% |
| Rory McClure |
C |
539 |
42.2% |
| Nick Marriner |
C |
1297 |
65.2% |
| Michael Gee |
LD |
307 |
15.4% |
| Stephen Bowditch |
Lab |
300 |
15.1% |
| Dallas Brewis |
Grn |
85 |
4.3% |
| Roger Liddle |
Lab |
1058 |
53.1% |
| Malcolm Grainger |
C |
883 |
44.3% |
| Patricia Ackred |
Grn |
53 |
2.7% |
| Ben Berry |
C |
1097 |
47.9% |
| Steve Rooke |
LD |
1009 |
44.1% |
| Penny Henderson |
Lab |
124 |
5.4% |
| Kate Threadgold |
Grn |
58 |
2.5% |
| Stephen Haraldsen |
C |
928 |
46.5% |
| Beth Furneaux |
Lab |
755 |
37.8% |
| Jeff Coates |
LD |
174 |
8.7% |
| Malcolm Craik |
UKIP |
111 |
5.6% |
| Henry Goodwin |
Grn |
28 |
1.4% |
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