2017 Cumbria County Council election

The 2017 Cumbria County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.[1] All 84 councillors were elected from electoral divisions which return one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

2017 Cumbria County Council election
4 May 2017
All 84 seats to Cumbria County Council
43 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader James Airey Stewart Young Patricia Anne Bell
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 25 35 16
Seats won 37 26 16
Seat change 12 10 0
Popular vote 62,696 37,276 25,308
Percentage 44.3% 26.3% 17.9%
Swing 13.3% 2.0% 0.1%
Map showing the results of the 2017 Cumbria County Council elections.
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

No overall control

Result summary
Cumbria County Council election, 2017[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 37 14 2 +12 44.0 44.3 62,696 +13.1
  Labour 26 2 12 -10 31.0 26.3 32,276 -2.0
  Liberal Democrats 16 3 2 +1 19.0 17.9 25,308 -0.1
  Independent 5 1 3 -2 6.0 5,5 7,797 -0.9
  Green 0 - - - - 4,0 5,632 +1.8
  UKIP 0 - - - - 2,0 2,791 -9.7

Results by electoral division

Allerdale District

(16 seats, 16 electoral divisions)

Allerdale District
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Conservative 16 6 1 1 0 38.7 10,381
  Labour 15 6 1 2 -1 35.0 9,379
  Independent 4 3 1 0 1 10.0 2,689
  Liberal Democrats 5 1 1 0 1 6.6 1,767
  Green 14 0 0 0 0 6.4 1,724 -
  UKIP 3 0 0 0 0 3.6 969

Aspatria
Aspatria (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim Lister 593 39.3 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Phil Roberts 548 36.4 +33.5
Labour Gregory Peter Kendall 262 17.4 -6.7
UKIP David Wilson 211 6.7 n/a
Turnout 1,507 36.5 +6.5
Conservative hold Swing

Bothel and Wharrels
Bothel and Wharrels (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Bowness 1,235 66.4 +5.8
Green Jill Perry 615 33.1 +12.2
Turnout 1,860 45.7 +8.1
Conservative hold Swing

Cockermouth North
Cockermouth North (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Charlotte Hanson 811 39.8 +34.3
Conservative Peter Andrew Hardie Nicholson 609 29.9 -14.7
Labour Isabel Jeanette Burns 546 26.8 -12.2
Green Flic Crowley 70 3.4 -6.4
Turnout 2,040 40.4 +7.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Cockermouth South
Cockermouth South (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Kennon 1,117 56.2 +22.7
Labour Andrew Irving Semple 579 29.1 +7.2
Liberal Democrats Roger Peck 204 10.3 -13.0
Green Jane Christine Roy 86 4.3 -1.8
Turnout 1,989 43.5 +5.4
Conservative hold Swing

Dearham and Broughton
Dearham and Broughton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hugo George Greenbank Graham 805 48.9 +17.0
Labour Alan Clark 641 38.9 +2.4
UKIP Richard Mawdsley 112 6.8 -14.6
Green Helen Hilda Smith 85 5.2 +1.9
Turnout 1,646 36.1 +1.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Harrington
Harrington (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Marjorie Rae 613 46.7 -4.8
Labour Janet Mary King 425 32.4 +7.7
Conservative Neville John Lishman 189 14.4 n/a
Liberal Democrats Reece Fleming 84 6.4 +4.5
Turnout 1,313 29.1 -2.3
Independent hold Swing

Keswick
Keswick (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Lywood 933 51.5 +39.0
Conservative Ronald Munby 608 33.6 +17.0
Green Jack Frederick Lenox 268 14.8 +7.7
Turnout 1,811 42.4 +8.1
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Maryport North
Maryport North (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carni McCarron-Holmes 663 38.6 +4.9
UKIP George Masterton Kemp 646 37.6 +27.7
Conservative Sarah Jane Pagan 318 18.5 +13.3
Green Clare Brown 86 5.0 +0.7
Turnout 1,719 35.1 -4.6
Labour hold Swing

Maryport South
Maryport South (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Anthony Little 983 72.7 +27.8
Conservative Antony Armstrong Todd 285 21.1 +18.0
Green Laura Rumney 84 6.2 +5.1
Turnout 1,353 29.5 -10.3
Labour hold Swing

Moss Bay and Moorclose
Moss Bay and Moorclose (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Stephen Stoddart 847 55.1 +8.4
Labour Barbara Ann Cannon 484 31.5 -16.5
Conservative Louise Mary Donnelly 188 12.2 +7.5
Green Douglas Maw 17 1.1 n/a
Turnout 1,538 32.5 +2.1
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Seaton
Seaton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Celia Tibble 755 48.4 +1.6
Conservative Mark Ian Jenkinson 727 46.6 +38.6
Green Alistair John Grey 74 4.7 n/a
Turnout 1,560 33.5
Labour hold Swing

Solway Coast
Solway Coast (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Markley 884 50.3 -3.2
Independent John Cook 525 29.9 n/a
Labour Caroline Richardson 274 15.6 -1.5
Green Richard Clive Rawson 70 4.0 -1.7
Turnout 1,758 41.2 +4.6
Conservative hold Swing

St John's and Great Clifton
St John's and Great Clifton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Joe Holliday 704 40.0 -3.3
Labour Anthony David McGuckin 635 36.1 +9.3
Conservative Ann Vipond McKerrell 369 21.0 n/a
Green Fliss Watts 52 3.0 +0.7
Turnout 1,761 34.7 +1.7
Independent hold Swing

St Michael's
St Michael's (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Lawrence Barry 798 64.4 +13.3
Conservative Gladys Wilson 277 22.3 +15.8
Liberal Democrats Margaret Bennett 120 9.8 n/a
Green Peter George Rowland Rigg 36 2.9 +0.4
Turnout 1,240 27.9 -0.6
Labour hold Swing

Thursby
Thursby (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Duncan Stewart Fairbairn 1,294 72.9 +4.9
Labour Bill Goldsmith 343 19.3 +1.7
Green Dianne Estelle Standen 128 7.2 +0.2
Turnout 1,776 42.4 +8.6
Conservative hold Swing

Wigton
Wigton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger John Liddle 1,058 53.0 +14.7
Conservative Malcolm Grainger 883 44.2 +14.1
Green Patricia Anne Ackred 53 2.7 -0.6
Turnout 1,998 38.3 +5.0
Labour hold Swing

Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness District
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Labour 11 6 0 4 -4 39.5 5,712
  Conservative 11 5 4 0 4 46.5 6,715
  UKIP 6 0 0 0 0 5.1 739
  Independent 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 148
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 0 0 0.4 63

Dalton North
Dalton North (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ben Shirley 884 55.2 +31.2
Labour Barry Doughty 569 35.5 -17.1
Independent Glen David Higgins 148 9.2 n/a
Turnout 1,602 32.3 +8.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Dalton South
Dalton South (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Des English 683 49.7 +24.7
Labour Ernie Wilson 508 37.0 -10.9
UKIP Dick Young 115 8.4 -12.8
Liberal Democrats Raymond George Beecham 63 4.6 n/a
Turnout 1,373 28.4 +5.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Hawcoat
Hawcoat (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Worthington 1,245 74.1 +20.4
Labour Connor James Lambton 429 25.5 +2.4
Turnout 1,681 35.1 +7.0
Conservative hold Swing

Hindpool
Hindpool (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Burns 714 62.0 -5.8
Conservative Anne Denise English 300 26.0 +12.3
UKIP Dave Roberts 136 11.8 -5.8
Turnout 1,152 22.9 +3.5
Labour hold Swing

Newbarns and Parkside
Newbarns and Parkside (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sol Wielkopolski 683 49.6 +24.9
Labour John Murphy 600 43.5 -3.1
UKIP Karl Darrell Hunt 90 6.5 -16.3
Turnout 1,378 26.7 +3.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Old Barrow
Old Barrow (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Wall 577 60.0 -9.1
Conservative Brenda Joyce Lauderdale 290 30.1 n/a
UKIP Colin John Rudd 94 9.8 -20.2
Turnout 962 19.9 +1.9
Labour hold Swing

Ormsgill
Ormsgill (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill McEwan 660 51.7 +2.1
Conservative Terri-Anne Gibney 398 31.2 +17.9
UKIP Theresa Marie McMeekin 216 16.9 +2.6
Turnout 1,277 25.2 +2.9
Labour hold Swing

Risedale
Risedale (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Robert Hamilton 667 63.2 +1.4
Conservative Jamie Samson 382 36.2 +25.8
Turnout 1,055 23.0 +2.5
Labour hold Swing

Roosecote
Roosecote (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Gawne 898 56.4 +21.3
Labour Fred Chatfield 606 38.0 -9.6
UKIP Pete Richards 88 5.5 -11.7
Turnout 1,593 30.6 -0.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Walney North
Walney North (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mel Worth 720 63.4 -7.6
Conservative Martin David McLeavy 413 36.4 n/a
Turnout 1,135 26.0 0.0
Labour hold Swing

Walney South
Walney South (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Cassidy 739 57.7 -5.6
Conservative Rory McClure 539 42.1 +21.1
Turnout 1,280 30.5 +4.5
Labour hold Swing

Carlisle
Carlisle District
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Labour 17 8 0 1 -1 32.1 9,106
  Conservative 18 7 2 0 2 44.9 12,733
  Independent 5 2 0 1 -1 8.4 2,384
  Liberal Democrats 8 1 0 0 0 7.6 2,168
  Green 13 0 0 0 0 3.8 1,084
  UKIP 9 0 0 0 0 3.1 868

Belah
Belah (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gareth Michael Ellis 951 48.1 +2.1
Labour Paul Leslie Birks 538 27.2 +0.8
Independent Alan Toole 478 24.2 n/a
Turnout 1,978 41.5 +5.7
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Belle Vue
Belle Vue (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Bowditch 742 46.0 -19.0
Conservative Geoffrey Osbourne 722 44.8 +11.2
UKIP Susan Riley 91 5.6 n/a
Green Helen Elizabeth Atkinson 52 3.2 n/a
Turnout 1,612 35.7 +11.2
Labour hold Swing

Botcherby
Botcherby (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert William Betton 807 49.9 +11.3
Labour Helen Anne Fisher 431 26.7 -1.7
Conservative Paul Nedved 337 20.8 +1.5
Green Deb Brown 40 2.5 n/a
Turnout 1,617 37.0 +7.3
Independent hold Swing

Brampton
Brampton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lawrence Fisher 860 55.4 +7.0
Labour Lesley Begley 321 20.7 -3.1
Liberal Democrats Olwyn Doreen Luckley 135 8.7 +2.5
Green Colin Luhrs 126 8.1 n/a
UKIP John James Harding 107 6.9 -15.2
Turnout 1,553 37.1 +7.9
Conservative hold Swing

Castle
Castle (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Robert McGuckin 469 43.3 +2.8
Conservative James Bainbridge 364 33.6 +23.0
Liberal Democrats David John Wood 117 10.8 -12.3
UKIP Robbie Reid-Sinclair 77 7.1 -12.9
Green Richard Sebastian Hunt 53 4.9 +0.9
Turnout 1,084 28.0 +4.4
Labour hold Swing

Corby and Hayton
Corby and Hayton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William James Graham 830 47.6 -25.4
Conservative Keith Meller 608 34.9 +8.6
Liberal Democrats Alison Elizabeth Hobson 177 10.2 n/a
Green Charmian Jess McCutcheon 124 7.1 n/a
Turnout 1,742 46.3 +8.9
Independent hold Swing

Currock
Currock (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reg Watson 562 54.4 +1.4
Conservative Geoff Mitchell 309 29.9 +15.1
Independent Jeffrey Bomford 96 9.3 n/a
Green Sky Fiona Higgins 64 6.2 -2.8
Turnout 1,033 24.5 +3.5
Labour hold Swing

Dalston and Burgh
Dalston and Burgh (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Trevor Allison 1,048 46.8 +7.6
Conservative Katharine Oliver 936 41.8 +9.4
Labour Ray Warwick 248 11.1 -1.8
Turnout 2,239 42.8 +4.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Denton Holme
Denton Holme (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh McDevitt 800 59.9 +3.4
Conservative Syed Ali 360 26.9 +15.2
Green Neil Boothman 93 7.0 -1.3
UKIP Kerryanne Mckay Wilde 80 6.0 -12.8
Turnout 1,336 29.9 +4.7
Labour hold Swing

Harraby North
Harraby North (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cyril Frederick Weber 737 66.5 +2.1
Conservative Barbara Eden 358 32.3 +20.4
Turnout 1,108 25.2 +1.5
Labour hold Swing

Harraby South
Harraby South (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Deborah Anne Earl 671 44.7 +0.4
Conservative Michael Randall 655 43.6 +16.7
Independent Jack Paton 173 11.5 n/a
Turnout 1,501 36.8 +8.2
Labour hold Swing

Houghton and Irthington
Houghton and Irthington (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Mallinson 1,112 65.5 +13.1
Labour Maggie Robinson 262 15.4 -3.7
Liberal Democrats Brendan Murphy 140 8.2 n/a
UKIP Fiona Rachel Mills 90 5.3 -22.7
Green Hazel Jane Graham 88 5.2 n/a
Turnout 1,697 39.7 +5.9
Conservative hold Swing

Longtown
Longtown (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Val Tarbitt 921 73.9 +26.8
Labour Stephen Ronald Sidgwick 215 17.3 -3.7
UKIP Graham Moore 109 8.7 -19.8
Turnout 1,246 33.2 +5.3
Conservative hold Swing

Morton
Morton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Bell 804 58.7 +0.9
Conservative David Shepherd 477 34.8 +20.8
Green Rob Morrison 84 6.1 n/a
Turnout 1,369 31.3 -0.5
Labour hold Swing

Stanwix Urban
Stanwix Urban (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Mallinson 1,123 57.0 +16.3
Labour Tim Linford 548 27.8 -2.5
Green Helen Davison 216 11.0 +3.8
UKIP Phil Douglass 83 4.2 -13.3
Turnout 1,970 45.2 +5.0
Conservative hold Swing

Upperby
Upperby (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stewart Farries Young 703 52.4 -10.4
Conservative Fiona Robson 415 30.9 +14.6
UKIP John Gordon Denholm 120 8.9 n/a
Liberal Democrats James Ernest Osler 70 5.2 -4.2
Green Penelope Bothepa Foster 31 2.3 n/a
Turnout 1,341 30.2 +1.3
Labour hold Swing

Wetheral
Wetheral (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nick Marriner 1,297 65.2 +25.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Anthony Gee 307 15.4 +5.3
Labour Stephen John William Bowditch 300 15.1 -5.2
Green Dallas Jane Brewis 85 4.3 +0.1
Turnout 1,990 45.3 +6.6
Conservative hold Swing

Yewdale
Yewdale (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Haraldsen 928 46.3 +20.9
Labour Beth Furneaux 755 37.6 -10.2
Liberal Democrats Jeff Coates 174 8.7 n/a
UKIP Malcolm Fraser Craik 111 5.5 -21.1
Green Henry Bryson Goodwin 28 1.4 n/a
Turnout 2,006 43.6 +8.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Copeland
Copeland District
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Conservative 12 8 5 0 6 48.9 8,377
  Labour 12 4 0 5 -5 40.2 6,887
  Independent 6 0 0 0 0 8.4 1,287
  Green 5 0 0 0 0 2.2 379
  UKIP 2 0 0 0 0 0.8 140
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 0 0 0.4 66

Bransty
Bransty (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Robert Phillip Melville Roberts 607 42.6 -6.2
Labour Rachel Margaret Holliday 561 39.3 -10.6
Independent Charles Edward Maudling 220 15.4 n/a
Green Meggie Bedford 38 2.7 -n/a
Turnout 1,426 33.1 +7.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Cleator Moor East and Frizington
Cleator Moor East and Frizington (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur William Creighton Lamb 629 46.9 +17.9
Labour Tim Knowles 612 45.6 -3.0
Green Allan Franciscus Todd 93 6.9 +0.9
Turnout 1,341 30.7 +3.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Cleator Moor West
Cleator Moor West (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Irving Morgan 567 50.6 -14.0
Conservative Genna Elaine Haraldsen 309 27.6 +12.4
Independent Christopher Patrick Ross 112 10.0 n/a
Liberal Democrats Mike Monigue 66 5.9 n/a
UKIP Nicholas Frederick Ford 65 5.8 n/a
Turnout 1,120 25.2 +2.7
Labour hold Swing

Egremont
Egremont (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Edward Southward 789 53.8 +3.2
Conservative Alistair William Millar Norwood 677 46.1 +28.1
Turnout 1,470 31.5 +4.9
Labour hold Swing

Egremont North and St Bees
Egremont North and St Bees (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Whiteside 626 42.6 +7.1
Labour Henry Wormstrup 469 31.9 -4.8
Independent Wammo Walmsley 208 14.2 n/a
Independent Jayne Anne Laine 163 11.1 n/a
Turnout 1,469 33.8 +9.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Gosforth
Gosforth (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Paul Turner 1,144 60.8 -11.4
Independent Sam Meteer 366 19.4 n/a
Labour Peter Kane 311 16.5 -9.3
Green Daniel James Nixon 57 3.0 n/a
Turnout 1,882 40.1 +6.7
Conservative hold Swing

Hillcrest and Hensingham
Hillcrest and Hensingham (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew William Wonnacott 816 50.3 +5.5
Labour Christine Wharrier 801 49.4 -5.1
Turnout 1,623 36.7 +6.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Howgate
Howgate (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin Steven Barbour 623 47.6 +17.0
Labour Gillian Ruth Troughton 566 43.2 -16.7
UKIP Eric William Atkinson 75 5.7 -n/a
Green Sharon Josephine Watson 44 3.4 -5.1
Turnout 1,309 29.3 +4.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Kells and Sandwith
Kells and Sandwith (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emma Louise Williamson 684 51.7 -7.4
Conservative Brigid Anne Whiteside 419 31.7 +13.7
Independent Michael Patrick Anthony Guest 218 16.5 -n/a
Turnout 1,322 28.0 +2.1
Labour hold Swing

Millom
Millom (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Doug Wilson 967 68.4 +26.8
Labour Denise Barbara Burness 442 31.3 -1.7
Turnout 1,413 31.4 +3.2
Conservative hold Swing

Millom Without
Millom Without (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Haigh Hitchen 1,150 72.7 +10.3
Labour Ryan Woods 281 17.8 -5.4
Green Sally Millar 147 9.3 -3.4
Turnout 1,582 39.6 +7.9
Conservative hold Swing

Mirehouse
Mirehouse (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Hawkins 804 66.0 +4.1
Conservative Jane Margaret Micklethwaite 410 33.6 +19.0
Turnout 1,219 28.5 +3.2
Labour hold Swing

Eden
Eden District
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Conservative 9 5 0 1 -1 48.1 7,948
  Liberal Democrats 9 3 1 0 1 30.0 4,954
  Labour 6 1 1 0 1 8.9 1,476
  Independent 3 0 0 1 -1 7.8 1,289
  Green 6 0 0 0 0 3.1 510
  UKIP 2 0 0 0 0 0.9 142

Alston and East Fellside
Alston and East Fellside (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Claire Susan Driver 836 35.1 +24.7
Conservative Walter Walker 688 28.9 +2.7
Independent Mary Robinson 624 26.2 -9.8
Liberal Democrats Deb Holden 116 4.9 n/a
Green Alan William Marsden 114 4.8 -8.6
Turnout 2,380 46.1 +14.0
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Appleby
Appleby (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andy Connell 909 48.1 +19.4
Conservative John Mervyn Owen 844 44.7 -2.7
Labour John Potts 78 4.1 n/a
Green Kimberly Jane Lawson 56 3.0 n/a
Turnout 1,888 41.6 +8.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Eden Lakes
Eden Lakes (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Neil Hughes 1,129 54.6 +6.5
Conservative Laura Elizabeth Kay 931 45.1 +2.1
Turnout 2,066 48.0 +8.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Greystoke and Hesket
Greystoke and Hesket (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Wentworth Waites 1,009 57.2 +5.5
Liberal Democrats Roger Burgin 255 14.5 -7.8
Green Doug Lawson 205 11.6 n/a
Labour Ruth Ann Wood 201 11.4 n/a
UKIP David Benson Ryland 89 5.0 -18.7
Turnout 1,763 36.3 +7.2
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkby Stephen
Kirkby Stephen (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phil Dew 1,605 70.1 +15.1
Liberal Democrats Kelvyn Justin Simon James 407 17.8 -8.3
Labour Ian Daniel Simkins 194 8.5 n/a
Green Richard Kevin O'Brien 77 3.4 n/a
Turnout 2,289 45.2 +9.4
Conservative hold Swing

Penrith East
Penrith East (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Ann Bell 955 60.8 +4.6
Conservative John Forrester 445 28.3 +10.3
Labour Hilary Jane Snell 85 5.4 -6.0
UKIP Mary Elizabeth Dixon 53 3.4 -8.8
Green Ali Ross 29 1.8 n/a
Turnout 1,570 34.3 +4.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Penrith North
Penrith North (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hilary Frances Carrick 1,031 64.2 +24.1
Liberal Democrats Virginia Christine Taylor 574 35.8 +1.8
Turnout 1,617 35.9 +1.3
Conservative hold Swing

Penrith Rural
Penrith Rural (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Whipps 888 51.3 -22.6
Independent Michael Christopher Tonkin 405 23.4 n/a
Liberal Democrats Lorna Ann Baker 290 16.8 -6.8
Green Wade Tidbury 143 8.3
Turnout 1,731 37.9 +6.6
Conservative hold Swing

Penrith West
Penrith West (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Helen Jane Fearon 507 40.6 +7.8
Liberal Democrats Judith Margaret Derbyshire 319 25.6 -4.2
Independent Lee Quinn 260 16.8 n/a
Labour Dave Knaggs 160 12.8 +2.9
Turnout 1,248 28.9 +5.1
Conservative hold Swing

Cartmel
Cartmel (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Sanderson 1,111 53.4 -14.0
Conservative Steve Chambers 873 42.0 +9.9
Green Robin Smallwood Le Mare 94 4.5 n/a
Turnout 2,080 50.8 +7.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Grange
Grange (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Wearing 1,318 62.0 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Dave Khan 586 27.6 -11.9
Labour Nicola Kennedy 135 6.3 n/a
Green Laura Miller 83 3.9 n/a
Turnout 2,126 47.4 +7.1
Conservative hold Swing

High Furness
High Furness (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matt Brereton 1,059 48.4 +11.9
Liberal Democrats David William Norman Fletcher 798 36.5 -2.8
Labour Gerry Scott 222 10.2 +1.6
Green Chris Loynes 103 4.7 n/a
Turnout 2,186 48.8 +5.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Kendal Castle
Kendal Castle (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Hogg 1,267 57.9 -14.7
Conservative Harry James Albert Taylor 703 32.1 +14.6
Labour Jim Ring 133 6.1 -3.3
Green Gwen Harrison 83 3.8 n/a
Turnout 2,188 46.0 +7.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Kendal Highgate
Kendal Highgate (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Geoff Cook 922 53.9 -4.9
Conservative Emma Therese Marie Hines 426 24.9 +15.9
Labour Paul Braithwaite 251 14.8 -5.2
Green Phil Whiting 107 6.3 n/a
Turnout 1,710 37.7 +6.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Kendal Nether
Kendal Nether (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Shirley Amelia Evans 1,234 60.0 -4.7
Conservative Pamela Mary Flitcroft 531 25.8 +5.8
Labour Eli Aldridge 188 9.1 -5.6
Green Andy Mason 100 4.9 n/a
Turnout 2,056 43.2 +9.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Kendal South
Kendal South (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brenda Clare Gray 1,195 48.5 -14.6
Conservative Andrew John Lucas 1,025 41.6 +13.0
Labour Jackson Softley Stubbs 131 5.3 -2.5
Green Meg Hill 109 4.4 n/a
Turnout 2,463 52.0 +8.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Kendal Strickland and Fell
Kendal Strickland and Fell (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Carlyle Thornton 1,170 54.6 +2.5
Conservative Michael Patrick Nicholson 443 20.7 +10.5
Labour Virginia Elizabeth Branney 353 16.5 -13.4
Green Ian Rodham 167 7.8 n/a
Turnout 2,141 44.2 +6.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Kent Estuary
Kent Estuary (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Stewart 1,422 52.9 -10.9
Conservative Tom Harvey 995 37.0 +8.1
Green Jill Abel 162 6.0 n/a
Labour Lois Katherine Sparling 103 3.8 -3.0
Turnout 2,686 52.4 +7.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Lakes
Lakes (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Will Clark 782 52.9 -1.8
Conservative Tim Brown 564 38.2 -0.2
Labour Alison Faith Gilchrist 79 5.3 -1.2
Green Chris Rowley 49 3.3 n/a
Turnout 1,477 46.3 +3.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Lower Kentdale
Lower Kentdale (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Kenneth Bingham 1,715 69.6 +10.1
Liberal Democrats Gordon Victor Higton 510 20.7 -7.3
Labour Paul John Casson 139 5.6 +0.0
Green Simon Blunden 97 3.9 n/a
Turnout 2,463 52.4 -4.3
Conservative hold Swing

Lyth Valley
Lyth Valley (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Bland 1,247 65.0 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Bex Cooper 530 27.6 -0.2
Green Adam Mark Rubinstein 99 5.2 n/a
UKIP Stephen Willmott 43 2.2 -8.3
Turnout 1,919 47.5 +5.5
Conservative hold Swing

Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale
Sedbergh and Kirkby Lonsdale (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nick Cotton 1,253 48.7 -2.2
Conservative Kevin John Lancaster 1,163 45.2 -2.6
Labour Nick Cross 91 3.5 n/a
Green Daphne Mary Jackson 60 2.3 n/a
Turnout 2,571 55.1 +5.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ulverston East
Ulverston East (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Mark Wilson 758 46.0 -3.2
Conservative Helen Irving 620 37.6 -6.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hudson 168 10.2 -0.8
Green Bob Gerry 98 6.0 -2.8
Turnout 1,647 36.3 +10.0
Labour hold Swing

Ulverston West
Ulverston West (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Airey 1,146 54.9 +8.6
Labour Co-op David John Webster 552 26.5 -4.4
Liberal Democrats Loraine Birchall 235 11.3 +7.9
Green Judy Filmore 149 7.1 +1.2
Turnout 2,086 45.9 +6.3
Conservative hold Swing

Upper Kent
Upper Kent (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stan Collins 1,104 51.9 -15.7
Conservative Margaret Bond 756 35.5 +4.3
Green Adrian Robert Porter 158 7.4 n/a
Labour Andy Windsor 109 5.1 n/a
Turnout 2,129 46.1 +10.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Windermere
Windermere (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ben Berry 1,097 47.9 +29.3
Liberal Democrats Steve Rooke 1,009 44.1 -17.8
Labour Penny Henderson 124 5.4 +1.7
Green Kate Threadgold 58 2.5 n/a
Turnout 2,290 48.2 +8.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

References
  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. "Cumbria County Council election results 2017". Cumbria County Council. 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
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