County Council Election results: Conservatives gain seats but fall short of majority

The Tories now hold 37 of the county's 84 electoral divisions, but fell six seats short of a majority hold on the council.

In South Lakeland, which saw a turnout of 47 per cent, the Tories gained two seats - High Furness (Matt Brereton) and Windermere (Ben Berry).

They also won four seats in the Barrow district, all of which were previously held by Labour councillors.

However they were unable to secure a majority as the Liberal Democrats gained seats in the Appleby division of Eden, Cockermouth North in Allerdale, and the Dalston and Burgh division of Carlisle.

Labour now has 10 fewer seats in the county following yesterday's elections, going from 36 in the previous chamber to 26 divisions held.

The Liberal Democrats overall gained one seat and now have 16 in the Cumbria County Council chamber.

A Labour-Lib Dem coalition, as was in place from 2013, would also still fall short of a majority at 42 seats.

The remaining five of the elected candidates were all standing as independents.

Results:

SOUTH LAKELAND

CARTMEL – LIB DEM HOLD

Lib Dem – Sue Sanderson – 1,111

Conservative – Steve Chambers – 873

Green – Robin Smallwood Le Mare – 94

Turnout (per cent) – 50.8; Votes – 2080; Majority – 238

GRANGE – CONSERVATIVE HOLD

Cons – Bill Wearing – 1,318

Lib Dem – Dave Khan – 586

Lab – Nicola Kennedy – 135

Green – Laura Miller – 83

Turnout – 47.4; Votes – 2126; Majority – 732

HIGH FURNESS – CONSERVATIVE GAIN

Cons – Matt Brereton – 1059

Lib Dem – David Fletcher – 798

Lab – Gerry Scott – 222

Green – Chris Loynes – 103

Turnout – 48.8; Votes – 2186; Majority – 261

KENDAL CASTLE – LIB DEM HOLD

Lib Dem – Chris Hogg – 1267

Cons – Harry Taylor – 703

Lab – Jim Ring – 133

Green – Gwen Harrison – 83

Turnout – 46; Votes – 2188; Majority – 564

KENDAL HIGHGATE – LIB DEM HOLD

Lib Dem – Geoff Cook – 922

Cons – Emma Hine – 426

Lab – Paul Braithwaite – 253

Green – Phil Whiting – 107

Turnout – 37.7; Votes – 1710; Majority – 496

KENDAL NETHER – LIB DEM HOLD

Lib Dem – Shirley Evans – 1234

Cons – Pamela Flitcroft – 531

Lab – Eli Aldridge – 188

Green – Andy Mason – 100

Turnout – 43.2; Votes – 2056; Majority – 703

KENDAL SOUTH – LIB DEM HOLD

Lib Dem – Brenda Gray – 1195

Cons – Andrew Lucas – 1025

Lab – Jackson Stubbs

Green – Meg Hill – 109

Turnout – 52; Votes – 2463; Majority – 170

KENDAL STRICKLAND AND FELL – LIB DEM HOLD

Lib Dem – Peter Thornton – 1170

Cons – Michael Nicholson – 443

Lab – Virginia Branney – 353

Green – Ian Rodham – 167

Turnout – 44.2; Votes – 2141; Majority – 727

KENT ESTUARY – LIB DEM HOLD

Lib Dem – Ian Stewart – 1422

Cons – Tom Harvey – 995

Green – Jill Abel – 162

Lab – Lois Sparling – 103

Turnout – 52.4; Votes – 2686; Majority – 427

LAKES – LIB DEM HOLD

Lib Dem – Will Clark – 782

Cons – Tim Brown – 564  

Lab – Alison Gilchrist – 79

Green – Chris Rowley - 49

Turnout – 46.3; Votes – 1477; Majority – 218

LOW FURNESS – LIB DEM HOLD

Lib Dem – Janet Willis – 994

Cons – Andrew Butcher – 861

Lab – Shirley-Anne Wilson – 191

Green – Peter Howlett – 45

Turnout – 45.8; Votes – 2093; Majority – 133

LOWER KENTDALE – CONSERVATIVE HOLD

Cons – Roger Bingham – 1715

Lib Dem – Gordon Higton – 510

Lab – Paul Casson – 139

Green – Simon Blunden – 97

Turnout – 52.4; Votes – 2463; Majority – 1205

LYTH VALLEY – CONSERVATIVE HOLD

Cons – James Bland – 1247

Lib Dem – Bex Cooper – 530

Green – Adam Rubinstein – 99

UKIP – Stephen Willmott – 43

Turnout – 47.5; Votes – 1919; Majority – 717

SEDBERGH AND KIRKBY LONSDALE – LIB DEM HOLD

Lib Dem – Nick Cotton – 1253

Cons – Kevin Lancaster – 1163

Lab – Nick Cross

Green – Daphne Jackson – 60

Turnout – 55.1; Votes – 2571; Majority – 90

ULVERSTON EAST – LABOUR HOLD

Lab – Mark Wilson – 758

Cons – Helen Irving – 620

Lib Dem – Andrew Hudson – 168

Green – Bob Gerry – 98

Turnout – 36.3; Votes – 1647; Majority – 138

ULVERSTON WEST – CONSERVATIVE HOLD

Cons – James Airey – 1146

Lab – David Webster – 552

Lib Dem – Loraine Birchall – 235

Green – Judy Filmore – 149

Turnout – 45.9; Votes – 2086; Majority – 594

UPPER KENT – LIBERAL DEMOCRAT HOLD

Lib Dem – Stan Collins – 1104

Cons - Margaret Bond – 756

Green – Adrian Porter – 158

Lab – Andy Wilson – 109

Turnout – 46.1; Votes – 2129; Majority – 348

WINDERMERE – CONSERVATIVE GAIN

Cons – Ben Berry – 1097

Lib Dem – Steve Rooke – 1009

Lab – Penny Henderson – 124

Green – Kate Threadgold – 58

Turnout – 48.2; Votes – 2290; Majority – 88

BARROW-IN-FURNESS

DALTON NORTH – CONSERVATIVE GAIN

Cons – Ben Shirley – 884

Lab – Barry Doughy – 569

Independent – Glenn Higgins – 148

Turnout – 32.3; Votes – 1602; Majority – 315

DALTON SOUTH – CONSERVATIVE GAIN

Cons – Des English – 683

Lab – Ernie Wilson – 508

UKIP – Dick Young – 115

Lib Dem – Raymond Beecham – 63

Turnout – 28.4; Votes – 1373; Majority – 175

EDEN

APPLEBY – LIBERAL DEMOCRAT GAIN

Lib Dem – Andy Connell – 909

Cons – John Owen – 844

Lab – John Potts – 78

Green – Kimberley Lawson – 56

Turnout – 41.6; Votes – 1888; Majority – 65

KIRKBY STEPHEN – CONSERVATIVE HOLD

Cons – Phil Dew – 1605

Lib Dem – Kelvyn James – 407

Lab – Ian Simkins – 194

Green – Richard O’Brien – 77

Turnout – 45.2; Votes – 2289; Majority - 1198

OVERALL

Conservative - 37 seats

Labour - 26 seats

Liberal Democrats - 16 seats

Independent - 5 seats

Turnout - 141,500 (37.2 per cent)