1997_Cumbria_County_Council_election

1997 Cumbria County Council election^[1]
All 83 seats of Cumbria County Council; 42 seats needed for a majority
	The County of Cumbria within England
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; Labour Party

1997 Cumbria County Council election

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Elections to Cumbria County Council were held on 1 May 1997. This was on the same day as other UK county council elections. The Labour Party gained control of the council, which had been under no overall control.

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	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	44	5	53.0	40.4	103,969	0.3
Conservative	22	6	26.5	36.8	94,524	2.1
Liberal Democrats	13		15.7	19.4	49,777	1.4
Independent	4	2	4.8	3.0	7,619	0.8
Liberal	0	1	0.0	0.2	551	0.6
Green	0		0.0	0.2	517	New
UKIP	0		0.0	0.0	89	New

1997 Cumbria County Council election