2005_Cumbria_County_Council_election

2005 Cumbria County Council election^[1]^[2]
All 84 seats of Cumbria County Council; 43 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2005 Cumbria County Council elections.
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

2005 Cumbria County Council election

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Elections to Cumbria County Council were held on 5 May 2005. This was on the same day as other UK county council elections. The Labour Party lost their majority and the council fell under no overall control.

Quick Facts All 84 seats of Cumbria County Council 43 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

Results by electoral division

Allerdale District

Barrow-in-Furness

Carlisle

Copeland

Eden

South Lakeland

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"Local Election Summaries 2005". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

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Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2005 - Cumbria". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

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"Election 2005". Cumbria County Council. Archived from the original on 30 December 2005.

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"Cumbria County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 18 October 2019.

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	39	3	4	1	46.4	36.1%	84,482	1.4
Conservative	32	3	3	1	38.1	38.7%	90,794	0.5
Liberal Democrats	11	3	3	1	13.1	19.6%	45,885	2.0
Independent	2	1	0	1	2.4	4.7%	11,035	1.3
Socialist People's Party	0	0	0		0.0	0.4%	826	3.0
Green	0	0	0		0.0	0.2%	499	0.0
UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	0.1%	312	New
English Democrat	0	0	0		0.0	0.1%	269	New
Local Community Party	0	0	0		0.0	0.1%	224	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Buchanan	1,609	48.4%
	Labour	Carneen McCarron-Holmes	997	30.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Burgess	717	21.6%
Majority			612	18.4%
Turnout			3,323	64.1%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Duncan Fairbairn	1,969	62.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Olwyn Luckley	1,195	37.8%
Majority			774	24.5%
Turnout			3,164	64.0%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eric Nicholson	1,789	54.9%
	Labour	Alan Smith	1,471	45.1%
Majority			318	9.8%
Turnout			3,260	67.4%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Timothy Heslop	1,550	55.9%
	Labour	William Bacon	1,221	44.1%
Majority			329	11.9%
Turnout			2,771	65.6%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Clark	2,031	59.0%
	Conservative	Christopher Harris	1,412	41.0%
Majority			619	18.0%
Turnout			3,443	64.9%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Caine	1,603	52.5%
	Labour	Joseph Holliday	1,450	47.5%
Majority			153	5.0%
Turnout			3,053	60.3%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Barraclough	1,602	45.6%
	Conservative	Ronald Munby	1,099	31.3%
	Labour	Denstone Kemp	810	23.1%
Majority			503	14.3%
Turnout			3,511	66.3%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Keith Little	2,044	82.9%
	Conservative	Derick Pattinson	421	17.1%
Majority			1,623	65.8%
Turnout			2,465	54.6%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Cameron	1,706	73.5%
	Conservative	Neville Lishman	615	26.5%
Majority			1,091	47.0%
Turnout			2,321	58.1%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gerald Humes	1,358	71.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Johanssen	551	28.9%
Majority			807	42.3%
Turnout			1,909	57.4%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barbara Cannon	1,172	78.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hardon	316	21.2%
Majority			856	57.5%
Turnout			1,488	49.5%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Trevor Fee	1,202	51.3%
	Labour	John Ardron	1,140	48.7%
Majority			62	2.6%
Turnout			2,342	59.1%
	Independent gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Markley	1,269	40.3%
	Labour	Robert Allison	1,127	35.8%
	Independent	William Jefferson	749	23.8%
Majority			142	4.5%
Turnout			3,145	63.0%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Samson	1,345	57.8%
	Conservative	John Heathcote	984	42.2%
Majority			361	15.5%
Turnout			2,329	59.5%
	Labour hold

St Michael's (1 seat)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Barry	1,282	62.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Francis	763	37.3%
Majority			519	25.4%
Turnout			2,045	59.4%
	Labour hold

Wigton (1 seat)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Crouch	856	32.1%
	Conservative	Stuart Moffat	804	33.9%
	Independent	George Scott	711	30.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Forsyth	299	12.6%
Majority			52	1.9%
Turnout			2,670	56.6%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Dalton North (1 seat)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Phizacklea	1,495	54.5%
	Conservative	William James Crosthwaite	1,246	45.5%
Majority			249	9.1%
Turnout			2,741	58.1%
	Labour hold

Dalton South (1 seat)^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Smith	1,215	47.7%
	Conservative	Frank Murray	985	38.7%
	Independent	Helene Young	348	13.7%
Majority			230	9.0%
Turnout			2,548	57.9%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Richardson	1,924	67.3%
	Labour	Tricia Kegg	935	32.7%
Majority			989	34.6%
Turnout			2,859	67.9%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anne Burns	1,327	73.2%
	Labour	John Murray	485	26.8%
Majority			842	46.5%
Turnout			1,812	46.5%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Murphy	1,106	44.8%
	Conservative	William Pears	1,067	43.2%
	Independent	James Tongue	295	12.0%
Majority			39	1.6%
Turnout			2,468	60.0%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Clive Kitchen	657	43.4%
	Independent	Eric Wood	645	42.6%
	Socialist People's Party	Rosemarie Hamezeian	211	13.9%
Majority			12	0.8%
Turnout			1,513	47.9%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ernest Wilson	954	49.0%
	Socialist People's Party	Jim Hamezeian	615	31.6%
	Conservative	Tina Macur	376	19.3%
Majority			339	17.4%
Turnout			1,945	50.8%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Nicholson	1,307	58.9%
	Conservative	Shirley Richardson	913	41.1%
Majority			394	17.7%
Turnout			2,220	58.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevin Hamilton	1,654	71.9%
	Conservative	Desmond English	645	28.1%
Majority			1,009	43.9%
Turnout			2,299	49.3%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Norman Shaw	1,057	38.5%
	Conservative	Kenneth Williams	1,052	38.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Titcombe	635	23.1%
Majority			5	0.2%
Turnout			2,744	63.2%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jane Murphy	1,315	58.6%
	Conservative	Brenda Lauderdale	632	28.2%
	Independent	Kenneth Arts	298	13.3%
Majority			683	30.4%
Turnout			2,245	54.8%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jeffrey Garnett	1,211	50.1%
	Conservative	Graham Pritchard	786	32.5%
	Independent	Stephen Smart	315	13.0%
	Independent	Thomas Weall	103	4.3%
Majority			425	17.6%
Turnout			2,415	58.5%
	Labour hold

2005_Cumbria_County_Council_election

Results

Results by electoral division

Allerdale District

Aspatria & Wharrels

Bowness Thursby & Caldbeck

Cockermouth East

Cockermouth West

Dearham and Broughton

Harrington, Clifton and Stainburn

Keswick & Derwent

Maryport East

Maryport West

Moorclose

Moss Bay

Seaton

Solway Coast

St John's

St Michaels

Wigton

Barrow-in-Furness

Dalton North

Dalton South

Hawcoat

Hindpool

Newbarns

Old Barrow

Ormsgill

Parkside

Risedale

Roosecote

Walney North

Walney South

Carlisle

Belah

Belle Vue

Botcherby

Brampton & Gilsland

Castle

Currock

Dalston & Cummersdale

Denton Holme

Harraby

Longtown & Bewcastle

Morton

St Aidans

Stanwix & Irthington

Stanwix Urban

Upperby

Wetheral

Yewdale

Copeland

Bransty

Cleator Moor North and Frizington

Cleator Moor South & Egremont

Distington & Moresby

Gosforth & Ennerdale

Hensingham & Arlecdon

Hillcrest

Kells and Sandwith

Millom

Mirehouse

Seascale & Whicham

St Bees & Egremont

Eden

Alston and East Fellside

Appleby

Eden Lakes

Greystoke and Hesket

Kirkby Stephen

Penrith East

Penrith North

Penrith Rural

Penrith West

South Lakeland

Cartmel

Grange

High Furness

Kendal Castle

Kendal Highgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan Toole	1,644	53.9%
	Labour	Joseph Hendry	1,284	42.1%
	Local Community Party	Mark Gibson	124	4.1%
Majority			360	11.8%
Turnout			3,052	63.4%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Cyril Weber	1,200	49.7%
	Conservative	George Bain	745	30.9%
	Liberal Democrats	James Tootle	411	17.0%
	Local Community Party	John Peacock	57	2.4%
Majority			455	18.9%
Turnout			2,413	57.4%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anne Glendinning	1,456	71.1%
	Conservative	Teresa Cartner	591	28.9%
Majority			865	42.3%
Turnout			2,047	45.5%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Howard	1,370	47.8%
	Labour	Alex Faulds	809	28.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Marsden	689	24.0%
Majority			561	19.6%
Turnout			2,868	55.1%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Hodgson	937	43.8%
	Labour	Jessica Riddle	853	39.9%
	Conservative	Pamela Smith	349	16.3%
Majority			84	3.9%
Turnout			2,139	50.6%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Heather Bradley	1,414	61.7%
	Conservative	Lawrence Fisher	510	22.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie Richardson	366	16.0%
Majority			904	39.5%
Turnout			2,290	52.7%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Collier	2,057	50.6%
	Labour	Ann Warwick	1,042	25.6%
	Liberal Democrats	William Wyllie	968	23.8%
Majority			1,015	25.0%
Turnout			4,067	68.4%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hugh McDevitt	1,587	61.7%
	Conservative	Doreen Parsons	543	21.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Struthers	442	17.2%
Majority			1,044	40.6%
Turnout			2,572	55.1%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Richardson	1,423	56.1%
	Conservative	Andrew Stevenson	691	27.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Olive Hall	423	16.7%
Majority			732	28.9%
Turnout			2,537	55.1%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Prest	1,417	52.6%
	Labour	Robert Dodds	769	28.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Gallagher	509	18.9%
Majority			648	24.0%
Turnout			2,695	53.1%
	Conservative hold